Button NEW disable on Installation Partitions - UCS-CSU.

[Erick Vaiano de Freitas]

I have a C240 and I used the Cisco UCS Server Configuration Utility to create a RAID 1, now I'm trying to create a new partition, but when I choose a free space, the button NEW remains disabled.

I'm beginner in the UCS world, so if someone can help me, I appreciate.

Thanks.

[Manuel Velasco · Accepted solution]

HI Erick,

What kind of raid controller do you have installed on this server.  If you have an LSI controller, I recommend that you try configuring the raid volume using the WebBiosUility.  Below is a link to a document that can walk you through the configuration steps of this controller via this utility.  

http://www.lsi.com/downloads/Public/MegaRAID%20Common%20Files/51530-00_RevF.pdf

[Erick Vaiano de Freitas]

Thanks Manuel for your help.

I configured the RAID using WebBios, but in Cisco UCS Server Configuration Utility, the NEW button remains disable.

I just need to create 3 partitions inside the drivers used to configure the RAID 1, can I create without using Cisco UCS Server Configuration Utility?

Thanks.

[Manuel Velasco · Accepted solution]

I just need to create 3 partitions inside the drivers used to configure  the RAID 1, can I create without using Cisco UCS Server Configuration  Utility?

"I just need to create 3 partitions inside the drivers used to configure  the RAID 1"

Are you talking about the partitions in the flex flash drive?

what do you mean by inside the drivers?

[Erick Vaiano de Freitas]

Hi,

I used 2 HDD with 300GB to configure RAID 1, now I want to configure 3 partitions: C: with 100GB, D: 100GB and E: 100GB, can I do that?

Thanks.

[Manuel Velasco · Accepted solution]

HI Erick,

This is not possible.  You cannot create a virtual drive  within a virtual drive.

[padramas · Accepted solution]

Hello Erick,

Once you created RAID 1 out of two 300 GB hard drives, it will appear as single hard disk of 300 GB to Operating system.

While installing Windows, you can create required additional partitions. In your scenario, C,D and E of each 100 GB.

HTH

Padma