Deploying the Perc card, Driver installation | Dell UCPB-900

Conditions under which write-back is employed	31
Conditions under which forced write-back with no battery is employed	31
Virtual disk read cache policies	31
Reconfiguration of virtual disks	32
Fault tolerance	34
The SMART Feature	34
Patrol Read	35
Physical disk failure detection	35
Using persistent hot spare slots	35
Physical disk hot swapping	36
Using replace member and revertible hot spares	36
Controller cache preservation	36
Battery Transparent Learn Cycle	37
Non-RAID disks support	37
4 Deploying the PERC card	39
Removing the PERC 9 adapter	39
Installing the PERC 9 adapter	41
Removing the PERC 9 mini monolithic controller	41
Replacing the battery of a H730P mini monolithic card	42
Installing the PERC 9 mini monolithic controller	44
Removing a H730P slim card	45
Replacing the battery of a H730P slim card	46
Installing a H730P slim card	48
Removing the PERC 9 mini blade controller	48
Replacing the tethered battery of a PERC 9 mini blade card	49
Installing the PERC 9 mini blade controller	53
Removing the PERC FD33xD Card	54
Replacing the battery of a PERC FD33xD card	55
Installing the PERC FD33xD card	56
5 Driver installation	58
Creating the device driver media	58
Downloading drivers from the Dell support website	58
Downloading drivers from the Dell systems service and diagnostic tools media	59
Windows driver installation	59
Installing the driver during a Windows Server 2008 R2 and newer installation	59
Installing the driver after Windows Server 2008 R2 and newer installation	59
Updating PERC 9 driver for existing Windows Server 2008 R2 and newer	60
Linux driver installation	60
Installing or updating the RPM driver package with KMOD support	61
Installing or updating the RPM driver package with KMP support	61

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Dell UCPB-900, UCSE-900, UCSA-901, UCPA-901, UCSB-900, and UCPE-900 manual Deploying the Perc card, Driver installation

Contents

Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller Perc 9 User’s Guide Page Contents Driver installation Deploying the Perc card Bios Configuration Utility UEFI/HII RAID configuration utility Security key and RAID management 100 Appendix RAID description Getting help Features of Perc H330 adapter card Overview Features of Perc H330 mini monolithic card Features of Perc H730 card Features of Perc H730/H730P mini monolithic card Features of Perc H730P adapter card Features of Perc H830 adapter card Supported operating systems Perc card specifications Perc H330 Perc H730 Perc H730P Perc H830 SAS Comprehensive embedded management Management applications for Perc cardsDell OpenManage Storage Management Related documentation Getting started with your Perc card Creating Global Hot Spares Creating Security Key Creating Global Hot Spares Creating Security Key Creating virtual disks Setting up virtual disks Manage physical disks Creating Global Hot Spares Creating Security Key Page Features Perc 9 personality managementT10 protection information Enabling T10 PI Secure firmware update Improved RAID 10 configurationPhysical disk power management 4KB block size disk drives Types of virtual disk initialization Configured spin down delayFull initialization Consistency checks Background initializationFast initialization Using disk roaming Configuring FastPath-capable virtual disksDisk roaming FastPath Virtual disk migration Migrating virtual disks Virtual disk read cache policies Virtual disk write cache policiesConditions under which write-back is employed Reconfiguration of virtual disks Or more Yes Removes Redundancy While increasing Capacity Fault tolerance Smart Feature Patrol Read Using persistent hot spare slotsPhysical disk failure detection Physical disk hot swapping Using replace member and revertible hot sparesController cache preservation Battery Transparent Learn Cycle Non-RAID disks support Select OK Deploying the Perc card Removing the Perc 9 adapter Battery cable connector Perc 9 card SAS cables Installing the Perc 9 adapter Removing the Perc 9 mini monolithic controller Replacing the battery of a H730P mini monolithic card Removing and installing the Perc 9 mini monolithic card Removing the battery carrier Installing the Perc 9 mini monolithic controller Removing the battery Removing a H730P slim card Replacing the battery of a H730P slim card Removing and installing a H730P slim card Removing the battery Installing a H730P slim card Removing the Perc 9 mini blade controller Replacing the tethered battery of a Perc 9 mini blade card Removing and installing the Perc 9 mini blade controller Removing the battery carrier Removing the battery from the battery carrier Installing the battery into the battery carrier Installing the Perc 9 mini blade controller Replacing the battery carrier Removing the Perc FD33xD Card Replacing the battery of a Perc FD33xD card Removing and installing the Perc FD33xD card Installing the Perc FD33xD card Page Creating the device driver media Driver installationDownloading drivers from the Dell support website Windows driver installation Linux driver installation Page Entering the Bios Configuration Utility Bios Configuration UtilityExiting the Configuration Utility Menu navigation controls Setting up virtual disks For more information, see Managing dedicated hot spares Parameters description Bios Configuration Utility menu options Virtual disk managementPage Virtual disk actions Physical disk management PD Mgmt Physical disk actions Rebuild Controller management Ctrl Mgmt Controller management actions Virtual Disk Management Foreign configuration viewCreating virtual disks Selecting virtual disk parameters Initializing virtual disks Checking data consistency Running a data consistency checkPage Break mirror Break mirror in Bios configuration utility Managing preserved cache Managing dedicated hot spares Deleting virtual disks Clearing the configuration Setting LED blinkingPhysical Disk Management Deleting disk groups Removing global or dedicated hot spares Creating global hot sparesReplacing an online physical disk Stopping background initialization Restrictions and limitationsPerforming a manual rebuild of an individual physical disk Enabling boot support for a BIOS-enabled controller Enabling boot supportController Management Enabling Bios stop on error Disabling Bios stop on errorEnabling auto import Disabling auto import Restoring factory default settings UEFI/HII RAID configuration utility Entering the Uefi configuration utilityExiting the Uefi configuration utility Navigating to Dell Perc 9 configuration utility Configuration management Creating profile based virtual disks Converting physical disks to RAID capable diskConverting physical disks to non-RAID disk Viewing disk group properties Managing foreign configurations on a RAID controller Deleting existing configurations on a RAID controllerRestoring factory settings for the controller Saving controller events Enabling security for the controller Switching the controller to HBA modeSaving debug log Viewing virtual disk properties Switching the controller to RAID modeViewing physical disks associated with a virtual disk Hardware components management Viewing battery propertiesViewing physical disk properties Viewing physical disks associated with an enclosure Security key and RAID management Security key management in the Bios configuration utilitySecurity key implementation Creating a security key Local Key Management LKMChanging the security key Creating secured virtual disks Deleting a security keySecuring pre-existing virtual disks Page Instant secure erase Troubleshooting Bios configuration utility error messagesDiscovery error message Extra enclosure error message Missing virtual disks error message Previous configuration of disks removed error messageDirty cache data error message Drive Configuration Changes Error Message Bios disabled error messageAdapter at baseport not responding error message Virtual disks degraded error message Virtual disks offline error messageVirtual disks partially degraded error message Memory or battery problem error message Firmware fault state error messageForeign configuration found error message Foreign configuration not found in ctrl R error message Previous configuration cleared or missing error message Invalid SAS topology detected error messageConfigured disks removed or not accessible error message Degraded state of virtual disks Memory errors Security key errorsSecured foreign import errors Preserved Cache State General Issues Physical disk issues Unable to rebuild a fault tolerant virtual disk Fatal error or data corruption reportedMultiple disks become inaccessible Physical disk displayed as blocked Virtual disk fails during rebuild using a global hot spare Virtual disk fails rebuild using a dedicated hot spareRebuilding a failed physical disk Physical disk takes a long time to rebuild Smart errors Replace member errors Linux operating system errors Source disk fails during replace member operationTarget disk fails General disk fails Disk Carrier LED Indicators Uefi error messagesUnable to register Scsi device error message Unhealthy Status of the Drivers Corrective Action Appendix RAID description Summary of RAID levelsRAID terminology Disk striping Disk mirroring Spanned RAID levels Parity data Example of Distributed Parity RAID Locating your system Service Tag Getting helpContacting Dell Documentation feedback