Dell Precision 5820 Tower Owner's Manual

MegaRAID controller options

During bootup, press <Ctrl> + <R> when prompted by the BIOS screen to get to the BIOS configuration utility.

Table 1. MegaRAID configuration utilityMegaRAID configuration utility
Option	Description
VD Mgmt (Virtual Device Management)	This option is used to import the existing configuration to the RAID controller or clear the existing configuration. The right-hand panel of the screen lists attributes of the virtual drive or other device selected in the left panel. Virtual Drives Drives Available size Hot spare drives
PD Mgmt (Physical Drive Management)	This screen displays basic information about existing physical drives connected to the selected controller, including drive ID, vendor, size, type, and state and allows you to manage physical drives. Press F2 to show the context menu: Rebuild Copyback Locate Place Drive online Place drive offline Make Global HS Remove Hot Spare drive Make JBOD Make unconfigured good Prepare for Removal
Ctrl Mgmt (Control Management)	This screen allows you to change the settings for controller options such as Enable Controller BIOS, Enable BIOS Stop on Error and others. It also allows you to select a bootable virtual drive, restore default controller settings.
Properties	The Properties screen displays the controller properties like current versions of the controller BIOS, the MegaRAID firmware the Configuration Utility and the Boot block.

NOTE:Press <Ctrl> + <N> to move to the next screen and Press <Ctrl> + <P> to go back to the previous screen.