Accessing The Software Raid Configuration Utility; Installing Lsi Megasr Drivers For Windows And Linux - Cisco UCS C240 M5 Installation And Service Manual

Accessing the Software RAID Configuration Utility

d) For the secondary sSATA controller, select M.2 and then choose one of the options from the dialog:
• LSI SW RAID—Enable the embedded sSATA RAID controller for control of internal SATA M.2 drives.
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• AHCI—Enable control of the internal SATA M.2 drives by AHCI through your OS rather than the embedded
RAID controller.
• Disabled—Disable the embedded sSATA RAID controller.
Step 2 Press F10 to save your changes and exit the utility.
Accessing the Software RAID Configuration Utility
To configure RAID settings for the embedded SATA RAID controllers, use the utility that is built into the
BIOS. Each controller is controlled by its own instance of the utility.
Step 1 Boot the server and press F2 when prompted to enter the BIOS Setup utility.
Step 2 Choose the Advanced tab.
Step 3
Select the instance of the utility that is for the controller that you want to manage (primary or secondary):
• For the pSATA controller, select LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility (SATA).
• For the sSATA controller, select LSI Software RAID Configuration Utility (sSATA).

Installing LSI MegaSR Drivers For Windows and Linux

The required drivers for this controller are already installed and ready to use. However, if you will use
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this controller with Windows or Linux, you must download and install additional drivers for those operating
systems.
This section explains how to install the LSI MegaSR drivers for the following supported operating systems:
• Microsoft Windows Server
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
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This menu option does not appear when the server is set to boot in Legacy mode (UEFI mode is
required). To change the boot mode, use the BIOS setting for Boot Options > Boot Mode.
This menu option does not appear when the server has no M.2 mini storage module, or when no SATA
M.2 drive is installed in the mini-storage module.
Storage Controller Considerations