Dell (PERC) S100, PERC S300 manual Virtual Disk-Related Errors

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Table 7-7. Other Errors Appearing on the BIOS

Issue

Likely Causes to Check Corrective Actions

S100 rom option not visible during S300 controller use in the system.

S100 and S300 co- existence in the same system is not supported. S100 option rom becomes disabled when S100 and S300 are available.

Remove S300 adapter and reboot system to select F1 and select RAID for boot BIOS.

The S100 rom option appears during POST boot.

NOTE: If both controllers are used in the system, the windows driver manager displays the additional driver.

Virtual Disk-Related Errors

Use the information on the following tables as guidelines for troubleshooting the controller.

Table 7-8. Cannot Create a Virtual Disk

Likely Causes to Check

Corrective Actions

 

 

The physical disk is not

This error might be because:

displayed

– The controller cannot communicate with the

 

physical disks.

 

– A cable might be loose or defective.

 

Re-seat the physical disks in the backplane and

 

check their cables.

 

 

Insufficient free space available

There must be sufficient available free space on the

on the selected physical disks

physical disk(s) used by the virtual disk.

 

 

Incorrect number of physical

See "Understanding RAID Levels" in the RAID

disks selected for the desired

Technology Guide, located on the Dell Support

RAID level

website at support.dell.com/manuals, for a

 

description of RAID levels and the allowable

 

number of physical disks used with each RAID

 

level.

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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 Striping RAID TerminologyDisk Mirroring Spanned RAID Levels Parity DataExample of Distributed Parity RAID General Features FeaturesDescription 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 Before You Begin Hardware InstallationGeneral Considerations 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 Installing the Microsoft Windows Drivers Installing the DriversDownloading the Controller Driver Media Operating System And Device Driver Media Pre-Installation Requirements for the Controller DriversTo 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 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 Create a Global Hot Spare Managing Global Hot SparesDelete a Global Hot Spare Viewing Physical Disk Details Viewing Virtual Disk DetailsRescanning Disks Controller Options Description How to OperateController Options Continuing to Boot Pause if DegradedRAID Configuration and Management System Startup Problems TroubleshootingRAID 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 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