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NickFerrar
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Are you pressing F6 when prompted during the early part of the installation in order to load the PERC drivers? Even easier would be to use an OpenManage Server Assistant CD which will take care of this for you.
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NickFerrar, thanx for the reply. I was able to load WIN2000 Adv Server. I am having some more problems;
1.) The server came with 2GIG of ram and 256MB for the raid controller memory. The problem is the server only recognizes the 256Mb and does not see the 2 GIGs.. I have reseated the mem and also tried different slots.
2.) The server has 5X 33.9 SCSI HD but I can only see 1 on the systm. How do I enable the other HD(s)
1.) The server came with 2GIG of ram and 256MB for the raid controller memory. The problem is the server only recognizes the 256Mb and does not see the 2 GIGs.. I have reseated the mem and also tried different slots.
2.) The server has 5X 33.9 SCSI HD but I can only see 1 on the systm. How do I enable the other HD(s)
NickFerrar
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1). That's odd, do the DIMMs work individually (i.e. take them all out except each one in turn and see if it sees that DIMM)? If so then I don't know what the issue is sorry, if it only sees one or two of the DIMMs then it just looks like you have some faulty memory.
2). You need to create the RAID container before you install the OS really (assuming you want the OS to be RAIDed). If you're happy with the OS on it's own single drive and want to use the remaining 4 drives as a RAID5 array then install Dell OpenManage Systems Admin (can download it from the web-site) which replaces the native disk administrator with a Veritas version that allows you to configure RAID arrays through the GUI. You can also create RAID containers at the BIOS level (during boot up when the RAID card is detected you'll get an option (like Ctrl+M or Ctrl+A) to go into the RAID card set-up.
Really though you want the OS to be RAIDed to. Either set up two RAID containers (1 RAID1 mirror using two disks which you then install the OS to and the remaining 3 disks in a RAID5 container for the data area) or just 1 RAID5 container with all 5 disks in and partition it in the OS to a C: and D: drive if you want to logically separate the OS and data areas.
2). You need to create the RAID container before you install the OS really (assuming you want the OS to be RAIDed). If you're happy with the OS on it's own single drive and want to use the remaining 4 drives as a RAID5 array then install Dell OpenManage Systems Admin (can download it from the web-site) which replaces the native disk administrator with a Veritas version that allows you to configure RAID arrays through the GUI. You can also create RAID containers at the BIOS level (during boot up when the RAID card is detected you'll get an option (like Ctrl+M or Ctrl+A) to go into the RAID card set-up.
Really though you want the OS to be RAIDed to. Either set up two RAID containers (1 RAID1 mirror using two disks which you then install the OS to and the remaining 3 disks in a RAID5 container for the data area) or just 1 RAID5 container with all 5 disks in and partition it in the OS to a C: and D: drive if you want to logically separate the OS and data areas.
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Ok, here is the latest. I disabled "OS INSTALL MODE" and the ram is still limited to 256K in bios. When I check the ram in win2K ADV Server I see 2 gigs. What am I doing wrong???? Also upon bootup the server on sees 1 HD. I have tried to initialized the rest but nothing happens. Very furstated!!!!
NickFerrar
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Are you sure you aren't getting confused between the PERC controller memory and the system memory? If Win2k sees 2GB then I wouldn't worry what the BIOS sees.
How are you initialising the drives? Preumably through the PERC BIOS, if so do you see all drives detected at that level?
Have you installed Dell OpenManage on the server? Part of this includes Array Manager which is better for managing PERC RAID than using the BIOS. If you've installed OpenManage Array Manager can you see all the drives in it?
How are you initialising the drives? Preumably through the PERC BIOS, if so do you see all drives detected at that level?
Have you installed Dell OpenManage on the server? Part of this includes Array Manager which is better for managing PERC RAID than using the BIOS. If you've installed OpenManage Array Manager can you see all the drives in it?
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Upon bootup the system sees 256K ram. I hit CTRL-A and went into setup and all the system sees is 256k Ram. Once the server fully boot up and I am running WIN2K Server I see 2gig of ram.
The dell poweredge 2550 comes with 5 33.9 scsi HD. I only see 4 drives during the bootup. I tried to initialize 1 of the drives and it says "No Drive Selected". I am unsure as to get all the drives up. When I installed WIN2k server I mirror 1 drive for my raid. Is there a work around for me to get the system to see all 5 drives?
I have installed openmanage Array Manager and I am able to only see 2 of the drives. 1 drives states "Ready" and the other states "Heathy
The dell poweredge 2550 comes with 5 33.9 scsi HD. I only see 4 drives during the bootup. I tried to initialize 1 of the drives and it says "No Drive Selected". I am unsure as to get all the drives up. When I installed WIN2k server I mirror 1 drive for my raid. Is there a work around for me to get the system to see all 5 drives?
I have installed openmanage Array Manager and I am able to only see 2 of the drives. 1 drives states "Ready" and the other states "Heathy
You have to put the drive online and create the logical drive in the PERC2 setup utility. You'll see it come by during boot - just hit Ctrl-M and from there you can create, init and otherwise make your logical disk.
And here is a tip for all of you. If somebody built your server with RAID 0 over 2 drives all is not lost if one of the drives starts getting flakey.
Just get Dell to send the part and snap it in. Creat it as a single logical drive. Then using Ghost take the image from the RAID 0 array and place it on the single logical drive.
Once that's completed remove the suspect drive and then implement RAID 1. It's better than nothing.
And here is a tip for all of you. If somebody built your server with RAID 0 over 2 drives all is not lost if one of the drives starts getting flakey.
Just get Dell to send the part and snap it in. Creat it as a single logical drive. Then using Ghost take the image from the RAID 0 array and place it on the single logical drive.
Once that's completed remove the suspect drive and then implement RAID 1. It's better than nothing.
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