Dell PowerEdge R830 Lifecycle Controller GUI v2.30.30.30 Users Guide - Page 49

Configuring RAID, Foreign configuration found

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3. In the right pane, click Configuration Wizards. 4. On the System Configuration Wizards page, click vFlash SD Card Configuration. The vFlash SD Card page is displayed. 5. Click Initialize vFlash to delete all the data present in the vFlash SD card. NOTE: The Initialize vFlash option is not available after you disable the vFlash SD card. Configuring RAID If your system has one or more supported PERC RAID controllers with PERC 8 firmware or later, or software RAID controllers, use the RAID Configuration wizard to configure a virtual disk as the boot device. NOTE: Create boot virtual disk only from disk drive populated across slots 0-3 of the system. For slot information, see the server Owner's Manual at dell.com/poweredgemanuals. NOTE: If there are any internal storage controller cards on the system, all other external cards cannot be configured. The external cards can be configured only if there are no internal cards. To configure RAID: 1. Start Lifecycle Controller. For more information, see Starting Lifecycle Controller. 2. In the left pane, click Hardware Configuration. 3. In the right pane, click Configuration Wizards. 4. Under Storage Configuration Wizards, click RAID Configuration to launch the wizard. The View Current RAID Configuration and Select Controller page is displayed. 5. Select the controller and click Next. The Select RAID Level page is displayed. 6. Select the RAID level and click Next. The Select Physical Disks page is displayed. 7. Select the physical disk's properties and click Next. The Virtual Disk Attributes page is displayed. 8. Select the virtual disk parameters and click Next. The Summary page is displayed. 9. To apply the RAID configuration, click Finish. Related Links Viewing current RAID configuration Selecting a RAID controller Foreign configuration found Selecting RAID levels Selecting physical disks Setting virtual disk attributes Viewing summary Foreign configuration found The Foreign Configuration Found page is displayed only if a foreign configuration physical disk drive resides on the selected RAID controller or any uninitialized physical disk drives present on the system. 49

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3.
In the right pane, click
Configuration Wizards
.
4.
On the
System Configuration Wizards
page, click
vFlash SD Card Configuration
.
The
vFlash SD Card
page is displayed.
5.
Click
Initialize vFlash
to delete all the data present in the vFlash SD card.
NOTE:
The
Initialize vFlash
option is not available after you disable the vFlash SD card.
Configuring RAID
If your system has one or more supported PERC RAID controllers with PERC 8 firmware or later, or
software RAID controllers, use the
RAID Configuration
wizard to configure a virtual disk as the boot
device.
NOTE:
Create boot virtual disk only from disk drive populated across slots 0–3 of the system. For
slot information, see the server Owner’s Manual at
dell.com/poweredgemanuals
.
NOTE:
If there are any internal storage controller cards on the system, all other external cards
cannot be configured. The external cards can be configured only if there are no internal cards.
To configure RAID:
1.
Start Lifecycle Controller. For more information, see
Starting Lifecycle Controller.
2.
In the left pane, click
Hardware Configuration
.
3.
In the right pane, click
Configuration Wizards
.
4.
Under
Storage Configuration Wizards
, click
RAID Configuration
to launch the wizard.
The
View Current RAID Configuration and Select Controller
page is displayed.
5.
Select the controller and click
Next
.
The
Select RAID Level
page is displayed.
6.
Select the RAID level and click
Next
.
The
Select Physical Disks
page is displayed.
7.
Select the physical disk's properties and click
Next
.
The
Virtual Disk Attributes
page is displayed.
8.
Select the virtual disk parameters and click
Next
.
The
Summary
page is displayed.
9.
To apply the RAID configuration, click
Finish
.
Related Links
Viewing current RAID configuration
Selecting a RAID controller
Foreign configuration found
Selecting RAID levels
Selecting physical disks
Setting virtual disk attributes
Viewing summary
Foreign configuration found
The
Foreign Configuration Found
page is displayed only if a foreign configuration physical disk drive
resides on the selected RAID controller or any uninitialized physical disk drives present on the system.
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