Users Guide

For PERC H700 and PERC H800 controllers, if any of the drives you selected is in the spun down state, the following message is

displayed:

The below listed physical drive(s) are in the spun down state. Executing this task on

these drive(s) takes additional time, because the drive(s) need to spun up.

The message displays the ID(s) of the spun down drive(s).

The Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard - <Controller Name> page displays a checkbox next to each physical disk that is

suitable as a dedicated hot spare. Select a Physical Disk checkbox if you want to assign a dedicated hot spare.

The Physical Disk checkbox is not available if the controller does not have a physical disk that is a suitable hot spare for the virtual

disk you are creating. For example, the available physical disks may not be sufficient to protect the virtual disk. If the Physical Disk

checkbox is not available, specify a smaller virtual disk, use a different RAID level, or change the disk selection.

NOTE: If you are creating an encrypted virtual disk, then encrypted physical disks are listed as candidates for hot

spare.

RAID configuration by using Unified Server Configurator

The Unified Server Configurators (USC)’s main features include operating system deployment, firmware updates, hardware configuration,

and diagnostics. The UEFI specification creates framework for many powerful applications that run without an operating system. The UEFI

specification includes the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) protocol that allows for Trusted Platform Module (TPM) measurements and

secure updates which USC leverages to its fullest extent.

Steps

1. Select the RAID configuration tab to create the virtual disk as the boot device.

2. On the View Current Configuration screen, you can view a list of current controllers and virtual disks installed in the system.

a. If the virtual disk or disks exist in the system, click Exit to exit the screen and continue with operating system installation. if the

virtual disk or disks do not exist in the system, continue with the new virtual disk creation process.

3. On the Select RAID Controller screen, select the controller on which to configure a virtual disk.

• If the selected controller contains a foreign configuration, the Foreign Configuration Detected screen is displayed.

• Depending on the foreign configuration, you have the option to either Clear, Import or Ignore the foreign configuration.

• If you select the Clear Foreign Configuration option, all the data gets deleted on the drives containing the foreign configuration,

thereby allowing the drives to be used in a new configuration.

• Selecting Import Foreign Configuration attempts to import the foreign configuration.

• Selecting Ignore Foreign Configuration leaves the drives in their current state and uses free drives to create a new

configuration.

NOTE:

Selecting the Ignore Foreign Configuration causes the system to generate alerts and error messages every

time the system is started.

4. Select either the Express Wizard or Advanced Wizard window on the Select a Configuration Option screen.

Troubleshooting hardware issues