I unplugged the cable from the tape drive and I can now get past the SCSI ID screen. The system then proceeds to boot normally. I have had problems with the tape drive in the past so it is probably the culprit. Due to my inexperience with the PERC controller, I assumed the drives were handled...
Following a power failure, we are unable to proceed past the point where the system scans for SCSI IDs. When I arrived this morning the machine was stuck at the message shown in #8 below. It is protected by a UPS so I an not too sure how it rebooted.
1) System boots to Dell splash screen...
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