Users Guide

Configuring RAID
If your system has one or more supported PERC RAID controllers with PERC 8 firmware or later, or software RAID controllers,
use the RAID Configuration wizard to configure a virtual disk as the boot device.
NOTE: Using the operating-system deployment wizard, you can use the RAID controller to configure a single virtual disk as
the boot device. Create the boot virtual-disk only using the drives populated in slots 0-3. For more information about the
slots, see the documentation of your system at www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals
NOTE: To create multiple virtual disks, use the RAID configuration wizard. Depending on the RAID controller, you can
access the RAID configuration utility by pressing Control+R or F2 at the POST screen. For more information about using the
RAID configuration utility, see the documentation of your system at www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals.
NOTE: If there are any internal storage controller cards on the system, all other external cards cannot be configured. The
external cards can be configured only if there are no internal cards.
To configure RAID:
1. Start Lifecycle Controller. For more information, see Starting Lifecycle Controller.
2. In the left pane, click Hardware Configuration.
3. In the right pane, click Configuration Wizards.
4. Under Storage Configuration Wizards, click RAID Configuration to launch the wizard.
The View Current RAID Configuration and Select Controller page is displayed.
5. Select the controller and click Next.
The Select RAID Level page is displayed.
6. Select the RAID level and click Next.
The Select Physical Disks page is displayed.
7. Select the physical disk's properties and click Next.
The Virtual Disk Attributes page is displayed.
8. Select the virtual disk parameters and click Next.
The Summary page is displayed.
9. To apply the RAID configuration, click Finish.
Related concepts
Viewing current RAID configuration on page 45
Selecting a RAID controller on page 45
Foreign configuration found on page 44
Selecting RAID levels on page 45
Selecting physical disks on page 46
Setting virtual disk attributes on page 46
Viewing summary on page 47
Foreign configuration found
The Foreign Configuration Found page is displayed only if a foreign configuration physical disk drive resides on the selected
RAID controller or any uninitialized physical disk drives present on the system.
A foreign configuration is a set of physical disk drives containing a RAID configuration that is introduced to the system, but is
not managed by the RAID controller to which it is attached. You may have a foreign configuration if physical disk drives have
been moved from one RAID controller to another RAID controller.
NOTE:
Import Foreign Configuration is supported from System Setup > Advanced Hardware Configuration > Device
Settings.
You have two options: Ignore Foreign Configuration and Clear Foreign Configuration.
● If the foreign configuration contains data that you require, click Ignore Foreign Configuration. If you click this option, the
disk drive space containing the foreign configuration is not available for use in a new virtual drive.
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