User's Manual

NOTE: For more information about RAID configuration, see the How to create RAID using Lifecycle

Controller white paper available at delltechcenter.com/lc.

NOTE: If you have an older BIOS, you can configure RAID only through Option ROM.

Use this feature to configure RAID if a PERC S110 controller is enabled on the system. If the software

RAID option is selected, Lifecycle Controller displays the physical disk drives as Non-RAID disks or RAID-

ready disks.

• Non-RAID disk — A single disk drive without any RAID properties. Needs initialization to apply RAID

levels.

• RAID-ready disk — The disk drive is initialized and a RAID level can be applied.

NOTE: Linux and VMware operating systems cannot be installed by using Software RAID

controller (S110).

To configure software 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.

If the non-RAID disk drives are attached to the selected controller, select the non-RAID physical disk

drives, and then click Next to initialize them. Else, the Select RAID Level page is displayed.

NOTE: During initialization, all the data on the non-RAID disk drives are deleted.

5. Select the RAID level and click Next.

The Select Physical Disks page is displayed.

6. Select the physical disk 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.