Dell PERC S300, (PERC) S100 manual From virtual disk creation

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Table 7-7. Other Errors Appearing on the BIOS

Issue

Likely Causes to Check Corrective Actions

The RAID 0 goes	Faulty physical disk
offline and the RAID 1
becomes degraded in a
PowerEdge R210
system with two drives.

1 Boot system into CTLR-R and replace faulty drive.

2 Delete the failed RAID 0 and then create a new RAID 0. Now RAID 0 is optimal and RAID 1 is still degraded.

3 Install OS on the RAID 0 and backup RAID 1.

4 Delete and Recreate RAID 1 and restore backup data.

When attempting to	DUPs are not	Use the DOS utilities
update system	supported.
backplane firmware
and or Hard drive
firmware using DUPs
the updates fail.

eSata devices appear in	Issue with the physical	Remove the devices from eSata port
Ready state in CTLR-R	connection	and plug them into the chassis.
		NOTE: eSATA devices are blocked
		from virtual disk creation.

During CTRL-R,	The function is not	Remove all physical disks except for
S100/S300 do not	supported.	the last one(s) added. Then proceed
display greater than		with deleting the virtual disks that
eight Virtual Disks.		are not needed. Remember to take
		account of the virtual disks that are
		currently being used.

Unable to delete	The function is not	Remove all physical disks except for
Virtual Disks when	supported.	the last one(s) added. Then proceed
there are more than		with deleting the virtual disks that
eight Virtual Disks		are not needed. Remember to take
present in the system.		account of the virtual disks that are
		currently being used.

Virtual disk rebuild	Rebuild is not	Boot to a supported OS. Rebuild
status while during	supported in Ctrl-R.	starts. To view rebuild status, install
CTLR-R		a supported storage application.

Troubleshooting

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Contents User’s Guide February Contents Complete the Hardware Installation Installing the Perc S300 AdapterInstalling the Microsoft Windows Drivers Physical Disk-Related ErrorsIndustry Canada Notice Canada Only RAID Technology Understanding Disk ArraysContents Page Safety When Working Inside Your System Safety GeneralProtecting Against Electrostatic Discharge Page Introduction OverviewOverview Supported Platforms Physical disks RequirementsOverview Boot to it Summary of RAID Levels About RAIDRAID Terminology Disk StripingDisk Mirroring Parity Data Spanned RAID LevelsExample of Distributed Parity RAID Features General FeaturesDescription Description Allows hot-swapping Physical disks, in the same virtual disk That supports hot-swapping DisksBackplane with hot-swap capability Features Migration during an OCE Virtual diskSpecifications RAID Hardware Installation Before You BeginGeneral Considerations Installing the Perc S300 Adapter Installing a Perc S300 Adapter Connecting the Cables Connect Physical Disks to the Perc S300 Adapter Complete the Hardware InstallationHardware Installation Installing the Drivers Installing the Microsoft Windows DriversDownloading the Controller Driver Media Pre-Installation Requirements for the Controller Drivers Operating System And Device Driver MediaTo Use 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 Perc Virtual Disk Management Utility Operations Description RAID Configuration ManagementAccessing the Perc Virtual Disk Management Utility Perc Virtual Disk Management Text Colors Description Initializing Physical Disks Before You Begin Creating Virtual DisksRAID Configuration and Management Deleting Virtual Disks RAID Configuration and Management Swapping Two Virtual Disks Managing Global Hot Spares Create a Global Hot SpareDelete a Global Hot Spare Viewing Virtual Disk Details Viewing Physical Disk DetailsController Options Description How to Operate Rescanning DisksController Options Pause if Degraded Continuing to BootRAID Configuration and Management Troubleshooting System Startup ProblemsRAID Mode to ATA Mode Boot Mode, Boot Sequence Bios Bios Screen Corrective Action Lost This warning message appears when multiple virtual disks are Bios not Installed User Disabled INT13 Bios Load From virtual disk creation Virtual Disk-Related Errors A Virtual Disk is in a Failed State On the virtual diskRedundant virtual disk 12. Cannot Create a Global Hot Spare Select View Virtual Disk Details 14. a Dedicated Hot Spare Fails Physical Disk-Related ErrorsTroubleshooting Appendix a Controller SpecificationsRead, Write, and Cache Policy S300 adapterPhysical Disk Tasks Controller TasksTable A-3. Physical Disk Tasks Physical Disk Task Name Perc S300 adapterSupported RAID Levels Virtual Disk TasksTable A-4. Virtual Disk Tasks Virtual Disk Task Name AdapterVirtual Disk Specifications RAID Technology Understanding Disk Arrays and Virtual Disks Appendix BUnderstanding RAID Levels Appendix B Table B-2. Physical Disk States Definition Disk States Virtual and Physical DisksTable B-3. Virtual Disk States State Definition Failure StatesCreating Virtual Disks Future Expansion Table B-5. Minimum and Maximum Physical Disk ConfigurationsUnderstanding Physical Disks Physical Disk StatesRescanning Physical Disks for Changes in State Dedicated Hot SparesGlobal Hot Spares Regulatory Notices Appendix CFCC, Class a FCC Notice U.S. OnlyFCC, Class B CE Notice European Union Industry Canada Notice Canada OnlyIndustry Canada, Class a Industry Canada, Class BAppendix C CE Mark Notice Contacting Dell Appendix DAppendix D Index Index Index 100 101 102 103 Glossary104 105 106 Acronym for nanoseconds, one billionth of a second 107108 109 110