Starting The Lsi Configuration Utility Program; Formatting A Hard Disk Drive - IBM 7947E3U User Manual

v Hard disk drive capacities affect how you create arrays. The drives in an array
v If you use an integrated SAS/SATA controller with RAID capabilities to configure
v If you install a different type of RAID controller, see the documentation that

Starting the LSI Configuration Utility program

To start the LSI Configuration Utility program, complete the following steps:
1. Turn on the server.
2. When the prompt <F1> Setup is displayed, press F1. If you have set an
3. Select System Settings → Adapters and UEFI drivers.
4. Select Please refresh this page first and press Enter.
5. Select the device driver that is applicable for the SAS controller in the server.
6. To perform storage-management tasks, see the SAS controller documentation,
When you have finished changing settings, press Esc to exit from the program;
select Save to save the settings that you have changed.

Formatting a hard disk drive

Low-level formatting removes all data from the hard disk. If there is data on the disk
that you want to save, back up the hard disk before you perform this procedure.
Note: Before you format a hard disk, make sure that the disk is not part of a
mirrored pair.
To format a drive, complete the following steps:
1. From the list of adapters, select the controller (channel) for the drive that you
2. Select SAS Topology and press Enter.
3. Select Direct Attach Devices and press Enter.
– Integrated Striping (IS) (also known as RAID 0)
Use this option to create an integrated striping array of two to eight disks. All
data on the array disks will be deleted.
can have different capacities, but the RAID controller treats them as if they all
have the capacity of the smallest hard disk drive.
a RAID 1 (mirrored) array after you have installed the operating system, you will
lose access to any data or applications that were previously stored on the
secondary drive of the mirrored pair.
comes with the controller for information about viewing and changing settings for
attached devices.
Note: Approximately 3 minutes after the server is connected to ac power, the
power-control button becomes active.
administrator password, you must type the administrator password to access the
full Setup utility menu. If you do not type the administrator password, a limited
Setup utility menu is available.
For example, LSI Logic Fusion MPT SAS Driver.
which you can download from the Disk controller and RAID software matrix:
a. Go to http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/.
b. Under Product support, click System x.
c. Under Popular links, click Storage Support Matrix.
want to format and press Enter.
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