68 RAID Configuration and Management3 Press .The action menu appears.4 Select Delete VD and press .5 On the VD Mgmt screen, select Space Allocation to display the amount of free space available afteryou delete the virtual disk.NOTE: On the PERC 5/i RAID controller, after you delete a virtual disk, any hot spares dedicated to that virtual diskbecome global hot spares.Deleting Disk GroupsYou can delete disk groups using the BIOS Configuration Utility. When you delete a disk group, the utilityalso removes the virtual disks in that disk group.To delete disk groups, perform the following steps in the BIOS Configuration Utility.1 Press to access the VD Mgmt screen.2 Press to move the cursor to a disk group under the Virtual Disks heading.3 Press .The action menu displays.4 Select Delete Disk Group and press .This deletes the disk group. When you delete a disk group, the remaining disk groups with highernumbers are automatically renumbered. For example, if you delete disk group #2, disk group #3 isthen automatically renumbered as disk group #2.Upgrading FirmwareYou can download the latest firmware from the Dell Support website and flash it to the firmware onthe controller.NOTE: Go to the Dell Support website at support.dell.com.Enabling Boot SupportNOTE: See your system documentation to ensure the proper boot order is selected in the system BIOS.In a multiple controller environment, multiple controllers can have their BIOS enabled. However, if youwant to boot from a specific controller, then enable the BIOS on that controller and disable it on the othercontrollers. The system can then boot from the BIOS-enabled controller. Perform the following steps toenable the controller BIOS.1 Press to access the Ctrl Mgmt menu screen.2 Press to move the cursor to Enable Controller BIOS in the Settings box.Dell_PERC5_UG.book Page 68 Tuesday, February 13, 2007 6:02 PM
