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
NOTE: In Select Boot Device, you will not be able to view 4K devices. To view all the virtual disks created, navigate to
the Virtual Disk Management screen in HII. For more information, see Virtual disk management.
NOTE: If no boot device is selected, the first virtual disk will be set as the boot device on the next reboot. A Non-RAID
disk will not be auto-selected as the boot device.
4. Click Apply Changes.
Boot support is enabled for the selected controller.
Virtual disk management
Virtual disk numbering
Virtual disks are numbered in ascending order beginning with zero in RAID mode, whereas in eHBA mode they are numbered in
descending order beginning with 239.
Viewing virtual disk properties
1. Enter the Dell PERC 10 Configuration Utility. See Navigating to Dell PERC 10 configuration utility.
2. Click Main Menu > Virtual Disk Management.
The virtual disks associated with the RAID controller are displayed along with their target ID, name, RAID level, size, and
state.
3. To view the properties, click on the virtual disk. You can view the following properties of the virtual disk:
Table 10. Virtual disk properties
Option Description
Operation List of operations you can perform on the selected virtual disk. The options are:
● Blink
● Unblink
● Delete Virtual Disk
● Reconfigure Virtual Disks
● Fast Initialization
● Slow Initialization
● Secure Virtual Disk
NOTE: The secure virtual disk option is only supported on SED physical disks.
The security key must be configured to enable the feature.
●
Expand Virtual Disk
● Consistency Check
Name Indicates the name of the virtual disk.
Status property Indicates the status of the virtual disk. The possible options are:
● Optimal
● Degraded
● Offline
● Failed
RAID level Indicates the RAID level of the virtual disk.
Size Indicates the size of the virtual disk.
4. Click Advanced....
You can view the following additional properties of the virtual disk:
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HII configuration utility