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Configuring hardware raid controller
Hello everyone,
I have leased a dell poweredge r210 server, it's default configuration is CentOS 5.x as OS and a hardware RAID 1 controller configured. I want to configure my hardware RAID but can't seem to figure out where. So far I tried the following:
- Rebooted the system to see if PERC can be accessed from the BIOS (but this option is not present)
- Installed OMSA (but this tool couldn't identify my raid controller)
Your help is appreciated, I'm still new to system administration so sorry for the somehow obvious solution for some.
theflash1932
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Posted February 4th, 2013 06:00
1. PERC cannot be accessed from the BIOS Setup (F2); it has its own BIOS prompt - CTRL-R. BIOS will sometimes have the ability to enable/disable the add-in/integrated RAID card though.
2. Are you sure you have a RAID controller installed?
Which controller do you have? If you can't see it during POST and can't see if from OMSA (What did you install on then?), then you might not have one installed (or it might not be enabled or even hooked up).
DELL-Chris H
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Posted February 4th, 2013 06:00
You should see the prompt during startup, if not then you may be running the drives not off the raid controller but off an embedded controller. You can check by accessing the BIOS and then see if the Raid is enabled under Integrated Devices.
I am also sending you an email, please reply to the EMAIL with the service tag of the server and I can see what was shipped with it.
Let me know what you find.
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