Dell PowerEdge - BIOS Configuration Utility Operations

BIOS Conguration Utility
The BIOS Conguration Utility, also known as Ctrl+R or Option ROM (OPROM), is a storage management application integrated into the
System BIOS accessible using F2 during system boot, which congures and maintains RAID disk groups and virtual disks on SATA drives.
The BIOS Conguration Utility (Ctrl+R) is independent of the operating system.
NOTE: Use the Ctrl+R for initial setup and disaster recovery. You can use advanced features through OpenManage storage
management applications.
NOTE: Conguring NVMe PCIe SSDs is not supported using the BIOS conguration
utility.
NOTE: Ensure that you use only the S140 UEFI conguration utility to congure the NVMe PCIe SSDs during preboot. To enable
RAID mode for NVMe PCIe SSDs, see Setting the NVMe PCIe SSDs to RAID mode .
NOTE: RAID conguration using OPROM is not supported on systems with the NVMe PCIe
SSD.
The following sections provide information about using the Ctrl+R. For more information, see the online help option by pressing F1 in the
Ctrl+R.
The table below indicates the tasks that are supported or not supported by the PERC S140 at the Ctrl+R.
Table 8. BIOS
Conguration Utility (Ctrl+R) Tasks
PERC S140 tasks Supported by S140
Enable alarm No
Disable alarm No
Quiet alarm No
Test alarm No
Set check consistency rate No
Rescan controller Yes
Create virtual disk Yes
Topics:
• Entering the BIOS conguration utility
• Exiting the BIOS Conguration Utility
• Initializing the physical disks
• Creating the virtual disks
• Deleting the virtual disks
• Swapping two virtual disks
• Managing the hot spare disks
• Viewing the physical disks details
• Viewing the virtual disks details
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