Note: A password can be any combination of up to 6 (1 to 6) alphabetic and numeric characters. For
more information, see “Password considerations” on page 75.
RAID controllers
The following table lists the various utilities available to congure RAID controllers before an operating
system is installed.
Table 28. RAID utilities
Utility Description Location
Where to nd more
information
EasyStartup RAID
conguration utility
• For use with all
factory-supported RAID
controllers
• Automatically detects
hardware and lists
all supported RAID
congurations
• Congures one disk
array per controller
using all drives currently
attached to the controller
• Created aRAID response
le that can be used
to congure RAID
controllers on similarly
congured Lenovo
servers.
EasyStartup DVD “Using the ThinkServer
EasyStartup program” on
page 76
INTEL iMST SATA software
RAID Conguration Utility
program
INTEL iMST SATA software
RAID
Press Ctrl+I to start “Conguring the onboard
SATA software RAID” on
page 79
LSI MegaRAID WebBIOS
Conguration Utility
ThinkServer 8708ELP SAS
RAID Adapter, ThinkServer
8708EM2 RAID Adapter,
or ThinkServer RAID 700
Adapter (9260-8i)
Press Ctrl+H to start
Refer to the MegaRAID
SAS Software User Guide
on the documentation DVD
that came with you server.
And you can nd and install
the MegaCLI program and
the MegaRAID Storage
Manager program in the
ThinkServer EasyStartup
DVD that came with your
server. Insert the DVD into
the optical drive and the
les are in the \Tools And
Utilities directory.
Using the ThinkServer EasyStartup program
The ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD simplies the process of conguring your RAID controllers and installing
an operating system. The program works in conjunction with your Windows or Linux operating-system
installation disc to automate the process of installing the operating systems and associated device drivers.
If you did not receive an ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD with your server, you can download an image from
the Lenovo Support Web site at http://www.lenovo.com/support.
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