Chapter 5. Installing And Configuring Raid; Supported Raid Configurations; Configuring The System Bios To Enable Embedded Sata Raid Functionality; Creating Raid Volumes - Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds Hardware Maintenance Manual

Chapter 5. Installing and configuring RAID

This chapter presents following information about attaching SATA devices and configuring RAID for this
product.
Important notices for setting RAID:
Before you install and configure RAID, make sure of the current RAID setting on the computer you are
servicing.
ThinkPad W700, W700ds, W701, and W701ds supports either RAID Level 0 (RAID 0) or RAID Level 1 (RAID 1).
Confirm the RAID setting information provided from the customer at first, then proceed with the installation.
In this product, if the BIOS was formatted or the system board was replaced, RAID is not enabled
by default.
Good or non failing drives have to be in HDD bay 0 if you have RAID 1.
• "Supported RAID configurations" on page 53
• "Configuring the system BIOS to enable embedded SATA RAID functionality" on page 53
• "Creating RAID volumes" on page 53
• "Deleting RAID volumes" on page 54

Supported RAID configurations

The following RAID configurations are supported on ThinkPad W700, W700ds, W701, and W701ds:
RAID Level 0 (RAID 0) – Striped disk array
Better performance and no fault tolerance.
RAID Level 1 (RAID 1) – Mirrored disk array
Improved read performance and 100% redundancy.
Configuring the system BIOS to enable embedded SATA RAID
functionality
To configure the BIOS for RAID, do as follows:
1. Press F1 to enter the BIOS Setup Utility menu.
2. Select Config.
3. Select Serial ATA (SATA).
4. Select SATA Controller Mode Option
5. Select RAID
6. Press F10 to save the settings.

Creating RAID volumes

This section describes how to use the Intel
create RAID volumes.
To create RAID volumes, do as follows:
1. Turn on the computer.
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