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Dell PERC H700 User Manual (178 pages)
PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC)
Brand:
Dell
| Category:
Computer Hardware
| Size: 4.6 MB
Table of Contents
3
Table of Contents
11
1 Safety Instructions
11
General Safety Instructions
12
When Working Inside Your System
12
Protecting against Electrostatic Discharge
13
Battery Disposal
15
2 Overview
15
PERC H700 and H800 Card Descriptions
16
PCI Architecture
16
Operating System Support
17
RAID Description
17
Summary of RAID Levels
18
RAID Terminology
20
Physical Disks
21
3 Storage Controller Features
24
Physical Disk Power Management
24
Using the SMART Feature
25
Initializing Virtual Disks
25
Background Initialization of Virtual Disks
25
Full Initialization of Virtual Disks
26
Fast Initialization of Virtual Disks
26
Consistency Checks
26
Disk Roaming
27
Disk Migration
28
Compatibility with Virtual Disks Created On PERC 6 and H200 Cards
28
Migrating Virtual Disks From PERC 6 or H200 to PERC H700 and H800
29
Virtual Disk Write Cache Policies
29
Write-Back and Write-Through
29
Conditions Under Which Write-Back Is Employed
30
Conditions Under Which Write-Through Is Employed
30
Conditions Under Which Forced Write-Back with No Battery Is Employed
30
Virtual Disk Read Cache Policies
31
Reconfiguring Virtual Disks
33
Fault Tolerance Features
34
Using Persistent Hot Spare Slots
34
Physical Disk Hot Swapping
34
Failed Physical Disk Detection
35
Redundant Path with Load Balancing Support
35
Using Replace Member and Revertible Hot Spares
36
Controller Cache Preservation
37
Cache Preservation with Battery
37
Cache Preservation with Non-Volatile Cache (NVC)
37
Cache Data Recovery
38
Battery Learn Cycle
38
Patrol Read
41
4 Installing and Configuring Hardware
41
Installing the PERC H700 and H800 Adapters
46
Removing the PERC H700 and H800 Adapters
49
Removing and Installing the PERC H700 Modular Card in Dell Blade Systems
51
Removing the DIMM From a PERC H700
53
Installing the DIMM On a PERC H700
56
Replacing the BBU On a PERC H700
58
Removing the TBBU or TNVC From a
58
PERC H800 Adapter
60
Replacing the Battery and Battery Cable Onto
60
The DIMM of a PERC H800 Adapter
61
Installing the TBBU or TNVC On a PERC H800 Adapter
63
Transferring a TBBU or TNVC Between PERC H800 Cards
64
Setting Up Redundant Path Support On the PERC H800 Adapter
67
Reverting From Redundant Path Support to Single Path Support On the PERC H800 Adapter
69
5 Driver Installation
69
Installing Windows Drivers
69
Creating the Driver Media
70
Pre-Installation Requirements
71
Installing Driver During a Windows Server 2003 Operating System Installation
72
Installing Driver During a Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 Installation
72
Installing Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2003 for a New RAID Controller
73
Updating Existing Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2003
74
Installing Linux Driver
76
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System Using the DUD
77
Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Using the Driver Update Diskette
78
Installing the RPM Package with DKMS Support
79
Installing Solaris Driver
80
Installing Solaris 10 On a Poweredge System
80
Adding or Updating the Driver to an Existing System
81
6 Configuring and Managing RAID
81
Dell Openmanage Storage Management
82
BIOS Configuration Utility
82
Entering the BIOS Configuration Utility
83
Exiting the Configuration Utility
83
Menu Navigation Controls
85
Setting Up Virtual Disks
88
Virtual Disk Management
88
Creating Virtual Disks
91
Initializing Virtual Disks
91
Checking Data Consistency
92
Importing or Clearing Foreign Configurations Using the VD Mgmt Menu
93
Importing or Clearing Foreign Configurations Using the Foreign Configuration View Screen
96
Managing Preserved Cache
97
Managing Dedicated Hot Spares
98
Deleting Virtual Disks
98
Deleting Disk Groups
99
Clearing the Configuration
99
BIOS Configuration Utility Menu Options
108
Physical Disk Management
108
Setting LED Blinking
109
Creating Global Hot Spares
109
Removing Global or Dedicated Hot Spares
110
Replacing an Online Physical Disk
111
Stopping Background Initialization
111
Performing a Manual Rebuild of an Individual Physical Disk
112
Controller Management
112
Enabling Boot Support
113
Enabling BIOS Stop On Error
113
Enabling Auto Import
114
Restoring Factory Default Settings
115
7 Cachecade
115
Cachecade Virtual Disk Characteristics
116
Configuring and Managing Cachecade Virtual Disks
116
Cachecade Virtual Disk Management
116
Create Cachecade Virtual Disk
118
Delete Cachecade Virtual Disk
118
Reconfiguring Cachecade Virtual Disks
121
8 Security Key and RAID Management
121
Security Key Implementation
121
Configuring and Managing Secured Virtual Disks
121
BIOS Configuration Utility Security Menu Options
122
Security Key Management
125
Creating Secured Virtual Disks
126
Securing Pre-Existing Virtual Disks
126
Importing or Clearing Secured Foreign Configurations and Secure Disk Migration
128
Instant Secure Erase
128
Troubleshooting Security Key Errors
128
Secured Foreign Import Errors
129
Failure to Select or Configure Non Self-Encrypting Disks (Non-Sed)
129
Failure to Delete Security Key
129
Failure to Instant Secure Erase Task On Physical Disks
131
9 Troubleshooting
131
Post Error Messages
141
Degraded State of Virtual Disks
141
Memory Errors
142
Preserved Cache State
142
General Issues
143
Physical Disk Related Issues
144
Physical Disk Failures and Rebuild Issues
146
SMART Errors
147
Replace Member Errors
148
Linux Operating System Errors
151
Disk Carrier LED Indicators
153
A Regulatory Notices
155
B Corporate Contact Details (Taiwan Only)
157
Glossary
175
Index
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Dell PERC H700 Technical Manual (29 pages)
RAID controller cards
Brand:
Dell
| Category:
Computer Hardware
| Size: 1.1 MB
Table of Contents
3
Table of Contents
5
1 Product Comparison
5
Overview
5
Table 1. Comparison of PERC H700 and PERC H800 to Previous PERC 6/I and PERC 6/E
6
PERC H700 Model Overview
6
Figure 1. PERC H700 Integrated (Additional Sled for Pcie Slot)
7
PERC H800 Model Overview
7
Figure 2. PERC H700 Modular
8
Figure 3. PERC H800 Adapter
9
2 New Features
9
New Feature Overview
9
6Gb/S SAS (SAS 2.0) Overview
10
6Gb/S SAS Performance Benefit Over 3Gb/S SAS
10
6Gb/S SAS Expectation
10
Table 2. 6Gb/S SAS (SAS 2.0) Features
10
Table 3. SAS Performance Details
11
3 Product Support
11
Poweredge™ Server Support
11
Management Software Support
11
Operating System Support
11
Table 4. Poweredge Server Support with PERC H700 and PERC H800
12
Drive Support
12
Table 5. Operating System Support with PERC H700 and PERC H800
13
4 Product Overview
13
PERC H700 and PERC H800 Feature Overview
13
Table 7. PERC H700 and PERC H800 Features
15
Cachecade
15
Cut-Through IO
15
Reconfiguring Virtual Disks
16
Fault-Tolerance Features
16
Table 8. RAID Level Migration
17
Automatic Replace Member with Predicted Failure
17
Failed Physical Disk Detection
17
Non-Volatile Cache
17
Redundant Path with Load Balancing Support
17
Using Replace Member and Revertible Hot Spares
18
Battery Back-Up of Controller Cache
18
Enclosure Affinity
18
Physical Disk Hot Swapping
19
Disk Roaming
19
Disk Migration
19
PERC H700 and H800 Security Key and RAID Management
19
PERC H700 and H800 Security Key Implementation
19
Configuring and Managing Secured RAID
20
Virtual Disk Write Cache Policies
20
Virtual Disk Read Cache Policies
21
5 RAID Overview
21
About RAID
21
Advantages of RAID
21
Supported RAID Levels
21
RAID 0 (Striped Virtual Disk Without Fault Tolerance)
22
RAID 1 (Mirroring)
22
Figure 4. Example of RAID 0
23
RAID 5 (Striping with Distributed Parity)
23
Figure 5. Example of RAID 1 (Mirroring)
24
RAID 6 (Striping with Dual Distributed Parity)
24
Figure 6. Example of RAID 5 (Single Virtual Disk with 5 Drives)
25
RAID 10 (Striping Over Mirrored Sets)
25
Figure 7. Example of RAID 6 (Single Virtual Disk with 5 Drives)
26
RAID 50 (Striping Across RAID 5)
26
Figure 8. Example of RAID 10 (1 + 0)
27
RAID 60 (Striping Across RAID 6)
27
Figure 9. Example of RAID 50 (5 + 0)
28
Figure 10. Example of RAID 60 (6 + 0)
29
Appendix A. Additional Resources
29
Table 9. Resource Contact Information and Descriptions
Dell PERC H700 Installation And Removal Instructions (56 pages)
Brand:
Dell
| Category:
Controller
| Size: 2.49 MB
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