Dell UCPM-800 manual Deploying The Shared Perc 8 Card, Installing a New Shared Perc 8 Card

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Deploying The Shared PERC 8 Card

Follow the documentation in this section to remove or install a Shared PERC 8 card under different scenarios.

Installing A New Shared PERC 8 Card

For information on how to install a Shared PERC 8 card, see Installing The Shared PERC 8 Card.

For information on the post-installation tasks, see Post-Installation Tasks For Shared 8 Card.

Replacing A Shared PERC 8 Card

When replacing an existing Shared PERC8 card in the PowerEdge VRTX system, perform the steps in this chapter to ensure proper functionality of the shared storage after the replacement process is complete.

CAUTION: The Shared PERC 8 cards are not hot-swappable. Do not remove or install the Shared PERC 8 cards from the system board while the PowerEdge VRTX system is powered-on.

In the Single Shared PERC 8 card configuration, the shared PERC slot is labeled as INT_STORAGE_1 on the PowerEdge VRTX system board. In the Fault Tolerant Shared PERC 8 card configuration, the shared PERC slots are labeled as INT_STORAGE_1 and INT_STORAGE_2 on the PowerEdge VRTX system board. To locate the Shared PERC slots, see System Board Connectors in the Dell PowerEdge VRTX Enclosure Owner's Manual at dell.com/poweredgemanuals.

Controller firmware package 23.8.10-0059 is the minimum firmware package version required for fault tolerant Shared PERC 8 configurations on PowerEdge VRTX.

NOTE: Write-back caching in a fault tolerant configuration is not supported with firmware version 23.8.10-0061 and the earlier versions.

NOTE: For write-back caching capability, ensure that all the storage solution components are updated with the latest firmware.

For more information, see the storage subsystem compatibility matrix document at dell.com/support/ home

For information on removing and reinstalling system parts, see the VRTX Enclosure Owner's Manual of the system at dell.com/poweredgemanuals.

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Contents User’s Guide Page Contents Driver Installation Deploying The Shared Perc 8 CardGetting help Configurations of the Shared Perc 8 card About The Shared Perc 8 CardSpecifications of a Shared Perc 8 card Storage Subsystem Compatibility Matrix at dell.comPage Best Practices For Shared Perc Supported Operating SystemsRelated Documentation Locating your system Service Tag Contacting DellDocumentation Feedback Consistency Checks Shared Perc 8 Card FeaturesPhysical Disk Power Management Virtual Disk InitializationFull Initialization Of Virtual Disks Physical Disk RoamingBackground Initialization Of Virtual Disks Fast Initialization Of Virtual DisksFastPath Using Physical Disk RoamingVirtual Disk Migration Migrating Virtual Disks If The Target System Is Turned Off Virtual Disk Cache PoliciesMigrating Virtual Disks If The Target System Is Turned On Conditions Under Which Write-Back Is Employed Virtual Disk Write Cache PoliciesWrite-Back Write-throughConditions under which write-through is employed Fault TolerancePhysical Disk Write Cache Policy Virtual Disk Read Cache PoliciesSmart Feature Patrol ReadPhysical Disk Hot Swapping Physical disk failure detectionShared Perc 8 Card Cache Preservation Battery Transparent Learn Cycle Controller Failover FeatureMultipath Support Configuring Multipath Support In WindowsConfiguring Multipath Support In VMWare Multipath support in LinuxDeploying The Shared Perc 8 Card Installing a New Shared Perc 8 CardReplacing a Shared Perc 8 Card Prerequisites For Removing The Shared Perc 8 Card Removing The Shared Perc 8 CardRemoving and Installing the Shared Perc 8 Card Installing The Shared Perc 8 Card Post-Installation Tasks For Shared Perc 8 CardFirmware installation or update Updating firmwareDriver Installation Installing Or Updating Windows Drivers For Shared Perc Installing Or Updating Linux Drivers For Shared Perc Installing Or Updating VMware Drivers For Shared PercManagement Applications For Shared Perc 8 Card Troubleshooting Shared Perc 8 Card Boots Into Safe ModeDegraded State Of Virtual Disks General IssuesShared Perc 8 Card Not Seen In Device Manager Shared Perc 8 Cards Fail To Function Physical disk issuesUnable to rebuild a fault tolerant virtual disk Physical Disk In Failed StateMultiple Disks Become Inaccessible Fatal Error Or Data Corruption ReportedRebuilding a Failed Physical Disk Controller cache issues Virtual Disk Fails During Rebuild Using a Global Hot SparePhysical disk takes a long time to rebuild Smart Errors Target Disk Fails Auto Replacement Member ErrorsSource Disk Fails General Disk FailsHard-Drive Indicator Patterns Hard-Drive IndicatorsGetting help Documentation feedback