PXE E61 media test check the cable failure

Working on the edge of power Dell T420. This is a new server. I accidentally deleted the raid 0. When you try to clear the foreigners. Now try to rebuild the system using the built systems and update disk to configure the raid again. After you create the raid and reboot. It gives an error stating... PxeE 61 media test of filling.

Please help stuck um. This my first Dell server configuration.

The PXE message is not an error.  If you look at the boot order in the BIOS, the system tries to boot from hard drive/operating system first.  If it finds nothing bootable hard disk, it goes to the device in the boot order.  Finally, you will reach the NIC as a boot option.  NETWORK interface card uses a protocol called PXE to boot devices on the network.  Obviously you have a PXE server on the network, so that the boot option also fails.

To start with SBUU, you must set the boot order to activate the CD/DVD in the boot sequence.  You must also have created the SBUU DVD correctly.

SBUU what version do you use?
Did you download / created it, or you use the DVD provided with the system?

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