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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Overview
The Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) H310, H710, H710P, and H810 family of storage controller cards has the
following characteristics:
• Complies with serial-attached SCSI (SAS) 2.0 providing up to 6 Gb/sec throughput.
• Supports Dell-qualified serial-attached SCSI (SAS) hard drives, SATA hard drives, and solid-state drives (SSDs).
NOTE: Mixing SAS and SATA drives within a virtual disk is not supported. Also, mixing hard drives and
SSDs within a virtual disk is not supported.
NOTE: Mixing disks of different speeds (7,200 rpm, 10,000 rpm, or 15,000 rpm) and bandwidth (3 Gbps or 6
Gbps) PCIe while maintaining the same drive type (SAS or SATA) and technology (HDD or SSD) is
supported.
• Offers RAID control capabilities which include support for RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60.
NOTE: PERC H310 supports RAID 5 with limited performance and does not support RAID 6 and RAID 60.
• Provides reliability, high performance, and fault-tolerant disk subsystem management.
• Offers Non-RAID support for direct access to disk drives (PERC H310 only).
NOTE: Operating systems can directly access Non-RAID hard drives. A Non-RAID hard drive is not fault-
tolerant and cannot be recovered if it fails. Only the PERC H310 controller allows configuration of disk
drives as Non-RAID.
The following table compares the hardware configurations for the PERC H310, H710, H710P, and H810 cards.
Table 1. PERC H310, H710, H710P, and H810 Cards Hardware Configurations
Specification H310 H710 H710P H810
RAID Levels 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Enclosures Per Port Not Applicable Not Applicable Not Applicable Up to four enclosures
Processor Dell Adapter SAS
RAID-on- Chip, 8-
port with LSI 2008
chipset
Dell Adapter SAS
RAID-on- Chip, 8-
port with LSI 2008
chipset
Dell Adapter SAS RAID-
on- Chip, 8-port with
LSI 2008 chipset
Dell Adapter SAS RAID-
on- Chip, 8-port with LSI
2008 chipset
Backup Battery Unit
(BBU)
No Yes Yes Yes
Non-Volatile Cache Not Applicable Yes Yes Yes
Cache Memory Not Applicable 512 MB DDR3 800
Mhz
1 GB DDR3 1333 Mhz 1 GB DDR3 1333 Mhz
Cache Function Not Applicable Write Back, Write
Through, Adaptive
Read Ahead, No
Read Ahead, Read
Ahead
Write Back, Write
Through, Adaptive
Read Ahead, No Read
Ahead, Read Ahead
Write Back, Write
Through, Adaptive Read
Ahead, No Read Ahead,
Read Ahead
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