Main menu of the webbios utility – Lenovo 6528 User Manual

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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:

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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.

Physical View or Logical View

Select this to toggle between the Physical View and Logical View.

Events

From this view, you can display the system events in the Event Information
page.

Exit

Select this to exit the WebBIOS utility and continue with the system boot.

Creating a storage configuration using the Configuration Wizard

Follow these steps to start create a storage configuration:

1. Click Configuration Wizard to start the wizard.

2. Select a configuration option:

Attention:

If you select Clear Configuration or New Configuration, all

existing data in the configuration is deleted. Make a backup copy of any data
that you want to keep before selecting these options.

Clear Configuration

Clears the existing configuration.

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