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
Action Description
Remove HS Removes a dedicated hot spare from its disk group or a global hot spare from the global
pool of hot spares.
Rebuild
Select Rebuild to rebuild one or more failed physical disks. For information on performing a physical disk rebuild, see the
topic Performing A Manual Rebuild Of An Individual Physical Disk.
Several of the controller configuration settings and the virtual disk settings affect the actual rate of rebuild. The factors
include the rebuild rate setting, virtual disk stripe size, virtual disk read policy, virtual disk write policy, and the amount of
workload placed on the storage subsystem. For information on getting the best rebuild performance from your RAID
controller, see the documentation at dell.com/support/manuals.
The listed rates in the following table were taken during single disk failure with no I/O present on a PERC H810 card
connected to a single PowerVault MD1220 enclosure. Rates vary depending on type, speed and number of hard drives
present in array; as well as which controller model and enclosure configuration are being used.
Table 9. Estimated Rebuild Rates
RAID Level Number of Hard Drives 7.2K RPM 6 Gb/s SAS Hard
Drive
15K RPM 6 Gb/s SAS Hard
Drive
RAID 1 2 320 GB/hour 500 GB/hour
RAID 5 6 310 GB/hour 480 GB/hour
RAID 10 6 320 GB/hour 500 GB/hour
RAID 5 24 160 GB/hour 240 GB/hour
RAID 10 24 380 GB/hour 500 GB/hour
Controller Management (Ctrl Mgmt)
The Controller Management screen (Ctrl Mgmt) displays the product name, package, firmware version, BIOS version,
boot block version, controller ID, security capability, and security key presence. Use the screen to perform actions on
the controller and BIOS. You can perform functions such as enable or disable the controller BIOS, enable or disable the
BIOS during bootup in the event of BIOS errors, and enable or disable the option to Auto Import. In addition, you can
select a virtual disk from which to boot, and select default settings.
Controller Management Actions
The following table describes the actions you can perform on the Ctrl Mgmt screen.
Table 10. Controller Management Options
Option Description
Enable Controller BIOS
Select the option to enable the controller BIOS. If the boot
device is on the RAID controller, the BIOS must be
enabled.
Disable the BIOS to use other boot devices.
In a multiple controller environment, you can enable BIOS
on multiple controllers. However, if you want to boot from
a specific controller, then enable the BIOS on that
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