An error was given during startup of the Linux system:
There is offline or missing virtual drives with preserved cache. Please check the cables and ensure, all drives is present.
Press any key to enter the configuration utility.
Unable to enter the system.
The solution is as follows:
Go to RAID management, F2, edit profile--managing preserved cache--and discard the cache, then save, Ctrl+alt+del reboot. Problem solving.
Attached: Dell's official description of this issue:
Error Message: There is offline or missing virtual drives with preserved cache. Please check the cables and ensure, all drives is present. Press any key to enter the configuration utility.
probable cause: The controller preserves the dirty cache from a virtual disk if the disk becomes offline or is Del eted because of missing physical disks.
This preserved dirty cache is called pinned Cache, and are preserved until you import the virtual disk, or discard the Cach E.
Corrective Action: Use the <Ctrl><R> utility to import the virtual disk or discard the preserved cache . For the steps used to manage preserved cache, see Managing preserved cache.
More error messages can also be found on Dell's official support website: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/storage/Storlink/H700H800/en/UG/HTML/chapterk.htm
Or: http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/athena/dept/cron/documentation/dell-server-admin/en/Perc6i_6e/chapterj.htm
DELLR720 Server replacement hard drive, boot system error: There is offline or missing virtual drivers with preserved cache