Question : Problem: Dell Power Edge 6350 drive setup help

I've been given  a Power Edge 6350.

I have no experiance with raid and i can't get the Perc bios to see the drives.

It has 3 x Compaq 16gb drives in it. when it boots it says there is 1 container
so i controlled A went in the bios and it lists the 3 drives in 1 container as Raid 5.

further into the boot the AMERICAN MEGATRENDS bios comes up but i can't see
or select any drives in this screen.
after that it says there are not logical drives- But i can't see any to set in the bios.

Answer : Problem: Dell Power Edge 6350 drive setup help

You have two RAID controllers in your system. There is a PERC 2/Di (I think - maybe a 3/Di) on the motherboard that is connected to the internal drive cage. There is a second PCI RAID controller that (a PERC 2 or 2/DC perhaps?) that was probably connected to an external storage cabinet (such as Dell's PowerVault 200S, 210S or even 220S) but isn't connected to anything anymore.

So - if you want to build a straightforward server - use the inbuilt discs on the first RAID on-board controller and don't lose any sleep over the PCI RAID controller.