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
Table 20. Additional documentation resources for your system (continued)
Task Document Location
For information about installing the
operating system, see the operating system
documentation.
www.dell.com/operatingsystemmanuals
For information about updating drivers and
firmware, see the Methods to download
firmware and drivers section in this document.
www.dell.com/support/drivers
Managing your system For information about systems management
software offered by Dell, see the Dell
OpenManage Systems Management Overview
Guide.
www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals
For information about setting up, using,
and troubleshooting OpenManage, see the
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator User’s
Guide.
www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals >
OpenManage Server Administrator
For information about installing, using, and
troubleshooting Dell OpenManage Enterprise,
see the Dell OpenManage Enterprise User’s
Guide.
https://www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals
For information about installing and using Dell
SupportAssist, see the Dell EMC SupportAssist
Enterprise User’s Guide.
https://www.dell.com/serviceabilitytools
For information about partner programs
enterprise systems management, see the
OpenManage Connections Enterprise Systems
Management documents.
www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals
Working with the Dell
PowerEdge RAID controllers
For information about understanding the
features of the Dell PowerEdge RAID
controllers (PERC), Software RAID controllers,
or BOSS card and deploying the cards, see the
Storage controller documentation.
www.dell.com/storagecontrollermanuals
Understanding event and
error messages
For information about the event and error
messages generated by the system firmware
and agents that monitor system components,
go to qrl.dell.com > Look Up > Error Code,
type the error code, and then click Look it up.
www.dell.com/qrl
Troubleshooting your
system
For information about identifying and
troubleshooting the PowerEdge server issues,
see the Server Troubleshooting Guide.
www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals
Documentation resources 95