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
PERC card specifications
The table below lists and describes the different PERC cards that consist of the PERC 10 series and their specifications:
Table 1. PERC cards
Feature PERC H345 PERC H740P PERC H745 PERC H745P MX PERC H840
RAID levels 0, 1, 10 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Non-RAID Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A
Enclosures per port Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable 4
Processor Dell adapter SAS
RAID-on-chip, 16-
port with LSI 3416
chipset
Dell adapter SAS
RAID-on-chip, 8-
port with LSI 3508
chipset
Dell adapter SAS
RAID-on-chip, 16-
port with LSI 3516
chipset
Dell adapter SAS
RAID-on-chip, 16-
port with LSI 3516
chipset
Dell adapter SAS
RAID-on-chip, 8-
port with LSI 3508
chipset
Battery backup unit No Yes Yes Yes Yes
eHBA No Yes Yes Yes No
LKM security No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Controller queue
depth (RAID mode)
1536 4096 4096 3072 4096 with PD64
profile, 3072 with
PD240 profile
Controller Queue
Depth (eHBA)
N/A 5120 5120 5120 N/A
Enterprise key
manager mode
No Yes Yes No No
Nonvolatile cache No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cache memory N/A 8 GB DDR4 2133
Mhz cache
4 GB DDR4 2133
Mhz cache
8 GB DDR4 2133
Mhz cache
8 GB DDR4 2133
Mhz cache
Cache function Write through and
no read ahead.
Write back, write
through, no read
ahead, and read
ahead.
Write back, write
through, no read
ahead, and read
ahead.
Write back, write
through, no read
ahead, and read
ahead.
Write back, write
through, no read
ahead, and read
ahead.
Max no of VDs in
RAID mode
32 64 64 240 240
Max no of disks in
eHBA mode
Not applicable 240 (combination
of virtual disks and
Non-Raid disks).
240 (combination
of virtual disks and
Non-Raid disks)
240 ( combination
of virtual disks and
Non-Raid disks).
Not applicable
Max no of VDs per
disk group
16 16 16 16 16
Hot swap devices
supported
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hardware XOR
engine
Not applicable Yes Yes Yes Yes
Online capacity
expansion
Yes in operating
system only
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dedicated and
global hot spare
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Autoconfigure N/A RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0
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