Network Card User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) H310, H710, H710P, and H810 User’s Guide
- Overview
- Features
- Physical Disk Power Management
- Types Of Virtual Disk Initialization
- Consistency Checks
- Disk Roaming
- FastPath
- Virtual Disk Migration
- Virtual Disk Write Cache Policies
- Virtual Disk Read Cache Policies
- Reconfiguration Of Virtual Disks
- Fault Tolerance
- The SMART Feature
- Patrol Read
- Redundant Path Support (For PERC H810 Only)
- Physical Disk Failure Detection
- Using Persistent Hot Spare Slots
- Physical Disk Hot Swapping
- Using Replace Member And Revertible Hot Spares
- Controller Cache Preservation
- Battery Transparent Learn Cycle
- Deploying The PERC Card
- Driver Installation
- Pre-Installation Requirements For Windows Driver Installation
- Creating The Device Driver Media For Windows Driver Installation
- Downloading Drivers From The Dell Systems Service And Diagnostic Tools Media For Windows
- Downloading Drivers From The Dell Support Website For Windows
- Installing Driver During a Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 Installation
- Installing Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 For A New RAID Controller
- Updating Existing Windows Server 2008 Or Windows Server 2008 R2
- Updating The Linux Driver
- Management Applications For PERC Cards
- Dell OpenManage Storage Management
- BIOS Configuration Utility
- Virtual Disk Management
- Creating Virtual Disks
- Selecting Virtual Disk Parameters
- Converting Physical Disk To RAID Capable For PERC H310
- Converting Physical Disk To Non-RAID For PERC H310
- Initializing Virtual Disks
- Checking Data Consistency
- Running A Data Consistency Check
- Importing Or Clearing Foreign Configurations Using The VD Mgmt Menu
- Importing Or Clearing Foreign Configurations Using The Foreign Configuration View Screen
- Break Mirror
- Managing Preserved Cache
- Managing Dedicated Hot Spares
- Deleting Virtual Disks
- Deleting Disk Groups
- Clearing The Configuration
- BIOS Configuration Utility Menu Options
- Physical Disk Management
- Controller Management
- UEFI RAID Configuration Utility
- CacheCade
- Security Key And RAID Management
- Troubleshooting
- BIOS Error Messages
- Discovery Error Message
- Extra Enclosure Error Message
- Cache Data Lost Error Message
- Missing Disks In Virtual Disk Error Message
- Previous Configuration Of Disks Removed Error Message
- Missing Virtual Disks Error Message
- Dirty Cache Data Error Message
- BIOS Disabled Error Message
- Drive Configuration Changes Error Message
- Adapter At Baseport Not Responding Error Message
- Offline Or Missing Virtual Drives With Preserved Cache Error Message
- Virtual Disks Offline Error Message
- Virtual Disks Degraded Error Message
- Virtual Disks Partially Degraded Error Message
- Memory Or Battery Problem Error Message
- Firmware Fault State Error Message
- Foreign Configuration Found Error Message
- Foreign Configuration Not Found In
Error Message - Previous Configuration Cleared Or Missing Error Message
- Invalid SAS Topology Detected Error Message
- Multibit ECC Errors Detected Error Messages
- Configured Disks Removed Or Not Accessible Error Message
- Battery Discharged Or Disconnected Error Message
- Degraded State Of Virtual Disks
- Memory Errors
- Preserved Cache State
- General Issues
- Physical Disk Issues
- Physical Disk In Failed State
- Unable to Rebuild A Fault Tolerant Virtual Disk
- Fatal Error Or Data Corruption Reported
- Physical Disk Displayed As Blocked
- Multiple Disks Become Inaccessible
- Rebuilding A Failed Physical Disk
- Virtual Disk Fails During Rebuild Using A Global Hot Spare
- Virtual Disk Fails During Rebuild Using A Dedicated Hot Spare
- Physical Disk Fails During Reconstruction On Redundant Virtual Disk
- Virtual Disk Fails Rebuild Using A Dedicated Hot Spare
- Physical Disk Takes A Long Time To Rebuild
- SMART Errors
- Replace Member Errors
- Linux Operating System Errors
- Disk Carrier LED Indicators
- BIOS Error Messages
- Appendix: RAID Description
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15. Press the spacebar to make the settings active so that you can change them.
An X is displayed beside Advanced Settings. The settings are the stripe element size, read policy, and write policy.
You can also choose advanced options such as forcing the cache policy to Write-Back, initializing the virtual disk,
and configuring a dedicated hot spare. The defaults parameters are displayed. You can accept the defaults or
change them. To change the virtual disk parameters, see Virtual Disk Parameters and Descriptions in Setting Up
Virtual Disks.
Selecting Virtual Disk Parameters
To select the virtual disk parameters:
1. Press <Tab> to move the cursor to the parameters you want to change.
2. Press the down-arrow key to open the parameters and scroll down the list of settings.
3. To change the stripe element size, press <Tab> to highlight Stripe Element Size.
4. Press <Enter> to display the list of stripe element sizes (64 KB, 128 KB, 256 KB, 512 KB, and 1024 KB). Press the
down-arrow key to highlight the desired option and press <Enter>.
The default stripe element size is 64 KB.
5. If you need to change the read policy, press <Tab> to move the cursor to Read Policy.
6. Press <Enter> to display the options (No Read Ahead, Read Ahead, or Adaptive Read Ahead). Press the down-
arrow key to highlight the desired option and press <Enter>.
7. If you need to change the write policy, press <Tab> to move the cursor to Write Policy.
8. Press <Enter> to display the options (Write-Through, Write Back). Press the down-arrow key to highlight an option
and press
<Enter>.
9. Press <Tab> to move the cursor to Force WB with no battery and press <Enter>. If you chose Write-Through as the
write policy, then the option is not available.
CAUTION: Do not initialize virtual disks when attempting to recreate an existing configuration.
10. Press <Tab> to move the cursor to Initialize and press <Enter>.
NOTE: The initialization performed at the stage is fast initialization.
11. Press <Tab> to move the cursor to Configure Hot Spare and press <Enter>.
NOTE: The hot spare created at the stage is a dedicated hot spare.
12. If you have chosen to create hot spares in the earlier steps, a pop-up window is displayed where disks with
appropriate sizes are displayed. Press the <spacebar> to select the disk size.
13. After you select the disk size, click OK to finalize the selection or click Cancel to forfeit the selection.
14. Select OK to accept the settings and press <Enter> to exit the window or select Cancel and press <Enter> to exit if
you do not want to change any virtual disk parameters.
Converting Physical Disk To RAID Capable For PERC H310
NOTE: By default, all physical drives are discovered as Non-RAID drives.
Conversion of a physical disk to RAID capable allows that disk to be used within a Virtual Disk or as a Hot Spare.
1. Press <Ctrl> <N> to access the PD Mgmt screen.
A list of physical disks is displayed. The status of the each disk is displayed under State.
2. Press the down-arrow key to highlight a physical disk.
3. Press <F2> to display the menu of available actions.
4. Press the down-arrow key to highlight Convert to RAID Capable.
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