Use Of Internal Hard Disk Drives In The Raid System - NEC Express5800/E120d-1 User Manual

Chapter 2 Preparations
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Use of Internal Hard Disk Drives in the RAID System

This section describes how to use the internal hard disk drives in the RAID System.
To build a RAID System, There is a way to use a Option RAID controller(N8103-149/150/151) in addition to
the way to use on-board RAID Controller(LSI Embedded MegaRAID
If using internal hard disk drives in RAID System with an optional RAID Controller (N8103-149/150/151)
installed in the server, the SATA cable needs to be rewired.
To build a RAID System, change jumper switch settings on motherboard, as shown below.
To use onboard RAID Controller, change setting of RAID configuration jumper on motherboard.
Warning: If [RAID_key1] has been set to [Enabled] in MB before replacement and that parameter on MB
after replacement is set to [Disabled], booting the server will destroy the data.
Important
If you use hard disk drives in the RAID System or change the RAID level,
initialize the hard disk drives. If the hard disk drive contains valuable data,
be sure to backup the hard disk drive before installing the RAID Controller
and configuring the RAID System.
Note
In the RAID System, use hard disk drives that have the same specifications
(capacity, rotational speed, and standard) for each Disk Array.
Tips
Logical Drives can be created even with only one Physical Device.
Tips
When using SAS hard disk drives, RAID Controllers must be connected.
Important
You must avoid static electricity to work with the procedure below. For
details, refer to Chapter 2 (1.2 Anti-static Measures).
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1. Installing Internal Optional Devices
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SW RAID Enabled：Default
SW RAID Disabled
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