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Creating the virtual disks 1. Enter the BIOS Configuration Utility. See Entering the BIOS configuration utility on page 20. 2. Select Create Virtual Disks from the Main Menu screen and press . NOTE: The S140 controller supports a maximum of 30 virtual disks per physical disk. You cannot modify any feature settings in UEFI or OPROM if the number of virtual disks exceeds the maximum limit of 30. For more information about troubleshooting this issue, see Unable to modify any feature settings in UEFI or OPROM on page 43. 3. In the Physical Disks field, select the physical disk on which you want to create a virtual disk: a. To select a physical disk, press Insert. b. After selecting the physical disk to be included in the virtual disk, press Enter. 4. In the User Input field, use the arrow keys to select a virtual disk type (RAID level) and press Enter. 5. Select a size for the virtual disk, depending on the available free space of the physical disks and press Enter. 6. In the User Input field, select a Caching Mode. Press Enter. 7. Press C to confirm that you want to create the virtual disk. Selecting virtual disk sizes while creating a virtual disk To create a virtual disk size of < 2.199 TB: 1. Use the up arrow or page up keys to select a size displayed incrementally, or use the down arrow or page down keys to select a size displayed decrementally. NOTE: To increase the size by 10 units use the page up key and to increase the size by one unit use the up arrow key and conversely. 2. Continue with Creating the virtual disks on page 22. To create a virtual disk size of > 2.199 TB: 1. Press the Page Up or the up arrow key to increase the virtual disk size. At the maximum size, a dialog box is displayed in the User Input field. It inquires if you want to limit the size of the virtual disk or exceed the normal maximum size. 2. Press Esc to create a larger virtual disk. 3. Press the Page Up or the up arrow key until the desired or maximum available size has been attained. 4. Continue with Creating the virtual disks on page 22. Deleting the virtual disks 1. Enter the BIOS Configuration Utility. See Entering the BIOS configuration utility on page 20. 2. In the Main Menu screen, select Deleting Virtual Disk using the arrow keys and press Enter. 3. Select each virtual disk in the Virtual Disks field that you want to delete. Press Insert to confirm each selection. 4. Press Enter. CAUTION: Deleting a virtual disk permanently destroys all data that is on the virtual disk, as well as the virtual disk itself. This action cannot be undone. 5. Press C to confirm the deletion. NOTE: When a degraded or a failed virtual disk from one system is added to another system, and if the number of virtual disks exceeds the maximum limit of 30, you cannot delete the virtual disks that are in the Normal or Ready states. Swapping two virtual disks 1. Enter the BIOS Configuration Utility. See Entering the BIOS configuration utility on page 20. 2. In the Main Menu screen, select the Swapping Two Virtual Disks and press Enter. 3. Use the arrow keys to highlight a virtual disk at the Virtual Disk field. Press Insert. 4. Use the arrow keys to highlight another virtual disk. Press Insert. 5. Press Enter to swap the virtual disks. 22 BIOS Configuration Utility

Section	Page
Dell EMC PowerEdge RAID Controller S140 User’s Guide	3
Overview	7
PERC S140 specifications	7
Supported operating systems	10
Supported PowerEdge systems	10
Supported physical disks	10
Management applications for the PERC S140	11
Physical Disks	12
Physical disk features	12
Physical disk roaming	12
Physical disk hot-swapping	12
Physical disk power management	12
Physical disk failure detection	12
Mirror rebuilding	13
Fault tolerance	13
Self-Monitoring And Reporting Technology	13
Native Command Queuing	13
NVMe PCIe SSD support	13
Physical disk write cache policy for SATA drives	14
Linux RAID	14
Virtual Disks	15
Virtual disk features	15
TRIM for SATA SSDs	15
To perform TRIM on the pass-through SSDs	15
Disk initialization	15
Background Array Scan	16
Checkpointing	16
Consistency check	16
Background initialization	16
Automatic virtual disk rebuild	16
Virtual disk cache policies	16
Virtual disk migration	17
Migrating a virtual disk	17
Expanding virtual disk capacity	17
Cabling the drives for S140	18
Disk connectivity for AHCI devices	19
BIOS Configuration Utility	20
Entering the BIOS configuration utility	20
Exiting the BIOS Configuration Utility	21
Initializing the physical disks	21
Converting to RAID disks	21
Converting to Non-RAID disks	21
Creating the virtual disks	22
Selecting virtual disk sizes while creating a virtual disk	22
Deleting the virtual disks	22
Swapping two virtual disks	22
Managing the hot spare disks	23
Assigning the global hot spare disks	23
Assigning the dedicated hot spare disks	23
Unassign hot spare disks	24
Viewing the physical disks details	24
Viewing the virtual disks details	24
Rescan disks	24
Controller Options	25
Continue to boot	25
UEFI RAID configuration utility	26
Entering the DELL PERC S140 Configuration Utility	26
Exiting the DELL PERC S140 Configuration Utility	27
Controller management	27
Viewing the controller properties	27
Changing the boot order of the virtual disks	28
Stopping the system from booting if there is a critical BIOS error	28
Converting a physical disk to a Non-RAID disk	28
Converting physical disk to RAID capable disk	29
Rescan disks	29
Virtual disk management	29
Configuring Windows RAID	29
Configuring Linux RAID	30
Mixed RAID configuration	31
Manage virtual disk properties	31
Viewing virtual disks properties and policies	32
Deleting a virtual disk	33
Physical disk management	34
Viewing physical disk properties	34
Managing the physical disk write cache policy for SATA drives	35
Assigning the global hot spare	36
Unassign a global hot spare	36
Assigning the dedicated hot spare	36
Cryptographic erase	37
Viewing global hot spares	37
Installing the drivers	38
Pre-installation requirements	38
Setting the SATA controller to RAID mode	38
Setting the NVMe PCIe SSDs to RAID mode	38
Creating a virtual disk	39
Checking PERC S140 options and the boot list priority.	39
Creating the device driver media for Windows driver installation	40
Downloading drivers for PERC S140 from the Dell support website for all operating systems	40
Downloading drivers from the Dell Systems Service and Diagnostic Tools media for Windows	40
Accessing ZP files	40
Troubleshooting your system	42
Precautions for hot removal or hot insertion of NVMe drives	42
Unable to configure Linux RAID using UEFI Configuration Utility	42
Performance degradation after disabling SATA physical disk write cache policy	42
Unable to modify any feature settings in UEFI or OPROM	43
Extra reboot during OS installation	43
After enabling Hypervisor, system displays Blue Screen of Death	43
After enabling node interleaving in BIOS, system displays Blue Screen of Death	43
OS installation failing on NVMe PCIe SSD with third-party driver	43
System startup issues	43
System does not boot	44
Controller mode is set incorrectly at System Setup	44
Boot mode, boot sequence, and or boot sequence retry are set incorrectly	44
Bootable virtual disk is in a failed state	44
The boot order is incorrect for a bootable virtual disk	44
A Non-RAID virtual disk is no longer in first position in the BIOS configuration utility list after a system reboot	44
The BIOS configuration utility option does not display	45
Configuring RAID using the Option ROM Utility is disabled	45
Warning Messages	45
WARNING- Found virtual disks that are degraded	45
WARNING - Found virtual disks that are failed	45
WARNING - Found virtual disks that are degraded and failed	46
Offline status of SAMSUNG 1733 or 1735 drives	46
Other errors appearing on the BIOS screen	46
BSOD is observed while booting on the NVMe configuration server	46
Failure of dump file creation	47
S140 does not display greater than ten virtual disks in the BIOS Configuration Utility or CTRL R	47
Unable to delete virtual disks when there are more than 30 virtual disks present in the system	47
Virtual disk rebuild status in the BIOS Configuration Utility (<CTRL><R>) or in UEFI HII	47
Physical disk - related errors	47
The physical disk fails	47
A physical disk is not visible in the BIOS Configuration Utility or is offline	47
A physical disk is highlighted red at the BIOS Configuration Utility or Ctrl R	48
Cannot initialize a physical disk	48
Status LED is not working	48
Blinking and unblinking feature not working on PowerEdge R740	48
Cannot update NVMe PCIe SSD firmware by using Dell Update Package or DUP	48
Third-party driver installation for NVMe PCIe SSD failing	48
Unable to find the NVMe PCIe SSD for operating system installation	49
Virtual disks - Related errors	49
Virtual disk size in decimals is not supported while creating a VD	49
Cannot create a virtual disk	49
The physical disk is not displayed	49
Insufficient free space available on the selected physical disks	49
Incorrect number of physical disks selected for the desired RAID level	49
The desired physical disk is unavailable	50
The system already has a maximum of 30 virtual disks	50
A virtual disk is in a degraded state	50
A physical disk was removed	50
Physical or mechanical problems with the physical disk	50
The virtual disk has lost redundancy	50
Corrupted metadata in the virtual disk	50
Cannot assign a dedicated hot spare to a virtual disk	50
The RAID level does not allow a dedicated hot spare to be created	50
The designated physical disk does not have sufficient capacity to be a dedicated hot spare	51
The physical disk is already part of a virtual disk	51
The physical disk are of different types	51
Cannot create a global hot spare	51
There are no empty physical disks available or the physical disks have not been converted to RAID-capable disks	51
The physical disk is already part of a virtual disk	51
The physical disk assigned as the global hot spare has failed	51
The physical disk assigned as the global hot spare is missing	51
A dedicated hot spare fails	52
The controller cannot communicate with the hot spare	52
The dedicated spare is not visible in the BIOS Configuration Utility or is offline	52
Failed or degraded virtual disk	52
Cannot create a virtual disk on selected physical disks	52
RAID disk created from the NVMe PCIe SSDs not appearing in operating system environment, showing as partitioned disks	52
Cannot perform an Online Capacity Expansion or Reconfigure on a virtual disk	52
Unable to configure RAID on NVMe PCIe SSD using a third party RAID configuration utility	52
Getting help	53
Contacting Dell	53
Locating your system Service Tag	53
Related documentation	53

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Creating the virtual disks

Enter the

BIOS Configuration Utility

. See

Entering the BIOS configuration utility

on page 20.

Select

Create Virtual Disks

from the

Main Menu

screen and press <Enter>.

NOTE:

The S140 controller supports a maximum of 30 virtual disks per physical disk. You cannot modify any feature

settings in UEFI or OPROM if the number of virtual disks exceeds the maximum limit of 30. For more information

about troubleshooting this issue, see

Unable to modify any feature settings in UEFI or OPROM

on page 43.

In the

Physical Disks

field, select the physical disk on which you want to create a virtual disk:

To select a physical disk, press Insert.

After selecting the physical disk to be included in the virtual disk, press Enter.

In the

User Input

field, use the arrow keys to select a virtual disk type (RAID level) and press Enter.

Select a size for the virtual disk, depending on the available free space of the physical disks and press Enter.

In the

User Input

field, select a

Caching Mode

. Press Enter.

Press C to confirm that you want to create the virtual disk.

Selecting virtual disk sizes while creating a virtual disk

To create a virtual disk size of < 2.199 TB:

Use the up arrow or page up keys to select a size displayed incrementally, or use the down arrow or page down keys to select a size

displayed decrementally.

NOTE:

To increase the size by 10 units use the page up key and to increase the size by one unit use the up arrow key

and conversely.

Continue with

Creating the virtual disks

on page 22.

To create a virtual disk size of > 2.199 TB:

Press the Page Up or the up arrow key to increase the virtual disk size. At the maximum size, a dialog box is displayed in the

User

Input

field. It inquires if you want to limit the size of the virtual disk or exceed the normal maximum size.

Press Esc to create a larger virtual disk.

Press the Page Up or the up arrow key until the desired or maximum available size has been attained.

Continue with

Creating the virtual disks

on page 22.

Deleting the virtual disks

Enter the

BIOS Configuration Utility

. See

Entering the BIOS configuration utility

on page 20.

In the

Main Menu

screen, select

Deleting Virtual Disk

using the arrow keys and press Enter.

Select each virtual disk in the

Virtual Disks

field that you want to delete. Press Insert to confirm each selection.

Press Enter.

CAUTION:

Deleting a virtual disk permanently destroys all data that is on the virtual disk, as well as the virtual disk

itself. This action cannot be undone.

Press C to confirm the deletion.

NOTE:

When a degraded or a failed virtual disk from one system is added to another system, and if the number of

virtual disks exceeds the maximum limit of 30, you cannot delete the virtual disks that are in the Normal or Ready

states.

Swapping two virtual disks

Enter the

BIOS Configuration Utility

. See

Entering the BIOS configuration utility

on page 20.

In the

Main Menu

screen, select the

Swapping Two Virtual Disks

and press Enter.

Use the arrow keys to highlight a virtual disk at the

Virtual Disk

field. Press Insert.

Use the arrow keys to highlight another virtual disk. Press Insert.

Press Enter to swap the virtual disks.

BIOS Configuration Utility