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Chapter8.InstallingharddiskdrivesandconguringRAID

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ThischaptercontainsinformationaboutinstallingharddiskdrivesandconguringRedundantArrayof

IndependentDisks(RAID)forthisproduct.

Note:TheinformationaboutconguringRAIDinthischapteronlyappliesforaWindowsenvironment.For

informationaboutconguringRAIDinaLinuxenvironment,contactyourLinuxsoftwareprovider.

InstallingSATAorSASharddiskdrivesandconguringRAID

ThissectioncontainsinformationabouttherequirednumberofSATAorSASharddiskdrivesforthe

supportedlevelofRAIDconguration.

Note:YourcomputermusthaveeitherallSATAharddiskdrivesorallSASharddiskdrivesinstalled.

However,besurethatyoudonotinstallboththeSATAandSASharddiskdrivesintothesamecomputer.

InstallingSATAorSASharddiskdrives

YourcomputermusthavetheminimumnumberofSATAorSASharddiskdrivesinstalledforthesupported

levelofRAIDbelow:

•RAIDLevel0–Stripeddiskarray

–Twoharddiskdrivesminimum

–Betterperformancewithoutfaulttolerance

•RAIDLevel1–Mirroreddiskarray

–Twoharddiskdrivesminimum

–Improvedreadperformanceand100%redundancy

•RAIDLevel5–Block-levelstripeddiskarraywithdistributedparity

–Threeharddiskdrivesminimum

–Datastripedatthebytelevel

–Stripeerrorcorrectioninformation

–Betterperformanceandfaulttolerance

•RAIDLevel10–CombiningfeaturesofRAID0andRAID1

–Fourharddiskdrivesminimum

–Veryhighreliabilitycombinedwithhighperformance

–Faulttolerance

ToinstallanewSATAorSASharddiskdrive,refertotheinstallationprocedurein“Replacingaharddisk

drive”intheThinkStationHardwareInstallationandReplacementGuide.

EnteringtheMarvellBIOSSetuptocongureSATAorSASRAID

ThissectiondescribeshowtoentertheMarvellBIOSSetuptocongureaSATAorSASRAID.

1.TurnonthecomputerafteryouhaveinstalledtherequirednumberofSATAorSASharddiskdrives.

2.PressCtrl+MwhenpromptedtoentertheMarvellBIOSSetuptocongureSATA/SASRAID.