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Thanks for the response. I did end up trying lots of different combinations of OpenManage applications from the Dell support website and was never able to get Array Manager to see my RAID volume. When I go to Array Manager Utilities-Versions, it says the PERC 2-SC cannot be supported at the current driver-firmware version. It says my version is "3.13-6.19 (XPCl6.1" and the required version is "3.13-6.35.2.32." What I think this means is the Windows XP driver for the PERC 2-SC is version 6.19 and I need at least 6.35.2.32? Problem is I don't see this version or better of a Windows XP driver anywhere?

The latest AMI MegaRAID (which is what the Perc 2-SC is?) driver I can find on the net is v2.68. It's for Win2K, so I figured it would work with my WinXP Pro operating system. Now every time I boot my server I get some kind of error.

Any ideas on how I can get a management utility to run on my PowerEdge server running Windows XP Professional with a Perc 2-SC RAID? I am even willing to buy a management utility at this point just to be able to see and work with my Perc 2-SC, after wasting a couple days trying different versions of drivers and applications from the Dell support website.

Thanks for any advice!

Original Thread:

I recently picked up a Dell PowerEdge 4300 with a Perc 2-SC RAID controller. I installed MS Windows XP Professional on it and everything seems to work great.

I'm curious though about how I can run diagnostics and control the Perc 2-SC? I browsed through some downloads on the Dell, AMI, and LSI Logic websites and all I can find are drivers. When I look at disk management or hardware devices in Windows XP, I don't see any special Perc 2-SC options.

Am I missing something? (Probably!) If someone could point me in the right direction, that would be great. I have limited experience with RAID, but have noticed with some cards you get a nice GUI application to run diagnostics and control them. I have noticed that one of my six hard drives has the far left light out, but the middle light continues to blink in concert with the rest of the drives.

Any other advice on utilities I should seek out for a fresh Windows XP install on a 4300 would be great. So far it seems very stable running my personal web and email services.

Thanks for the help!