Dell PowerEdge H730P Manuals

Table of Contents

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    Table of Contents

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  Overview

  • 12

    Supported Operating Systems
  • 12

    Getting Started with Your PERC Card
  • 12

    Related Documentation

• 15

  Features

  • 15

    T10 Protection Information
    • 15

      Enabling T10 PI
    • 16

      Disabling T10 PI
  • 16

    Secure Firmware Update
  • 16

    Improved RAID 10 Configuration
  • 16

    4KB Block Size Disk Drives
  • 16

    Physical Disk Power Management
    • 17

      Configured Spin Down Delay
  • 17

    Types of Virtual Disk Initialization
    • 17

      Full Initialization
    • 17

      Fast Initialization
  • 18

    Background Initialization
  • 18

    Consistency Checks
  • 18

    Disk Roaming
    • 19

      Using Disk Roaming
  • 19

    Fastpath
  • 19

    Virtual Disk Migration
    • 20

      Migrating Virtual Disks
  • 20

    Virtual Disk Write Cache Policies
    • 20

      Conditions Under Which Write-Back Is Employed
    • 21

      Conditions Under Which Forced Write-Back with No Battery Is Employed
  • 21

    Virtual Disk Read Cache Policies
  • 21

    Reconfiguration of Virtual Disks
  • 23

    Fault Tolerance
    • 23

      The SMART Feature
    • 24

      Patrol Read
    • 25

      Physical Disk Failure Detection
    • 25

      Using Persistent Hot Spare Slots
    • 25

      Physical Disk Hot Swapping
    • 25

      Using Replace Member and Revertible Hot Spares
    • 26

      Controller Cache Preservation
  • 26

    Non-Raid Disks Support
    • 26

      Creating a Non-Raid Disk

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  Deploying the PERC Card

  • 27

    PERC H730P Card Features
  • 28

    Removing the PERC H730P Card
  • 29

    Installing the PERC H730P Card
  • 30

    Cabling the PERC H730P Card

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  Driver Installation

  • 33

    Pre-Installation Requirements for Windows Driver Installation
  • 33

    Creating the Device Driver Media for Windows Driver Installation
    • 34

      Downloading Drivers From the Dell Systems Service and Diagnostic Tools Media for Windows
    • 34

      Downloading Drivers From the Dell Support Website for Windows
    • 34

      Installing the Driver During a Windows Server 2008/2008 R2/2012 Installation
    • 35

      Installing Windows Server 2008/2008 R2/2012 for a New RAID Controller
    • 35

      Updating Existing Windows Server 2008/2008 R2/2012
  • 36

    Updating the Linux Driver
    • 36

      Installing or Updating the RPM Driver Package with DKMS Support
    • 36

      Installing or Updating the RPM Driver Package with KMOD Support
    • 37

      Installing or Updating the RPM Driver Package with KMP Support

• 39

  Management Applications for PERC Cards

  • 39

    Comprehensive Embedded Management
  • 39

    Dell Openmanage Storage Management
  • 40

    BIOS Configuration Utility
    • 40

      Entering the BIOS Configuration Utility
    • 40

      Exiting the Configuration Utility
    • 41

      Menu Navigation Controls
    • 42

      Setting Up Virtual Disks
  • 44

    Virtual Disk Management
    • 44

      Creating Virtual Disks
    • 45

      Selecting Virtual Disk Parameters
    • 45

      Initializing Virtual Disks
    • 46

      Checking Data Consistency
    • 46

      Running a Data Consistency Check
    • 46

      Importing or Clearing Foreign Configurations Using the VD Mgmt Menu
    • 49

      Importing or Clearing Foreign Configurations Using the Foreign Configuration View Screen
    • 49

      Managing Preserved Cache
    • 50

      Managing Dedicated Hot Spares
    • 51

      Deleting Virtual Disks
    • 51

      Deleting Disk Groups
    • 51

      Clearing the Configuration
  • 52

    BIOS Configuration Utility Menu Options
    • 52

      Virtual Disk Management
    • 54

      Virtual Disk Actions
    • 55

      Physical Disk Management (PD Mgmt)
    • 55

      Physical Disk Actions
    • 56

      Rebuild
    • 56

      Controller Management (Ctrl Mgmt)
    • 56

      Controller Management Actions
    • 57

      Foreign Configuration View
  • 58

    Physical Disk Management
    • 58

      Setting LED Blinking
    • 58

      Creating Global Hot Spares
    • 58

      Removing Global or Dedicated Hot Spares
    • 59

      Replacing an Online Physical Disk
    • 59

      Restrictions and Limitations
    • 59

      Stopping Background Initialization
    • 60

      Performing a Manual Rebuild of an Individual Physical Disk
  • 60

    Controller Management
    • 60

      Enabling Boot Support
    • 61

      Enabling Boot Support for a Bios-Enabled Controller
    • 61

      Enabling BIOS Stop On Error
    • 61

      Disabling BIOS Stop On Error
    • 61

      Enabling Auto Import
    • 62

      Disabling Auto Import
    • 62

      Restoring Factory Default Settings
  • 62

    UEFI RAID Configuration Utility
    • 62

      Entering the UEFI RAID Configuration Utility
    • 63

      Configuration Options
    • 63

      Controller Management Menu
    • 64

      Virtual Disk Management
    • 64

      Physical Disk Management Menu
    • 64

      Enclosure Management

• 65

  Security Key and RAID Management

  • 65

    Security Key Implementation
  • 65

    Security Key Management in the BIOS Configuration Utility
    • 65

      Local Key Management (LKM)
    • 66

      Creating a Security Key
    • 66

      Changing the Security Key
    • 67

      Deleting a Security Key
    • 67

      Creating Secured Virtual Disks
    • 67

      Securing Pre-Existing Virtual Disks
    • 68

      Importing or Clearing Secured Foreign Configurations and Secure Disk Migration
    • 69

      Instant Secure Erase

• 71

  Troubleshooting

  • 71

    BIOS Configuration Utility Error Messages
    • 71

      Discovery Error Message
    • 71

      Extra Enclosure Error Message
    • 71

      Missing Disks in Virtual Disk Error Message
    • 72

      Previous Configuration of Disks Removed Error Message
    • 72

      Missing Virtual Disks Error Message
    • 72

      Dirty Cache Data Error Message
    • 73

      BIOS Disabled Error Message
    • 73

      Drive Configuration Changes Error Message
    • 73

      Adapter at Baseport Not Responding Error Message
    • 74

      Offline or Missing Virtual Drives with Preserved Cache Error Message
    • 74

      Virtual Disks Offline Error Message
    • 74

      Virtual Disks Degraded Error Message
    • 74

      Virtual Disks Partially Degraded Error Message
    • 75

      Memory or Battery Problem Error Message
    • 75

      Firmware Fault State Error Message
    • 75

      Foreign Configuration Found Error Message
    • 75

      Foreign Configuration Not Found in <Ctrl> <R> Error Message
    • 76

      Previous Configuration Cleared or Missing Error Message
    • 76

      Invalid SAS Topology Detected Error Message
    • 76

      Configured Disks Removed or Not Accessible Error Message
  • 76

    Degraded State of Virtual Disks
  • 77

    Memory Errors
  • 77

    Preserved Cache State
  • 77

    Security Key Errors
    • 77

      Secured Foreign Import Errors
    • 77

      Failure to Select or Configure Non Self-Encrypting Disks (Non-Sed)
    • 78

      Failure to Delete Security Key
    • 78

      Failure to Instant Secure Erase Task On Physical Disks
  • 78

    General Issues
    • 78

      PERC Card Has Yellow Bang in Device Manager
    • 78

      PERC Card Not Seen in Device Manager
  • 78

    Physical Disk Issues
    • 79

      Unable to Rebuild a Fault Tolerant Virtual Disk
    • 79

      Fatal Error or Data Corruption Reported
    • 79

      Physical Disk Displayed As Blocked
    • 79

      Multiple Disks Become Inaccessible
    • 80

      Rebuilding a Failed Physical Disk
    • 80

      Virtual Disk Fails During Rebuild Using a Global Hot Spare
    • 80

      Virtual Disk Fails During Rebuild Using a Dedicated Hot Spare
    • 80

      Physical Disk Fails During Reconstruction On Redundant Virtual Disk
    • 80

      Virtual Disk Fails Rebuild Using a Dedicated Hot Spare
    • 80

      Physical Disk Takes a Long Time to Rebuild
  • 81

    SMART Errors
    • 81

      Smart Error Detected On a Physical Disk in a Redundant Virtual Disk
    • 81

      Smart Error Detected On a Physical Disk in a Non-Redundant Virtual Disk
  • 81

    Replace Member Errors
    • 82

      Source Disk Fails During Replace Member Operation
    • 82

      Target Disk Fails
    • 82

      General Disk Fails
  • 82

    Linux Operating System Errors
    • 82

      Virtual Disk Policy Is Assumed As Write-Through Error Message
    • 83

      Driver Does Not Auto-Build Into a New Kernel
    • 83

      Unable to Register SCSI Device Error Message
  • 83

    Disk Carrier LED Indicators

• 85

  Using PERC CLI

  • 85

    Using CLI Commands From Windows Command Prompts
  • 85

    Using CLI Commands From Linux
  • 85

    PERC CLI Commands Overview
  • 86

    Checking Controller Availability
    • 86

      Syntaxdescription
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      Result
  • 87

    Displaying Controllers
    • 87

      Syntaxdescription
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      Result
  • 87

    Displaying Free Space Information
  • 87

    Displaying Disk 1 Information
    • 88

      Result
  • 88

    Displaying Controller, Virtual Disk, and Drivers Information
    • 88

      Syntaxdescription
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    Checking for Preserved Cache
    • 89

      Syntaxdescription
    • 90

      Result
  • 90

    Deleting Preserved Cache
    • 90

      Syntaxdescription
  • 90

    Displaying Expansion Information
  • 91

    Displaying Foreign Configuration
    • 91

      Syntaxdescription
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      Result
  • 91

    Importing Foreign Configuration
  • 91

    Displaying BBU Information
    • 92

      Result
  • 93

    Displaying Physical Drive Details for the Specified Slot in the Controller
    • 93

      Syntaxdescription
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      Result
  • 95

    Displaying Boot Drive for the Controller
    • 95

      Syntaxdescription
    • 95

      Result
  • 95

    Setting Virtual Drive As Boot Drive
    • 96

      Result
  • 96

    Locating a Drive
    • 96

      Syntaxdescription
  • 96

    Stopping a Locate Operation

• 97

  Appendix: RAID Description

  • 97

    Summary of RAID Levels
  • 97

    RAID Terminology
    • 97

      Disk Striping
    • 98

      Disk Mirroring
    • 98

      Spanned RAID Levels
    • 98

      Parity Data

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