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May 17th, 2017 10:00
R430 - Windows Server Install Issues
Greetings -
We recently purchased 2-R430's. They each have 8 1TB hard drive set up in a One Big RAID 10 configuration. When I use the lifecycle config utility with both Windows 2012 or 2016 it will not detect the installation media. I have tried both DVD and USB, and also tried both BIOS and UEFI with no luck.
I am able to boot directly from the media using the one time boot menu however it only works in BIOS not UEFI. According to my research I need to boot in UEFI so I can access my entire virtual drive, which is approx 3.7TB in the one big RAID 10 configuration.
Any assistance would be appreciated.
BIOS version 2.3.4
Brad
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May 17th, 2017 14:00
Hi Robert -
Thanks for your response. With regards as to the why on the RAID 10, I thought the same thing as you. However our research uncovered multiple sources talking about One Big RAID 10 vs the traditional RAID 1 for the OS and RAID 5 or 10 for data and apps. Here is a link to one of them.
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/262196-one-big-raid-10-the-new-standard-in-server-storage
As far as the install goes, How do I create the GTP partition prior to the install? What does that have to do with the system not detecting the OS media?
Brad