Laptop User Manual

Chapter5.InstallingandconguringRAID

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:

•“SupportedRAIDlevels”onpage47

•“ConguringthesystemUEFIBIOStoenableembeddedSATARAIDfunctionality”onpage47

•“CreatingRAIDvolumes”onpage48

•“DeletingRAIDvolumes”onpage48

Note:WhentheUEFIBIOSwasformattedorthesystemboardwasreplacedintheRAID-supportedmodels,

RAIDisenabledbydefault.

ImportantnoticesforsettingRAID:

BeforeyouinstallandcongureRAID,checkthecurrentRAIDsettingonthecomputeryouareservicing.

ThisproductsupportseitherRAID0orRAID1.ConrmtheRAIDsettinginformationprovidedbythe

customeratrst,thenproceedwiththeinstallation.

TosupportRAID0orRAID1,thecomputersyouareservicingmustbeequippedwithtworives.

SupportedRAIDlevels

ThefollowingRAIDlevelsaresupportedonRAID-supportedmodels:

RAID0-Stripeddiskarray

Betterperformanceandnofaulttolerance.

RAID1-Mirroreddiskarray

Improvedreadperformanceand100%redundancy.

ConguringthesystemUEFIBIOStoenableembeddedSATARAID

functionality

Note:ForRAID-supportedmodels,theembeddedSATARAIDfunctionalityisenabledbydefault.

ToconguretheUEFIBIOSforRAID,dothefollowing:

1.PressF1toentertheThinkPadSetupprogram.

2.SelectCong.

3.SelectSerialATA(SATA).

4.SelectSATAControllerModeOption,andthenthefollowingoptionswillbedisplayed:

•Compatibility

•AHCI

•RAID

5.SelectRAID.

6.PressF10tosavechangesandexit.

Attention:AfteryouhaveenabledtheSATARAIDfunctionality,reinstalltheoperatingsystembeforetaking

anyfurtherRAID-relatedaction.