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Note: Approximately 1 to 3 minutes after the server is connected to ac power, the power-control button
becomes active.
2. When the prompt <F1 Setup> is displayed, press F1. If you have set an administrator password, you
are prompted to type the password.
3. Select System Settings ® Adapters and UEFI drivers.
4. Select Please refresh this page on the rst visit and press Enter.
5. Select LSIcontroller_driver_name Driver and press Enter, where controller_driver_name is the name of
the SAS/SATA controller driver. For the SAS/SATA controller driver name, see the documentation that
comes with your controller.
6. To perform storage-management tasks, follow the procedures in the documentation that comes with the
SAS/SATA controller.
When you have nished changing settings, press Esc to exit from the program; select Save to save the
settings that you have changed.
Formatting a hard disk drive
Low-level formatting removes all data from the hard disk. If there is data on the disk that you want to save,
back up the hard disk before you perform this procedure.
Note: Before you format a hard disk, make sure that the disk is not part of a mirrored pair.
To format a drive, complete the following steps:
1. From the list of adapters, select the controller (channel) for the drive that you want to format and press
Enter.
2. Select SAS Topology and press Enter.
3. Select Direct Attach Devices and press Enter.
4. To highlight the drive that you want to format, use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys. To scroll left and
right, use the Left Arrow and Right Arrow keys or the End key. Press Alt+D.
5. To start the low-level formatting operation, select Format and press Enter.
Creating a RAID array of hard disk drives
To create a RAID array of hard disk drives, complete the following steps:
1. From the list of adapters, select the controller (channel) for the drives that you want to mirror.
2. Select RAID Properties.
3. Select the type of array that you want to create.
4. Use the arrow keys to highlight the rst drive in the pair; then, press the Minus (-) or Plus (+) key to
change the mirror value to Primary.
5. Continue to select the next drive using the Minus (-) or Plus (+) key until you have selected all the
drives for your array.
6. Press C to create the disk array.
7. Select Apply changes and exit menu to create the array.
Using the WebBIOS utility
The WebBIOS conguration utility enables you to create and manage RAID congurations on LSI SAS
controllers. The WebBIOS utility resides in the SAS controller BIOS and operates independently of
the operating system. The WebBIOS utility provides a conguration wizard to guide you through the
conguration of virtual disks and physical arrays.
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