Drive Setup And Configuration; Using A Spare Disk From Another Server To Recover The Ibm X Series Server - Avaya Media Processing Server 500 Hardware Installation And Maintenance

Drive Setup and Configuration

• Systems that are intended to provide RAID functionality MUST have both drives assembled
into a RAID-0 or RAID-1 array at the factory. Note that the RAID utility will not offer any choice
but VOLUME unless there is more than one drive present.
• To create an array, highlight the "Create Array" menu option in the RAID manager to display a
list of drives; highlight each drive with the arrow keys and use the space bar to select it. The
drive will be moved to the box on the right after each selection. When all drives have been
selected, use the "Enter" key to bring up the RAID selection menu. Select RAID-1 and "Enter";
keep hitting "Enter" to accept the defaults until the menu disappears and the storage volumes
are configured. Use a series of "Esc" to exit and reboot the server. The system can now be
loaded with the OS and software.
• To create separate Volumes check only one drive on the left and use the space bar followed by
the "Enter" key. Select VOLUME and "Enter". Keep hitting "Enter" to accept the defaults until
the menu disappears and the storage volume is configured. Repeat the process for the second
volume.
Using a Spare Disk from Another Server to Recover the
IBM x Series Server
1. Remove the spare disk from the second drive bay on the donor Windows server.
2. Put a new disk in the empty second drive bay on the donor Windows server. The new disk
must be of the same type as the removed spare.
3. Disconnect the failed Windows server from the network.
4. Remove the bad disk out of the drive bay on the failed Windows server.
5. Insert the spare disk removed in step
Windows server.
6. Configure the Windows server.
a. Change the Windows server IP address to the IP address of the failed Windows server.
For Windows 2003: Select Start > Control Panel > Network Connection. Select
Connection > Properties > Internet Protocol(TCP/IP) > Properties. Modify the IP
address to that of the failed Windows server. Do not restart.
For Windows 2008: Start > Contrl Panel > Network and Internet > Network and Sharing
Center > Change adapter settings. Select Local Area Connection > Properties >
internet Protocol(TCP/IP) > Properties. Modify the IP address to that of the failed
Windows server. Do not restart.
b. Change the Windows server node name to the node name of the failed Windows
server.
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