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
3. From System Setup Main Menu, enter Device Settings.
Device Settings lists all the RAID controllers in the system.
Use the arrow keys or mouse to select the RAID controller you want to configure/mange and press <Enter> or click
on the mouse to access the management menus for the controller.
NOTE: The help information for all of the options within the UEFI RAID Configuration Utility can be viewed by
clicking on Help at the top right-hand corner of the browser screen. Help information for individual option
menus can also be viewed by scrolling down on each option.
NOTE: Some of the options within the UEFI RAID Configuration Utility are not present if the controller does not
support the corresponding feature. Options may also be grayed out if the feature is supported in existing
configuration.
NOTE: Background operations are blocked on the PERC H310 controller in the UEFI RAID Configuration Utility
and no operation progress updates are to be seen.
Exiting The UEFI RAID Configuration Utility
To exit the UEFI RAID Configuration Utility, press <Esc> or click on Back at any browser screen, until you return to the
Device Settings menu.
Configuration Options
There are four main configuration option menus available in the UEFI RAID Configuration Utility. These menus are
outlined below.
• Controller Management—Performs controller properties, foreign configurations, and battery, and other high-
level controller functions.
• Virtual Disk Management—Creates or deletes virtual disks, manage virtual disk properties, and performs
operations such as background initialization, consistency check, locate and reconfiguration.
• Physical Disk Management—Displays physical disk properties and performs operations such as assign or
unassign hot spares, locate, force online/offline and rebuild after a physical disk failure.
• Enclosure Management—Displays attached enclosures, enclosure firmware revision and physical disks
attached to the enclosures.
Controller Management Menu
The Controller Management menu can be used to perform the following controller-level functions. Each of these
functions is its own selectable menu option.
• View Controller Information—Displays information about the controller.
• Change Controller Properties—Updates controller properties and/or restores factory defaults for the controller.
– PCI link speed: For systems capable of PCI Generation 3 link speeds, an option will appear at the top of
this screen named Change Link Speed to Gen 3. When selected, the system will need to be rebooted. If
the system is currently using Gen 3, the option will read Change Link Speed to Gen 2.
– Boot Error Handling: Selects the way errors found at boot are handled.
* Stop on errors: Interrupt the boot on all errors. Requires the user to either continue boot or enter
the BIOS Configuration Utility to resolve errors.
* Pause on errors: Interrupt the boot on serious errors. Requires the user to either continue boot
or enter the BIOS Configuration Utility to resolve errors.
* Ignore errors: The controller will take the default action for each error and will only halt boot
when continuing is impossible.
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