The PERC does NOT support non-RAID (pass-thru/JBOD), so in order for disks to be presented to the OS, they must first be configured in a RAID array.  If you already have the OS installed, you can use OMSA to configure them.  Otherwise, you can do it in the CTRL-R utility.  Be sure to select the Advanced and Initialize boxes when configuring them.
Hi. I'm very new to servers, so please excuse me if this question has been answered before, I did a search but couldn't find anything. I have just bought a Poweredge iii with 2 PE2950 quad-core Xeon L54 processors and 32Mb DDR2 RAM. It has a perc 6/i controller, and 2 x 146Gb 2.5" SAS drives. I also have Microsoft SBS 2011 which I need to install, and a further 2 x 1 terabyte SATA hard drives. The problem I have is that I can't get the server to recognise the extra SATA drives, it just doesn't "see" them. I'm guessing that there is a setting in the BIOS but I can't find anything which makes any difference. If someone can help that would be great, or if I can be pointed to any site which will walk me through the initial setup procedure. Many thanks in anticipation of your help. Paul
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