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Menu item
Submenu item Comments
Easy Conguration Create physical arrays. An array will
automatically become a virtual drive.
New Conguration Clear the existing conguration and
start a new conguration.
View/Add Conguration
View the existing conguration or add a
new conguration.
Clear Conguration Clear the existing conguration.
Congure
Select Boot Drive Select a boot virtual drive.
Initialize
Varies by conguration.
Initialize virtual drives.
Adapter
Set adapter related parameters, such
as rebuild rate, consistency check rate,
auto-rebuild, and so on.
Virtual Drive
Set virtual drive parameters.
Objects
Physical Drive
Set physical drive parameters, such as
creating a hot-spare drive for the virtual
drive, making a failing drive as online,
changing a drive state, and viewing the
specications of a physical drive.
Rebuild
Varies by conguration.
Rebuild physical drive(s).
Check Consistency
Varies by conguration.
Check consistency of virtual drive(s).
Creating, adding, or deleting a RAID array
This topic provides instructions on how to create, add, or delete a RAID array using the LSI Software RAID
Conguration Utility program.
Note: Before you create a RAID array using the LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility program, make sure
that the server meets the required hardware conguration. For example, the server needs to have the
required number of SATA hard disk drives installed and connected to the system board. See “About RAID”
on page 72
for information about the required number of hard disk drives for each RAID level. If you want to
create a RAID 5 array using the LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility program, the server also needs to
have a ThinkServer SATA Software RAID 5 Key installed on the system board. See “Installing or removing the
ThinkServer SATA Software RAID 5 Key” on page 102
.
To create, add, or delete a RAID array using the LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility program, do the
following:
1. Start the LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility program. See “Starting the LSI Software RAID
Conguration Utility program” on page 74.
2. On the main interface of the program, do one of the following depending on your needs:
• If you want to create a RAID array, select Easy Conguration and then follow the instructions on
the screen.
• If you want to add a secondary RAID conguration, select View/Add Conguration and then follow
the instructions on the screen to view the current conguration and add a new conguration.
• If you want to delete the existing RAID conguration, exit the program and back up all your data on
the hard disk drives. After backing up all your data, enter the program main interface and select Clear
Conguration. Select Yes when prompted and follow the instructions on the screen.
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