Using the webbios utility, Starting the webbios utility, Main menu of the webbios utility – Lenovo RD210 User Manual

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3.

Select

the

type

of

array

that

you

want

to

create.

4.

In

the

RAID

Disk

column,

use

the

Spacebar

or

Minus

(-)

key

to

select

[Yes]

(select)

or

[No]

(deselect)

to

select

or

deselect

a

drive

from

a

RAID

disk.

5.

Continue

to

select

drives,

using

the

Spacebar

or

Minus

(-)

key,

until

you

have

selected

all

the

drives

for

your

array.

6.

Press

C

to

create

the

disk

array.

7.

Select

Save

changes

then

exit

this

menu

to

create

the

array.

8.

Exit

the

Setup

utility.

Using

the

WebBIOS

utility

The

WebBIOS

configuration

utility

enables

you

to

create

and

manage

RAID

configurations

on

LSI

SAS

controllers.

The

WebBIOS

utility

resides

in

the

SAS

controller

BIOS

and

operates

independently

of

the

operating

system.

The

WebBIOS

utility

provides

a

configuration

wizard

to

guide

you

through

the

configuration

of

virtual

disks

and

physical

arrays.

Starting

the

WebBIOS

utility

Perform

the

following

steps

to

start

the

WebBIOS

utility

and

access

the

main

menu:

1.

After

you

turn

on

the

power

and

when

the

computer

is

starting,

you

are

prompted

to

press

Ctrl

+

H

when

the

following

message

is

displayed:

Copyright©

LSI

Logic

Corporation

Press

<Ctrl><H>

for

WebBIOS

2.

Select

an

adapter

from

the

list.

3.

Click

Start.

The

main

WebBIOS

utility

interface

is

displayed.

You

can

toggle

between

the

physical

view

and

logical

view

of

the

storage

devices

that

are

connected

to

the

controller.

Click

Physical

View

or

Logical

View

on

the

menu

in

the

left

pane

to

change

the

view.

Main

menu

of

the

WebBIOS

utility

The

main

menu

includes

the

following

options:

Adapter

Properties

From

this

view,

you

can

display

and

modify

the

properties

of

the

SAS

adapter

that

is

currently

selected.

Scan

Devices

From

this

view,

you

can

re-scan

the

physical

and

virtual

disks

for

any

changes

in

the

drive

status

or

physical

configuration.

Virtual

Disks

From

this

view,

you

can

display

and

modify

the

virtual

disk

properties,

delete

virtual

disks,

initialize

disks,

and

perform

other

tasks.

Physical

Drives

From

this

view,

you

can

view

the

physical

drive

properties,

create

hot

spare

disks,

and

perform

other

tasks.

Configuration

Wizard

Select

this

to

start

the

Configuration

Wizard

and

create

a

new

storage

configuration,

clear

a

configuration,

or

add

a

new

configuration.

Adapter

Selection

From

this

view,

you

can

select

a

different

SAS

adapter.

Then,

you

can

view

information

about

the

adapter

and

the

drives

connected

to

it,

or

create

a

new

configuration

for

the

adapter.

Chapter

6.

Configuring

the

server

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