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Unable to detect SAS drives in T630 OS deployment.
I just bought the T630 and I'm having some issues detecting the hard disks when deploying the os. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Hardware is as follows:
- Perch H730 Adapter
- Physical disks: x2 SAS 300GB; x3 SAS 500GB
- RAID Setup: RAID 1 (778GB x2) - Designated for my OS (Win 2008 R2)
- RAID 5 (465GB x3) - Designated for Data storage.
I'm booting in BIOS mode from bootable USB flash drive (which works as I've loaded the os on a test pc) and trying to do OS deployment from Lifecycle Controller.
Problem is after installer loads files I'm unable to see/detect the SAS disks in the RAID setup above.
I've broken the mirror and re configured my RAID virtual disks and initialized the drives (status: Online/Ready) but still unable to see them!
Do I need a driver for the Perch H730 controller in order for the windows installation to see the SAS drives? If so How do I deploy the drivers?
Please advise.
Regards,
DAXimusTT
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September 19th, 2015 10:00
Yes, you do. Download and run to extract files, then put the files on a flash drive. When Windows can't find disks, click on the Load Drivers link and browse to the location with the drivers.
http://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER03008195M/6/W2k8R2_8XFFN_6.602.35.00_A01_ZPE.exe
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September 21st, 2015 11:00
Excellent. Thank you very much.