Dell UCPM-800 manual Deploying The Shared Perc 8 Card, Driver Installation

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Shared PERC 8 Card Cache Preservation	19
Battery Transparent Learn Cycle	20
The Controller Failover Feature	20
Multipath Support	21
Configuring Multipath Support In Windows	21
Configuring Multipath Support In VMWare	21
Multipath support in Linux	21
3 Deploying The Shared PERC 8 Card	22
Installing A New Shared PERC 8 Card	22
Replacing A Shared PERC 8 Card	22
Prerequisites For Removing The Shared PERC 8 Card	23
Removing The Shared PERC 8 Card	23
Installing The Shared PERC 8 Card	25
Post-Installation Tasks For Shared PERC 8 Card	25
Firmware installation or update	26
Updating firmware	26
4 Driver Installation	27
Downloading Drivers and Firmware For Shared PERC 8 From The Dell Support Website For
All Operating Systems	27
Downloading Drivers From The Dell Systems Service And Diagnostic Tools Media For
Windows	27
Installing Or Updating Windows Drivers For Shared PERC 8	28
Installing Or Updating Linux Drivers For Shared PERC 8	29
Installing Or Updating The Driver Package On RHEL Using KMOD Support	29
Installing Or Updating The Driver Package On SLES Using KMP Support	29
Installing Or Updating VMware Drivers For Shared PERC 8	29
5 Management Applications For Shared PERC 8 Card	30
6 Troubleshooting	31
Performance variations between write-back and write-through cache modes	31
Shared PERC 8 Card Boots Into Safe Mode	31
Degraded State Of Virtual Disks	32
General Issues	32
Shared PERC 8 Card Has Yellow Exclamation Mark In Device Manager	32
Shared PERC 8 Card Not Seen In Device Manager	32
Critical Errors Or Disk Warning Messages Seen In The Windows Event Log	32
Shared PERC 8 Cards Fail To Function	33
Physical disk issues	33
Incorrect Number of Virtual Disks Displayed In Windows Disk Manager	33

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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 Shared Perc 8 Card Features Physical Disk Power ManagementConsistency Checks Virtual Disk InitializationPhysical Disk Roaming Background Initialization Of Virtual DisksFull 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 Virtual Disk Write Cache Policies Write-BackConditions Under Which Write-Back Is Employed Write-throughFault Tolerance Physical Disk Write Cache PolicyConditions under which write-through is employed 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 FeatureConfiguring Multipath Support In Windows Configuring Multipath Support In VMWareMultipath Support 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 Physical disk issues Unable to rebuild a fault tolerant virtual diskShared Perc 8 Cards Fail To Function 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 Auto Replacement Member Errors Source Disk FailsTarget Disk Fails General Disk FailsHard-Drive Indicator Patterns Hard-Drive IndicatorsGetting help Documentation feedback