Dell PowerEdge User Manual

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NOTE: A boot virtual disk that is in a Failed state prevents the operating system from booting.To investigate the cause, check for the following:• Whether the virtual disk is in Degraded status because one of the physical disks of a RAID 1 or RAID 5 virtual disk has failed, or one ofthe physical disks of a RAID 10 virtual disk has failed. Press Ctrl+R and verify if the physical disks are offline or missing. Remove andreplace a failed physical disk. A second physical disk failure could cause a Degraded virtual disk to change to Failed status.• Whether the virtual disk is in a Failed status because one or more of the physical disks have failed. Press Ctrl+R and verify if thephysical disks are offline or missing. Remove and replace the failed physical disk or disks.Other errors appearing on the BIOS screenS140 does not display greater than ten virtual disks in the BIOSConfiguration Utility or CTRL RLikely Cause: The function is not supported.Corrective Action: Remove all physical disks except for the last one(s) added. Then proceed with deleting the virtual disks that arenot needed. Remember to take account of the virtual disks that are currently being used.Unable to delete virtual disks when there are more than tenvirtual disks present in the systemLikely cause: The function is not supported.Corrective Action: Remove all physical disks except for the last one(s) added. Then proceed with deleting the virtual disks that arenot needed. Remember to take account of the virtual disks that are currently being used.Virtual disk rebuild status in the BIOS Configuration Utility orCTRL RLikely Cause: Rebuild is not supported in the BIOS Configuration Utility ().Corrective Action: Boot to a supported operating system. Rebuild starts. To view rebuild status, install a supported storage application.Physical disk - related errorsThe physical disk failsIf the physical disk fails, check the following causes:• A physical disk is not visible in the BIOS Configuration Utility or is offline.• A physical disk is highlighted red at the BIOS Configuration Utility or Ctrl R.48 Troubleshooting your system