Click the RAID Setup tab in the left pane to enter the wizard for configuring RAID and disk settings for the installed RAID adapters. The following is the first interface for the wizard.
Select the RAID adapter you want to configure. The basic information and current configuration for the selected RAID adapter will be displayed.
If you want to delete a disk array or a virtual disk for the selected RAID adapter, select the disk array or virtual disk you want to delete and click Remove. Then, follow the instructions on the screen to delete it.
RAID Setup - Select RAID Adapterinterface or click
RAID Setup - Select RAID Adapterinterface.
RAID Setup - Select RAID configuration typeinterface and do one of the following:
Select Simple configuration and go to step 5.
Select Advanced configuration and select Create new disk array and virtual disk in the drop-down list box. Then, go to step 6.
Select Advanced configuration and select Use free capacity on the existing disk array in the drop-down list box. Then, go to step 7.
RAID Setup - Set RAID level and hot spareinterface. Select the RAID level and choose to select or clear the Add Hot Spare Drive check box. If the check box is selected, one of the drives is assigned for dedicated hot spare function. Then, go to step 9.
If you are configuring the ThinkSystem M.2 with Mirroring Enablement Kit, you can choose RAID 0 or RAID 1 as the RAID level. Choose RAID 1 to implement mirroring.
If you are configuring integrated software RAID or ThinkSystem M.2 with Mirroring Enablement Kit, the Add Hot Spare Drive check box will not be displayed.
Click to enter
the
RAID Setup - Select RAID Level and Select Drives
interface.
Select the RAID level and the drives for the new disk array, and set
the role for each drive. Then, go to step 8.
Click to enter
the
RAID Setup - Select Disk Array
interface. All the disk
arrays that have free space will be displayed. Select a disk array
for the new virtual disk.
Click to enter
the
RAID Setup - Create and Edit Virtual Disk
interface. You
can create new virtual disks. Then, you can edit or remove the new
virtual disks. Follow the instructions on the screen to do the configuration.
Click to enter
the
RAID Setup - Verify settings
interface. Double check the
settings and click . A confirmation
window is displayed.
Click Yes to enter the RAID Setup - Creating Virtual
Disk(s)
interface. The virtual disk creation result is displayed.
Click to return
to the first interface of the wizard and view the current configuration
of the selected RAID adapter.