Dell Configuring settings of a replaced PERC card on a system with operating system pre-installed

4. Initializing virtual disks
5. Performing Background Initialization
6. Creating Secured Virtual Disks
7. Securing Pre-Existing Virtual Disks
e. Managing Controllers through BIOS
1. Enabling Boot Support
2. Enabling Boot Support For A BIOS-Enabled Controller
3. Enabling BIOS Stop On Error
4. Enabling Auto Import
2. Additionally, you can install and use OpenManage Storage Services to manage the PERC card(s).
Configuring settings of a replaced PERC card on a system
with operating system pre-installed
1. Replace your existing PERC card with a new one and install the PERC 9 card in the system. For more
information, see Deploying the PERC card.
2. Download the PERC 9 drivers from the Dell support site. For more information, see dell.com/
support.
3. Use any of the PERC management applications to create the virtual disks and RAID configurations
you require using the procedures listed below:
a. Importing Or Clearing Secured Foreign Configurations And Secure Disk Migration
b. Managing physical disks
1. Creating Global Hot Spares
2. Creating Security Key
3. Converting a RAID disk to a Non-RAID disk. For more information, see Controller
management.
4. Converting a Non-RAID disk to a RAID disk. For more information, see Controller
management.
c. Creating virtual disks
•Setting up virtual disks
d. Managing virtual disks
1. Setting up virtual disks
2. Checking Data Consistency
3. Managing Preserved Cache
4. Initializing virtual disks
5. Performing Background Initialization
6. Creating Secured Virtual Disks
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