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Dell Shared PowerEdge RAID Controller
(PERC) 8 For Dell PowerEdge VRTX Systems
User’s Guide
Regulatory Model: UCPM-800
Contents
Main
Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
Contents
3 Deploying The Shared PERC 8 Card................................................................22
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About The Shared PERC 8 Card
Configurations of the Shared PERC 8 card
Specifications of a Shared PERC 8 card
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Supported Operating Systems
Best Practices For Shared PERC 8
Related Documentation
Locating your system Service Tag
Contacting Dell
Documentation Feedback
Shared PERC 8 Card Features
Physical Disk Power Management
Consistency Checks
Virtual Disk Initialization
Background Initialization Of Virtual Disks
Physical Disk Roaming
Using Physical Disk Roaming
FastPath
Virtual Disk Migration
Migrating Virtual Disks If The Target System Is Turned Off
Migrating Virtual Disks If The Target System Is Turned On
Virtual Disk Cache Policies
Virtual Disk Write Cache Policies
Write-Back
Conditions Under Which Write-Back Is Employed
Conditions Under Which Forced Write-Back With No Battery Is Employed
Write-through
Physical Disk Write Cache Policy
Fault Tolerance
The SMART Feature
Patrol Read
Physical disk failure detection
Physical Disk Hot Swapping
Auto Replacement Of A Virtual Disk Member And Revertible Hot Spares
Shared PERC 8 Card Cache Preservation
Cache Preservation With Non-Volatile Cache
Battery Transparent Learn Cycle
TLC Time Frame
Conditions For Replacing The Battery
The Controller Failover Feature
Multipath Support
Configuring Multipath Support In Windows
Configuring Multipath Support In VMWare
Multipath support in Linux
Deploying The Shared PERC 8 Card
Installing A New Shared PERC 8 Card
Replacing A Shared PERC 8 Card
Prerequisites For Removing The Shared PERC 8 Card
Removing The Shared PERC 8 Card
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Installing The Shared PERC 8 Card
Post-Installation Tasks For Shared PERC 8 Card
Firmware installation or update
Updating firmware
Driver Installation
Downloading Drivers From The Dell Systems Service And Diagnostic Tools Media For Windows
Installing Or Updating Windows Drivers For Shared PERC 8
Installing Or Updating Linux Drivers For Shared PERC 8
Installing Or Updating The Driver Package On RHEL Using KMOD Support
Installing Or Updating The Driver Package On SLES Using KMP Support
Installing Or Updating VMware Drivers For Shared PERC 8
Management Applications For Shared PERC 8 Card
Troubleshooting
Performance variations between write-back and write- through cache modes
Shared PERC 8 Card Boots Into Safe Mode
Degraded State Of Virtual Disks
General Issues
Shared PERC 8 Card Has Yellow Exclamation Mark In Device Manager
Shared PERC 8 Card Not Seen In Device Manager
Critical Errors Or Disk Warning Messages Seen In The Windows Event Log
Physical disk issues
Incorrect Number of Virtual Disks Displayed In Windows Disk Manager
Physical Disk In Failed State
Unable to rebuild a fault tolerant virtual disk
Fatal Error Or Data Corruption Reported
Physical Disk Displayed As Blocked By Management Application
Multiple Disks Become Inaccessible
Rebuilding A Failed Physical Disk
Virtual Disk Fails During Rebuild Using A Global Hot Spare
Virtual Disk Fails During Rebuild Using A Dedicated Hot Spare
Physical disk takes a long time to rebuild
Controller cache issues
SMART Errors
SMART Error Detected On A Physical Disk In A Redundant Virtual Disk
SMART Error Detected On A Physical Disk In A Non-Redundant Virtual Disk
Auto Replacement Member Errors
Source Disk Fails
Target Disk Fails
General Disk Fails
Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns
Getting help
Contacting Dell
Locating your system Service Tag
Documentation feedback