Viewing the configuration, Viewing, Configuration – Lenovo 6446 User Manual

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To

run

ServeRAID

Manager

in

Startable

CD

mode,

turn

on

the

server;

then,

insert

the

CD

into

the

CD-RW/DVD

drive.

If

ServeRAID

Manager

detects

an

unconfigured

controller

and

ready

drives,

the

Configuration

wizard

starts.

In

the

Configuration

wizard,

you

can

select

express

configuration

or

custom

configuration.

Express

configuration

automatically

configures

the

controller

by

grouping

the

first

two

physical

drives

in

the

ServeRAID

Manager

tree

into

an

array

and

creating

a

RAID

level-1

logical

drive.

If

you

select

custom

configuration,

you

can

select

the

two

physical

drives

that

you

want

to

group

into

an

array

and

create

a

hot-spare

drive.

Using

express

configuration:

To

use

express

configuration,

complete

the

following

steps:

1.

In

the

ServeRAID

Manager

tree,

click

the

controller.

2.

Click

Express

configuration

.

3.

Click

Next.

4.

In

the

“Configuration

summary”

window,

review

the

information.

To

change

the

configuration,

click

Modify

arrays

.

5.

Click

Apply

;

when

you

are

asked

whether

you

want

to

apply

the

new

configuration,

click

Yes

.

The

configuration

is

saved

in

the

controller

and

in

the

physical

drives.

6.

Exit

from

ServeRAID

Manager

and

remove

the

CD

from

the

CD-RW/DVD

drive.

7.

Restart

the

server.

Using

custom

configuration:

To

use

custom

configuration,

complete

the

following

steps:

1.

In

the

ServeRAID

Manager

tree,

click

the

controller.

2.

Click

Custom

configuration

.

3.

Click

Next

.

4.

In

the

“Create

arrays”

window,

from

the

list

of

ready

drives,

select

the

drives

that

you

want

to

group

into

the

array.

5.

Click

the

(Add

selected

drives)

icon

to

add

the

drives

to

the

array.

6.

If

you

want

to

configure

a

hot-spare

drive,

complete

the

following

steps:

a.

Click

the

Spares

tab.

b.

Select

the

physical

drive

that

you

want

to

designate

as

the

hot-spare

drive,

and

click

the

(Add

selected

drives)

icon.

7.

Click

Next

.

8.

Review

the

information

in

the

“Configuration

summary”

window.

To

change

the

configuration,

click

Back

.

9.

Click

Apply

;

when

you

are

asked

whether

you

want

to

apply

the

new

configuration,

click

Yes

.

The

configuration

is

saved

in

the

controller

and

in

the

physical

drives.

10.

Exit

from

ServeRAID

Manager

and

remove

the

CD

from

the

CD-RW/DVD

drive.

11.

Restart

the

server.

Viewing

the

configuration

You

can

use

ServeRAID

Manager

to

view

information

about

RAID

controllers

and

the

RAID

subsystem

(such

as

arrays,

logical

drives,

hot-spare

drives,

and

physical

46

ThinkServer

RD120

Types

6444,

6445,

6446,

and

6447:

Installation

Guide

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