Using Express Configuration; Using Custom Configuration; Configuring The Ethernet Controller - IBM 8670 - Eserver xSeries 345 User Manual

grouping the first two physical drives in the ServeRAID Manager tree into an array
and creating a RAID level 1 logical drive. If you select custom configuration, you
can select the two physical drives that you want to group into an array and create a
hot-spare drive.

Using express configuration

Complete the following steps to use express configuration:
1. In the ServeRAID Manager tree, click the controller.
2. Click Express configuration.
3. Click Next. The "Configuration summary" window opens.
4. Review the information in the "Configuration summary" window. To change the
5. Click Apply; then, click Yes when asked if you want to apply the new
6. Exit from ServeRAID Manager and remove the CD from the CD-ROM drive.
7. Restart the server.

Using custom configuration

Complete the following steps to use custom configuration:
10. Exit from ServeRAID Manager and remove the CD from the CD-ROM drive.
11. Restart the server.

Configuring the Ethernet controller

The Ethernet controller is integrated on the system board. It provides an interface
for connecting to a 10-Mbps, 100-Mbps, or 1-Gbps network and provides full-duplex
(FDX) capability, which enables simultaneous transmission and reception of data on
the network. If the Ethernet ports in your server support auto-negotiation, the
controller detects the data-transfer rate (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, or 1000BASE-T)
and duplex mode (full-duplex or half-duplex) of the network and automatically
operates at that rate and mode.
You do not need to set any jumpers or configure the controller. However, you must
install a device driver to enable the operating system to address the controller. For
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configuration, click Modify arrays.
configuration. The configuration is saved in the controller and in the physical
drives.
1. In the ServeRAID Manager tree, click the controller.
2. Click Custom configuration.
3. Click Next. The "Create arrays" window opens.
4. From the list of ready drives, select the two drives that you want to group into
the array.
5. Click (Add selected drives) to add the drives to the array.
6. Complete the following steps, if you want to configure a hot-spare drive:
a. Click the Spares tab.
b. Select the physical drive you want to designate as the hot-spare drive;
then, click
7. Click Next. The "Configuration summary" window opens.
8. Review the information in the "Configuration summary" window. To change the
configuration, click Back.
9. Click Apply; then, click Yes when asked if you want to apply the new
configuration. The configuration is saved in the controller and in the physical
drives.
(Add selected drives).