Dell (PERC) S100, PERC S300 - page 62

62 Troubleshooting
Boot Mode , Boot Sequence ,
and/or Boot Sequence Retry are
set incorrectly
1 At system startup, when the Dell POST screen
appears, press <F2> to enter the Dell Inc.
PowerE dge B IOS screen.
2 Scroll to Boot Settings . Press <Enter> and
make sure that Boot Mode is set to BIOS .
3 Scroll to Boot Sequence . Press <Enter> and
make sure that Hard drive C: ( * PERC
S100 adapter or PERC S300 adapter
) is
the first device listed.
* The variable text displayed here might be:
Embedded SATA 1 , Slot 1 , or Integrated
SAS .
4 Scroll to Boot Sequence Retry . Make sure
that the setting is Enabled .
5 Press <Esc> to exit and continue booting.
NOTE: If changes are made at the Dell Inc.
PowerE dge B IOS screen, a dialog box appears and
asks you to save your changes and then exit.
Bootable virtual disk is in a
failed state
1 Press <Ctrl><Alt><Del> to restart.
2 After the system restarts, press <Ctrl><R>.
Check the status of the bootable virtual disk at the
Virtual Disk field, or by highlighting View
Virtual Disks Details and pressing
<Enter>.
3 Check for missing or offline physical disks.
The boot order is incorrect for a
bootable virtual disk
1 When prompted at system startup, press
<Ctrl><R> to access the PERC Virtual Disk
Management utility .
2 Check Virtual Disks and make sure that the
bootable virtual disk is the first virtual disk listed.
3 As required, use the Swap Two Virtual
Disks
option to reposition the virtual disks.
Table 7-1. System Does Not Boot
Likely Causes to Check Corrective Actions
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