Creating A Raid Array Of Hard Disk Drives; Creating An Array Using The Serveraid C105 Configuration Utility - Lenovo BladeCenter HS23E Problem Determination And Service Manual

Creating a RAID array of hard disk drives

Use this information to create a RAID array of hard disk drives.
To create a RAID array of hard disk drives, complete the following steps:
1. From the list of adapters, select the controller (channel) for the drives that you
2. Select RAID Properties.
3. Select the type of array that you want to create.
4. Use the arrow keys to highlight the first drive in the pair; then, press the Minus
5. Continue to select the next drive using the Minus (-) or Plus (+) key until you
6. Press C to create the disk array.
7. Select Apply changes and exit menu to create the array.
Note: For more information, see the Installation and User's Guide for ServeRAID
H1135 at http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/
docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5088601&brandind=5000008.

Creating an array using the ServeRAID C105 configuration utility

Use these instructions to create a software RAID array of hard disk drives.
To create a software RAID array of hard disk drives, complete the following steps:
10. After the system auto skip to the next screen, select Save Configuration.
11. When the prompt Creating Virtual Drives will cause the data lost on
12. Select OK to continue.
13. To initialize virtual disk, select ServeRAID C105
14. Under Virtual Drive Operation, choose Select Operation. Select the type of
15. Select Start Operation.
want to mirror.
(-) or Plus (+) key to change the mirror value to Primary.
have selected all the drives for your array.
1. Turn on the blade server, and make sure that the blade server is the owner of
the keyboard, video, and mouse.
Note: Approximately 1 to 3 minutes after the server is connected to ac power,
the power-control button becomes active after the power-on LED flashes
slowly.
2. When the prompt <F1 Setup> is displayed, press F1. If you have set an
administrator password, you are prompted to type the password.
3. Under System Settings, select Storage.
4. Under Storage, select ServeRAID C105.
5. Under Configuration Options, select Virtual Drive Management
Configuration.
6. Select the type of array that you want to create.
7. Select Select Drives and use space key to select all the drives for your array.
8. Select Apply Changes to create the array.
9. When the prompt Success is displayed, select OK to continue.
the associated Drives to be permanently deleted. is displayed, use space
key to select Yes to continue.
Select Virtual Drive Operations.
initialization you want to initialize.
Virtual Drive Management
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