Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller S140 User’s Guide

Configuring Linux RAID

1. Enter the Dell PERC S140 Configuration Utility. See Entering the DELL PERC S140 Configuration Utility.
2. Click Controller Management → Convert to RAID Capable Disk.
3. Select the RAID type Linux RAID.
   NOTE:If the option to choose Linux RAID is disabled, convert the disk to a non-RAID disk, see Converting physical disk to Non-RAID disk and then convert it back to a RAID capable disk, see Converting physical disk to RAID capable disk.
4. Select the Interface Type. The options are SATA and NVMe.
5. Select the physical disk and click Apply Changes.
   A confirmation screen is displayed.
6. Click Yes to continue.
7. Click Back to return to the configuration options screen.
8. After converting the physical disks, click the Virtual Disk Management in the Configuration Options screen, and click Create Virtual Disks.
9. Select the required Linux operating system.
   NOTE: If you select the RHEL operating system, the entire physical disk space is used in the Virtual Disk Size field. With RHEL, you can create virtual disks only on the entire physical disk space.

   NOTE: If you select SLES as the operating system, you can create virtual disks on both full and partial physical disk space.
10. Click Select the Physical Disk.
11. Select the interface type, media type, sector size, and the physical disks.
12. Click Apply Changes.
13. Click Create Virtual Disk.
    The virtual disk is ready.