User's Manual

Chapter5.InstallingandconguringRAID

ThischapterpresentsfollowinginformationaboutattachingSATAdevicesandconguringRAIDforthe

RAID-supportedmodelsinthisproduct.

Note:WhentheUEFIBIOSwasformattedorthesystemboardwasreplacedintheRAID-supportedmodels,

RAIDisenabledbydefault.

ImportantnoticesforsettingRAID:

BeforeyouinstallandcongureRAID,makesureofthecurrentRAIDsettingonthecomputeryouare

servicing.

ThisproductsupportseitherRAIDLevel0(RAID0)orRAIDLevel1(RAID1).ConrmtheRAIDsetting

informationprovidedfromthecustomeratrst,thenproceedwiththeinstallation.

GoodornonfailingdriveshavetobeinHDDbay0ifyouhaveRAID1.

•SupportedRAIDcongurations

•ConguringthesystemUEFIBIOStoenableembeddedSATARAIDfunctionality

•CreatingRAIDvolumes

•DeletingRAIDvolumes

SupportedRAIDcongurations

ThefollowingRAIDcongurationsaresupportedonThinkPadW520:

RAIDLevel0(RAID0)–Stripeddiskarray

Betterperformanceandnofaulttolerance.

RAIDLevel1(RAID1)–Mirroreddiskarray

Improvedreadperformanceand100%redundancy.

ConguringthesystemUEFIBIOStoenableembeddedSATARAID

functionality

ToconguretheUEFIBIOSforRAID,doasfollows:

1.PressF1toentertheThinkPadSetupmenu.

2.SelectCong.

3.SelectSerialATA(SATA).

4.SelectSATAControllerModeOption

5.SelectRAID

6.PressF10tosavethesettings.

Note:SATAControllerModeOptionisrecoveredtoRAIDbydefault.Whenyouuseothermodebefore

loaddefaultsettinginThinkPadSetupmenusuchasF9key,youhavetorestorethesettingasyoulike.

CreatingRAIDvolumes

ThissectiondescribeshowtousetheIntel®RapidStorageTechnologyoptionROMCongurationUtilityto

createRAIDvolumes.