Raid Controllers; Using The Thinkserver Easystartup Program - Lenovo ThinkServer RD230 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Note: A password can be any combination of up to 6 (1 to 6) alphabetic and numeric characters. For
more information, see "Password considerations" on page 111.

RAID controllers

The following table lists the various utilities available to configure RAID controllers before an operating
system is installed.
Table 39. RAID utilities
Utility
EasyStartup RAID
configuration utility
INTEL iMST SATA software
RAID Configuration Utility
program
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.
If you did not receive an EasyStartup DVD with your server, you can download an image from the Lenovo
Support Web site at http://www.lenovo.com/support.
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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.
INTEL iMST SATA software
RAID
ThinkServer 8708ELP
or 8708EM2 SAS RAID
adapter
Location
EasyStartup DVD
Press Ctrl+I to start
Press Ctrl+H to start
Where to find more
information
"Using the ThinkServer
EasyStartup program" on
page 112
"Configuring the onboard
SATA software RAID" on
page 115
Refer to the MegaRAID
SAS Software User Guide
on the 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.