Dell (PERC) S100, PERC S300 manual

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Dell PowerEdge

RAID Controller (PERC) S100,

PERC S300

User’s Guide

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2Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
- NOTE:
- CAUTION:
- WARNING:
- ____________________
3Contents
- 1 WARNING: Safety Instructions
- 4 Hardware Installation
- 3 Features
- 2Overview
- 7
- 11
- 21
- 31
- 45 Installing the Drivers
- 37
- 8 Appendix A
- 7 Troubleshooting
- 6 RAID Configuration and Management
- 47
- 61
- 77
7WARNING: Safety Instructions
- 8SAFETY: General
- SAFETY: When Working Inside Your System
- 9Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge
11Overview
- Introduction
- General Information, Intended Audience, and Prerequisites for Use
- 12Related Documentation
- PERC S100 Adapter or PERC S300 Adapter Descriptions
  - 13Supported Platforms
  - 14Platform Requirements for the PERC S100 Controller and PERC S300 Controller
- 17About RAID
  - Summary of RAID Levels
- 18RAID Terminology
  - Disk Striping
  - Disk Mirroring
  - 19Spanned RAID Levels
  - Parity Data
21Features
- General Features
  - NOTE:
- 29Specifications
  - Table3-2 compares the specifications of the PERC S100 adapter and PERC S300 adapter.
31Hardware Installation
- Before You Begin
- General Considerations
- 32Installing the PERC S300 Adapter
- 35Connect Physical Disks to the PERC S300 Adapter
- Complete the Hardware Installation
37Installing the Drivers
- Installing the Microsoft Windows Drivers
  - Downloading the Controller Driver Media
  - 38Pre-Installation Requirements for the Controller Drivers
  - 45Performing the PERC S100 Controller or PERC S300 Controller Management Setup Procedure
47RAID Configuration and Management
- Configuring the Controller: Using the PERC Virtual Disk Management Utility
61Troubleshooting
- System Startup Problems
- 64Warning Messages: Dell Inc. PERC S100 Adapter or Dell Inc. PERC S300 Adapter BIOS Screen
- 70Virtual Disk-Related Errors
  - NOTE:
  - Use the information on the following tables as guidelines for troubleshooting the controller.
- 75Physical Disk-Related Errors
77A
- Appendix A
  - Controller Specifications
    - Read, Write, and Cache Policy
  - 78Controller Tasks
  - Physical Disk Tasks
  - 79Virtual Dis k Tasks
    - TableA-4 indicates the virtual disk tasks that are supported/not supported by the controllers.
  - Supported RAID Levels
  - 80Virtual Disk Specifications
81B
- Appendix B
  - RAID Technology - Understanding Disk Arrays and Virtual Disks
    - 82Understanding RAID Levels
      - A PERC S100 controller or PERC S300 controller supports the following RAID levels:
      - NOTE:
    - 84Disk States - Virtual and Physical Disks
    - 85Failure States
    - 86Creating Virtual Disks: Future Expansion
    - Understanding Physical Disks
    - 87Dedicated Hot Spares
    - 88Global Hot Spares
89C
- Appendix C
  - Regulatory Notices
  - 90FCC Notice (U.S. Only)
    - FCC, Class A
    - 91FCC, Class B
  - 92Industry Canada Notice (Canada Only)
    - Industry Canada, Class A
    - Industry Canada, Class B
  - CE Notice (European Union)
95D
- Appendix D
  - Contacting Dell
- 97Index
  - B
  - C
  - D
  - 98E
  - F
  - G
  - H
  - I
  - M
  - 99O
  - P
  - R
  - 100S
  - T
  - V
  - W
  - 101warning messages
- 103Glossary