Configuring The Controller - IBM 8676 - Eserver xSeries 335 Installation Manual

Configuring the controller

You can use the Configuration wizard to configure your controller. The Configuration
wizard provides two configuration options: Express and Custom. Express
configuration automatically configures your controller, and you can use Custom
configuration to configure your controller manually.
Note: If the integrated RAID controller has two channels, it will appear in the
Using Express configuration: Express configuration automatically configures
your controller. It creates an array by grouping together the first two physical drives
that appear in the ServeRAID Manager tree, and it creates a RAID level-1 logical
drive.
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 that is displayed in the "Configuration summary" window.
Figure 2. "Configuration summary" window
5. Click Apply; then, click Yes when asked if you want to apply the new
6. Exit from the ServeRAID Manager program and remove the CD from the
7. Restart the server.
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ServeRAID Manager tree as two controller objects. However, you can
configure only one array and one RAID level-1 logical drive.
To change the configuration, click Modify arrays.
configuration. The configuration is saved in the controller and in the physical
drives.
CD-ROM drive.