Raid Controllers; Using The Thinkserver Easystartup Program - Lenovo ThinkServer RD240 Hardware Maintenance Manual

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RAID controllers

The following table lists the various utilities available to configure RAID controllers before an operating
system is installed.
Table 37. RAID utilities
RAID configuration utility
EasyStartup RAID
configuration utility
LSI IR-RAID Utility
LSI MegaRAID WebBIOS
Configuration Utility

Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program

The EasyStartup DVD simplifies the process of configuring your RAID controllers and installing an operating
system. The program works in conjunction with your Windows or Linux operating-system installation disc to
automate the process of installing the operating systems and associated device drivers.
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• For use with all
factory-supported RAID
controllers
• Automatically detects
hardware and lists
all supported RAID
configurations
• Configures one disk
array per controller
using all drives currently
attached to the controller
• Created a RAID response
file that can be used
to configure RAID
controllers on similarly
configured Lenovo
servers.
Onboard 1068E SAS RAID
adapter
ThinkServer 8708ELP SAS
RAID adapter
Location
ThinkServer EasyStartup
DVD
Press Ctrl+C to start
Press Ctrl+H to start
Where to find more
information
"Using the ThinkServer
EasyStartup program" on
page 114
"Onboard 1068E SAS RAID
controller Configuration
Utility program" on page
117
Refer to the MegaRAID SAS
Software User Guide on the
ThinkServer Documentation
DVD that came with
you server. And you
can find and install the
MegaCLI program and
the MegaRAID Storage
Manager program in the
ThinkServer EasyStartup
DVD that came with your
server. Insert the DVD into
the optical drive and the
files are in the \Tools And
Utilities directory.