Users Guide

BIOS Conguration Utility

The BIOS Conguration Utility, (Ctrl R), is a storage management application embedded on the PERC 9 cards that congure and maintain

RAID disk groups and virtual disks. Ctrl R is independent of the operating system.

NOTE: Use the BIOS Conguration Utility (Ctrl R) for initial setup and disaster recovery. You can use advanced features through

Dell OpenManage storage management application and Dell SAS RAID storage manager.

The following sections provide information about using the BIOS Conguration Utility (Ctrl R). For more information, see the online help

option by pressing F1 in the BIOS Conguration Utility (Ctrl R).

NOTE: The PERC 9 card conguration utility refreshes the screen every 15 seconds to show changes to the information. You can

also press F5 to refresh the screen.

Topics:

• Entering the BIOS Conguration Utility

• Exiting the Conguration Utility

• Menu navigation controls

• Setting up virtual disks

• BIOS Conguration Utility menu options

• Virtual Disk Management

• Physical Disk Management

• Controller Management

Entering the BIOS Conguration Utility

Perform the following steps to enter the BIOS Conguration Utility (Ctrl R) when you boot the system:

1 Turn on the system.

A BIOS screen displays information about the controller and conguration.

2 During startup, press Ctrl R when prompted by the BIOS screen.

3 Use the arrow keys to select the RAID controller you want to congure, and press Enter access the management menus for the

controller.

If there is only one controller, the Virtual Disk Management screen for that controller is displayed. If there is more than one controller,

the main menu screen is displayed. The screen lists the RAID controllers.

NOTE

: You can access multiple controllers through the BIOS Conguration Utility (Ctrl R) by pressing F

12.

Exiting the Conguration Utility

To exit the BIOS Conguration Utility (<Ctrl> <R>)

1 Press <Esc> on any menu screen.

If there is only one controller, then a dialog box is displayed to conrm your choice.

2 Select OK to exit and press <Enter>.

If multiple controllers are present, then the <Esc> key brings you to the Controller Selection screen.

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