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Appendix A: Server management tools
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SAS RAID Daughter Board Configuration Utility
This section explains how to create a RAID 5 volume when the SAS
RAID daughter board (with iButton) is installed.
To initialize the LSI MegaRAID SAS RAID Configuration Utility:
1 Turn on the server and the monitor.
If the server is already turned on, close all open applications, then
restart the server.
2 During POST, press Ctrl-M on the RAID BIOS prompt.
After POST completion, the Adapter Selection window will appear.
3 Click Start to launch the Configuration
menu.
To load the factory default RAID setting:
1 On the Management menu, select Objects.
2 Select Adapter, then press Enter to change the adapter setting.
3 Change the setting of Factory Default
from No to Yes.
4 Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot the system.
To create a RAID 5 volume:
1 Access the Configuration menu.
2 Select New Configuration.
All devices connected to the controller will be listed.
3 Use the arrow keys to select the drives that you want to configure.
4 Press the spacebar to associate the drive with the current array.
The indicator for the selected drive will change from Ready
to
Online.
5 After selecting the drives, then press Enter to start creating an
array.
6 After creating the array, press Enter again to configure the array.
7 Press the space bar to select an array, then press F10 to configure
the logical drive.
8 Select Accept, then press Enter to use the default settings for the
RAID volume.
9 Press Enter, then select Yes to save the configuration.