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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Features
Some of the features discussed for PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) H310, H710, H710P, and H810 cards are:
• Physical Disk Power Management
• Types of Virtual Disk Initialization
• Consistency Checks
• Disk Roaming
• Fast Path
• Virtual Disk Migration
• Reconfiguration Of Virtual Disks
• Fault Tolerance
• Patrol Read
Physical Disk Power Management
Physical disk power management is a power saving feature of the PERC H310, H710, H710P, and H810 cards. The feature
allows disks to be spun down based on disk configuration and I/O activity. The feature is supported on all rotating SAS
and SATA disks and includes unconfigured, configured and hot-spare disks. The physical disk power management
feature is disabled by default. The feature can be enabled in the Dell Open Manage Storage Management application
using the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) RAID Configuration utility. For more information, see the Dell
OpenManage documentation at dell.com/support/manuals.
There are four power saving modes available:
No Power
Savings (
default
mode
)
All power savings features are disabled.
Balanced Power
Savings
Spin down is enabled only for unconfigured and hot spare disks.
Maximum Power
Savings
Spin down is enabled for configured, unconfigured and hot spare disks.
Customized
Power Savings
All power savings features are customizable. You can specify a Quality of Service window
during which the configured disks are excluded from spin-down.
Configured Spin Down Delay
NOTE: The Configured Spin Down Delay option is not applicable for the No Power Savings mode.
The amount of time to wait before spinning down disks can be set using Configured Spin Down Delay. The minimum
value of the timer is 30 minutes (default) and the maximum is one day. Disks are spun down automatically and spun up
when accessed. All disks are spun up on reboot.
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