Installing the Perc S300 Adapter | Dell S100 guide

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General Considerations	31
Installing the PERC S300 Adapter	32
Connect Physical Disks to the PERC S300 Adapter . . .	35
Complete the Hardware Installation	35

5 Installing the Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Installing the Microsoft Windows Drivers . . . . . . . 37

6RAID Configuration and

Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Configuring the Controller: Using the PERC

Virtual Disk Management Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

7Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

System Startup Problems	61
Warning Messages: Dell Inc. PERC S100
Adapter or Dell Inc. PERC S300 Adapter
BIOS Screen	64
Virtual Disk-Related Errors	70
Physical Disk-Related Errors	75

8Appendix A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Controller Specifications	77
Controller Tasks	78
Physical Disk Tasks	78
Virtual Disk Tasks	79

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User’s Guide February Contents Installing the Perc S300 Adapter Complete the Hardware InstallationInstalling the Microsoft Windows Drivers Physical Disk-Related Errors RAID Technology Understanding Disk Arrays Industry Canada Notice Canada Only Contents Page Safety General Safety When Working Inside Your System Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge Page Overview Introduction Overview Supported Platforms Requirements Physical disks Overview Boot to it About RAID Summary of RAID Levels Disk Striping RAID TerminologyDisk Mirroring Spanned RAID Levels Parity Data Example of Distributed Parity RAID General Features FeaturesDescription Description Allows hot-swapping Physical disks, in the same virtual disk Disks That supports hot-swapping Backplane with hot-swap capability Features Virtual disk Migration during an OCE Specifications 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 Adapter Hardware 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 Description Accessing the Perc Virtual Disk Management Utility Perc Virtual Disk Management Text Colors Description Initializing Physical Disks Creating Virtual Disks Before You Begin RAID 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 Details Rescanning Disks Controller Options Description How to OperateController Options Continuing to Boot Pause if Degraded RAID 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 This warning message appears when From virtual disk creation Virtual Disk-Related Errors On the virtual disk A Virtual Disk is in a Failed State Redundant virtual disk 12. Cannot Create a Global Hot Spare Select View Virtual Disk Details Physical Disk-Related Errors 14. a Dedicated Hot Spare Fails Troubleshooting Controller Specifications Appendix aRead, Write, and Cache Policy S300 adapter Controller Tasks Physical Disk TasksTable A-3. Physical Disk Tasks Physical Disk Task Name Perc S300 adapter Virtual Disk Tasks Supported RAID LevelsTable A-4. Virtual Disk Tasks Virtual Disk Task Name Adapter Virtual Disk Specifications Appendix B RAID Technology Understanding Disk Arrays and Virtual Disks Understanding RAID Levels Appendix B Disk States Virtual and Physical Disks Table B-2. Physical Disk States Definition Failure States Table B-3. Virtual Disk States State Definition Table B-5. Minimum and Maximum Physical Disk Configurations Creating Virtual Disks Future ExpansionUnderstanding Physical Disks Physical Disk States Dedicated Hot Spares Rescanning Physical Disks for Changes in State Global Hot Spares Appendix C Regulatory Notices FCC Notice U.S. Only FCC, Class a FCC, Class B Industry Canada Notice Canada Only CE Notice European UnionIndustry Canada, Class a Industry Canada, Class B Appendix C CE Mark Notice Appendix D Contacting Dell Appendix D Index Index Index 100 101 102 Glossary 103 104 105 106 107 Acronym for nanoseconds, one billionth of a second 108 109 110