RAID 5 configuration for DELL PowerEdge R710 Rack server

RAID 5  configuration

1.       Insert DELL Disk in CD/DVD drive
         Boot with the disk
        Go to Hardware configuration click on configure               

2.       In Hardware configuration select RAID and click RAID to configure

3.       Virtual disk configuration summary. Click on create virtual disk

4.       In create virtual disk choose

Controller onboard

Array disk all

RAID level RAID5

5.       Make it virual disk properties default then save settings

6.       Apply RAID configuration

**Note: Make sure Intel VT is enabled in the host's BIOS.

                                                      RAID 5 vs RAID 6

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This is How I begin

This is how I begin:

My mission start with building a network diagram for an organization called Test. It has the headquarters in Alberta and various satellite offices in other provinces of Canada. First I am going to build a network for headquarters. Alberta office should have 2 Domain controllers. I am setting up two almost identical Domain controllers for fault tolerance and better performance. If one crashes, we have another. Next I am going to build one Mail server and one proxy/firewall server.

Active Directory Structure:

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Hardware Requirement:

2 VMware ESx Boxes

1.       Dell PowerEdge R710 Rack server

Processor: 2* Intel ® Xeon Processor 2.4 GHz

Memory: 12 GB

Hard disk: 6*148 GB SAS 3.5”Hot pluggable

Optical Drive: DVD +/- RW drive

Power Supply: High end Power supply (2 PSU) 870 w

2.       Dell PowerEdge R710 Rack server

Processor: 2* Intel ® Xeon Processor E5520 2.26 GHz

Memory: 8 GB

Hard disk: 4*148 GB SAS 3.5”Hot pluggable

Optical Drive: DVD +/- RW drive

Power Supply: High end Power supply (2 PSU) 870 w

 Note: Here i am going to configure only one ESX box later i will add another ESX to the network.

Raid configuration: Raid 5

Pictures of Dell PowerEdge R710 Rack server

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