You can retain or increase the size of the virtual drive but you cannot decrease its size.įor information about the supported options to migrate the virtual drive to the specified new RAID level, see Reconstructing Virtual Drive Options.Ĭloses the dialog box without making any changes.Īdds the physical drives to migrate the virtual drive to the specified new RAID level. Opens the Reconstruct Virtual Drive dialog box, which allows you to add or delete physical drives as needed to migrate the virtual drive to the specified new RAID level. You must manually start the rebuild process on the new drive.
#HARD DISK DRIVE BBS PRIORITIES INSTALL#
If you plan to install an operating system or Hypervisor into the RAID array, we recommend that you check this check-box. None-Controller does not initialize the drives.ĭesignates the drive as a hot spare drive.Full-Controller does a complete initialization of the new configuration.Quick-Controller initializes the drive quickly.How the controller initializes the drives. Disable-Caching is disabled on the drives.Enable-Caching is enabled on the drives.Unchanged-The controller uses the caching policy specified on the drive.How the controller handles drive caching. Blocked-The host cannot access the drive.Read Only-The host can only read data from the drive.
#HARD DISK DRIVE BBS PRIORITIES FULL#
Read-Write-The host has full access to the drive.The smaller strip sizes have a known problem with VMware vSphere Hypervisor™ installation therefore, if you are installing the vSphere platform, we recommend that you select the 64 KB strip size option.Ĭonfigures host access privileges. See Configuring the Boot Order Using the BIOS Setup Menu.
If you want the server to boot from an external bootable device, such as an USB or an external CD ROM drive, which is directly connected to the E-Series Server, you must change the boot order priority. Reboot the server to boot with your new boot order. Moves the selected device type to a lower priority in the Boot Order table.Īdditional device types may be appended to the actual boot order, depending on what devices you have connected to your server. Moves the selected device type to a higher priority in the Boot Order table. Removes the selected device type from the Boot Order table.ĭisplays the device types from which this server can boot, in the order in which the boot will be attempted. Moves the selected device type to the Boot Order table. You can configure second-level boot order from the BIOS setup menu. For example, within the HDD category, you cannot select SD Card or Hard Drive. You cannot configure second-level boot order from the Configure Boot Order dialog box. You can select one or more of the following: Configuring Server Management BIOS Settings.Installing the BIOS Firmware Through the TFTP Server.Installing BIOS Firmware Through the Browser.Enabling Auto Rebuild on the Storage Controller.Reconstructing the Virtual Drive Options.Configuring the Boot Order Using the BIOS Setup Menu.Configuring the Server Boot Order Using the CIMC GUI.