Dell CS23-SH RAID

Hi

Since the CS23-SH is a tailored made server it depends what raid conttroller is in. What type is it?

How can i check that?

Open up the server and have a look. Or run Belarc Advisor if the system could not be shut down quickly.

Normally when the server boots,it should give you a screen as it POSTS giving you a model number of controller (PERC or LSI).

You can also get into the system BIOS (f2 key) and it should tell you what controllers are available.

On BIOS it doesn't give any information about raid.

The Belarc Advisor shows the following results:

Controllers:
ATA Channel 0 (2x)
ATA Channel 1 (2x)
Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller (2x)

Hi,

After BIOS there is no mentioning about e.g. hit f4 to configure raid controller?
If no, i am afraid you dont have a raid controller but again you can check this by opening the server. If the hdd cables lead to an internal card you probably have raid controller what brand/type is it?
If the cables lead directly to motherboard sata/sas connectors it seems you dont have raid controllers available so if you need/want raid you need to purchase one.

The controller on board may support RAID,but it would probably be some fake Intel Matrix  garbage.

If you're running server 2012,you can use M$ resilient file system for RAID support.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831724.aspx