Dell (PERC) S100, PERC S300 manual Backplane with hot-swap capability

Table 3-1. Features of the PERC S100 controller and PERC S300 controller (continued)

RAID Controller Feature	Description
Physical disk roaming	The controller supports moving a physical disk from one
	backplane slot or cable connection to another (on the same
	controller). The controller automatically recognizes the
	repositioned physical disk and logically places it in the proper
	order.
	WARNING: A virtual disk is lost if you perform disk
	roaming while an OCE is running at Storage Management.
	NOTE: For more information on how to open the system and
	add parts, see the Hardware Owner’s Manual, available on the
	Dell Support website at support.dell.com/manuals.
	Perform the following steps for physical disk roaming:
	NOTE: These steps do not apply to systems that have a
	backplane with hot-swap capability.
	1 Turn off the power to the system, physical disks, and system
	components.
	2 Disconnect the power cables from the system.
	3 Move the physical disks to different slots on the backplane
	or to different cable connections.
	4 Perform a safety check. Make sure the physical disks are
	inserted properly.
	5 Connect the power cables and power up the system.
	NOTE: The controller detects the RAID configuration from the
	configuration data on the physical disks.
Storage port (Storport)	For use with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and later, the
driver support	Storport driver improves throughput and miniport driver
	interfaces.
Stripe size	Stripe size is determined by a PERC S100 adapter/PERC
	S300 adapter algorithm. Stripe size cannot be configured by
	the user.

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