Dell
Official User Guide for UCSA-901 and PowerEdge RAID Controllers
Troubleshooting
Specs
Install
Error messages
Fault tolerance
Disk Carrier LED Indicators
Bios Configuration Utility
General Issues
Setting up virtual disks
Removing the battery carrier
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Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) 9 User’s Guide
Regulatory Model:
UCPA-901,
UCPB-900,
UCSA-901,
UCSB-900,
UCSE-900,
and
UCPE-900
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Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller Perc 9 User’s Guide
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Contents
Deploying the Perc card
Driver installation
Bios Configuration Utility
Security key and RAID management
UEFI/HII RAID configuration utility
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Getting help
Appendix RAID description
Overview
Features of Perc H330 adapter card
Features of Perc H330 mini monolithic card
Features of Perc H730 card
Features of Perc H730/H730P mini monolithic card
Features of Perc H730P adapter card
Supported operating systems
Features of Perc H830 adapter card
Perc H330 Perc H730 Perc H730P Perc H830
Perc card specifications
SAS
Comprehensive embedded management
Management applications for Perc cards
Dell OpenManage Storage Management
Related documentation
Creating Global Hot Spares Creating Security Key
Getting started with your Perc card
Creating Global Hot Spares Creating Security Key
Creating virtual disks Setting up virtual disks
Manage physical disks
Creating Global Hot Spares Creating Security Key
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Perc 9 personality management
Features
T10 protection information
Enabling T10 PI
Improved RAID 10 configuration
Secure firmware update
Physical disk power management
4KB block size disk drives
Types of virtual disk initialization
Configured spin down delay
Full initialization
Consistency checks
Background initialization
Fast initialization
Configuring FastPath-capable virtual disks
Using disk roaming
Disk roaming
FastPath
Migrating virtual disks
Virtual disk migration
Virtual disk read cache policies
Virtual disk write cache policies
Conditions under which write-back is employed
Reconfiguration of virtual disks
Or more Yes Removes Redundancy While increasing Capacity
Smart Feature
Fault tolerance
Patrol Read
Using persistent hot spare slots
Physical disk failure detection
Physical disk hot swapping
Using replace member and revertible hot spares
Controller cache preservation
Non-RAID disks support
Battery Transparent Learn Cycle
Select OK
Removing the Perc 9 adapter
Deploying the Perc card
Battery cable connector Perc 9 card SAS cables
Removing the Perc 9 mini monolithic controller
Installing the Perc 9 adapter
Removing and installing the Perc 9 mini monolithic card
Replacing the battery of a H730P mini monolithic card
Removing the battery carrier
Removing the battery
Installing the Perc 9 mini monolithic controller
Removing a H730P slim card
Removing and installing a H730P slim card
Replacing the battery of a H730P slim card
Removing the battery
Removing the Perc 9 mini blade controller
Installing a H730P slim card
Removing and installing the Perc 9 mini blade controller
Replacing the tethered battery of a Perc 9 mini blade card
Removing the battery carrier
Removing the battery from the battery carrier
Installing the battery into the battery carrier
Replacing the battery carrier
Installing the Perc 9 mini blade controller
Removing the Perc FD33xD Card
Removing and installing the Perc FD33xD card
Replacing the battery of a Perc FD33xD card
Installing the Perc FD33xD card
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Creating the device driver media
Driver installation
Downloading drivers from the Dell support website
Windows driver installation
Linux driver installation
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Entering the Bios Configuration Utility
Bios Configuration Utility
Exiting the Configuration Utility
Menu navigation controls
For more information, see Managing dedicated hot spares
Setting up virtual disks
Parameters description
Virtual disk management
Bios Configuration Utility menu options
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Virtual disk actions
Physical disk actions
Physical disk management PD Mgmt
Controller management Ctrl Mgmt
Rebuild
Controller management actions
Virtual Disk Management
Foreign configuration view
Creating virtual disks
Initializing virtual disks
Selecting virtual disk parameters
Running a data consistency check
Checking data consistency
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Break mirror
Managing preserved cache
Break mirror in Bios configuration utility
Deleting virtual disks
Managing dedicated hot spares
Setting LED blinking
Clearing the configuration
Physical Disk Management
Deleting disk groups
Removing global or dedicated hot spares
Creating global hot spares
Replacing an online physical disk
Stopping background initialization
Restrictions and limitations
Performing a manual rebuild of an individual physical disk
Enabling boot support for a BIOS-enabled controller
Enabling boot support
Controller Management
Disabling Bios stop on error
Enabling Bios stop on error
Enabling auto import
Disabling auto import
Restoring factory default settings
Entering the Uefi configuration utility
UEFI/HII RAID configuration utility
Exiting the Uefi configuration utility
Navigating to Dell Perc 9 configuration utility
Configuration management
Converting physical disks to RAID capable disk
Creating profile based virtual disks
Converting physical disks to non-RAID disk
Viewing disk group properties
Deleting existing configurations on a RAID controller
Managing foreign configurations on a RAID controller
Restoring factory settings for the controller
Saving controller events
Enabling security for the controller
Switching the controller to HBA mode
Saving debug log
Viewing virtual disk properties
Switching the controller to RAID mode
Viewing physical disks associated with a virtual disk
Hardware components management
Viewing battery properties
Viewing physical disk properties
Viewing physical disks associated with an enclosure
Security key and RAID management
Security key management in the Bios configuration utility
Security key implementation
Creating a security key
Local Key Management LKM
Changing the security key
Creating secured virtual disks
Deleting a security key
Securing pre-existing virtual disks
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Instant secure erase
Bios configuration utility error messages
Troubleshooting
Discovery error message
Extra enclosure error message
Missing virtual disks error message
Previous configuration of disks removed error message
Dirty cache data error message
Drive Configuration Changes Error Message
Bios disabled error message
Adapter at baseport not responding error message
Virtual disks degraded error message
Virtual disks offline error message
Virtual disks partially degraded error message
Firmware fault state error message
Memory or battery problem error message
Foreign configuration found error message
Foreign configuration not found in ctrl R error message
Invalid SAS topology detected error message
Previous configuration cleared or missing error message
Configured disks removed or not accessible error message
Degraded state of virtual disks
Security key errors
Memory errors
Secured foreign import errors
Preserved Cache State
Physical disk issues
General Issues
Fatal error or data corruption reported
Unable to rebuild a fault tolerant virtual disk
Multiple disks become inaccessible
Physical disk displayed as blocked
Virtual disk fails rebuild using a dedicated hot spare
Virtual disk fails during rebuild using a global hot spare
Rebuilding a failed physical disk
Physical disk takes a long time to rebuild
Replace member errors
Smart errors
Source disk fails during replace member operation
Linux operating system errors
Target disk fails
General disk fails
Uefi error messages
Disk Carrier LED Indicators
Unable to register Scsi device error message
Unhealthy Status of the Drivers
Corrective Action
Summary of RAID levels
Appendix RAID description
RAID terminology
Disk striping
Spanned RAID levels
Disk mirroring
Example of Distributed Parity RAID
Parity data
Getting help
Locating your system Service Tag
Contacting Dell
Documentation feedback
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