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Dell PowerEdge 12 Gbps SAS HBA
User's Guide
Regulatory Model: UCSE 900

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  • Page 1 Dell PowerEdge 12 Gbps SAS HBA User’s Guide Regulatory Model: UCSE 900...
  • Page 2 WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. Copyright © 2014 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. This product is protected by U.S. and international copyright and intellectual property laws. Dell ™...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Creating the device driver media ..............11 Downloading drivers from the Dell support website ....12 Downloading drivers from the Dell Systems Service and Diagnostic Tools Media ......................... 12 Windows driver installation ......12 Installing the driver during a Windows Server 2008 R2 and newer installation .......12...
  • Page 4 ........................20 Documentation feedback .......................20 Locating your system service tag...

  • Page 5: Overview

    Overview The Dell 12 Gbps SAS HBA controller is a Host Bus Adapter (HBA), which provides physical disk drive interface with no-RAID capability and is available in low-profile and full-height form factor for external storage. The 12 Gbps SAS HBA controller is part of the Dell Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) controller solutions.

  • Page 6: Led Port Activity Feature For 12 Gbps Sas Hba Controller Only

    SAS links SAS connectors 2x4 external Lead free Dell-compliant SAS and SATA compatibility Dell-supported direct connected end devices Dell-supported external tape devices, Dell supported external RBODs, and JBODs. Hardware-based RAID support 12 Gbps throughput PCI-e x8 link width PCI-e 3.0...

  • Page 7: Related Documentation

    For all PowerEdge documentation, go to dell.com/poweredgemanuals. • For all PowerVault documentation, go to dell.com/powervaultmanuals. • Your product documentation includes, Dell PowerEdge 12 Gbps SAS HBA User’s Guide . The User’s Guide describes features, installation, management, and troubleshooting of 12 Gbps SAS HBA controller.

  • Page 8: Deploying 12 Gbps Sas Hba Controller

    Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the system.

  • Page 9: Cabling 12 Gbps Sas Hba Controller Installed On Host Server To The Storage Enclosure

    See Figure 3. NOTE: The controller supports up to eight enclosures only. NOTE: For more information about the single-port and multi-chain configurations, see the PowerVault system-specific manuals at dell.com/powervaultmanuals.
  • Page 10 Figure 3. Cabling the 12 Gbps SAS HBA controller to the storage enclosure...

  • Page 11: Driver Installation

    This chapter contains the procedures for installing the drivers for the 12 Gbps SAS HBA controller. NOTE: The drivers for 12 Gbps SAS HBA controller for VMware ESXi is packaged within the VMware ESXi ISO image downloaded from Dell support site. For more information, see the VMware documentation at dell.com/virtualizationsolutions.

  • Page 12: Downloading Drivers From The Dell Systems Service And Diagnostic Tools Media

    Downloading drivers from the Dell Systems Service and Diagnostic Tools Media To download drivers from the Dell Systems Service and Diagnostic Tools media: Insert the Dell Systems Service and Diagnostics Tools media in your system. The Welcome to Dell Service and Diagnostic Utilities screen is displayed.

  • Page 13: Updating 12 Gbps Sas Hba Controller Driver For Existing Windows Server 2008 R2 And Newer

    13. Click Finish to exit the wizard and reboot the system for the changes to take place. NOTE: Dell provides the Dell Update Package (DUP) to update drivers on systems running Windows Server 2008 R2 and newer operating system. DUP is an executable application that updates drivers for specific devices.

  • Page 14: Linux Driver Installation

    SP4. NOTE: For SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 SP4 operating system installation, download the latest driver from dell.com/support, and update the driver using the procedures detailed in this section. Perform the following steps to install the RPM package with DKMS support: Expand the gzipped tarball driver release package.
  • Page 15 If the previous device driver is in use, you must reboot the system for the updated driver to take effect. Verify that the driver is loaded with the following system commands: modinfo megaraid_sas. Upgrading the Kernel When upgrading to a new kernel, you must reinstall the DKMS-enabled driver packages. Perform the following steps to update or install the driver for a new kernel: At a terminal window, type the following: dkms build -m <module_name>...

  • Page 16: Human Interface Infrastructure Configuration Utility

    The Device Settings screen displays a list of NIC ports and the 12 Gbps SAS HBA configuration utility. To enter 12 Gbps SAS HBA configuration utility, click Dell 12 Gbps SAS HBA configuration utility. Displays the list of Configuration Options: •...

  • Page 17: Controller Management

    Viewing the controller properties View Controller Properties screen allows you to view the controller properties. In the System Setup Main Menu, click Device Settings → Dell 12 Gbps SAS HBA Configuration Utility → Controller Management → View Controller Properties. The table describes the fields on the View Controller Properties screen:...

  • Page 18: Viewing Physical Disk Drive Properties

    Viewing physical disk drive properties View physical disk properties screen allows you to view the physical disk drive properties. In System Setup Main Menu, click Device Settings → Dell 12 Gbps SAS HBA Configuration Utility → Physical Disk Management → View Physical Disk Properties.

  • Page 19: Updating The Firmware

    DUP and clicking it. In case you want to download more than one file type, you must do it one at a time. NOTE: You can also download a DUP or group of DUPs using Dell Repository Manager. See the Dell Repository Manager User's Guide for more information.

  • Page 20: Getting Help

    Documentation feedback If you have feedback for this document, write to documentation_feedback@dell.com. Alternatively, you can click on the Feedback link in any of the Dell documentation pages, fill out the form, and click Submit to send your feedback. Locating your system service tag Your system is identified by a unique Express Service Code and Service Tag number.

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