Chapter 5. Installing And Configuring Raid; Supported Raid Configurations; Configuring The System Bios To Enable Embedded Sata Raid Functionality; Creating Raid Volumes - Lenovo ThinkPad T510 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Chapter 5. Installing and configuring RAID

This chapter presents following information about attaching SATA devices and configuring RAID for the
RAID-supported models in this product.
Note: When the BIOS was formatted or the system board was replaced in the RAID-supported models,
RAID is enabled by default.
Important notices for setting RAID:
Before you install and configure RAID, make sure of the current RAID setting on the computer you are
servicing.
This product 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.
Good or non failing drives have to be in HDD bay 0 if you have RAID 1.
• "Supported RAID configurations" on page 61
• "Configuring the system BIOS to enable embedded SATA RAID functionality" on page 61
• "Creating RAID volumes" on page 61
• "Deleting RAID volumes" on page 62

Supported RAID configurations

The following RAID configurations are supported on ThinkPad W510:
RAID Level 0 (RAID 0) – Striped disk array
RAID Level 1 (RAID 1) – Mirrored disk array
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.
Note: SATA Controller Mode Option is recovered to RAID by default. When you use other mode before
load default setting in BIOS Setup Utility menu such as F9 key, you have to restore the setting as you like.

Creating RAID volumes

This section describes how to use the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology option ROM Configuration Utility to
create RAID volumes.
To create RAID volumes, do as follows:
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