Configuring Raid; About Raid - Lenovo ThinkServer TD350 User Manual And Hardware Maintenance Manual

• Using the BIOS recovery jumper
1. Remove all external media from the drives and turn off all attached devices and the server. Then,
disconnect all power cords from electrical outlets and disconnect all cables that are connected to
the server.
2. If the server is installed in a rack cabinet, remove the server from the rack cabinet and place it on a flat,
clean, and static-protective surface. See the Rack Installation Instructions that comes with the server.
3. Remove the server cover. See "Removing the server cover" on page 72.
4. Remove the cooling shroud. See "Removing the cooling shroud" on page 75.
5. Locate the BIOS recovery jumper on the system board. See "System board jumpers" on page 50.
Then, remove any parts and disconnect any cables that might impede your access to the jumper.
Note: Do not remove the memory modules or microprocessors.
6. Move the BIOS recovery jumper from the default off position to the on position.
7. Connect the server to an ac power source. The server turns on and then turns off automatically.
8. Move the BIOS recovery jumper back to the off position.
9. Wait for about 20 minutes for the TSM to recover the BIOS. To prevent permanent damage, DO
NOT TURN OFF THE SERVER during the recovery process. When the BIOS recovery process is
completed, the server turns on automatically.
10. Ensure that the Setup Utility program starts normally. See "Starting the Setup Utility program" on
page 57. Then, disconnect the server from the ac power source.
11. Reinstall any parts and reconnect any cables. Then, reinstall the server cover. See "Completing
the parts replacement" on page 180.
12. Connect the server to an ac power source and turn on the server. Check and configure the BIOS
settings for your specific needs. See "Using the Setup Utility program" on page 57.
Note: If you cannot recover the BIOS after using the instructions in this topic, the BIOS read-only memory
(ROM) might be damaged. You must replace the system board. Contact the Lenovo Customer Support
Center.

Configuring RAID

This topic provides information about RAID and the utility programs that are available for you to configure
RAID.
This topic contains the following items:
• "About RAID" on page 65
• "Configuring RAID using the Lenovo ThinkServer Deployment Manager program" on page 67
• "Configuring the advanced SATA or SAS hardware RAID" on page 67

About RAID

RAID, an acronym for Redundant Array of Independent Disks, is a technology that provides increased
storage functions and reliability through redundancy. This is achieved by combining multiple hard disk drives
into a logical unit, where data is distributed across the drives in one of several ways called RAID levels.
When a group of independent physical hard disk drives are set up to use RAID technology, they are in a
RAID array. This array distributes data across multiple hard disk drives, but the array appears to the host
server as one single storage unit. Creating and using RAID arrays provides high performance, such as the
expedited I/O performance, because several drives can be accessed simultaneously.
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