Configuring disks on the IBM Lotus Foundations server: FRS12 

Table of Contents: IBM Lotus Foundations Rescue Server: FRS12

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Follow these steps to configure the disks on an IBM® Lotus Foundations™ server:

1. From the main WebConfig Page, select Status in the left menu of WebConfig.. The Disk Status section in the Services Status table displays that the disks have not been configured. You have two options for disk configuration:
• RAID (no backup) - configures all disks into a RAID array
• RAID plus idb (backup) - configures all except the last disk into a RAID array and configures the last disk as the backup disk.
Figure 1. Disk status options displayed in the WebConfig console




2. Click the appropriate link to configure the disks.
• For example, if you have two disks, the Disk Status section displays: The main disk is not configured. You can configure disks #1, #2 all in a RAID or disk #1 as a standalone disk and #2 as an idb backup disk. If you have three disks, the Disk Status section displays The main disk is not configured. You can configure disks #1, #2. #3 all in a RAID or disk #1.#2 in a RAID and disk #3 as an idb backup disk. An IBM Lotus Foundations Appliance can have up to six drives, and other servers could potentially have more.
• For a RAID configuration, click All in a RAID. If you want to enable idb backup, click Disk #2 as an idb backup disk.
• If you select a RAID configuration, then the RAID array begins to rebuild. This process does not noticeably affect the performance of IBM Lotus Foundations.
Figure 2. Disk configuration in progress

For more information about disk configuration, refer to Administering IBM Lotus Foundations Start 12 ( http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/lfndswiki.nsf/xpViewCategories.xsp?lookupName=Lotus%20Foundations%20Start%201.2%20documentation ).

For other hardware only: Reboot

When the disks have been configured, you need to follow these steps:

1. Shut down the server.
2. Remove the CD/DVD.
3. Power the server on.
   
   

The server now boots directly from the configured disks.