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Unattended installation

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Using the optional RAID conguration

Using the optional RAID conguration

When you install an operating system, you can:

• Deploy the operating system without conguring RAID.

• Congure the hard-disk drives using the optional RAID conguration wizard and deploy the operating system.

Alternatively, you can congure RAID through the RAID conguration page from the Hardware Conguration > Conguration Wizards >

RAID Conguration.

Conguring RAID using the operating system

deployment wizard

To congure RAID using the OS Deployment page:

NOTE: If the system has a RAID controller, you can congure a virtual disk as the boot device. Create boot virtual disk only from

disk drives populated across 0–3 of the system. For slot information, see the system Owner’s Manual at dell.com/support/home.

1 Start Lifecycle Controller. For more information, see Starting Lifecycle Controller.

2 In the left pane, click OS Deployment.

3 On the OS Deployment page, click Deploy OS.

4 On the Deploy OS page, click Congure RAID First, and then click Next.

The storage controllers available for conguration are displayed in the RAID Conguration page.

NOTE

: Make sure that the selected controller is not in a non-RAID mode.

5 Select a storage controller.

The RAID conguration options are displayed.

6 Follow the instruction on the screen, complete the RAID setting tasks, and then click Finish.

The RAID conguration is applied to the virtual disks, and the Select an Operating System page is displayed. You can proceed with

installing the operating system. For information on installing the operating system, see Installing An Operating System.

Unattended installation

An unattended installation is a scripted operating system installation process that allows you to install an operating system using the

conguration le with minimal intervention. A scripted conguration le that contains the desired operating system setting information is

required for this option. The Unattended Install option is available only if the operating system that you have selected for installation is

compatible for an unattended installation. To deploy an operating system using the unattended mode, see Installing An Operating System.

You can also see the Unattended Installation of Operating Systems from Lifecycle Controller on Dell PowerEdge Servers white paper at

Dell TechCenter.

NOTE

: The unattended installation feature is supported only for Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 operating

systems. If you select an operating system other than Windows or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, the Unattended Install option is

grayed out.