PowerEdge T410

Question

Hello all,

I joined this community in hopes someone can help with an issue I have.

I have a used PowerEdge T410 with the perc 6/i controller installed. For my purposes I will not be using a RAID configuration in this server.

I attempted to disable the controller in the bios and the option is not there.

I received the machine without any drives and I am attempting to use a drive of my own I know has a valid copy of Windows. I can see the size of each drive installed from within the bios so I know they are being read by the controller and motherboard.

Is there a way for me to bypass, or turn off the controller.

The only other option I see is to pull the backplane and RAID controller and connect using SATA. If so then I loose the 6 bays worth of storage space unless I get a PCI SATA adapter, but I don’t know how I’d power them all since I think the power supply only has 2 SATA power connectors.

Thanks for reading. ANY help would be Much appreciated. Thank you.

DELL-Marco B · Accepted Answer

Hello,

why don't you use PERC 6/i with only your hard drive in RAID0?

You can create a RAID0 with only 1 drive without formatting it and it will be seen as non raid volume.

I cannot help you in connecting a Drive bypassing backplane as it is not supported by Dell.

Thanks

Marco

DELL-Marco B · Answer

Hello,

yes you can, of course after having performed a full backup of the drive

https://dell.to/33DlZ85

Here you can see how to create Virtual disk (page 85).

Of course you need to do it without initialize the virtual disk.

Thanks

Marco

Matt2287 · Answer

Marco,

I understand doing things according to protocol.

I did not know I can use RAID0 without formatting the drive. Will I be able to add additional drives in RAID0 configuration and have them run independently from each other?

This would solve my issue for sure!

Matt2287 · Answer

Marco,

Thank you very much for your assistance with my T410. I was able to configure each drive individually in RAID0 (without initializing) and have Windows see data on all drives.

Again, thank you for your help and knowledge!

Matt

DELL-Marco B · Answer

Hello, glad that it solved your issue, thanks Marco

BCPayne · Answer

Hi, I need to do the same thing but with SSDs instead of spindle drives and my controller indicates the device is not recognized. Please advise. Cheers, Brent

Dell-Martin S · Answer

Hi, please check this thread maybe this helps you. https://dell.to/3x0pgtW   Regards Martin

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