Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Technologies Host Bus Adapter User's Guide HBA355i and HBA355e
- Dell HBA355i and Dell HBA355e
- Dell HBA355i
- Dell HBA355i front card
- Dell HBA355e
- Dell HBA355i and Dell HBA355e technical specifications
- PowerEdge systems supported by Dell HBA355i
- PowerEdge systems supported by Dell HBA355e
- Operating systems supported by Dell HBA355i and Dell HBA355e
- MD1400 and MD1420 enclosure support for Dell HBA355e
- Port support matrix for dual path on the same MD1400 and MD1420 enclosure
- ME484 enclosure support for Dell HBA355e
- Port support matrix for dual path on the same ME484 enclosure
- Tape drive support for Dell HBA355e
- Applications supported by Dell HBA355i and Dell HBA355e
- Dell HBA355e enclosure support
- Features of Dell HBA355i and Dell HBA355e
- Installation and removal of cards
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Remove the Dell HBA355i adapter
- Install the Dell HBA355i adapter
- Remove the Dell HBA355i front card
- Install the Dell HBA355i front card
- Remove the Dell HBA355e adapter
- Install the Dell HBA355e adapter
- Connect Dell HBA355e to the storage enclosure
- Driver support Dell HBA355i and Dell HBA355e
- Manage Dell HBA355i and Dell HBA355e cards using HII configuration utility
- Updating the firmware of Dell HBA355i and Dell HBA355e
- Getting help
- Troubleshooting
- Known issues
- VendorID and ProductID for tape drives
- System reserved partition after Windows installation
- Device settings in HII shows PCIe slot information
- Intermittent RSODs appears when a faulty drive is connected to HBA
- Selecting drive for operating system installation in legacy mode
- Adapter configuration change message
- Incompatible firmware image when incorrect payload is used
- Additional disks displayed in the command line interface
- Known issues
- Documentation resources
Features of Dell HBA355i and Dell HBA355e
The Dell HBA355i (both adapter and front form factors) and Dell HBA355e cards support the following features. Additionally,
Dell HBA355e supports MD1400, MD1420 and ME484 enclosures, and tape drives.
Topics:
• Hardware Root of Trust
• Non–RAID drives
• Event management support for Dell HBA355i and Dell HBA355e
• LED activity
Hardware Root of Trust
Hardware Root of Trust (RoT) builds a chain of trust by authenticating all the firmware components prior to its execution,
and it permits only authenticated firmware to execute and flashed. Hardware RoT establishes a chain of trust by executing the
initial firmware code from immutable internal boot ROM (IBR) and this process authenticates and builds a chain of trust with
succeeding software using this root of trust.
Non–RAID drives
Dell HBA355i andDell HBA355e support non–RAID drives. The drives that are connected to the controller are individual disks
which cannot be combined into a RAID volume.
Event management support for Dell HBA355i and Dell
HBA355e
Event management for HBA controllers are through iDRAC and OMSS. See the iDRAC and OMSS documentation for more
information .
LED activity
The Dell HBA355i and Dell HBA355e controllers are equipped with status LEDs.
Table 2. LED behavior for drive
LED state LED status
Off Indicates one of the following:
● Power is off.
● All the links are disconnected.
● The cable is disconnected.
Green Drive is connected and functional.
Flashing green Active when you perform the locate operation.
Table 3. LED behavior for HBA355e
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