Users Guide

NOTE: For more information in all the options, click Help that is available on the top right-hand corner of the browser
screen. Help information for individual option menus can also be viewed by scrolling down on each option.
NOTE: Some of the options within the UEFI RAID conguration utility are not present if the controller does not support
the corresponding feature. Options may also be grayed out if the feature is supported in existing conguration.
Exiting the UEFI conguration utility
To exit the UEFI conguration utility, perform the following steps:
1 Click Finish at the bottom-right corner on the System Setup Main Menu screen.
Displays a warning message to conrm your choice.
2 Click Yes to exit the conguration utility.
Navigating to Dell PERC 9 conguration utility
1 Enter the UEFI conguration Utility. See Entering the UEFI conguration utility.
The Device Settings screen displays a list of NIC ports and the Dell PERC 9 conguration utility.
2 To enter PERC 9 conguration utility, click Dell PERC 9 Conguration Utility.
Displays the list of Conguration Options:
• Controller Management — allows you to congure, manage, and view the controller properties.
• Virtual Disk Management — allows you to congure, manage, and view the virtual disk properties
• Physical Disk Management — allows you to congure, manage, view and perform varied operations on the physical disk
properties.
Conguration management
Creating virtual disks
1 Enter the Dell PERC 9 Conguration Utility. See Navigating to PERC 9 Conguration Utility.
2 Click Conguration Management > Create Virtual Disks.
3 Select the RAID level by selection the radio button next to the available RAID congurations.
4 If you want to create a secured virtual disk, select Secure Virtual Disk.
NOTE
: The Secure Virtual Disk option is enabled and selected by default, only if the security key has been congured.
Only SED physical disks are listed.
5 Select one of the following physical disk capacities:
• Uncongured Capacity: Creates a virtual disk on uncongured physical disks.
• Free Capacity: Utilizes unused physical disk capacity that is already part of a virtual disk.
6 To select the physical disks from which the virtual disks are being created, click Select Physical Disks. This option is displayed if you
select Uncongured Capacity as your physical disk capacity.
7 To select the disk groups from which the virtual disks are being created, click Select Disk Group. This option is displayed if you select
Free Capacity as your physical disk capacity.
8 Specify the name for the virtual disk in the Virtual Disk Name eld.
9 Specify the size of the virtual disk in the Virtual Disk Size eld.
10 Select the unit for the virtual disk size.
11 Specify the read policy for the virtual disk. The options for read policy are:
• No Read Ahead
• Read Ahead
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UEFI/HII RAID conguration utility