Windows Home Server is considered a Client Software solution and would not be "supported" option for the Enterprise Level PERC 6i controller. There may be options outside of the normal process. You may try a client driver (Windows 7 to match the 2011 WHS) since the controller is used with some client workstations sold by Dell.
WHS 2011 is based on Windows 2008 R2 and therefor can use the same drivers. You can look for an updated PERC6i driver for 2008 R2, extract it to a USB key and provide this to the Windows install when it looks for a disk to see if it can load the driver and then see the virtual disk on the PERC.
Note: don't make your virtual disk over 2TB or you won't be able to use the space after the 2TB mark on the virtual disk.
DELL-Willy M
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January 23rd, 2012 17:00
Windows Home Server is considered a Client Software solution and would not be "supported" option for the Enterprise Level PERC 6i controller. There may be options outside of the normal process. You may try a client driver (Windows 7 to match the 2011 WHS) since the controller is used with some client workstations sold by Dell.
Let us know how it goes.
Dev Mgr
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January 23rd, 2012 17:00
WHS 2011 is based on Windows 2008 R2 and therefor can use the same drivers. You can look for an updated PERC6i driver for 2008 R2, extract it to a USB key and provide this to the Windows install when it looks for a disk to see if it can load the driver and then see the virtual disk on the PERC.
Note: don't make your virtual disk over 2TB or you won't be able to use the space after the 2TB mark on the virtual disk.
tommo666
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January 23rd, 2012 17:00
Home Server 2011 is built on server 2008 x64 so the perc drivers for that should work. www.dell.com/.../DriverFileFormats