Friday, May 25, 2012

Dell Unified Server Configurator - multiple RAID configurations?

I am currently setting up a Dell PowerEdge 610 server with PERC H700 RAID controller and the concept of a single configuration utility via the Unified Server Configurator (USC) is really useful. I wish the USC would start a little faster after hitting F10.

I found that if you would like to configure multiple virtual disks (VD), you still need to hit CTRL-R to access the PERC RAID controller utility to do so. Using the USC, you can only create one set of VD and if you repeat the process, it will delete the existing VD and re-create a new one. I suppose it allows the convenience of configuring other settings, quickly set up the first RAID group for your operating system in a single utility and worry about setting up other VDs later. Please do let me know if I missed something within the USC that will allow multiple RAID configurations.

Dell Unified Server Configurator Screenshot
















PERC RAID Configuration Utility Screenshot


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