Dell PowerEdge 1855 Avocent Digital Access KVM Module Installation Informati - Page 12

www.dell.com | support.dell.com 8 Ensure that the Mirror Pair field for the remaining drive is set to Secondary. The drive that is set to secondary will mirror the primary drive. All other data on the secondary drive will be lost. 9 Press to exit the Adapter Properties Menu. 10 Select Save changes and exit this menu and press . After pressing , you are prompted to confirm the change by pressing again and then by pressing . 11 Press to exit the Main Menu. 12 Select Exit the Configuration Utility and press . The server module reboots and shows mirrored status after POST. Additional Integrated Mirroring Guidelines • The hard-drive status indicator does not display any status information until after the operating system driver initialization has occurred. To check for status information of a hard drive prior to operating system load, use during POST. See the Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 4/IM User's Guide for more information. During normal operation, the status indicator is off. NOTE: The hard-drive activity indicator functions normally before and after the operating system driver initialization. NOTICE: If you use a drive with existing data, the data will be cleared before the hard drive is added to a mirror. • It is recommended that any replacement drives should be blank and not previously configured. • It is recommended that you replace hard drives in an integrated-mirror configuration with drives of the same capacity. • After removing a hard drive in a hot-pluggable environment, wait at least 30 seconds prior to installing the new hard drive. 10 General System Configuration