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4. Select the physical disks. Click Check All to select all the disks available. 5. Click Apply Changes. Converting physical disk to RAID capable disk CAUTION: Any data already existing on the disk will be lost during this operation. Ensure that you have backed up critical data before converting the physical disk to a RAID capable disk. 1. Enter the Dell PERC S140 Configuration Utility. See Entering the DELL PERC S140 Configuration Utility on page 26. 2. Click Controller Management > Convert to RAID Capable Disk. 3. Select the RAID type. NOTE: RAID type will not be available if a RAID is already configured. To enable RAID type, convert the disk to a non RAID disk (see Converting physical disk to Non-RAID disk) and then convert them back to RAID capable disk. 4. Select disk interface type. 5. Select the physical disk to convert to a RAID capable disk. If you wish to select all the available disks, select Check All. 6. Click Apply Changes to submit the changes selected. Rescan disks This option allows you to view the list of existing Physical and Virtual disks. NOTE: The Rescan disks option may take from 10 to 20 seconds to display the list of disks, depending on the number of disks available in the system. 1. Enter the Dell PERC S140 Configuration Utility. See Entering the DELL PERC S140 Configuration Utility on page 26. 2. Click Controller Management > Rescan Disks. The Rescan Disks screen is displayed. It provides information about the latest physical disk and virtual disk configurations. Virtual disk management This section allows you to create, manage and delete virtual disks. You can also view and modify some properties of the associated physical disk. Configuring Windows RAID NOTE: To enable RAID mode for NVMe PCIe SSDs, see Setting the NVMe PCIe SSDs to RAID mode on page 38. 1. Enter the Dell PERC S140 Configuration Utility. See Entering the DELL PERC S140 Configuration Utility on page 26. 2. Click Controller Management→Convert to RAID Capable Disk. 3. Select the RAID typeWindows RAID. 4. Select the Interface Type. The options are SATA and NVMe. 5. Select the physical disk and click Apply Changes. A confirmation screen is displayed. 6. Click Yes to continue. 7. Click Back to return to the configuration options screen. 8. After converting the physical disks, click the Virtual Disk Management in the Configuration Options screen. 9. Click Create Virtual Disks. 10. Click Select the Physical Disk. 11. Select the interface type, media type, sector size, and the physical disks. 12. Click Apply Changes. 13. Enter the virtual disk size and select the Virtual Disk Size Unit. NOTE: It is recommended to select the unit before specifying the disk size value. Changing the unit after entering the value may change the disk size. 14. Select the Read Cache Policy. UEFI RAID configuration utility 29

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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Select the

physical disks

. Click

Check All

to select all the disks available.

Click

Apply Changes

Converting physical disk to RAID capable disk

CAUTION:

Any data already existing on the disk will be lost during this operation. Ensure that you have backed up

critical data before converting the physical disk to a RAID capable disk.

Enter the

Dell PERC S140 Configuration Utility

. See

Entering the DELL PERC S140 Configuration Utility

on page 26.

Click

Controller Management

Convert to RAID Capable Disk

Select the RAID type.

NOTE:

RAID type will not be available if a RAID is already configured. To enable RAID type, convert the disk to a non

RAID disk (see

Converting physical disk to Non-RAID disk

) and then convert them back to RAID capable disk.

Select disk interface type.

Select the physical disk to convert to a RAID capable disk. If you wish to select all the available disks, select

Check All

Click

Apply Changes

to submit the changes selected.

Rescan disks

This option allows you to view the list of existing Physical and Virtual disks.

NOTE:

The Rescan disks option may take from 10 to 20 seconds to display the list of disks, depending on the number of

disks available in the system.

Enter the

Dell PERC S140 Configuration Utility

. See

Entering the DELL PERC S140 Configuration Utility

on page 26.

Click

Controller Management

Rescan Disks

The

Rescan Disks

screen is displayed. It provides information about the latest physical disk and virtual disk configurations.

Virtual disk management

This section allows you to create, manage and delete virtual disks. You can also view and modify some properties of the associated

physical disk.

Configuring Windows RAID

NOTE:

To enable RAID mode for NVMe PCIe SSDs, see

Setting the NVMe PCIe SSDs to RAID mode

on page 38.

Enter the

Dell PERC S140 Configuration Utility

. See

Entering the DELL PERC S140 Configuration Utility

on page 26.

Click

Controller Management

→

Convert to RAID Capable Disk

Select the RAID type

Windows RAID

Select the

Interface Type

The options are SATA and NVMe.

Select the physical disk and click

Apply Changes

A confirmation screen is displayed.

Click

Yes

to continue.

Click

Back

to return to the configuration options screen.

After converting the physical disks, click the

Virtual Disk Management

in the

Configuration Options

screen.

Click

Create Virtual Disks.

10.

Click

Select the Physical Disk

11.

Select the interface type, media type, sector size, and the physical disks.

12.

Click

Apply Changes

13.

Enter the virtual disk size and select the

Virtual Disk Size Unit

NOTE:

It is recommended to select the unit before specifying the disk size value. Changing the unit after entering

the value may change the disk size.

14.

Select the

Read Cache Policy

UEFI RAID configuration utility