Dell PowerEdge 2600 RAID issue

Hi All, I have a system as above and when I press CTRL <M> to enter the
RAID config menu (RAID BIOS) it does nothing. Any suggestions would be
appreciated. Thank You.

 

you are doing this during post (power on self test), as the system is
starting and the message appears stating how to enter the raid bios?

 

Are your SCSI channels configured for RAID within the servers bios ?

 

Hello,

Which firmware? Have you tried to update if possible? Can you change
between SCSI and Raid mode in BIOS?

Dirk

 

Thanks everyone for your input and sorry about the delay. I'm new to
RAID and should have realised I had given too little info. The answers
to questions asked are as follows:
CTRL <M> attempted during POST.
No, I have not updated firmware - too afraid.
Yes, SCSI configured as RAID.
I did however swap between SCSI and RAID (as no data on the server is
critical at this time) and I've now ended up with all (five 36G) drives
flashing at me - both indicators, which I believe indicates a drive
problem (which I doubt). Possibly a PERC 4/DI controller failure?

 

If the data is not critical, there's not much risk at all in trying to
update the firmware...

Is the system, by any chance, still under warantee??

Regards,
Hank Arnold

 

Hi Hank, Unfortunately it's out of warranty - thanks anyway. I'll try
the firmware.

 

STOP THE CLOCK ...... thank you one and all. The bios flash sorted the
problem.

 

STOP THE CLOCK ...... thank you one and all. The PERC 4/DI bios flash
sorted the problem.

 

Excellent!!!!! Good to hear...... Thanks for posting the results............

Regards,
Hank Arnold