The following table shows the various menus and items in the LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility
program. On each menu, press the Enter key to show selectable options and select a desired option by
using up and down arrow keys or type desired values from the keyboard directly.
Table 3. LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility program menu items
Menu item
Submenu item Comments
Easy Conguration Create physical arrays. An array will
automatically become a virtual drive.
New Conguration Clear the existing conguration and
start a new conguration.
View/Add Conguration
View the existing conguration or add a
new conguration.
Clear Conguration Clear the existing conguration.
Congure
Select Boot Drive Select a boot virtual drive.
Initialize
Varies by conguration.
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
specications of a physical drive.
Rebuild
Varies by conguration.
Rebuild physical drive(s).
Check Consistency
Varies by conguration.
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
Conguration Utility program.
Note: Before you create a RAID array using the LSI Software RAID Conguration Utility program, ensure that
the server meets the required hardware conguration. For example, the server needs to have the required
number of hard disk drives installed and connected to the system board. See “About RAID” on page 56
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 Conguration Utility program, the server also needs to have a
ThinkServer RAID 300 Upgrade Key for Advanced RAID. See “Installing or removing the ThinkServer RAID
300 Upgrade Key for Advanced RAID” on page 96
.
To create, add, or delete a RAID array 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, do one of the following depending on your needs:
• If you want to create a RAID array, select Easy Conguration and then follow the instructions on
the screen.
• If you want to add a secondary RAID array (if supported by your server), select View/Add
Conguration and then follow the instructions on the screen to view the current conguration and
add a new RAID array.
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