Creating A Storage Configuration Using The Configuration Wizard; Viewing And Changing Properties; Viewing And Changing Virtual Disk Properties - Lenovo ThinkServer TS200 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Creating a storage configuration using the Configuration Wizard

Follow these steps to start create a storage configuration:
1. Click Configuration Wizard to start the wizard.
2. Select a configuration option:
Attention: If you select Clear Configuration or New Configuration, all existing data in the configuration
is deleted. Make a backup copy of any data that you want to keep before selecting these options.
Clear Configuration
New Configuration
Add Configuration
3. Click Next.
4. Select a configuration mode from the following options:
Custom Configuration
Auto Configuration and Redundancy
Auto Configuration without Redundancy
5. Click Next to continue.

Viewing and changing properties

You can view information for one LSI SAS at a time. If your system has multiple LSI SAS adapters, you can
view information for a different adapter, click Adapter Selection on the main view. To view the properties for
the currently selected adapter, click Adapter Properties on the main WebBIOS screen.

Viewing and changing virtual disk properties

On the WebBIOS main screen, select a virtual disk from the list and click Virtual Disk.
The Properties panel displays the RAID level, state, size, and stripe size.
The Policies panel lists the virtual disk policies that were defined when the storage configuration was
created. To change any of these policies, select a policy from the menu and click Change. The Operations
panel lists operations that can be performed on the virtual disk. Select the operation and click Go. Then
choose from the following operations:
• Select Del to delete this virtual disk.
• Select Locate and the LEDs flash on the physical drives used by this virtual disk.
• Select Fast or Slow to initialize this virtual disk.
Attention: Before you run an initialization, back up any data on the virtual disk that you want to save. All
data on the virtual disk is lost when you initialize it.
Clears the existing configuration.
Clears the existing configuration and lets you
create a new configuration.
Retains the existing storage configuration and
adds new drives to it (this does not cause any
data loss).
In this mode, you can control all attributes of the
new storage configuration.
This mode automatically creates an optimal
RAID 1 or RAID 5 configuration, providing data
redundancy.
This mode automatically creates a non-redundant
RAID 0 configuration.
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Configuring the server