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Appendix A: Server management tools
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Creating and Initialing a RAID Volume
1 Launch the configuration menu.
2 Select Configuration Wizard
3 Select Add Configuration (default) and click on Next.
4 Select Custom Configuration (default) and click on Next.
5Hold the Ctrl key and select the drives that you want to add into
the array. After you selecting the drives, click on AddtoArray.
6 Click on Accept DG then Next.
7 Select the array you just created, click on Add to SPAN and Next.
8 Select the RAID Level you want to use, create the logical volume
by specify the size at Select Size and click on Accept to create the
logical volume.
9 Click on Next after you creating the logical volume.
10 Click on Accept and Yes to save the configuration.
11 Click on Yes to initialize the new logical drives. You will see all the
logical drives listed.
12 Click on Home to go back to the configuration menu.
13 Now you can reboot the system and install the Operating System.
Select Exit, click on Yes and press Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot the
system.
Assigning a Hot Spare Disk
1 Launch the configuration menu.
2 Select a free disk marked as UNCONF GOOD and listed under
Physical Drives.
3 Select Make Global Dedicated HSP or Make Dedicated HSP
and click on Go.
4 Click on Home to go back to the configuration menu. You will see
the disk marked as Hotsapare in pink and listed under Physical
Drives.
Configuring LSI MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP
This section briefly shows how to create RAID with LSI MegaRAID SAS
8204ELP.