Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller S110 - Manual (Page 21)

Installing the Drivers 19
Pre-Installation Procedures for the Controller
Drivers
Setting the SATA Controller to RAID Mode
Confirm or change configuration settings at the Dell PowerEdge System
window
1 Boot the system. When the Dell Power-On Self-Test (POST) screen
appears, press <F2>.
2 When the Dell PowerEdge System window appears, scroll to SATA
Settings
and press <Enter>. At the sub-screen, confirm that the SATA
Controller
is set to a RAID mode.
NOTE: If necessary, use the space bar to change the setting.
3 Press <Esc> to exit.
4 Press <Esc> again. The following occurs:
– If no change was made at step 2, the boot sequence continues.
– If a change was made at step 2, a dialog box appears. Select Save
Changes and Exit
. Press <Enter>. The boot sequence
continues.
Initializing Physical Disks (as required)
See "Initializing Physical Disks" on page 26.
Creating a Bootable Virtual Disk
See "Creating Virtual Disks" on page 27.
Checking Controller Options and the Boot List Priority
1 At the Virtual Disks field, make sure the bootable virtual disk created
is the first virtual disk listed.
If the bootable virtual disk is not the first virtual disk listed, see "Swapping
two Virtual Disks" on page 31.
NOTE: If Non-RAID virtual disks are used (and appear in the Virtual
Disks
list), the Swap Two Virtual Disks option is enabled only if the system
contains a RAID Capable physical disk.
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