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ToconguretherebuildrateusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
Note:Usingarebuildrateof0or100percentisnotrecommended.Thedefaultvalueis30percent.
1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram”onpage61
.
2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,selectObjects➙Adapter➙RebuildRate.
3.Settherebuildratebytypingadesiredvaluefromthekeyboarddirectly.
Runningaconsistencycheck
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtorunaconsistencycheckforvirtualdrivesusingtheLSISoftware
RAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.
TheconsistencycheckoperationveriesthatallstripesonavirtualdrivewitharedundantRAIDlevel(RAID
1,RAID5,andRAID10)areconsistentandthedateonthevirtualdriveiscorrect.Forexample,inasystem
withparity,checkingconsistencymeanscomputingthedataononedriveandcomparingtheresultsto
thecontentsoftheparitydrive.
Youshouldrunaconsistencycheckonfault-tolerantvirtualdrivesperiodically.Itisrecommendedthatyou
runaconsistencycheckatleastonceamonth.Youmustrunaconsistencycheckifyoususpectthatthe
virtualdrivedatamightbecorrupted.Ensurethatyoubackupthedatabeforerunningaconsistencycheck
ifyoususpectthatthedatamightbecorrupted.
TorunaconsistencycheckusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram”onpage61
.
2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,selectCheckConsistencyandfollowtheinstructionsonthe
screen.
Theconsistencycheckrateistherateatwhichconsistencycheckoperationsarerunonasystem.The
consistencycheckratecanbeconguredbetween0percentand100percent.At0percent,theconsistency
checkisdoneonlyifthesystemisnotdoinganythingelse.At100percent,theconsistencycheckhasa
higherprioritythananyothersystemactivity.
ToconguretheconsistencycheckrateusingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,do
thefollowing:
Note:Usingaconsistencycheckrateof0or100percentisnotrecommended.Thedefaultvalueis30
percent.
1.StarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheLSISoftwareRAID
CongurationUtilityprogram”onpage61
.
2.Onthemaininterfaceoftheprogram,selectObjects➙Adapter➙ChkConstRate.
3.Settheconsistencycheckratebytypingadesiredvaluefromthekeyboarddirectly.
InstallingandusingtheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogram
YoucaninstallandusetheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramtomanagetheRAIDarrayandRAID
controllerinanoperatingsystemenvironmentafterconguringRAID.
TheinstallationpackagefortheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramisontheThinkServerEasyStartup
DVD.Afteryouentertheoperatingsystem,inserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDintotheopticaldrive.
TheinstallationpackagefortheMegaRAIDStorageManagerprogramislocatedintheUtilitiesandOthers
folderintherootdirectoryoftheDVD.
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