Using The Boot Menu Program; Using The Adaptec Hostraid Configuration Programs - IBM xSeries 206 User Manual

1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/.
2. In the Download section, click Downloads & drivers.
3. On the "Downloads and drivers" page, in the Brand field, select, Servers.
4. In the Family field, select xSeries 206.
5. Click Continue.
6. In the View by document type field, select OS installation.
7. Select the instructions for your operating system.

Using the Boot Menu program

The Boot Menu program is a built-in, menu-driven configuration utility program that
you can use to temporarily redefine the first startup device without changing
settings in the Configuration/Setup Utility program.
Complete the following steps to use the Boot Menu program to change the startup
sequence of your server:
1. Turn off the server.
2. Restart the server.
3. Press F12.
4. Select the startup device.
The next time the server is started, it returns to the startup sequence that is set in
the Configuration/Setup Utility program.

Using the Adaptec HostRAID configuration programs

Use the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility programs and SCSISelect Utility (also
referred to as IBM ServeRAID-7e) to add RAID levels 0 and 1 functionality to the
integrated Serial ATA controller and the SCSI controller. Be sure to use these
programs as described in this document. Use these programs to:
v Configure a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) array
v View or change your RAID configuration and associated devices
Consider the following information when using the Adaptec RAID Configuration
Utility programs and SCSISelect Utility program to configure and manage arrays:
v The SCSI controller with integrated SCSI RAID (SCSI models) and the integrated
v You cannot use the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD to configure the
v Hard disk drive capacities affect how you create arrays. Drives in an array can
v To help ensure signal quality, do not mix drives with different speeds and data
v To update the firmware and BIOS code for an optional ServeRAID controller, you
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Serial ATA controller (SATA models) with integrated SATA RAID supports RAID
levels 0 and 1 with the option of having a hot-spare drive. Installing an optional
ServeRAID controller provides additional RAID levels.
integrated Serial ATA controller with integrated RAID and the SCSI controller with
integrated RAID.
have different capacities, but the RAID controller treats them as if they all have
the capacity of the smallest hard disk drive.
rates.
must use the IBM ServeRAID Support CD that comes with the ServeRAID
option.