Users Guide

Unattended installation

Post reboot scenarios

Using the optional RAID configuration

When you install an operating system, you can:

• Deploy the operating system without configuring RAID.

• Configure the hard-disk drives using the optional RAID configuration wizard and deploy the operating

system.

Alternatively, you can configure RAID through the RAID configuration page from the Hardware

Configuration → Configuration Wizards → RAID Configuration.

Configuring RAID using the operating system deployment

wizard

To configure RAID using the OS Deployment page:

NOTE: If the system has a RAID controller, you can configure a virtual disk as the boot device.

Create boot virtual disk only from disk drives populated across 0–3 of the system. For slot

information, see the system Owner’s Manual at dell.com/support/home.

1. Start Lifecycle Controller. For more information, see Starting Lifecycle Controller.

2. In the left pane, click OS Deployment.

3. On the OS Deployment page, click Deploy OS.

4. On the Deploy OS page, click Configure RAID First, and then click Next.

The storage controllers available for configuration are displayed in the RAID Configuration page.

NOTE: Make sure that the selected controller is not in a non-RAID mode.

5. Select a storage controller.

The RAID configuration options are displayed.

6. Follow the instruction on the screen, complete the RAID setting tasks, and then click Finish.

The RAID configuration is applied to the virtual disks, and the Select an Operating System page is

displayed. You can proceed with installing the operating system. For information on installing the

operating system, see Installing An Operating System.

Unattended installation

An unattended installation is a scripted operating system installation process that allows you to install an

operating system using the configuration file with minimal intervention. A scripted configuration file that

contains the desired operating system setting information is required for this option. The Unattended

Install option is available only if the operating system that you have selected for installation is compatible

for an unattended installation. To deploy an operating system using the unattended mode, see Installing

An Operating System.

You can also see the Unattended Installation of Operating Systems from Lifecycle Controller on Dell

PowerEdge Servers white paper at Dell TechCenter.