Server User Manual

Table30.RAIDutilities(continued)
RAIDcongurationutilityDescriptionLocation
Wheretondmore
information
conguredLenovo
servers.
INTELESRT2SATA
softwareRAID
CongurationUtility
program
INTELESRT2SATA
softwareRAID
PressCtrl+Etostart“Conguringtheonboard
SATAsoftwareRAID”on
page153
ThinkServerMegaRAID
WebBIOSConguration
Utility
•ThinkServerRAID500
Adapter(9240-8i)
•ThinkServer8708EM2
RAIDAdapter
PressCtrl+HtostartRefertotheMegaRAIDSAS
SoftwareUserGuideonthe
ThinkServerDocumentation
DVDthatcamewithyou
serverordownloadthe
publicationfromtheLenovo
SupportWebsiteat
http://www.lenovo.
com/support.Youcan
ndandinstallthe
MegaCLIprogramand
theMegaRAIDStorage
Managerprograminthe
ThinkServerEasyStartup
DVDthatcamewithyour
server.InserttheDVDinto
theopticaldriveandthe
lesareinthe\ToolsAnd
Utilitiesdirectory.
UsingtheThinkServerEasyStartupprogram
TheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDsimpliestheprocessofconguringyourRAIDcontrollersandinstalling
anoperatingsystem.TheprogramworksinconjunctionwithyourWindowsorLinuxoperating-system
installationdisctoautomatetheprocessofinstallingtheoperatingsystemsandassociateddevicedrivers.
IfyoudidnotreceiveanThinkServerEasyStartupDVDwithyourserver,youcandownloadanimagefrom
theLenovoSupportWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
TheEasyStartupprogramhasthefollowingfeatures:
•Self-bootingDVD
•Easy-to-use,language-selectableinterface
•Integratedhelpsystem
•Automatichardwaredetection
•RAIDcongurationutility
•Devicedriversprovidedbasedontheservermodelanddetecteddevices
•Selectablepartitionsizeandlesystem
•Supportformultipleoperatingsystems
•Installstheoperatingsystemanddevicedriversinanunattendedmodetosavetime
•CreatesareuseableresponselethatcanbeusedwithsimilarlyconguredLenovoserverstomake
futureinstallationsevenfaster.
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