Lenovo 4318CTO-R88Z4TE Laptop User Manual


 
Chapter 5. Installing and conguring RAID
This chapter presents following information about attaching SATA devices and conguring RAID for the
RAID-supported models in this product.
Note: When the BIOS was formatted or the system board was replaced in the RAID-supported models,
RAID is enabled by default.
Important notices for setting RAID:
Before you install and congure RAID, make sure of the current RAID setting on the computer you are
servicing.
This product supports either RAID Level 0 (RAID 0) or RAID Level 1 (RAID 1). Conrm the RAID setting
information provided from the customer at rst, then proceed with the installation.
Good or non failing drives have to be in HDD bay 0 if you have RAID 1.
“Supported RAID congurations” on page 55
“Conguring the system BIOS to enable embedded SATA RAID functionality” on page 55
“Creating RAID volumes” on page 55
“Deleting RAID volumes” on page 56
Supported RAID congurations
The following RAID congurations are supported on ThinkPad W510:
RAID Level 0 (RAID 0) Striped disk array
Better performance and no fault tolerance.
RAID Level 1 (RAID 1) Mirrored disk array
Improved read performance and 100% redundancy.
Conguring the system BIOS to enable embedded SATA RAID
functionality
To congure the BIOS for RAID, do as follows:
1. Press F1 to enter the BIOS Setup Utility menu.
2. Select Cong.
3. Select Serial ATA (SATA).
4. Select SATA Controller Mode Option
5. Select RAID
6. Press F10 to save the settings.
Note: SATA Controller Mode Option is recovered to RAID by default. When you use other mode before
load default setting in BIOS Setup Utility menu such as F9 key, you have to restore the setting as you like.
Creating RAID volumes
This section describes how to use the Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology option ROM Conguration Utility to
create RAID volumes.
To create RAID volumes, do as follows:
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