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Reinstalling the Operating System, Configuring and Managing RAID

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• Dell Management Console-Centrally monitors the status of Dell systems. For more information about installing and using DMC, see the Dell Management Console User's Guide at support.dell.com/manuals. Reinstalling the Operating System The operating system is preinstalled on the DX Cluster Services Node. After a multiple disk failure of the system's RAID group, reinstall the operating system: 1 Replace the failed disks. 2 Create a RAID 5 disk group across all disks of the DX Cluster Services Node. 3 Reinstall the operating system. For more information on replacing the drive, see "Recovering From Disk Failures" on page 35. NOTE: If the RAID group has not failed and you are reinstalling the operating system, skip "Configuring and Managing RAID" on page 36. Configuring and Managing RAID The BIOS Configuration Utility () is a storage management application embedded on the PERC H700 card that configures and maintains RAID disk groups and virtual disks. The BIOS Configuration Utility is independent of the operating system and is available during system startup. See the Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) H700 and H800 User's Guide at support.dell.com/manuals for more information about the BIOS Configuration Utility and virtual disk management. Create a single RAID 5 group across all six internal drives. When creating the RAID group, configure two virtual disks. • Set virtual disk 0 to 75 GB • Set virtual disk 1 to size of the remaining capacity 36 Disaster Recovery

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Disaster Recovery
•
Dell Management Console—Centrally monitors the status of Dell
systems. For more information about installing and using DMC, see the
Dell Management Console User's Guide
at
support.dell.com/manuals
.
Reinstalling the Operating System
The operating system is preinstalled on the DX Cluster Services Node. After a
multiple disk failure of the system’s RAID group, reinstall the operating
system:
1
Replace the failed disks.
2
Create a RAID 5 disk group across all disks of the DX Cluster Services
Node.
3
Reinstall the operating system. For more information on replacing the
drive, see "Recovering From Disk Failures" on page 35.
NOTE:
If the RAID group has not failed and you are reinstalling the operating
system, skip "Configuring and Managing RAID" on page 36.
Configuring and Managing RAID
The BIOS Configuration Utility (<Ctrl><R>) is a storage management
application embedded on the PERC H700 card that configures and maintains
RAID disk groups and virtual disks. The BIOS Configuration Utility is
independent of the operating system and is available during system startup.
See the
Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) H700 and H800 User's
Guide
at
support.dell.com/manuals
for more information about the BIOS
Configuration Utility and virtual disk management.
Create a single RAID 5 group across all six internal drives. When creating the
RAID group, configure two virtual disks.
•
Set virtual disk 0 to 75 GB
•
Set virtual disk 1 to size of the remaining capacity