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Feature

PERC H330

PERC H730

PERC H730P

PERC H830

PERC

 

 

 

 

 

FD33xD/

 

 

 

 

 

FD33xS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE:

 

 

 

 

 

H330

 

 

 

 

 

does not

 

 

 

 

 

support

 

 

 

 

 

caching,

 

 

 

 

 

which

 

 

 

 

 

affects

 

 

 

 

 

performan

 

 

 

 

 

ce in RAID

 

 

 

 

 

5 and

 

 

 

 

 

RAID 50

 

 

 

 

 

arrays. For

 

 

 

 

 

performan

 

 

 

 

 

ce

 

 

 

 

 

sensitive

 

 

 

 

 

solutions,

 

 

 

 

 

caching is

 

 

 

 

 

recomme

 

 

 

 

 

nded.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cache function

Write Through

Write Back,

Write Back,

Write Back,

Write Back,

 

and No Read

Write Through,

Write Through,

Write

Write

 

Ahead

 

No Read Ahead,

No Read

Through, No

Through, No

 

 

 

 

and Read

Ahead, and

Read Ahead,

Read Ahead,

 

 

Ahead

Read Ahead

and Read

and Read

 

 

 

 

Ahead

Ahead

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maximum number

16

64

64

64

64

of virtual disks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maximum number

16

16

16

16

16

of virtual disks per

 

 

 

 

 

disk group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hot swap devices

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

supported

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hardware XOR

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Engine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Online capacity

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

expansion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dedicated and

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

global hot spare

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drives Types

3 Gbps SATA, 6

3 Gbps SATA, 6

3 Gbps SATA, 6

6 Gbps SAS,

3 Gbps SATA,

 

Gbps SATA/

Gbps SATA/SAS,

Gbps SATA/

and 12 Gbps

6 Gbps SATA/

 

SAS, and 12

and 12 Gbps

SAS, and 12

SAS

SAS, and 12

 

Gbps SAS

SAS

Gbps SAS

 

Gbps SAS

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Contents Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller Perc 9 User’s Guide Page Contents Driver installation Deploying the Perc cardBios Configuration Utility UEFI/HII RAID configuration utility Security key and RAID management100 Appendix RAID description Getting helpFeatures of Perc H330 adapter card OverviewFeatures 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 Features of Perc H830 adapter card Supported operating systemsPerc card specifications Perc H330 Perc H730 Perc H730P Perc H830SAS Comprehensive embedded management Management applications for Perc cardsDell OpenManage Storage Management Related documentation Getting started with your Perc card Creating Global Hot Spares Creating Security KeyCreating Global Hot Spares Creating Security Key Creating virtual disks Setting up virtual disks Manage physical disks Creating Global Hot Spares Creating Security Key Page Features Perc 9 personality managementT10 protection information Enabling T10 PISecure firmware update Improved RAID 10 configurationPhysical disk power management 4KB block size disk drivesTypes of virtual disk initialization Configured spin down delayFull initialization Consistency checks Background initializationFast initialization Using disk roaming Configuring FastPath-capable virtual disksDisk roaming FastPathVirtual disk migration Migrating virtual disksVirtual disk read cache policies Virtual disk write cache policiesConditions under which write-back is employed Reconfiguration of virtual disks Or more Yes Removes Redundancy While increasing Capacity Fault tolerance Smart FeaturePatrol Read Using persistent hot spare slotsPhysical disk failure detection Physical disk hot swapping Using replace member and revertible hot sparesController cache preservation Battery Transparent Learn Cycle Non-RAID disks supportSelect OK Deploying the Perc card Removing the Perc 9 adapterBattery cable connector Perc 9 card SAS cables Installing the Perc 9 adapter Removing the Perc 9 mini monolithic controllerReplacing the battery of a H730P mini monolithic card Removing and installing the Perc 9 mini monolithic cardRemoving the battery carrier Installing the Perc 9 mini monolithic controller Removing the batteryRemoving a H730P slim card Replacing the battery of a H730P slim card Removing and installing a H730P slim cardRemoving the battery Installing a H730P slim card Removing the Perc 9 mini blade controllerReplacing the tethered battery of a Perc 9 mini blade card Removing and installing the Perc 9 mini blade controllerRemoving the battery carrier Removing the battery from the battery carrier Installing the battery into the battery carrier Installing the Perc 9 mini blade controller Replacing the battery carrierRemoving the Perc FD33xD Card Replacing the battery of a Perc FD33xD card Removing and installing the Perc FD33xD cardInstalling the Perc FD33xD card Page Creating the device driver media Driver installationDownloading drivers from the Dell support website Windows driver installation Linux driver installation Page Entering the Bios Configuration Utility Bios Configuration UtilityExiting the Configuration Utility Menu navigation controls Setting up virtual disks For more information, see Managing dedicated hot sparesParameters description Bios Configuration Utility menu options Virtual disk managementPage Virtual disk actions Physical disk management PD Mgmt Physical disk actionsRebuild Controller management Ctrl MgmtController management actions Virtual Disk Management Foreign configuration viewCreating virtual disks Selecting virtual disk parameters Initializing virtual disksChecking data consistency Running a data consistency checkPage Break mirror Break mirror in Bios configuration utility Managing preserved cacheManaging dedicated hot spares Deleting virtual disksClearing the configuration Setting LED blinkingPhysical Disk Management Deleting disk groupsRemoving global or dedicated hot spares Creating global hot sparesReplacing an online physical disk Stopping background initialization Restrictions and limitationsPerforming a manual rebuild of an individual physical disk Enabling boot support for a BIOS-enabled controller Enabling boot supportController Management Enabling Bios stop on error Disabling Bios stop on errorEnabling auto import Disabling auto importRestoring factory default settings UEFI/HII RAID configuration utility Entering the Uefi configuration utilityExiting the Uefi configuration utility Navigating to Dell Perc 9 configuration utilityConfiguration management Creating profile based virtual disks Converting physical disks to RAID capable diskConverting physical disks to non-RAID disk Viewing disk group propertiesManaging foreign configurations on a RAID controller Deleting existing configurations on a RAID controllerRestoring factory settings for the controller Saving controller eventsEnabling security for the controller Switching the controller to HBA modeSaving debug log Viewing virtual disk properties Switching the controller to RAID modeViewing physical disks associated with a virtual disk Hardware components management Viewing battery propertiesViewing physical disk properties Viewing physical disks associated with an enclosure Security key and RAID management Security key management in the Bios configuration utilitySecurity key implementation Creating a security key Local Key Management LKMChanging the security key Creating secured virtual disks Deleting a security keySecuring pre-existing virtual disks Page Instant secure erase Troubleshooting Bios configuration utility error messagesDiscovery error message Extra enclosure error messageMissing virtual disks error message Previous configuration of disks removed error messageDirty cache data error message Drive Configuration Changes Error Message Bios disabled error messageAdapter at baseport not responding error message Virtual disks degraded error message Virtual disks offline error messageVirtual disks partially degraded error message Memory or battery problem error message Firmware fault state error messageForeign configuration found error message Foreign configuration not found in ctrl R error messagePrevious configuration cleared or missing error message Invalid SAS topology detected error messageConfigured disks removed or not accessible error message Degraded state of virtual disksMemory errors Security key errorsSecured foreign import errors Preserved Cache StateGeneral Issues Physical disk issuesUnable to rebuild a fault tolerant virtual disk Fatal error or data corruption reportedMultiple disks become inaccessible Physical disk displayed as blockedVirtual disk fails during rebuild using a global hot spare Virtual disk fails rebuild using a dedicated hot spareRebuilding a failed physical disk Physical disk takes a long time to rebuildSmart errors Replace member errorsLinux operating system errors Source disk fails during replace member operationTarget disk fails General disk failsDisk Carrier LED Indicators Uefi error messagesUnable to register Scsi device error message Unhealthy Status of the DriversCorrective Action Appendix RAID description Summary of RAID levelsRAID terminology Disk stripingDisk mirroring Spanned RAID levelsParity data Example of Distributed Parity RAIDLocating your system Service Tag Getting helpContacting Dell Documentation feedback
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