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Virtual disk-related errors, Table 7-8. cannot create a virtual disk – Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller S100 User Manual

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Troubleshooting

Virtual Disk-Related Errors

Use the information on the following tables as guidelines for troubleshooting

the controller.

S100 rom option not

visible during S300

controller use in the

system.

S100 and S300 co-

existence in the same

system is not

supported. S100

option rom becomes

disabled when S100

and S300 are available.

Remove S300 adapter and reboot

system to select F1 and select RAID

for boot BIOS.
The S100 rom option appears during

POST boot.

NOTE:

If both controllers are used in

the system, the windows driver

manager displays the additional driver.

Table 7-8. Cannot Create a Virtual Disk

Likely Causes to Check

Corrective Actions

The physical disk is not

displayed

This error might be because:

– The controller cannot communicate with the

physical disks.

– A cable might be loose or defective.

Re-seat the physical disks in the backplane and

check their cables.

Insufficient free space available

on the selected physical disks

There must be sufficient available free space on the

physical disk(s) used by the virtual disk.

Incorrect number of physical

disks selected for the desired

RAID level

See "Understanding RAID Levels" in the RAID

Technology Guide, located on the Dell Support

website at support.dell.com/manuals, for a

description of RAID levels and the allowable

number of physical disks used with each RAID

level.

Table 7-7. Other Errors Appearing on the BIOS

Issue

Likely Causes to Check Corrective Actions

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