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
* Safe mode on errors: The system will continue booting as long as the boot volume is not on this
controller. Drives connected to the controller will be reported as unconfigured good drives to
the RAID management utilities upon a successful boot. No configuration changes will be
allowed, except to clear the controller configuration if desired. Rebooting the system will exit
safe mode, and drives will appear as foreign on the next boot; if problems remain the system will
enter safe mode again. If the boot volume is on this controller, boot will halt.
• Battery Management— Displays battery status and capacity information.
• Clear Configuration — Deletes all existing configurations on the controller.
• Manage Foreign Configuration—Displays import and/or clears foreign configurations.
• Save Controller Events—Saves a copy of the controller events file in the desired directory.
• Clear Controller Events—Deletes all existing entries in the controller events file.
• Save Debug Log—Saves a copy of the firmware’s terminal log entries for the controller.
• Enable Security — Enables security on the controller via the desired security mode.
• Disable Security—Disables security on the controller.
• Change Security Key—Changes the security key or switches between security modes on the controller.
• Convert To RAID Capable—Allows conversion of physical disks from Non-RAID to RAID Capable.
• Convert To Non-RAID—Allows conversion of physical disks from RAID Capable to Non-RAID.
Virtual Disk Management
The Virtual Disk Management menu can be used to create and manage virtual disks on the controller. The following
functions can be performed under Virtual Disk Management. Each of these functions is its own selectable menu option.
• Create Virtual Disk—Creates a virtual disk by selecting the RAID level, physical disks, and virtual disk
parameters.
• Manage Virtual Disk Properties—Displays and manages virtual disk properties, view associated physical disks
and manage dedicated hot spares.
• Select Virtual Disk Operations—Selects and executes virtual disk operations such as delete, locate, secure,
expand, initialization and consistency check.
• View Disk Group Properties—Displays information about the available disk groups, associated virtual disks, and
the capacity allocation.
• Reconfigure Virtual Disks—Performs a RAID Level Migration (RLM) which converts a virtual disk to a different
RAID level.
• Create CacheCade Virtual Disks—Creates a CacheCade virtual disk by selecting solid state disks (SSDs).
Physical Disk Management Menu
The Physical Disk Management menu can be used to view and manage physical disks on the controller. The following
functions can be performed under Physical Disk Management. Each of these functions is its own selectable menu
option.
• View Physical Disk Properties—Displays information about all the physical disks including their state.
• Select Physical Disk Operations—Selects and execute physical disk operations such as locate, assign/unassign
hot spare, replace member, force offline/online, and convert to RAID Capable/Non-RAID.
• View Global Hot Spares—Displays all the assigned global hot spares on the controller.
Enclosure Management
The Enclosure Management menu can be used to view the firmware version of the enclosure and the physical disks
attached to the controller, along with their physical disk states.
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