Ibm Advanced Settings Utility Program - IBM System x3650 M4 Type 7915 Problem Determination And Service Manual
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3. Select System Settings → Network or Storage depending on the type of your
4. Select Please refresh this page on the first visit and press Enter.
5. Select LSI controller_driver_name Driver and press Enter, where
6. To perform storage-management tasks, follow the procedures in the
When you have finished 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
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
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
2. Select RAID Properties.
3. Select the type of array that you want to create.
4. Use the arrow keys to highlight the first drive in the pair; then, press the Minus
5. Continue to select the next drive using the Minus (-) or Plus (+) key until you
6. Press C to create the disk array.
7. Select Apply changes and exit menu to create the array.
IBM Advanced Settings Utility program
The IBM Advanced Settings Utility (ASU) program is an alternative to the Setup
utility for modifying UEFI settings. Use the ASU program online or out of band to
modify UEFI settings from the command line without the need to restart the system
to access the Setup utility.
adapters.
Note: Select System Settings → Adapters and UEFI drivers for UEFI 2.0 (and
prior) compliant adapters and drivers installed in the server.
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.
documentation that comes with the SAS/SATA controller.
want to format and press Enter.
Arrow keys. To scroll left and right, use the Left Arrow and Right Arrow keys or
the End key. Press Alt+D.
want to mirror.
(-) or Plus (+) key to change the mirror value to Primary.
have selected all the drives for your array.
Chapter 6. Configuration information and instructions
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