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

Installing and configuring RAID

This chapter presents following information about attaching SATA devices and
configuring RAID for this product.
v "Supported RAID configurations"
v "Configuring the system BIOS to enable embedded SATA RAID functionality"
v "Creating RAID volumes" on page 48
v "Deleting RAID volumes" on page 48

Supported RAID configurations

The following RAID configurations are supported on ThinkPad W700 and W700ds:
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.
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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 and W700ds 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.
Better performance and no fault tolerance.
Improved read performance and 100% redundancy.
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