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4. Make sure that two IDE hard disk drives are installed in the blade server (see
5. Create a diskette or CD containing the IDE RAID device drivers for your
6. Complete the following steps to enable IDE RAID in BIOS using the
7. Complete the following steps to configure IDE RAID in BIOS using the
8. Install the operating system on your blade server, making sure that you install
9. Perform additional IDE RAID configuration that is required for your operating
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the "Installing an IDE drive" on page 25 for instructions).
Important: To avoid potential performance and reliability problems when
configuring or replacing hard disk drives in a mirrored RAID configuration, make
sure that the storage capacities and speeds of the hard disk drives are identical.
operating system. The latest IDE RAID device drivers for supported operating
systems are available for download from the IBM Support Web site at
http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/.
Configuration/Setup Utility program:
a. Turn on the blade server and watch the monitor screen.
b. When the message Press F1 for Configuration/Setup appears, press F1.
c. Select Devices and I/O Ports from the Configuration/Setup Utility main
menu; then, select IDE Configuration.
d. Set the IDE RAID feature to Enabled (the default setting is Disabled).
e. Select Save Settings from the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu.
f. Exit the Configuration/Setup Utility program, making sure that you save the
settings. The blade server restarts automatically.
MegaRAID IDE Setup Utility program:
a. When the message Press Ctrl+M to run MegaRAID IDE Setup Utility
appears, press Ctrl+M.
b. From the MegaRAID IDE Setup Utility program, select the automatic
configuration option (F1 or F2) for the type of RAID array you are setting up.
You can also manually configure the RAID array (F4) using the MegaRAID
IDE Setup Utility program; however, your blade server supports only RAID
level-0 (stripe) or RAID level-1 (mirror). Attempting to manually configure any
other type of RAID array will cause an error.
c. Select Initialize Array; then, press Enter. Using the Spacebar, select the
logical drives that will be part of the RAID array.
d. Press F10 to save the changes and exit the MegaRAID IDE Setup Utility
program. The blade server restarts automatically. Status messages that are
displayed during restart indicate status of the RAID array.
the correct IDE RAID device drivers (see Chapter 5, "Installing the operating
system," on page 63 for instructions). The latest IDE RAID device drivers and
NOS installation instructions for supported operating systems are available for
download from the IBM Support Web site at http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/.
Note: Some operating systems allow device drivers to be installed only during
a short period of time during operating-system setup; make sure you pay
attention to all messages that are displayed. Use care when performing an
unattended operating-system installation for IDE RAID.
system or application, using the operating-system configuration tools and the
MegaRAID IDEal Software RAID utility. See your operating-system
documentation for information about using the operating-system tools for IDE
hard disk drive RAID configuration. The latest version of the MegaRAID IDEal