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Bento Cunha
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November 23rd, 2021 14:00
T40 OS installation problem with RAID5
Hi there,
I recently bougth a T40 with one drive only and no OS on sale.
Then i did an upgrade, installed 2 more drives, to get a RAID5 setup.
The 3 drives are functioning ok, i configured RAID5 pressing the F12 key.
But after this, when i try to boot from a pendrive, done with rufus with MS server 2019 iso, downloaded from microsoft site, it starts by doing a loading screen, but after it enters the dot circunference of windows, and after 5minutes or so, i get a blue screen watchdog error.
If i change the bios and start without raid configuration, it just starts the installation process normally.
I think it migth be something about the raid configuration, the raid driver on the iso, firmware update of the bios, but i can't get what it is.
Someone please can help me on this??
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Posted November 24th, 2021 08:00
1) Don't use the Intel RAID. It is garbage. If you want redundancy / capacity, then do it via Windows Disk Management. Recommended would be SSD in RAID 1 for both redundancy and performance.
2) IF you insist on the Intel RAID, you likely need the drivers:
https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER07336190M/1/T40_Serial-ATA_Driver_4YT2F_WN64_7.5.0.1991_A02.EXE1199
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Posted November 25th, 2021 14:00
Hi there, thanks for you sugestion.
I want a RAID5 configuration for all system protection not only data protection.
I had already download 7 new drivers from dell site, but i just updated the bios firmware.
The intel RAID driver and others, only install under Windows, right? But i can't initiate a windows install because it gets stuck not recognizing the raid5 volume i created.
What can i do to overcome this? Any ideas?
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Posted November 25th, 2021 14:00
Hi there,
I already read the manual before to get ideias of how to solve this.
About the boot menu, i changed to legacy, to boot and install Windows from a pen.
But it doesnt start the install if i have a raid5 configuration.
Any ideias?
I have updated the bios firmware to latest 1.6 versiin, but still stuck on this.
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Posted November 25th, 2021 20:00
Hi, please see the screenshot for the supported operating systems also this may help:
Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver and Management Console
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Posted November 30th, 2021 18:00
Windows Server 2019 LTSCWindows Server 2016Does not have MBR or 32 bit or Legacy boot mode.1131
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Posted November 30th, 2021 18:00
It won't see any drive to install on without the F6 pre install mass storage drivers. AND the raid container must be initialized BEFORE trying to load ANY OS.
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Posted December 2nd, 2021 13:00
Can YOU help me on this?
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Posted December 2nd, 2021 13:00
Hello,
I'am trying to install windows server 2019, so it is suported by T40.
About IRST driver, it's for windows installation, and i can't install windows!
if i select in BIOS to sartup with RAID instead of AHCI it stays on the dot circle screen of windows forever, and i can't install nothing.
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Posted December 2nd, 2021 13:00
Bento,
You will find the steps you need in the video here the only difference is you will select Windows raid and I believe you stated you wanted a raid 5.
Let me know if this is the steps you have been doing.
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Posted November 23rd, 2021 20:00
Hi, thanks for choosing Dell. Could you take a look at this?
https://dell.to/3DOx3im
Also did you change with
UEFI Boot
https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/poweredge-t40/pet40_ism_pub/boot-menu?guid=guid-6295cf4e-4ec4-4f46-bc29-e48d4a195a00&lang=en-us
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