User's Manual

Configuring RAID

If your system has one or more supported PERC RAID controllers with PERC 8 firmware or later, or SAS

RAID controllers, use the RAID Configuration wizard to configure a virtual disk as the boot device.

NOTE: If there are any internal storage controller cards on the system, all other external cards

cannot be configured. If there are no internal cards, then external cards can be configured.

To configure RAID:

1. In the left pane, click Hardware Configuration.

2. In the right pane, click Configuration Wizards.

3. Under Storage Configuration Wizards, click RAID Configuration to launch the wizard.

The View Current RAID Configuration and Select Controller page is displayed.

4. Select the controller and click Next.

The Select RAID Level page is displayed.

5. Select the RAID level and click Next.

The Select Physical Disks page is displayed.

6. Select the physical disk's properties and click Next.

The Virtual Disk Attributes page is displayed.

7. Select the virtual disk parameters and click Next.

The Summary page is displayed.

8. To apply the RAID configuration, click Finish.

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Viewing Current RAID Configuration

Selecting RAID Controller

Foreign Configuration Found

Selecting RAID Levels

Selecting Physical Disks

Setting Virtual Disk Attributes

Viewing Summary

Foreign Configuration Found

The Foreign Configuration Found page is displayed only if a foreign configuration hard disk drive resides

on the selected RAID controller.

NOTE: If you have selected an S110 RAID controller, the foreign disk drives are displayed as non-

RAID hard disk drives in Lifecycle Controller. You must initialize them to create a virtual disk.

A foreign configuration is a set of physical disk drives containing a RAID configuration that has been

introduced to the system, but is not managed by the RAID controller to which it is attached. You may

have a foreign configuration if physical disk drives have been moved from a RAID controller on another

system to a RAID controller on the current system.

You have two options: Ignore Foreign Configuration and Clear Foreign Configuration.

• If the foreign configuration contains data that you require, click Ignore Foreign Configuration. If you

click this option, the disk drive space containing the foreign configuration is not available for use in a

new virtual drive.