Dell S300, S100 manual Requirements, Physical disks

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Platform Requirements for the PERC S100 Controller and PERC S300 Controller

Table 2-2. Platform Requirements — PERC S100 Controller or PERC S300 Controller

Component

Requirements

 

 

Processor

x86, 32-bit compatible processor greater than 500 MHz.

 

 

Memory

512 MB or greater.

 

 

Physical

At least one Hard Disk Drives (HDD) or Solid State Disk (SSD) Drives.

disk

NOTE: The PERC S100 controller supports cabled configurations of up to

 

 

4 SATA HDD or 4 SATA SSD physical disks. The PERC S300 controller

 

supports cabled or hot-swap configurations of up to 8 SATA or SAS HDD

 

physical disks.

SATA-II HDD physical disks can be used with a PERC S100 adapter or a PERC S300 adapter.

SATA-II SSD physical disks can be used only with a PERC S100 adapter.

SAS HDD physical disks can be used only with a PERC S300 adapter.

Ports

• The S300 Adapter has two 8470-type internal SAS connectors on the

 

adapter card. Each mini-SAS connector supports 4 SAS/SATA ports.

 

• The S300 Modular typically plugs into a backplane that has a single

 

8470-type SAS connector (except for PERC S300 adapters on an R210

 

or T110, whose cables plug directly into the physical disks).

 

 

Available

The PERC S300 Adapter and PERC S300 Modular cards plug into

slots

8-lane Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCI-E) slots.

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Overview

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Contents User’s Guide February Contents Installing the Microsoft Windows Drivers Installing the Perc S300 AdapterComplete the Hardware Installation Physical Disk-Related ErrorsRAID Technology Understanding Disk Arrays Industry Canada Notice Canada OnlyContents Page Safety General Safety When Working Inside Your SystemProtecting Against Electrostatic Discharge Page Overview IntroductionOverview Supported Platforms Requirements Physical disksOverview Boot to it About RAID Summary of RAID LevelsDisk Mirroring RAID TerminologyDisk Striping Spanned RAID Levels Parity DataExample of Distributed Parity RAID Description FeaturesGeneral Features Description Allows hot-swapping Physical disks, in the same virtual disk Disks That supports hot-swappingBackplane with hot-swap capability Features Virtual disk Migration during an OCESpecifications RAID General Considerations Hardware InstallationBefore You Begin Installing the Perc S300 Adapter Installing a Perc S300 Adapter Connecting the Cables Complete the Hardware Installation Connect Physical Disks to the Perc S300 AdapterHardware Installation Downloading the Controller Driver Media Installing the DriversInstalling the Microsoft Windows Drivers To Use Pre-Installation Requirements for the Controller DriversOperating System And Device Driver Media Sata Controller to either ATA Mode or Ahci Pre-Installation Procedures For The Controller Drivers Steps DVD, and so on, perform the following For Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 For Microsoft Windows Server For Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Installing the Drivers Installing the Drivers RAID Configuration Management Perc Virtual Disk Management Utility Operations DescriptionAccessing the Perc Virtual Disk Management Utility Perc Virtual Disk Management Text Colors Description Initializing Physical Disks Creating Virtual Disks Before You BeginRAID Configuration and Management Deleting Virtual Disks RAID Configuration and Management Swapping Two Virtual Disks Delete a Global Hot Spare Managing Global Hot SparesCreate a Global Hot Spare Viewing Physical Disk Details Viewing Virtual Disk DetailsController Options Controller Options Description How to OperateRescanning Disks Continuing to Boot Pause if DegradedRAID Configuration and Management RAID Mode to ATA Mode TroubleshootingSystem Startup Problems Boot Mode, Boot Sequence Bios Bios Screen Corrective Action Lost This warning message appears when multiple virtual disks are This warning message appears when From virtual disk creation Virtual Disk-Related Errors On the virtual disk A Virtual Disk is in a Failed StateRedundant virtual disk 12. Cannot Create a Global Hot Spare Select View Virtual Disk Details Physical Disk-Related Errors 14. a Dedicated Hot Spare FailsTroubleshooting Read, Write, and Cache Policy Controller SpecificationsAppendix a S300 adapterTable A-3. Physical Disk Tasks Physical Disk Task Name Controller TasksPhysical Disk Tasks Perc S300 adapterTable A-4. Virtual Disk Tasks Virtual Disk Task Name Virtual Disk TasksSupported RAID Levels AdapterVirtual Disk Specifications Appendix B RAID Technology Understanding Disk Arrays and Virtual DisksUnderstanding RAID Levels Appendix B Disk States Virtual and Physical Disks Table B-2. Physical Disk States DefinitionFailure States Table B-3. Virtual Disk States State DefinitionUnderstanding Physical Disks Table B-5. Minimum and Maximum Physical Disk ConfigurationsCreating Virtual Disks Future Expansion Physical Disk StatesDedicated Hot Spares Rescanning Physical Disks for Changes in StateGlobal Hot Spares Appendix C Regulatory NoticesFCC Notice U.S. Only FCC, Class aFCC, Class B Industry Canada, Class a Industry Canada Notice Canada OnlyCE Notice European Union Industry Canada, Class BAppendix C CE Mark Notice Appendix D Contacting DellAppendix D Index Index Index 100 101 102 Glossary 103104 105 106 107 Acronym for nanoseconds, one billionth of a second108 109 110
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