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#DELL PERC H200 VS H200 INTEGRATED IT MODE HOW TO#

Read Policy – Default value is No Read Ahead.

Stripe Element Size – Default value is 64KB.

I recommend leaving all the advanced settings to the default values. I’ve left VD Name field blank.įig: Enter Basic Settings in Create VD Screen for DELL PowerEdge R805 Server 6. This total size is calculated and displayed automatically in the VD Size under basic settings. Since I have selected 4 disks (each 139G) for RAID-5, the total usable space would be around 3x139G, which is approximately 418176MB. Keep pressing space bar until all available physical disks are selected as shown below.įig: Select All available Physical Disk in Create VD Screen for DELL PowerEdge R900 Server 5. Once you’ve selected one disk, it will automatically jump to the next available disk. i.e the check-box in front of the physical disk will be selected. Every physical disks will display Drive ID and Size. This section will display all available disks that are not configured yet. Select the Physical Disks for the Virtual Disk Group (RAID Group)Īfter selecting the RAID Level, press TAB and jump to Physical Disks section. In this example, I choose RAID-5 as shown in the Fig below.įig: Select RAID Level in Create VD Screen for DELL PowerEdge 2970 Server 4. Press Enter on the RAID option, which will display the following RAID choices. Following are the various sections displayed in this screen:ģ. This will display the Virtual Disk Management screen with ‘Create New VD’ Panel. Select ‘Create New VD’.įig: Create New Virtual Disk on DELL PowerEdge 1950 III Server

This will display a pop-up menu with following choices. Press F2 to show available operations for the ‘Controller 0’. VD Mgmt – Virtual Disk Management, which will be selected by default.įrom the Virtual Disk Management, use arrow key and select ‘Controller 0’.This utility will have the following three TABs on the top. This will launch the PERC 6/i Integrated BIOS Configuration Utility. Press Ctrl-R when it is displaying the following message on the console.įig: Press Ctrl-R to Launch DELL PowerEdge 2950 III Expandable RAID Controller When the server is starting up, press Ctrl-R to launch the PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller BIOS. In this example, the new 4 disks are inserted from slot-2 to slot-5.Īfter the disks are inserted, reboot the server. If there are already disks on slot 0 and slot 1, start inserting the new disks from slot 2. Launch PERC 6/i Integrated BIOS Configuration Utilityįirst, insert all new disks in the empty slots.

#DELL PERC H200 VS H200 INTEGRATED IT MODE HOW TO#

If you are using an old server that uses PERC/CERC BIOS Configuration Utility, please refer to the article we wrote earlier about how to create RAID on DELL Servers using PERC/CERC BIOS Configuration Utility (with screenshots). The same steps works on other DELL PowerEdge servers as long as you have the same PERC BIOS Configuration Utility. In this example, 4 additional disks are configured as RAID-5 on a DELL PowerEdge 2950 server. So, you have purchased additional disks and would like to configure a RAID setup. This Logical Volume is where the operating system is installed and you got a request to expand disk space on this server. The new DELL Servers has the ability to create RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10 using the hardware controller.Īssume the scenario where the server came with 2 physical hard drives configured in RAID-1. In this article, let us review how to add new physical disks and create a virtual disk with a RAID configuration on an DELL PowerEdge Server using PERC 6/i Integrated BIOS Configuration Utility. On an on-going basis system administrators will be getting request to increase the disk space on a server.