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Dell PowerEdge PERC 3/SC User Manual

Dell PowerEdge PERC 3/SC User Manual (254 pages)

Expandable RAID Controller

Brand: Dell | Category: Controller | Size: 1.33 MB

Table of Contents

Safety Instructions
3
Table of Contents
9
1 Overview

25
- PERC 3 Overview
  26
- PERC 3 Features
  26
2 Introduction to RAID

31
- RAID Definition
  32
- PERC 3 Host-Based RAID Solution
  32
- Components and Features
  33
  - Physical Array
    33
  - Logical Drive
    33
  - Fault Tolerance
    33
  - Consistency Check
    34
  - Disk Striping
    34
  - Figure 2-1. Example of Disk Striping
    35
  - Disk Mirroring
    36
  - Figure 2-2. Example of Disk Mirroring
    36
  - Disk Spanning
    37
  - Figure 2-3. Example of Disk Spanning
    37
  - Spanning for RAID 10 or RAID 50
    38
  - Parity
    38
  - Table 2-1. Spanning for RAID 10 and RAID 50
    38
  - Table 2-2. Types of Parity
    38
  - Hot Spares
    39
  - Figure 2-4. Example of Parity
    39
  - Disk Rebuilds
    40
  - Hot Swap
    41
  - SCSI Drive States
    41
  - Table 2-3. SCSI Drive States
    41
  - Logical Drive States
    42
  - Enclosure Management
    42
  - Table 2-4. Logical Drive States
    42
3 RAID Levels

44
- Overview
  44
- Selecting a RAID Level
  44
- Table 3-1. RAID Levels
  44
- Raid 0
  45
- Table 3-2. RAID 0 Overview
  45
- Figure 3-1. RAID 0 Array
  46
- Raid 1
  47
- Table 3-3. RAID 1 Overview
  47
- Raid 5
  48
- Figure 3-2. RAID 1 Array
  48
- Table 3-4. RAID 5 Overview
  49
- Raid 10
  50
- Figure 3-3. RAID 5 Array
  50
- Table 3-5. RAID 10 Overview
  51
- Raid 50
  52
- Figure 3-4. RAID 10 Array
  52
- Table 3-6. RAID 50 Overview
  53
- Figure 3-5. RAID 50 Array
  54
4 PERC 3/SC Features

55
- Hardware Requirements
  56
- Configuration Features
  56
- Hardware Architecture Features
  58
- Array Performance Features
  58
- Table 4-3. Hardware Architecture Features
  58
- Table 4-4. Array Performance Features
  58
- PERC 3/SC Fault Tolerance Features
  59
- Software Utilities
  59
- Table 4-5. PERC 3/SC Fault Tolerance Features
  59
- Table 4-6. Software Utilities Features
  59
- Operating System Software Drivers
  60
- PERC 3/SC Specifications
  60
  - Table 4-7. PERC 3/SC Specifications
    60
  - Cache Memory
    61
  - PCI Bridge/Cpu
    61
  - Onboard Speaker
    62
  - Perc 3/Sc Bios
    62
  - SCSI Bus
    62
  - SCSI Connectors
    62
  - SCSI Termination
    62
  - Serial Port
    62
  - RAID Management
    63
  - SCSI Firmware
    63
  - Table 4-8. SCSI Firmware Support
    63
5 PERC 3/DC and PERC 3/DCL Features

66
- Hardware Requirements
  66
- Configuration Features
  66
- Hardware Architecture Features
  68
- Table 5-3. Hardware Architecture Features
  68
- Array Performance Features
  69
- Fault Tolerance Features
  69
- Table 5-4. Array Performance Features
  69
- Table 5-5. Fault Tolerance Features
  69
- Software Utilities
  70
- Operating System Software Drivers
  70
- PERC 3/DC and PERC 3/DCL Specifications
  70
  - Table 5-6. Software Utilities
    70
  - Table 5-7. PERC 3/DC and PERC 3/DCL Specifications
    70
  - PCI Bridge/Cpu
    71
  - Cache Memory
    72
  - Onboard Speaker
    72
  - PERC 3/DC and PERC 3/DCL BIOS
    72
  - SCSI Bus
    72
  - Serial Port
    72
  - SCSI Connectors
    73
  - SCSI Firmware
    73
  - SCSI Termination
    73
  - Table 5-8. SCSI Firmware
    73
  - RAID Management
    74
6 PERC 3/QC Features

75
- Hardware Requirements
  76
- Configuration Features
  76
- Hardware Architecture Features
  78
- Array Performance Features
  78
- Table 6-3. Hardware Architecture Features
  78
- Table 6-4. Array Performance Features
  78
- Fault Tolerance Features
  79
- Software Utilities
  79
- Table 6-5. Fault Tolerance Features
  79
- Operating System Software Drivers
  80
- PERC 3/QC Specifications
  80
  - Table 6-6. Software Utilities
    80
  - Table 6-7. PERC 3/QC Specifications
    80
  - Cache Memory
    81
  - PCI Bridge/Cpu
    81
  - Onboard Speaker
    82
  - Perc 3/Qc Bios
    82
  - SCSI Bus
    82
  - SCSI Connectors
    82
  - SCSI Termination
    82
  - Serial Port
    82
  - RAID Management
    83
  - SCSI Firmware
    83
  - Table 6-8. SCSI Firmware
    83
100 C O N F I G U R I N G P E R C 3

85
8 PERC 3/SC Hardware Installation

103
- Requirements
  104
  - Optional Equipment
    104
- PERC 3/SC Card Layout
  105
- Installation Steps
  105
9 PERC 3/DC or PERC 3/DCL Hardware Installation

120
10 PERC 3/QC Hardware Installation

135
- Requirements
  136
  - Optional Equipment
    136
- PERC 3/QC Card Layout
  137
- Figure 10-1. PERC 3/QC Card Layout
  137
- Installation Steps
  138
11 PERC 3 BIOS Configuration Utility

151
- Configuration on Disk
  152
- Starting the PERC 3 BIOS Configuration Utility
  152
- BIOS Configuration Utility Menu Options
  153
  - Table 11-1. BIOS Configuration Utility Menu Options
    153
  - Configure Menu
    154
  - Table 11-2. Configuration Menu Options
    154
  - Initialize Menu
    155
  - Objects Menu
    155
  - Table 11-3. Adapter Menu Options
    155
  - Table 11-4. Logical Drive Menu Options
    157
  - Table 11-5. Physical Drive Menu Options
    158
  - Table 11-6. SCSI Channel Menu Options
    159
  - Table 11-7. Battery Information Menu Options
    159
  - Format Menu
    160
  - Rebuild Menu
    160
  - Check Consistency Menu
    161
- Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives
  161
- Choosing the Configuration Method
  162
- Designating Drives as Hot Spares
  164
- Using Easy Configuration
  165
- Using New Configuration
  169
- Using View/Add Configuration
  175
- Initializing Logical Drives
  180
  - Batch Initialization
    180
  - Individual Initialization
    181
- Deleting Logical Drives (Random Array Deletion)
  181
- Formatting Physical Drives
  182
  - Media Errors
    182
  - Formatting Drives
    182
- Rebuilding Failed Disk Drives
  184
- Using a Pre-Loaded SCSI Drive "As-Is
  185
- Exiting the PERC 3 BIOS Configuration Utility
  186
- Setting Hardware Termination
  186
- Clustering
  187
  - Cluster Mode
    187
  - Enabling and Disabling the Cluster Mode
    187
12 Dell Manager

189
- Starting Dell Manager
  190
- Dell Manager Menu Options
  192
  - Initialize Menu
    192
  - Objects Menu
    192
  - Table 12-3. Adapter Menu Options
    192
  - Table 12-4. Logical Drive Menu Options
    193
  - Table 12-5. Logical Drive Default Settings
    193
  - Table 12-6. Physical Drive Menu Options
    194
  - Table 12-7. SCSI Channel Options
    195
  - Table 12-8. Battery Backup Menu Items
    195
  - Format Menu
    196
  - Rebuild Menu
    197
  - Check Consistency Menu
    197
  - Reconstruct Menu
    197
- Designating Drives as Hot Spares
  197
- Parameters
  198
- Initializing Logical Drives
  199
  - Batch Initialization
    199
  - Individual Initialization
    200
- Deleting Logical Drives (Random Array Deletion)
  200
- Formatting Physical Drives
  201
  - Media Errors
    201
  - Formatting Drives
    202
- Rebuilding Failed Disk Drives
  203
- Exiting Dell Manager
  204
13 Troubleshooting

205
- Overview
  206
- Table 13-1. General Problems and Suggested Solutions
  206
- BIOS Boot Error Messages
  207
- Table 13-2. BIOS Boot Error Messages
  207
- Other BIOS Error Messages
  210
- Table 13-3. Other BIOS Error Messages
  210
- Other Potential Problems
  211
- Table 13-4. Other Potential Problems
  211
- Audible Warnings
  212
- Table 13-5. Audible Warnings
  212

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