Users Guide

Conguring RAID Using Software RAID

For the S110 controller, make sure to change the SATA Controller option to RAID Mode. To do this through BIOS, the latest BIOS

version must be installed. For more information about the BIOS versions for dierent systems, see

Lifecycle Controller Release

Notes

NOTE: For more information about RAID conguration, see the

How to create RAID using Lifecycle Controller

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NOTE: If you have an older BIOS, you can congure RAID only through Option ROM.

Use this feature to congure RAID if a PERC S110 controller is enabled on the system. If the software RAID option is selected,

Lifecycle Controller displays the physical disk drives as Non-RAID disks or RAID-ready disks.

• Non-RAID disk — A single disk drive without any RAID properties. Needs initialization to apply RAID levels.

• RAID-ready disk — The disk drive is initialized and a RAID level can be applied.

NOTE: Linux and VMware operating systems cannot be installed by using Software RAID controller (S110).

To congure software RAID:

1. In the left pane, click Hardware Conguration.

2. In the right pane, click Conguration Wizards.

3. Under Storage Conguration Wizards, click RAID Conguration to launch the wizard:

The View Current RAID Conguration and Select Controller page is displayed.

4. Select the controller and click Next.

If the non-RAID disk drives are attached to the selected controller, select the non-RAID physical disk drives, and then click Next

to initialize them. Else, the Select RAID Level page is displayed.

NOTE: During initialization, all the data on the non-RAID disk drives are deleted.

5. Select the RAID level and click Next.

The Select Physical Disks page is displayed.

6. Select the physical disk properties and click Next.

The Virtual Disk Attributes page is displayed.

7. Select the virtual disk parameters and click Next.

The Summary page is displayed.

8. To apply the RAID conguration, click Finish.