Configuring the Server Blade
5.3.2
Configuring SAS RAID controller
The server blade has a SAS RAID controller with "Integrated Mirroring
Enhanced" functionality or "MegaRAID functionality". You can configure the
SAS RAID controller either before or during installation with the ServerView
Installation Manager. Using the ServerView Installation Manager is
recommended.
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The controller makes a separate utility available for IME configuration.
For further information, refer to the "Integrated RAID for SAS User's
Guide" (on the PRIMERGY ServerView Suite DVD 2 under Industry
Standard Servers - Expansion Cards - Storage Adapters - LSI RAID / SCSI
Controllers).
A separate utility is available to the controller for MegaRAID
configuration. For further information, refer to the "SAS Software User's
Guide" (on the PRIMERGY ServerView Suite DVD 2 under Industry
Standard Servers - Expansion Cards - Storage Adapters - LSI Configuration
Software).
Further information on modular RAID controllers is provided in the
"Modular RAID Controller Installation Guide" (on PRIMERGY
ServerView Suite DVD 2 under Industry Standard Servers - Expansion Cards
- Storage Adapters - LSI RAID / SCSI Controllers).
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Descriptions of operating systems not covered in the controller manual
are provided in the corresponding readme files on the driver CDs.
5.3.3
Configuring the server and installing the operating
system with the ServerView Installation Manager
Using the ServerView Installation Manager on the ServerView Suite DVD 1
provided, you can conveniently configure the server and install the operating
system. This includes configuring the server-specific settings using the
ServerView Configuration Manager and configuring the RAID controller using
the ServerView RAID Manager.
Advantages of the ServerView Installation Manager
– Wizard assisted configuration of your server hardware and disk arrays
– Wizard assisted installation of all leading server operating systems
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