Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerEdge RAID Controller 10 User’s Guide PERC H345, H740P, H745, H745P MX, and H840
- Contents
- Overview
- Getting Started
- Features
- Controller features
- Virtual disk features
- Hard drive features
- Fault tolerance
- Operating system device enumeration
- Controller mode
- Non-RAID disk
- Deploying the PERC card
- Removing the PERC H345 adapter
- Installing the PERC H345 adapter
- Removing the PERC H345 front card
- Installing the PERC H345 front card
- Removing the PERC H740P adapter
- Installing the PERC H740P adapter
- Removing the PERC H740P mini monolithic
- Installing the PERC H740P mini monolithic
- Removing the PERC H745 adapter
- Installing the PERC H745 adapter
- Removing the PERC H745 front card
- Installing the PERC H745 front card
- Removing the PERC H745P MX adapter card
- Installing the PERC H745P MX adapter card
- Removing the PERC H840 card
- Installing the PERC H840 card
- Part replacement of a PERC card in eHBA mode
- Part replacement of a PERC card in RAID mode with another in eHBA mode
- Driver installation
- Creating the device driver media
- Windows driver installation
- Installing the driver during a Windows Server 2012 R2 and newer installation
- Installing the driver after Windows Server 2012 R2 and newer installation
- Updating PERC 10 driver for existing Windows Server 2012 R2 and newer
- Linux driver installation
- Firmware
- HII configuration utility
- Entering the HII configuration utility
- Exiting the HII configuration utility
- Navigating to Dell PERC 10 configuration utility
- HII Configuration utility dashboard view options
- Configuration management
- Controller management
- Virtual disk management
- Physical disk management
- Hardware components
- Security key management in the HII configuration utility
- Security key and RAID management
- Security key implementation
- Local Key Management
- Creating security key
- Changing Security Settings
- Disabling security key
- Create secured virtual disk
- Secure non-RAID disks
- Secure preexisting virtual disk
- Importing secure virtual disk
- Import secured non-RAID disk
- Dell EMC OpenManage Secure Enterprise Key Manager
- Troubleshooting
- Single virtual disk performance or latency in hypervisor configurations
- Adapter at baseport not responding error message
- BIOS disabled error message
- Configured disks removed or not accessible error message
- Dirty cache data error message
- Discovery error message
- Drive Configuration Changes Error Message
- Windows operating system installation errors
- Firmware fault state error message
- Extra enclosure error message
- Foreign configuration found error message
- Foreign configuration not found in HII error message
- Degraded state of virtual disks
- Memory errors
- Preserved Cache State
- Security key errors
- 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 are inaccessible
- Rebuilding data for a failed physical disk
- Virtual disk fails during rebuild using a global hot spare
- Dedicated hot spare disk fails during rebuild
- Redundant virtual disk fails during reconstruction
- 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
- Drive indicator codes
- HII error messages
- Appendix RAID description
- Getting help
- Documentation resources
HII Configuration utility dashboard view options
The first screen that is displayed when you access the HII Configuration Utility is the Dashboard View screen. The following
table provides detailed information about the options available on the Dashboard View screen.
Table 7. Dashboard view screen
Dashboard view options Description
Main menu Displays the following configuration options:
● Configuration Management
● Controller Management
● Virtual Disk Management
● Physical Disk Management
● Hardware Components
Help Provides context sensitive help message.
Properties Displays the following information about the controller:
● Status — displays the status of the controller.
● Backplane — displays information about the number of backplanes connected to the
controller.
● BBU — displays information about the availability of Battery Backup Unit (BBU).
● Enclosure — displays information about the number of enclosures connected to the
controller.
● Physical Disks — displays information about the number of physical disks connected to the
controller.
● Disk Groups — displays information about the number of disk groups connected to the
controller.
● Virtual Disks — displays information about the number of virtual disks connected to the
controller.
View server profile Displays HII Spec version supported on the system and also displays the following menu
options for controller components:
● Controller Management
● Hardware Components
● Physical Disk Management
● Virtual Disk Management
Actions Displays the following options:
● Configure — displays configuration options that are supported by the controller.
● Set Factory Defaults — restore factory default values for all controller properties.
Background operations Displays if virtual disk or physical disk operations are in progress.
Configuration management
Auto Configure RAID 0
1. Enter the Dell PERC 10 Configuration Utility. See Navigating to Dell PERC 10 configuration utility.
2. Click Main Menu > Configuration Management > Auto Configure RAID 0.
3. Select Confirm and click Yes to continue.
A RAID 0 Virtual disk is created on all physical disks that are in Ready state.
NOTE: This feature is not supported on PERC H345 and eHBA mode.
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