Dell (PERC) S100, PERC S300 Installing the Perc S300 Adapter, Complete the Hardware Installation

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General Considerations	31
Installing the PERC S300 Adapter	32
Connect Physical Disks to the PERC S300 Adapter . . .	35
Complete the Hardware Installation	35

5 Installing the Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Installing the Microsoft Windows Drivers . . . . . . . 37

6RAID Configuration and

Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Configuring the Controller: Using the PERC

Virtual Disk Management Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

7Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

System Startup Problems	61
Warning Messages: Dell Inc. PERC S100
Adapter or Dell Inc. PERC S300 Adapter
BIOS Screen	64
Virtual Disk-Related Errors	70
Physical Disk-Related Errors	75

8Appendix A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Controller Specifications	77
Controller Tasks	78
Physical Disk Tasks	78
Virtual Disk Tasks	79

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