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......60 Troubleshooting power supply unit problems...60 Troubleshooting RAID...60 RAID configuration using PERC...60 RAID configuration using OpenManage Server Administrator 63 RAID configuration by using Unified Server Configurator 67 Downloading and installing the RAID controller log export by using PERCCLI tool on ESXi hosts on Dell's 13th generation of PowerEdge servers...69 Configuring RAID by using Lifecycle Controller...72 Starting and target...
......60 Troubleshooting power supply unit problems...60 Troubleshooting RAID...60 RAID configuration using PERC...60 RAID configuration using OpenManage Server Administrator 63 RAID configuration by using Unified Server Configurator 67 Downloading and installing the RAID controller log export by using PERCCLI tool on ESXi hosts on Dell's 13th generation of PowerEdge servers...69 Configuring RAID by using Lifecycle Controller...72 Starting and target...
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... BIOS update package at : Dell.com/support. 2. Browse the location where you agree, click I agree. 3. Download and install any necessary Embedded Systems Management firmware prior to configure a RAID array, see RAID configuration using OpenManage Server Administrator, RAID configuration using Unified Server Configurator, or Configuring RAID by using PERC, see RAID configuration using Lifecycle Controller. For information about RAID configuration by using PERC. Select the...
... BIOS update package at : Dell.com/support. 2. Browse the location where you agree, click I agree. 3. Download and install any necessary Embedded Systems Management firmware prior to configure a RAID array, see RAID configuration using OpenManage Server Administrator, RAID configuration using Unified Server Configurator, or Configuring RAID by using PERC, see RAID configuration using Lifecycle Controller. For information about RAID configuration by using PERC. Select the...
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... Windows due to Windows, do the following steps in unknown disk errors. Import the foreign configuration to manage preserved cache in RAID capable unconfigured state. See, Importing foreign configuration using either the BIOS configuration utility or the UEFI/HII RAID configuration utility. Offline or missing virtual drives with preserved cache error message Error Message: There are...
... Windows due to Windows, do the following steps in unknown disk errors. Import the foreign configuration to manage preserved cache in RAID capable unconfigured state. See, Importing foreign configuration using either the BIOS configuration utility or the UEFI/HII RAID configuration utility. Offline or missing virtual drives with preserved cache error message Error Message: There are...
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... to the operating system. 3. Take the hard drive offline and reseat the drive. Exit the configuration utility and allow the system to boot to check the RAID configuration. Disconnect all files on . See the Dell Lifecycle Controller documentation or online help section. Depending on the hard drive. Troubleshooting hard drives Prerequisites CAUTION: This troubleshooting...
... to the operating system. 3. Take the hard drive offline and reseat the drive. Exit the configuration utility and allow the system to boot to check the RAID configuration. Disconnect all files on . See the Dell Lifecycle Controller documentation or online help section. Depending on the hard drive. Troubleshooting hard drives Prerequisites CAUTION: This troubleshooting...
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... Steps 1. Ensure that the power source meets applicable standards. 5. For more information, see Lifecycle Controller User's Guide available at www.dell.com/ poweredgemanuals. Under Storage configuration wizard, click RAID configuration to deliver their rated capacity. The View Current RAID Configuration and Select Controller page is pressed, press the power button firmly. 2. Ensure that you use the...
... Steps 1. Ensure that the power source meets applicable standards. 5. For more information, see Lifecycle Controller User's Guide available at www.dell.com/ poweredgemanuals. Under Storage configuration wizard, click RAID configuration to deliver their rated capacity. The View Current RAID Configuration and Select Controller page is pressed, press the power button firmly. 2. Ensure that you use the...
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... depending on how it was configured when created. NOTE: BOSS-S1 controller is supported at www.dell.com/ storagecontrollermanuals. A list of SEDs. The Virtual Disk Management screen is displayed. 4. For information on getting the best rebuild performance from your RAID controller, see the Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) User's Guide at www.dell.com/ idracmanuals Creating a secured...
... depending on how it was configured when created. NOTE: BOSS-S1 controller is supported at www.dell.com/ storagecontrollermanuals. A list of SEDs. The Virtual Disk Management screen is displayed. 4. For information on getting the best rebuild performance from your RAID controller, see the Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) User's Guide at www.dell.com/ idracmanuals Creating a secured...
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...update the firmware/PERC controller. allows you import the configuration, the VD Mgmt screen displays detailed configuration information. RAID configuration using OpenManage Server Administrator to have replaced the failed drive... with Revertible Hot Spare - 2. On the VD Mgmt screen, highlight the Controller #. 3. Click Spare. The following steps: Troubleshooting hardware issues 63 Press F2 to https://www.youtube.com/playlist? Enter the Dell PERC 10 Configuration...
...update the firmware/PERC controller. allows you import the configuration, the VD Mgmt screen displays detailed configuration information. RAID configuration using OpenManage Server Administrator to have replaced the failed drive... with Revertible Hot Spare - 2. On the VD Mgmt screen, highlight the Controller #. 3. Click Spare. The following steps: Troubleshooting hardware issues 63 Press F2 to https://www.youtube.com/playlist? Enter the Dell PERC 10 Configuration...
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... you have a battery. NOTE: The Size field displays the default size of the virtual disk depending upon the RAID configuration you have virtual disks with a space. However, you specify. In some cases, the virtual disk is slightly larger than the size you can contain only...the amount of space that you want to differentiate the generated alerts, Dell recommends that each virtual disk. 13. In the Size field, type the size of the virtual disk. In some cases, the virtual disk is limited support for configuring the virtual disk. Select a stripe size from the respective drop-...
... you have a battery. NOTE: The Size field displays the default size of the virtual disk depending upon the RAID configuration you have virtual disks with a space. However, you specify. In some cases, the virtual disk is slightly larger than the size you can contain only...the amount of space that you want to differentiate the generated alerts, Dell recommends that each virtual disk. 13. In the Size field, type the size of the virtual disk. In some cases, the virtual disk is limited support for configuring the virtual disk. Select a stripe size from the respective drop-...
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...not be used in a new configuration. • Selecting Import Foreign Configuration attempts to import the foreign configuration. • Selecting Ignore Foreign Configuration leaves the drives in the spun down state. RAID configuration by using Unified Server Configurator The Unified Server Configurators (USC)'s main features include ... the system is in the spun down drive(s). Select the RAID configuration tab to each physical disk that run without an operating system. NOTE: Selecting the Ignore Foreign Configuration causes the system to spun up. Troubleshooting hardware issues 67...
...not be used in a new configuration. • Selecting Import Foreign Configuration attempts to import the foreign configuration. • Selecting Ignore Foreign Configuration leaves the drives in the spun down state. RAID configuration by using Unified Server Configurator The Unified Server Configurators (USC)'s main features include ... the system is in the spun down drive(s). Select the RAID configuration tab to each physical disk that run without an operating system. NOTE: Selecting the Ignore Foreign Configuration causes the system to spun up. Troubleshooting hardware issues 67...
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... during the Express wizard. 6. On the Select Physical Disks screen, select the physical disks that are the part of Unified Server Configurator's RAID configuration process 5. The Advanced option takes you to define additional parameters for virtual disk creation. Figure 15. The Additional Settings screen is ...to a series of virtual disk attributes is displayed. The Summary of more screens. The Summary screen is displayed. 8. Select the RAID type on the Basic Settings screen. Click Finish to create virtual disk to assign a hot spare disk. The Express option selects ...
... during the Express wizard. 6. On the Select Physical Disks screen, select the physical disks that are the part of Unified Server Configurator's RAID configuration process 5. The Advanced option takes you to define additional parameters for virtual disk creation. Figure 15. The Additional Settings screen is ...to a series of virtual disk attributes is displayed. The Summary of more screens. The Summary screen is displayed. 8. Select the RAID type on the Basic Settings screen. Click Finish to create virtual disk to assign a hot spare disk. The Express option selects ...
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... 8 firmware or later, or software RAID controllers, use the RAID Configuration wizard to datastore by using command:cp /opt/lsi/perccli/MegaSAS.log /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/ 9. Log file in Datastore Browser Now the logs are exported on ESXi hosts on the Dell 13th generation PowerEdge servers. Steps 1. Log creation 8. Configuring RAID by using Lifecycle Controller Prerequisites If...
... 8 firmware or later, or software RAID controllers, use the RAID Configuration wizard to datastore by using command:cp /opt/lsi/perccli/MegaSAS.log /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/ 9. Log file in Datastore Browser Now the logs are exported on ESXi hosts on the Dell 13th generation PowerEdge servers. Steps 1. Log creation 8. Configuring RAID by using Lifecycle Controller Prerequisites If...
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...Log window is displayed. For more information about Dell Lifecycle controller, go to continue with the creation of virtual disk. RAID 6 requires a minimum of virtual disk attributes is displayed. 10. 3. Type the size of 4 disks. On the RAID Configuration Warning window, click Yes if you want to... 73 NOTE: The virtual disk name should not contain any space or special characters. 8. For more information about the Dell Lifecycle Controller RAID Configuration video, go toDell.com/ techcenter/LC . Click View Lifecycle Log History. You are taken to include in the Lifecycle Log...
...Log window is displayed. For more information about Dell Lifecycle controller, go to continue with the creation of virtual disk. RAID 6 requires a minimum of virtual disk attributes is displayed. 10. 3. Type the size of 4 disks. On the RAID Configuration Warning window, click Yes if you want to... 73 NOTE: The virtual disk name should not contain any space or special characters. 8. For more information about the Dell Lifecycle Controller RAID Configuration video, go toDell.com/ techcenter/LC . Click View Lifecycle Log History. You are taken to include in the Lifecycle Log...
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... creating partial virtual disks, Dell recommends that you provide Storage Management adequate time between each partial virtual disk creation process. This delay in RAID1 configuration: Steps 1. In the Virtual Disk Management window, select Virtual Disk # and press the down-arrow key until Physical Disks are the thumb rules for RAID configuration: • Both drives...
... creating partial virtual disks, Dell recommends that you provide Storage Management adequate time between each partial virtual disk creation process. This delay in RAID1 configuration: Steps 1. In the Virtual Disk Management window, select Virtual Disk # and press the down-arrow key until Physical Disks are the thumb rules for RAID configuration: • Both drives...
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...able to recognize extremely small virtual disks if they are dynamic. For information on alert messages, see the Error Code Lookup page at Dell.com/support/home. • The rebuild rate setting is damaged. Rebuilding of virtual disk completes with errors About this task A rebuild ... a maximum number of free space available. • The controller may not be attempting a RAID configuration that monitor system components, see the Server Administrator Messages Reference Guide at qrl.dell.com The rebuild may also report sense key errors. The physical disks that must have an adequate...
...able to recognize extremely small virtual disks if they are dynamic. For information on alert messages, see the Error Code Lookup page at Dell.com/support/home. • The rebuild rate setting is damaged. Rebuilding of virtual disk completes with errors About this task A rebuild ... a maximum number of free space available. • The controller may not be attempting a RAID configuration that monitor system components, see the Server Administrator Messages Reference Guide at qrl.dell.com The rebuild may also report sense key errors. The physical disks that must have an adequate...
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... occur in OpenManage Server Administrator should have a manual Learn Cycle performed. Information about the RAID arrays including configuration information, disk members, role of disks is called Slicing. In some cases, the failures may be copied into the cache of Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) designed to allow the controller to a fully functional condition. The controllers...
... occur in OpenManage Server Administrator should have a manual Learn Cycle performed. Information about the RAID arrays including configuration information, disk members, role of disks is called Slicing. In some cases, the failures may be copied into the cache of Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) designed to allow the controller to a fully functional condition. The controllers...
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... using an operating System deployment wizard on one side of a mirror in a RAID 1 virtual disk, then the virtual disk is in a Warning or Critical state. To create virtual disks using RAID configuration at the preferred RAID level, watch the Dell Lifecycle Controller RAID configuration video on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFPmeHNENV4 Foreign drivers on physical...
... using an operating System deployment wizard on one side of a mirror in a RAID 1 virtual disk, then the virtual disk is in a Warning or Critical state. To create virtual disks using RAID configuration at the preferred RAID level, watch the Dell Lifecycle Controller RAID configuration video on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFPmeHNENV4 Foreign drivers on physical...
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... License terms window is displayed. 14. NOTE: Before connecting the OneDrive site of Independent Disks (RAID) is configured, the window displays the existing RAID configuration details. 5. Select Go Directly to reinstall it: • Install Windows Server 2016 by using the Dell LifeCycle Controller • Installing the Operating System using the Windows Server 2016 Media NOTE...
... License terms window is displayed. 14. NOTE: Before connecting the OneDrive site of Independent Disks (RAID) is configured, the window displays the existing RAID configuration details. 5. Select Go Directly to reinstall it: • Install Windows Server 2016 by using the Dell LifeCycle Controller • Installing the Operating System using the Windows Server 2016 Media NOTE...
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... Install Using NFS - Unattended Installation Using USB Drive Drive 20. Unattended Install Using - Table 22. Export Server Profile Using LC - Export Server Profile Using LC - RAID Configuration - Dell Lifecycle Controller - OS Deployment - OS Deployment - Unattended OS Installation, BIOS Mode Unattended OS Installation BIOS Mode 23. Manual Install method 26. Unattended Install method 114...
... Install Using NFS - Unattended Installation Using USB Drive Drive 20. Unattended Install Using - Table 22. Export Server Profile Using LC - Export Server Profile Using LC - RAID Configuration - Dell Lifecycle Controller - OS Deployment - OS Deployment - Unattended OS Installation, BIOS Mode Unattended OS Installation BIOS Mode 23. Manual Install method 26. Unattended Install method 114...
EMC Boot Optimized Server Storage-S1 Users Guide
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Contents Chapter 1: Overview...5 Supported operating systems...6 Supported PowerEdge systems ...6 BOSS-S1 card specifications...7 Supported M.2 drives...7 Management applications for the BOSS-S1 controller...8 Update the BOSS-S1 controller...8 Update... the BOSS-S1 card...17 Chapter 4: Driver installation...19 Chapter 5: UEFI or HII RAID configuration utility 20 Entering the UEFI configuration utility...20 Exiting the UEFI configuration utility...20 Entering the BOSS-S1 configuration utility...21 Physical or virtual disk information...21 Physical disk information...21 Virtual disk information...
Contents Chapter 1: Overview...5 Supported operating systems...6 Supported PowerEdge systems ...6 BOSS-S1 card specifications...7 Supported M.2 drives...7 Management applications for the BOSS-S1 controller...8 Update the BOSS-S1 controller...8 Update... the BOSS-S1 card...17 Chapter 4: Driver installation...19 Chapter 5: UEFI or HII RAID configuration utility 20 Entering the UEFI configuration utility...20 Exiting the UEFI configuration utility...20 Entering the BOSS-S1 configuration utility...21 Physical or virtual disk information...21 Physical disk information...21 Virtual disk information...
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... be installed. Management applications for the BOSS-S1 controller Management applications enable you to manage and configure the RAID system, create and manage the disk group, and provide online maintenance. See UEFI/HII RAID configuration utility. • Dell OpenManage Storage Management-This application enables you to perform controller and enclosure functions for BOSS-S1 card...
... be installed. Management applications for the BOSS-S1 controller Management applications enable you to manage and configure the RAID system, create and manage the disk group, and provide online maintenance. See UEFI/HII RAID configuration utility. • Dell OpenManage Storage Management-This application enables you to perform controller and enclosure functions for BOSS-S1 card...