Users Guide

NOTE: If changes are made at the BIOS screen, a dialog box is displayed and asks you to save your changes and then

exit.

Bootable virtual disk is in a failed state

1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart.

2. After the system restart, press Ctrl+R. Check the status of the bootable virtual disk at the Virtual Disk field, or by

highlighting View Virtual Disks Details and pressing Enter.

3. Check for missing or offline physical disks.

The boot order is incorrect for a bootable virtual disk

1. When prompted at system startup, press Ctrl+R to access the system BIOS configuration utility.

2. Check Virtual Disks and ensure that the bootable virtual disk is the first virtual disk listed.

3. If required, use the Swap Two Virtual Disks option to reposition the virtual disks.

A Non-RAID virtual disk is no longer in first position in the BIOS

configuration utility list after a system reboot

NOTE:

When booting from a Non-RAID virtual disk, creating a virtual disk in OpenManage Server Administrator changes the

virtual disk order and displaces the bootable Non-RAID virtual disk from the first position. PERC S140 then attempts to boot

from the first virtual disk.

NOTE: A Non-RAID virtual disk can be created from Non-RAID physical disks—which are physical disks initialized by a

controller other than PERC S140.

1. When prompted at system startup, press Ctrl+R to access the BIOS configuration utility.

2. Check Virtual Disks and determine if the bootable Non-RAID virtual disk is no longer in the first position.

3. Use the Swap Two Virtual Disks option to swap the virtual disks and place the bootable Non-RAID virtual disk in the first

position of the Virtual Disks field.

The BIOS configuration utility option does not display

The BIOS configuration utility Ctrl+R option does not display if the PERC S140 mode is set incorrectly in the system BIOS.

For the correct SATA Setting, see Controller mode is set incorrectly at System Setup on page 45

Configuring RAID using the Option ROM Utility is

disabled

Use the PERC S140 Configuration Utility to configure RAID on systems with NVMe PCIe SSD(s).

Warning Messages

The Dell Inc. PERC S140 Controller system BIOS screen is one of the first screens to appear during your system’s boot

sequence. If the system’s virtual disks were in Normal or Ready status before a system boot, the boot sequence continues

normally to the Microsoft Windows Server operating system. But, if a virtual disk is in Degraded or Failed status, or if specific

options in the Controller Options field were changed previously at the BIOS Configuration Utility (<Ctrl><R>), the

following warning messages appear during the boot sequence.

Troubleshooting your system