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Set Up the Hard Disk

July 29, 2025

We will assign a pair of hard disks for the user home of each AhsayCBS. Follow the instructions below to set up the hard disk:

  1. Enter https://<your_servername>:1311 in your browser to open DELL OPENMANGE™.
  2. Login as administrator, enter <Username> and <Password>, then click Submit.

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  3. In the navigation bar on the left, select System > Storage > PERC H800 External Adapter (PCI Slot 4) > Connector 0 (RAID) > Virtual Disk.

    In the main window on the right, go to Options > Go to Create Virtual Disk Wizard.

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  4. Click Options > Go to Advanced Wizard to start the Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard.

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  5. Select RAID-1 from the RAID Level dropdown menu, then click Continue.

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  6. Select the disks in the Connector box on the left. You can see the selected hard disks in the box on the right hand side. Click Continue.

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  7. Click Continue.

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  8. Click Finish.

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  9. Wait for a few minutes, then refresh the screen. The background initialization of the virtual disk starts.

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  10. Go to Server Manager > Disk Management in Windows. An Initialize Disk dialog box appears informing you that you have a new disk.

    • If your disk is less than 2TB, click the MBR (Master Boot Record) radio button.
    • If your disk is larger than 3TB, click the GPT (Guild Partition Table) radio button.

    Click OK.

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  11. Right click the new disk (Disk 4 in our example), then select New Simple Volume.

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  12. The Welcome to the New Simple Volume Wizard appears. The wizard provides you with step by step instructions on how to create a simple volume on a disk. Click Next.

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  13. Specify the volume size of the disk you want to create. The value must be between the maximum and minimum disk space in MB. Click Next.

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  14. Assign a drive letter to the drive, for example, M:\. Click Next.

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  15. Format the disk volume by selecting NTFS as the file system. Click Next.

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  16. When you have finished formatting the disk, a dialog box appears summarizing the settings you have selected. Click Finish.

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