Owner's Manual

o 115200 for PowerEdge 9G systems with DRAC 5.
o If you enter an unsupported baud rate, you may receive an error, "Parameter out of range."
The legacy attribute values enable and disable are also supported for 12G systems for backward
compatibility. In future releases these arguments might be deprecated. Try to use the values displayed in
help message for BIOS options for 12G server.
RAIDCFG
When creating virtual disks, the chunk (stripe) size is always in KBs. Do not specify any units of measure
for the chunk size.
When providing multiple physical disks for the "create virtual disk" command, do not separate the disks
with spaces.
For example, "-ad=1:4, 1:5" causes an error. The correct way to input multiple physical disks is "-
ad=1:4,1:5,1:6" or "-ad=1:4:0,1:5:0,1:6:0".
If you change the controller mode from SCSI to RAID mode, data loss may occur. Back up any data you
require before changing the modes.
Known Issues
SYSCFG Issues
In DRAC 5, the --virtualmedia and --vflash options do not work if there is an active virtual media session.
Disconnect the virtual media using the DRAC GUI. Log into DRAC. Click Media > Virtual Media >
Disconnect.
The syscfg --bootseq command detects CD-ROM with SAS/SATA controllers as unk.emb.1.
On R815, syscfg power --profile option sets apc. Though apc is not supported on R815, syscfg does not
throw an error message.
On Windows PE 3.0, when you run the syscfg command to list all available options, if you press CTR + C
before the command fully executes, an error message is displayed. Click OK. You can ignore the message.
The option for "powerctl," which is "softshutdown," does not work on Windows PE.
The "--solbitrate" option in "solcfgparams" and the "--mgscommbitrate" option in "serialcfgparams"
accept a baud rate of 57600, but tools such as "ipmish" and "solproxy" do not function at that baud rate
for PowerEdge systems.
On PowerEdge 1950, 2950 and PowerVault NX 1950 systems with internal USB, BIOS setting
configuration for internal USB Port is possible only if User Accessible/external (UA) USB ports are set to
"All Ports On." If UA USB ports are not set to "All Ports On" and if you try to configure the BIOS setting for
the internal USB port using SYSCFG, the configuration will appear to be successful but the changes will
not take effect after the next reboot. If UA USB ports settings are changed from "All Ports On" to "All Ports
Off" or "Only Back Ports On," the USB port will be automatically to "Off" during the next reboot.
The legacy attribute values enable and disable are also supported for 12G systems for backward
compatibility. In future releases, these arguments might be deprecated. Try to use the values shown in
help message for BIOS options for 12G server.