How to configure RAID on DELL PowerEdge 610

on November 5th, 2016 by Hades | No Comments »

For Dell servers, you use the Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) to create a RAID volume that uses all physical disks on a server.

 

Procedure

  1. Start or restart the Dell PowerEdge server.
  2. Press Ctrl+R to access the Perc 6/I Integrated BIOS Configuration Utility.
    The configuration utility opens and shows the VD Mgmt tab.
  3. To create a new virtual disk, press F2 and select Create New VD.
  4. Select an appropriate RAID configuration from the RAID Level drop-down menu.
  5. Under Physical Disks, select the hard disks that you want to include in the virtual disk.
  6. Select OK and press Enter.
    The virtual disk is created.
  7. Expand the Disk Group option, and under Virtual Disks, select the newly created virtual disk and press F2 to open the Operations menu.
  8. From the Operations menu, select Initialization > Start Init. to initialize the new virtual disk.
    The new RAID volume is ready for use.

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