Dell DX6004S Dell DX Object Storage Platform User’s Guide - Page 34
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 DX6a00 system 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 33. NOTE: If the RAID group has not failed and you are reinstalling the operating system, skip "Configuring and Managing RAID" on page 34. 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 specific instructions on 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 34 Disaster Recovery