Starting The Lsi Configuration Utility Program - Lenovo TD200 - ThinkServer - 3809 Hardware Maintenance Manual

– Integrated Mirroring (IM) with hot-spare support (also known as RAID 1) Use this option to create an
integrated array of two disks plus up to two optional hot spares. All data on the primary disk can be
migrated.
– Integrated Mirroring Enhanced (IME) with hot-spare support (also known as RAID 1E) Use this option to
create an integrated mirror enhanced array of three to eight disks, including up to two optional hot
spares. All data on the array disks will be deleted.
– 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.
• Hard disk drive capacities affect how you create arrays. The drives in an array can have different
capacities, but the RAID controller treats them as if they all have the capacity of the smallest hard disk
drive.
• If you use an integrated SAS/SATA controller with RAID capabilities to configure 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.
• If you install a different type of RAID controller, see the documentation that comes with the controller for
information about viewing and changing settings for attached devices.

Starting the LSI Configuration Utility program

To start the LSI Configuration Utility program, do the following:
1. Turn on the server.
Note: Approximately 3 minutes after the server is connected to power, the power-control button
becomes active.
2. When the prompt <F1> Setup is displayed, press F1. If you have set an 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.
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 (for example, LSI Logic
Fusion MPT SAS Driver).
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, do the following:
1. From the list of adapters, select the controller (channel) for the drive that you want to format and press
Enter.
2. Select SAS Topology and press Enter.
3. Select Direct Attach Devices and press Enter.
4. To highlight the drive that you want to format, use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys. To scroll left and
right, use the Left Arrow and Right Arrow keys or the End key. Press Alt+D.
5. To start the low-level formatting operation, select Format and press Enter.
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