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To run a consistency check using the LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility program, do the following:
1. Start the LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility program. See “Starting the LSI Software RAID
Conguration Utility program” on page 59.
2. On the main interface of the program, select Check Consistency and follow the instructions on the
screen.
The consistency check rate is the rate at which consistency check operations are run on a system. The
consistency check rate can be congured between 0 percent and 100 percent. At 0 percent, the consistency
check is done only if the system is not doing anything else. At 100 percent, the consistency check has a
higher priority than any other system activity.
To congure the consistency check rate using the LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility program, do
the following:
Note: Using a consistency check rate of 0 or 100 percent is not recommended. The default value is 30
percent.
1. Start the LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility program. See “Starting the LSI Software RAID
Conguration Utility program” on page 59.
2. On the main interface of the program, select Objects ➙ Adapter ➙ Chk Const Rate.
3. Set the consistency check rate by typing a desired value from the keyboard directly.
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 ThinkServer RAID 300 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 also is available on the Lenovo Web site at:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkServerUserGuides
Conguring the advanced SATA/SAS hardware RAID
Before conguring RAID for your server, observe the following precautions:
• Use hard disk drives that are of the same type (SATA or SAS) and have the same capacity within a
single RAID array.
• The total drive capacity of the primary RAID array might be limited to 2 TB.
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