User’s Guide
Model UCP-60, UCP-61, and UCC-60 July P412J
Contents
Battery Warranty Information
Compatibility With Virtual Disks Created
Migrating Virtual Disks from SAS 6/iR
Removing the Dimm and Battery from
Using Replace Member
Installing the Modular Storage
Redundant Path With Load
Installing Suse Linux Enterprise
Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems using
Installing the RPM Package
Updating an Existing Windows Server 2003, Windows Server
Installing the NetWare Driver
Configuring and Managing RAID
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Linux Operating System Errors 125
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Contents
Safety General
Safety General
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Taiwan Battery Recycling Mark
Safety Battery Disposal
Safety General
Scope of the User’s Guide
Perc 6 and Cerc 6/i Controller Descriptions
Overview
Operating System Support
PCI Architecture
Each controller supports up to 64 virtual disks
Summary of RAID Levels
RAID Description
Disk Mirroring
RAID Terminology
Example of Disk Mirroring RAID
Spanned RAID Levels
Example of Distributed Parity RAID
Perc 6 and Cerc 6/i Controller Comparisons Specification
Perc 6 and Cerc 6i Controller Features
Perc 6/i Cerc 6/i Adapter Integrated
About Perc 6 and Cerc 6i Controllers
MB Dimm
Perc 6/i Adapter Cerc 6/i Integrated
XOR
Revertible Yes Hot Spares Supported Redundant Path Support
Using the Smart Feature
Background Initialization
Initializing Virtual Disks
Consistency Checks
Full Inititialization of Virtual Disks
Fast Inititialization of Virtual Disks
Disk Migration
Disk Roaming
About Perc 6 and Cerc 6i Controllers
Turn off the system
Migrating Virtual Disks from SAS 6/iR to Perc 6 and Cerc
Exit the Bios Configuration Utility and reboot the system
Battery Management
Battery Learn Cycle
Battery Warranty Information
Write-Back and Write-Through
Virtual Disk Write Cache Policies
Virtual Disk Read Policies
Conditions Under Which Write-Back is Employed
Conditions Under Which Write-Through is Employed
RAID Level Migration Source Target Required
Reconfiguring Virtual Disks
Capacity Description
Number Physical Expansion Level Disks Possible End
Or more Yes Removes redundancy while Doubling capacity
Fault Tolerance Features
Fault Tolerance Features Specification
Physical Disk Hot Swapping
Using Replace Member and Revertible Hot Spares
Failed Physical Disk Detection
Redundant Path With Load Balancing Support
Patrol Read Feature
Patrol Read
Automatic Replace Member with Predicted Failure
Patrol Read Modes
About Perc 6 and Cerc 6i Controllers
Installing the Perc 6/E and Perc 6/i Adapters
Installing and Configuring Hardware
Unpack the Perc 6/E adapter and check for damage
Filler brackets
Installing and Configuring Hardware
System Memory module
Connectory
Connecting Cables to the Controller
Connector on the battery Memory module Battery pack harness
Installing a Tbbu Battery
Installing the Dimm on a Perc 6/E Adapter
Retention clip
Installing a Dimm Perc 6/E adapter
Transferring a Tbbu Between Controllers
Removing the Perc 6/E and Perc 6/i Adapters
Memory module Bracket screw
Removing the Perc 6/E Adapter Battery
Perc 6/i
Removing the Perc 6/i Adapter Bracket screw
Perc 6/E Adapter Dirty Cache LED Location Battery
Removing the Dimm and Battery from a Perc 6/E Adapter
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Installing and Configuring Hardware
Setting up Redundant Path Support on the Perc 6/E Adapter
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Storage
Installing and Configuring Hardware
14. Removing and Installing the Storage Controller Card
Installing the Modular Storage Controller Card
Installing and Configuring Hardware
Installing the Drivers
Installing the Drivers
Installing Windows Driver
Pre-Installation Requirements
Creating the Driver Media
Downloading Drivers From the Dell Support Site
Installing the Drivers
Installing the Drivers
Device Manager screen appears
Click on the Hardware tab
Installing Linux Driver
Dd if=name of the dd image file of=/dev/fd0
Installing the Drivers
Installing the RPM Package With Dkms Support
Driver name, driver version, new kernel version installed
Installing Solaris Driver
Ensure that the driver version is correct
Adding/Updating the Driver to an Existing System
Installing NetWare Driver
Installing the NetWare Driver in a New NetWare System
Press Insert again. a path is displayed
Press Insert again. a path is displayed
Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager
Dell OpenManage Storage Management
RAID Configuration Functions
Entering the Bios Configuration Utility
Bios Configuration Utility
Menu Navigation Controls
Exiting the Configuration Utility
Menu Navigation Keys Notation Meaning and Use Example
Start
Virtual Disks
Word wrap is supported
Menu item Pressing Alt again closes the menu. Menu
VD and press
Press Tab to
Menu Navigation Keys Notation Meaning and Use Example Tab
Among the main menu screens VD Mgmt, PD
Mgmt, Ctrl Mgmt, and Foreign View
Press
Setting Up Virtual Disks
Disk in the List View, select all the virtual disks
Each virtual disk
Default to Write-Back caching
Default setting is Write-Through
Virtual Disk Parameters and Descriptions RAID Level
17 for more information
Creating Virtual Disks
Virtual Disk Management
Configuring and Managing RAID
Configuring and Managing RAID
Checking Data Consistency
Initializing Virtual Disks
Configuring and Managing RAID
Clear
Configuring and Managing RAID
Configuring and Managing RAID
Managing Preserved Cache
An X displays beside the selected physical disks
Managing Dedicated Hot Spares
Deleting Disk Groups
Deleting Virtual Disks
Resetting the Configuration
Bios Configuration Utility Menu Options
Press F2. The action menu appears
Controller # Disk Group #
Operation currently in progress
Size of the virtual disk
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Global hot spare is part of a pool for all virtual disks
Physical Disk Actions Description Make Global HS
Controlled by the controller
You can select the hot spare to have enclosure affinity
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Foreign Configuration View
Setting LED Blinking
Physical Disk Management
Creating Global Hot Spares
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Removing Global or Dedicated Hot Spares
Replacing an Online Physical Disk
Stopping Background Initialization
Performing a Manual Rebuild of an Individual Physical Disk
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Controller Management
Enabling Boot Support
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Enabling Bios Stop on Error
Restoring Factory Default Settings
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Post Error Messages
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ECC error while performing its cache
Backup Battery Unit Errors and Warnings Message Meaning
Or adapter Dimm might be faulty. In that case
Virtual Disks Degraded
Pinned Cache State
Memory Errors
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General Problems
Yellow bang exclamation Point
Turn off the system and reseat the controller
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Physical Disk Related Issues
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Physical Disk Failures and Rebuilds
Disk after one of them
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Is in a failed state
Virtual disk fails
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Smart Errors
Replace Member Errors
Describes issues related to the Replace Member feature
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Linux Operating System Errors
Describes issues related to the Linux operating system
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Controller LED Indicators
10 lists the flash patterns for the status LED
Drive Carrier LED Indicators
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10. Drive Carrier Status LEDs
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Regulatory Notices
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Corporate Contact Details Taiwan Only
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Adapter
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Glossary
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Cache
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Caching
Dkms
ECC Errors
Exclusive-OR
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Glossary
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Host System
Glossary
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Acronym for nanoseconds, one billionth of a second
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PHY
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Protocol
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RAID
Read-Ahead
Redundant Virtual Disk
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RPM
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Sata
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SSP
Write-Back
Virtual Disk
Index
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Controller descriptions Physical disk actions 154
LED
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