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What is the 16MB partition on the Dell™ PowerEdge™ Server for? - Technical Tip - 161823

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What is the 16MB partition on the Dell™ PowerEdge™ Server for?

This is the Utility Partition and is not required for normal operation of the System. The partition is there so that the Diagnostics & EISA Configuration can be run without using the DSA (Dell SCSI Array) CD-ROM or a boot Disk.