Lenovo TD230 Server User Manual


 
4. After you nish selecting the physical drives, press Enter or F10. The array selection window opens.
Press the space key to select the array.
5. Press F10, the Virtual Drive(s) Congured window opens. The following table is an example about the
information on this window.
Virtual Drive(s) Congured
VD RAID
Size #Stripes StripSz Status
0 0 73664 MB 1 64 KB
ONLINE
6. Select RAID on the Virtual Drive(s) Congured window and press Enter. The RAID array selection
menu opens.
7. Select the RAID array you want to create and press Enter.
8. Set the stripe size for the new array. Then, select ACCEPT and press Enter.
Note: If you are creating a RAID volume by using the New Conguration option, you can also set
the volume capacity.
9. Follow the instructions on the screen to nish all settings. Then, press Esc to exit the program. When
prompted, select Yes and press Enter to save the conguration.
10. Press Esc to go back to the main menu. Then, initialize the RAID volume you have created. See
“Initializing the RAID volume” on page 155.
Initializing the RAID volume
This section provides instructions on how to initialize the RAID volume you have created. After you create
a new RAID volume, it is recommended that you initialize the created RAID volume. However, initializing
the RAID volume will delete the data on the selected RAID volume.
To initialize the RAID volume you have created, do the following:
1. Do one of the following:
Select Management Initialize from the main menu and then use the space key to select the
desired RAID volume. Press F10 to start initializing the RAID volume.
Select Objects Logical Drive from the main menu and then select the desired RAID volume.
Press F10 to start initializing the RAID volume.
2. When prompted, select Yes and press Enter to continue the initialization.
3. When you nish initializing the RAID volume, press Esc to go back to the main menu.
During the process of the initialization, you can press Esc for the following options:
Stop - stop the current process
Continue - continue the current process
Abort - exit the current process
Deleting the RAID volume
This section provides instructions on how to delete the RAID volume.
To delete the RAID volume, do the following:
1. Select Management Congure from the main menu and press Enter. The Conguration Menu
opens.
2. Select Clear Conguration.
Chapter 7. Conguring the server 155