Troubleshooting A Hard Drive; Troubleshooting A Storage Controller - Dell PowerVault DX6112 Owner's Manual

8. Reconnect the system to its electrical outlet and turn the system on, including any attached peripherals.
9. Enter the System Setup and ensure that the Internal SD Card Port and Internal SD Card Redundancy mode is
enabled.
10. Check if the SD card is functioning properly.
If the problem persists, see

Troubleshooting A Hard Drive

CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform
troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or
telephone service and support team. 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 product.
CAUTION: This troubleshooting procedure can erase data stored on the hard drive. Before you proceed, back up
all files on the hard drive.
1. Run the appropriate diagnostic test. For more information, see Using System Diagnostics.
Depending on the results of the diagnostics test, proceed as needed through the following steps.
2. Ensure that the required device drivers for your controller card are installed and are configured correctly. See the
operating system documentation for more information.
3. Restart the system and enter the System Setup.
4. Verify that the controller is enabled and the drives are displayed in the System Setup.
If the problem persists, try troubleshooting the expansion cards or see

Troubleshooting A Storage Controller

CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform
troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or
telephone service and support team. 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 product.
NOTE: When troubleshooting a SAS or PERC controller, also see the documentation for your operating system and
the controller.
1. Run the appropriate diagnostic test. For more information, see Using System Diagnostics.
2. Turn off the system and attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the electrical outlet.
3. Open the system.
4. Verify that the installed expansion cards are compliant with the expansion card installation guidelines.
5. Ensure that each expansion card is firmly seated in its connector.
6. Close the system
7. Reconnect the system to the electrical outlet, and turn on the system and attached peripherals.
8. If the problem is not resolved, turn off the system and attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the
electrical outlet.
9. Open the system.
10. Remove all expansion cards installed in the system.
11. Close the system.
12. Reconnect the system to the electrical outlet, and turn on the system and attached peripherals.
13. Run the appropriate diagnostic test. For more information, see Using System Diagnostics. If the tests fail, see
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