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Known Issues and Frequently Asked Questions 91
Known Issues and Frequently Asked Questions
This section describes known issues with the Deployment Toolkit (DTK) utilities and scripts,
including answers to some frequently asked questions.
Known Issues
The following issues are organized by the DTK utility or other function.
General Issues
• Virtual disk creation and/or deletion takes a long time on Microsoft
®
Windows
®
PE.
RAIDCFG Issues
• If you have created Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) 1 with background
initialization operation on CERC SATA 1.5/2S, CERC SATA 1.5/6CH, or PERC 3/Di, you cannot
delete the virtual disk using RAIDCFG, until the background initialization operation
is
completed. You must go to the controller basic input/output system (BIOS) to delete the virtual
disk and then create another virtual disk using another option.
• If you delete a virtual disk on PowerEdge
™ Expandable RAID controller (PERC) 4/IM on Windows
PE, you need to reboot the system.
• Due to a rounding limitation, for RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 5, RAIDCFG can accept a virtual
disk size that is 1 MB greater than the maximum allowable virtual disk size when creating a virtual
disk. However, RAIDCFG will create the maximum virtual disk size and not give an error. If you
need the maximum allowable virtual disk size, it is recommended that you do not provide the size
in the CLI and let RAIDCFG calculate the size for the RAID type.
• Before creating a virtual disk using RAIDCFG on Cost-Effective RAID Controller (CERC) Serial
Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) 1.5/2S and CERC SATA 1.5/6CH, initialize the array
disk(s) through the controller BIOS.
• Currently, RAIDCFG neither creates nor replicates dedicated hotspare.
SYSCFG Issues
• Setup passwords and system passwords cannot be cleared using DTK.