Managing Software Licensing; Managing Advanced Software Options - Lenovo ThinkServer RD650 User Manual

12Gb/s MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide
March 2014
Figure 20 Foreign View Menu
You can use the Foreign Config View screen to view information about the foreign configuration, such as drive
groups, virtual drives, physical drives, and hot spares.
The Foreign View menu lets you import foreign configurations to the RAID controller or clear the foreign
configurations.
4.6

Managing Software Licensing

The MegaRAID advanced software offers the software license key feature to enable the advanced options in the Ctrl-R
Utility. The license key is also known as the activation key.
You need to configure the Advanced Software options present in the Ctrl-R Utility to use the advanced features
present in the controller.
4.6.1

Managing Advanced Software Options

Perform the following steps to configure the Advanced Software options by using the activation key.
1. In the VD Mgmt screen, navigate to the controller and press the F2 key.
2. Navigate to Advanced Software Options, and press Enter.
The Manage MegaRAID Advanced Software Options dialog appears, as shown in the following figure.
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Chapter 4: Ctrl-R Utility
Managing Software Licensing