you can lose data from the hard disk for a variety of reasons. security violations, viruses, or hard disk drive failures can all contribute to data loss. to help protect against the loss of valuable information, ibm has incorporated the following data-saving features in your computer.

    smart hard disk drive

    your computer comes with a self-monitoring and reporting technology (smart) hard disk drive that is enabled to report potential hard disk failures. if an error is detected, a dmi-compliant warning message is sent to the monitor screen and, if the computer is part of a network, to an administrator console. when an error is detected, the data on the hard disk can be backed up and the drive replaced.

    virus protection

    your computer has built-in virus protection that can be enabled through the configuration/setup utility program. this built-in protection checks for viruses in the boot record only. also, norton antivirus for ibm is available on the hard disk.

    integrated raid capability

    the integrated scsi controller with raid capabilities in your computer supports redundant array of independent disks (raid). you can use the lsi logic configuration utility program built into your computer to configure raid level 1 (mirroring) for a single pair of attached devices.