Possible causes and solution(s)

• Causes

On DIP-6180-00N or DIP-61F0-00N, when the user boots the system from DVD, runs “Initial Factory Setup” or “System Recovery” task, “successfully complete” message shows up in a short time, but the OS is not installed correctly onto the server.

These two functions from the DVD assume the server is loaded with RAID-setup hard drive(s) in the front panel, which is by design. If RAID has not been setup and not hard drive(s) installed to the front panel, these two functions will not perform properly and no OS is loaded to the server.

• Solution

Step 1: Insert at least one hard drive in the front panel. Reboot the system to DVD.

Step 2: press “Ctrl” + “R” to enter RAID setting (MegaRAID Configuration Utility) when you see the message:

Step 3: setup one RAID level as needed, either RAID 0, 1, or 5.

1. Go to “VD Mgmt” tab, move curser to “AVAGO 3108 MegaRAID (Bus 0x02, Dev 0x00)

2. Press “F2” to recall operations

3. Select “Create Virtual Drive”, then press “Enter”

4. Select “RAID Level” and all the hard drives 

5. Move curser to “OK” and press “Enter”

6. Click “OK” to confirm.

Step 4: press “Esc” to exit RAID setting, reboot the server to DVD, then run the “Initial Factory Setup” or “System Recovery” function again.