Just picked up a Dell PowerEdge R720. I created a virtual disk with the PERC H710 Mini BIOS Configuration Utility 4.03-0002 and configured it for RAID 1.
When I then go to try to install Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit the virtual disk I just created fails to show up and it doesn't show any drives in which to install Windows Server on.
What am I doing wrong?
I've tried downloading drivers from Dell but they only come as .exe files which I can not run when I am in the middle of trying to install Windows.
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Windows Server 2008 Installation on Dell PowerEdge R720 – Troubleshooting Guide
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Best Answer
You should be using the LifeCycle Controller to install the OS, which will include the appropriate drivers for your RAID controller.