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I have a Poweredge 2550. I orginally setup the RAID 5 Array using the WebBios config utility. I have 4 36GB drives which gave me about 101GB of space. I had W2K 2003 Enterprise installed. I applied all the updates from Dell's site for my system. I recently had to break up the RAID Array using the Cntrl + M. Now I am not able to get back into the WebBios to use the wizard to reconfigure the RAID Array (im a RAID n00b) Any way to get this WebBios feature back? Or a guide on setting up 4 - 36GB drives in a RAID 5 Array using the Cntrl + M Function. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Below is my sys config. It looks as though my tape drive is connected to the SCSI B port on board. My HD backplane is connected to a PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller. Thanks! -Chris 1 02GEF KIT, CABLE, POWER, POWER SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION BOARD, P2550 1 08PRY CARD (CIRCUIT), MEMORY BOARD, MEMORY, VOLTAGE REGULATOR MODULE, 12V, MEMORY BOARD, MEMORY, 3.3V/2.5V 1 1E734 ASSEMBLY, PRINTED WIRING ASSY, POWER DISTRIBUTION BOARD, P2550 1 3E032 PRINTED WIRING ASSY, INTERFACE, COMPACT DISK DRIVE, FLOPPY DRIVE, P2550 1 4M266 PROCESSOR, 80530, 1.4GHZ, 512K, TUALATIN 1 4N594 CARD (CIRCUIT), PROCESSOR, VRM-8.5, 12V, PE2550 1 523DD PRINTED WIRING ASSY, RISER, PC INTERFACE, 3 SLOT, PE2550 1 74RNC KIT, CABLE, DORADO/ATHENS/TUALATIN/ALMODOR, P2550 1 9G788 PRINTED WIRING ASSY, PLANAR (MOTHERBOARD), PE2550, 2XCPU, ABNT2 1 01VTW CORD, POWER, 120V, 10FT, N515-(2)C13 2 0284T POWER SUPPLY, 330W, 2U, EDGE-CON, REDUNDANT 2 6878T CORD, POWER, 125V, 10FT, SJT, UNSHIELDED 2 77CTV DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE, 1G, 133M, 128X72, 8K, 168, REGULATORY 1 40CEK PRINTED WIRING ASSY, INTERFACE, BACKPLANE, 1X4, ULT2, P2550 1 852EP PRINTED WIRING ASSY, DAUGHTERBOARD, BACKPLANE, PE25X0 1 4M266 PROCESSOR, 80530, 1.4GHZ, 512K, TUALATIN 1 4N594 CARD (CIRCUIT), PROCESSOR, VRM-8.5, 12V, PE2550 1 52VXJ COMPACT DISK DRIVE, 650M, I, 5.25' FORM FACTOR, 24X, SAMSUNG, BLACK 1 9M912 ASSEMBLY, CARD (CIRCUIT), PERC3-DC, INTEL-BE 1 7N428 ASSEMBLY, CABLE, HARD DRIVE, TWISTED PAIR, S-3, 2DROP, LOCKING 1 1E589 TAPE BACKUP UNIT, 40/80G, INTERNAL, HALF HEIGHT, PV110T, Value Smart 80 1 39KKW ASSEMBLY, CABLE, TWISTED PAIR, HARD DRIVE, S-3, 1DROP, TERMINATION 4 5J324 HARD DRIVE, 36GB, S, U3/160, 15K, 80P, FJT 1 0K898 FLOPPY DRIVE, 1.44M, 3.5' FORM FACTOR, THIRD HEIGHT, NO BEZEL, TEAC Message Edited by damadhatter on 09-01-200607:18 PM

barhampa · Answer

By applying the latest PERC update has removed the WebBios option previously available. This may be of assistance to you in being able to reconfigure your system and more.   One other thing, it is not good practice running a tape drive off the onboard scsi when using RAID. Buy yourself an Adaptec 29160 and connect it to that.   Message Edited by barhampa on 09-28-2006 09:07 PM

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