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Configuring a SAS RAID
Note: Configuring a SAS RAID array applies only to a blade server in which two
SAS hard disk drives are installed.
You can configure a SAS redundant array of independent disks (RAID) array for
your blade server. You can use two SAS hard disk drives in the blade server to
implement and manage a RAID level-0 (striping) or RAID level-1 (mirroring) array
under an operating system that is listed at
http://www.ibm.com/eserver/serverproven/compat/us. For more information, see the
Installation and User's Guide.
Important: You must create the RAID array before you install the operating system
on the blade server.
You can use the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program to configure the SAS hard
disk drives and SAS controller. To start the LSI Logic Configuration Utility, complete
the following steps:
1. Turn on the blade server (make sure that the blade server is the owner of the
2. When the
3. Follow the instructions on the screen to modify the SAS hard disk drive and
keyboard, video, and mouse) and watch the monitor screen.
Press Ctrl-C to start LSI Logic Configuration Utility
prompt appears, press Ctrl+C.
SAS controller settings.
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