User's Manual

48 Important Information and Frequently Asked Questions
Q: When setting the boot sequence for devices, what happens if I choose a
device that is not on my system?
A: The configuration utility selects the boot devices in the sequence that you
specify for boot order. However, if you choose a device that is not present on
your system, the utility ignores the device, selects the remaining boot devices,
and lists them based on the specified order.
Q: What happens if I create a virtual disk by specifying the size?
A: If you create a virtual disk by specifying the size (instead of using the
Maximum possible size option), subsequent virtual disks that you create will
be bound to the controller and the array disk that you selected. This
condition is valid until you exhaust all the available space on that array disk.
Q: What happens if I want to delete a virtual disk that is one of the virtual
disks that was created using a particular array disk?
A: When you select a virtual disk to delete, and that virtual disk is just one of
the virtual disks that was created using a particular array disk, all the virtual
disks created on that array disk will be selected for deletion.
Server Operating System Installation
Important Information
The Server Operating System Installation (SOI) module in the Systems
Build and Update Utility enables you to install Dell-supported operating
systems on your Dell
systems . SOI also maps the operating system you want
to install to your
system and installs the requisite drivers. It also has a simple
interface to configure Dell-supported storage controllers.
You can use SOI to:
• deploy an operating system on your "bare-metal" Dell system (that is, your
system does not have an operating system installed on it).
• "repurpose" your system (that is, your system already has an operating
system installed on it, and you want to install a different operating system).
• extract drivers and save them on a directory on your system.