RAID configuration

Before installing the operating system, you must configure RAID for the target system. This section contains examples for a basic RAID configuration and a more complicated, policy file based configuration.

Default local RAID configuration describes the steps to create a task to perform local RAID configuration on the target system. RAID1 policy file configuration describes how to create a task to perform RAID configuration by using a PRAID policy file. For more information about policy files, see Adding PRAID policy files. For a list of RAID controllers supported by the Toolkit, see RAID controller support.

Parent topic: Deployment tasks

Default local RAID configuration

This example describes how to create a basic RAID configuration task by using Windows PE 2.1 x86.

Procedure

  1. At a command prompt, go to the following directory: \sgshare\sgdeploy\SGTKWinPE.
  2. Create the RAID configuration ISO image by running SGTKWinPE.cmd, using the Raid_Config_Only_x86..ini file provided by the Toolkit as shown: 
    SGTKWinPE.cmd ScenarioINIs\Local\Raid_Config_Only_x86.ini
    The ISO image is created in ..\WinPE_ScenarioOutput\ Local_Raid_Config_Only_x86\WinPE_x86.iso, and your media creation software is started to create bootable media from the ISO image.
  3. Use the media created to boot the target system, and follow the on-screen prompts to complete the deployment.

RAID1 policy file configuration

This example describes how to use a policy file to create a RAID1 configuration task.

Procedure

  1. At a command prompt, go to the following directory: \sgshare\sgdeploy\SGTKWinPE.
  2. Modify the Raid_Config_Only_x86.ini file provided by the Toolkit to use the RAID1.ini policy file. Set the variable TK_PRAID_PolicyFile to RAID1.ini.
  3. Create the RAID configuration ISO image by running SGTKWinPE.cmd, using the Raid_Config_Only_x86.ini file provided by the Toolkitas shown: 
    SGTKWinPE.cmd ScenarioINIs\Local\Raid_Config_Only_x86.ini
    The ISO image is created in ..\WinPE_ScenarioOutput\ Local_Raid_Config_Only_x86\WinPE_x86.iso, and your media creation software is started to create bootable media from the ISO image.
  4. Boot the target system using the media created, and follow the on-screen prompts to complete the deployment.