Computer Hardware User Manual

Note:Approximately1to3minutesaftertheserverisconnectedtoacpower,thepower-controlbutton
becomesactive.
2.Whentheprompt<F1Setup>isdisplayed,pressF1.Ifyouhavesetanadministratorpassword,you
arepromptedtotypethepassword.
3.SelectSystemSettings®AdaptersandUEFIdrivers.
4.SelectPleaserefreshthispageontherstvisitandpressEnter.
5.SelectLSIcontroller_driver_nameDriverandpressEnter,wherecontroller_driver_nameisthenameof
theSAS/SATAcontrollerdriver.FortheSAS/SATAcontrollerdrivername,seethedocumentationthat
comeswithyourcontroller.
6.Toperformstorage-managementtasks,followtheproceduresinthedocumentationthatcomeswiththe
SAS/SATAcontroller.
Whenyouhavenishedchangingsettings,pressEsctoexitfromtheprogram;selectSavetosavethe
settingsthatyouhavechanged.
Formattingaharddiskdrive
Low-levelformattingremovesalldatafromtheharddisk.Ifthereisdataonthediskthatyouwanttosave,
backuptheharddiskbeforeyouperformthisprocedure.
Note:Beforeyouformataharddisk,makesurethatthediskisnotpartofamirroredpair.
Toformatadrive,completethefollowingsteps:
1.Fromthelistofadapters,selectthecontroller(channel)forthedrivethatyouwanttoformatandpress
Enter.
2.SelectSASTopologyandpressEnter.
3.SelectDirectAttachDevicesandpressEnter.
4.Tohighlightthedrivethatyouwanttoformat,usetheUpArrowandDownArrowkeys.Toscrollleftand
right,usetheLeftArrowandRightArrowkeysortheEndkey.PressAlt+D.
5.Tostartthelow-levelformattingoperation,selectFormatandpressEnter.
CreatingaRAIDarrayofharddiskdrives
TocreateaRAIDarrayofharddiskdrives,completethefollowingsteps:
1.Fromthelistofadapters,selectthecontroller(channel)forthedrivesthatyouwanttomirror.
2.SelectRAIDProperties.
3.Selectthetypeofarraythatyouwanttocreate.
4.Usethearrowkeystohighlighttherstdriveinthepair;then,presstheMinus(-)orPlus(+)keyto
changethemirrorvaluetoPrimary.
5.ContinuetoselectthenextdriveusingtheMinus(-)orPlus(+)keyuntilyouhaveselectedallthe
drivesforyourarray.
6.PressCtocreatethediskarray.
7.SelectApplychangesandexitmenutocreatethearray.
UsingtheWebBIOSutility
TheWebBIOScongurationutilityenablesyoutocreateandmanageRAIDcongurationsonLSISAS
controllers.TheWebBIOSutilityresidesintheSAScontrollerBIOSandoperatesindependentlyof
theoperatingsystem.TheWebBIOSutilityprovidesacongurationwizardtoguideyouthroughthe
congurationofvirtualdisksandphysicalarrays.
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