Enabling Sd Module And Redundancy In Bios - Dell iDRAC7 User Manual

4. Deploy the embedded operating system and follow the operating system installation instructions.
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Enabling SD Module and Redundancy in BIOS

Enabling SD Module and Redundancy in BIOS
To enable SD module and redundancy in BIOS:
1. Press <F2> during boot.
2. Go to System Setup → System BIOS Settings → Integrated Devices.
3. Set the Internal USB Port to On. If it is set to Off, the IDSDM is not available as a boot device.
4. If redundancy is not required (single SD card), set Internal SD Card Port to On and Internal SD Card Redundancy to
Disabled.
5. If redundancy is required (two SD cards), set Internal SD Card Port to On and Internal SD Card Redundancy to
Mirror.
6. Click Back and click Finish.
7. Click Yes to save the settings and press <Esc> to exit System Setup.
About IDSDM
Internal Dual SD Module (IDSDM) is available only on applicable platforms. IDSDM provides redundancy on the
hypervisor SD card by using another SD card that mirrors the first SD card's content.
Either of the two SD cards can be the master. For example, if two new SD cards are installed in the IDSDM, SD1 is active
(master) card and SD2 is the standby card. The data is written on both the cards, but the data is read from SD1. At any
time if SD1 fails or is removed, SD2 automatically become the active (master) card.
You can view the status, health, and the availability of IDSDM using iDRAC7 Web Interface or RACADM. The SD card
redundancy status and failure events are logged to SEL, displayed on the front panel, and PET alerts are generated if
alerts are enabled.
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