The Dell support rep stated that the PERC H200 drive was designed for "Dell" proprietary drives only and that they have released a firmware version in May or June of 2011 that resolves this: I had this problem to the point and I have resolved it. So I can only conclude that they believe IĪm an idiot and cannot use Disk Manager to initialize the disk, even though I made it clear that there is no volume to initialize in the first place.Īny help would be greatly appreciated, I am going out of town for a day or two and will only be able to check back on Monday, so if any feedback is required from me I will reply ASAP. This article is about basic usage of Disk manager however it has no information on a virtual volume not showing up in Disc Manager.
Now I am either thick and can’t read or these support guys have it wrong.
#DELL PERC H200 DRIVER WINDOWS 2008 R2 SOFTWARE#
However the representative I spoke too did make the effort to consult the Software support team and they informed him that this is a known issue and referred me Such I am not entitled to Dell Support on the Software (won’t make that mistake again.). I have contacted dell support today and according to them it is OS related, unfortunately the channel I purchased the server through did not have stock of the Dell OEM Server Standard 2008 R2, thus I was forced to acquire the package via a DSP channel and as I attempted to remove the disks in the functional array and booting with the Installation media, to myĭismay the second volume could not be detected by the Windows setup which leads me to believe it is Hardware related. "Dell's Open Manage Server Administrator" both Virtual disks are displayed, also while posting after the controller has initialized both arrays show up. Unfortunately when I open Disc Manager the second volume is not displayed at all. I have loaded Server 2008 R2 onto the first volume.
I am deploying a Dell R410 server with a Dell PERC H200 Controller with 4 X 300GB SAS Drives in two RAID1 arrays. I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction.