Hi Rey G,
I took these steps and they are correct, no change. The OS installer is the specified SLES 11 SP2 direct form Novell. I ran the media integrity check from the installer and it passed. I located the following support.dell.com/.../iig_en.pdf and am considering the UEFI boot mode to see if this makes any difference.
Another question: my H310 Mini controller is set to AHCI mode. Should it be set to RAID mode instead?