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Installing and using the MegaRAID Storage Manager program
You can install and use the MegaRAID Storage Manager program to manage the RAID array and RAID
controller in an operating system environment after conguring RAID.
The installation package for the MegaRAID Storage Manager program is on the ThinkServer EasyStartup
DVD. After you enter the operating system, insert the ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD into the optical drive.
The installation package for the MegaRAID Storage Manager program is located in the Utilities and Others
folder in the root directory of the DVD.
To install and use the MegaRAID Storage Manager program, refer to the following chapters in the MegaRAID
SAS Software User Guide on the documentation DVD that comes with your server:
Note: Some information in these chapters might be intended for the advanced SATA/SAS hardware RAID
congurations and might not apply to the onboard SATA software congurations.
• “MegaRAID Storage Manager Overview and Installation”
• “MegaRAID Storage Manager Window and Menus”
• “Monitoring System Events and Storage Devices”
• “Maintaining and Managing Storage Congurations”
The MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide is also available on the Lenovo Web site at:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides
Conguring the advanced SATA or SAS hardware RAID
Some server models come with a required RAID card to provide advanced SATA/SAS hardware RAID
functions to the server. You can also purchase the RAID card from Lenovo and install it into server models
that support the RAID card to get advanced SATA/SAS hardware RAID functions. See “RAID card” on page
33
and “Installing or removing the RAID card” on page 98 for more information.
Note: For server models with more than four hard disk drives or models that use SAS hard disk drives, there
must be a RAID card installed.
The RAID card provides the WebBIOS Conguration Utility program to help you congure RAID
independently of the operating system. You can also install the MegaRAID Storage Manager program and
the MegaCLI Conguration Utility program to help you manage the RAID array and RAID controller in an
operating system environment. The supported RAID levels are RAID 0, 1, and 10. To activate RAID 5 and
50 levels, you need to install a RAID 5 key on the RAID card. See “Installing or removing the ThinkServer
9240-8i RAID 5 Upgrade Key” on page 100.
The installation packages for the MegaRAID Storage Manager program and the MegaCLI Conguration
Utility program are on the ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD. After you enter the operating system, insert the
ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD into the optical drive. The installation packages for the programs are located in
the Utilities and Others folder in the root directory of the DVD.
Note: The ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD is designed for different types of servers and the Utilities and Others
folder might contain additional installation packages that are not required to be installed into your server.
For instructions on how to congure and manage the advanced SATA or SAS hardware RAID, refer to
the MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide on the documentation DVD that comes with your server. This
document is also available on the Lenovo Web site at:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides
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