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Dell Poweredge 2900 with PERC 5 while installing windows Server 2008 R2 the drive doesn't appear
Dear All,
I Have an old Dell Poweredge 2900 Server with PERC 5i while installing windows Server 2008 R2 the drive doesn't appear
i've tried Mulitable SAS Raid Drivers that works with windows Server 2008 R2 or even tried installing Windows Server 2003 sp2 but it didn't work either
Although i have tried installing ubuntu 12.10 and it did see the hard drive
whould you please help me find the right PERC 5i Driver to be able to install windows Server 2008 R2.
Please if you need any further details, Please let me know
DELL-Geoff P
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March 18th, 2013 07:00
Good morning.
You can use the 2003 x64 driver: Hard-Drive - DELL_MULTI-DEVICE_A07_R211424.exe download from this link, extract it to a USB key:
http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/555/GetDriver/OtherFileFormats/Product/poweredge-2900?driverId=CN08G&FileId=3008787312
There isn't a Perc 5/i driver for Windows 2008 R2.
Regards,
theflash1932
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March 18th, 2013 09:00
The driver for the PERC should be native to 2008 R2. Did you configure AND initialize RAID in CTRL-R BEFORE attempting to install? The PERC's do NOT support non-RAID, so all drives MUS be configured in order be seen by the OS, even with the right driver.