Chapter 6: Megaraid Storage Manager Overview And Installation; Overview; Creating Storage Configurations; Monitoring Storage Devices - Lenovo ThinkServer RD330 Software User's Manual

MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide
Chapter 6
MegaRAID Storage Manager Overview and Installation
This chapter provides a brief overview of the MegaRAID® Storage Manager™ (MSM)
software and explains how to install it on the supported operating systems.
6.1

Overview

6.1.1 Creating Storage
Configurations
6.1.2

Monitoring Storage Devices

6.1.3 Maintaining Storage
Configurations
6.2 Hardware and Software
Requirements
MegaRAID Storage Manager software enables you to configure, monitor, and maintain
storage configurations on SAS controllers. The MegaRAID Storage Manager
graphical user interface (GUI) makes it easy for you to create and manage storage
configurations.
MegaRAID Storage Manager software enables you to easily configure the controllers,
drives, and virtual drives on your workstation or server. The Configuration Wizard
greatly simplifies the process of creating drive groups and virtual drives. The Wizard
allows you to easily create new storage configurations and modify the configurations.
You can create the following types of configurations:
 Simple configuration specifies a limited number of settings and has the system
select drives for you. This option is the easiest way to create a virtual drive.
 Advanced configuration lets you choose additional settings and customize virtual
drive creation. This option provides greater flexibility when creating virtual drives
for your specific requirements.
In addition, the Modify Drive Group Wizard enables you to increase the capacity of a
virtual drive and to change the RAID level of a drive group.
NOTE: The Modify Drive Group Wizard was previously known as the Reconstruction
Wizard.
MegaRAID Storage Manager software displays the status of controllers, virtual drives,
and drives on the workstation or server that you are monitoring. System errors and
events are recorded in an event log file and are displayed on the screen. Special device
icons appear on the screen to notify you of drive failures and other events that require
immediate attention.
You can use MegaRAID Storage Manager software to perform system maintenance
tasks such as running patrol read operations, updating firmware, and running
consistency checks on drive groups that support redundancy.
The hardware requirements for MegaRAID Storage Manager software are as follows:

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