User's Manual

26 Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How do I access the command line interface?
A: To access the command line interface, from the boot menu, select DTK
Command Line Interface (Linux).
Q: How do I know which components to configure?
A: Select the system that you want to configure. In the left pane, SBUU
displays the components that you can configure. Click the component. The
right pane displays the options that you can configure for the selected
component.
Q: Where do I get more information on RAID controllers?
A: For details on read, write, cache policies, and supported stripe sizes, see the
Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Command Line Interface Reference Guide.
Q: How do I know which BIOS setup options are available on my system?
A: Go to the boot menu screen and select DTK Command Line Interface
(Linux). Use the SYSCFG tool to see the list of options available on your
system.
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 are
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: All the virtual disks created on that array disk are selected for deletion.