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how to do hardware raid on dell r720 server
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I have one r720 fully populated with HDD, I have two logical drives 0 and 1, the first logical drive ( 6 units of 500GB HDD) is configured with raid 0 and contains data, the second logical drive has only 2 units of 500GB with raid 1 configured on it and also its hosting the operating system. My client populated the 6 units with the data first and the last two with the operating system as the last HDD. During boot operation I have the following error 1. No boot device available 2. Current boot mode is set to bios 3. Please ensure compatible bootable media is available 4. Use the system setup program to change the boot mode as needed.
I tried using the system setup program to change the boot mode at the bios by pressing f2 function key. I have two options on boot mode ie the bios and the UEFI. When I change to UEFI I was redirected to boot from NIC or DVD rom, when I change back to bios I have the same error above, how will I change the settings such that my server will not look for the boot sector from the first two hard drives or rather how do I redirect it to boot from the last two HDD having my operating system. My fear is losing data on those first logical drive.
Best Regards,
theflash1932
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December 19th, 2012 08:00
Boot to the CTRL-R utility - make sure that your RAID 1 VD (is this VD1?) is healthy. If so, go to the CTRL MGMT screen and make sure it is set as the Bootable VD.
DELL-Rey G
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December 19th, 2012 11:00
Also, be sure that the HARD DISK DRIVE SEQUENCE is notset to Internal SD first. Note, this is how you do NOT want it to be set to.
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April 11th, 2014 05:00
Just created an account to say thank you.
After removing the wrong drive with the OS on (urgh) when putting it back in it wasn't detected as the main boot drive and was switching over to the other raid.
Adjusting the Bootable VD via CTRL MGMT via your suggestion worked perfectly!
Thanks!