Appendix RAID description, Getting help | Dell UCPA-901, UCSE-900

Rebuilding a failed physical disk	107
Virtual disk fails during rebuild using a global hot spare	107
Virtual disk fails during rebuild using a dedicated hot spare	107
Physical disk fails during reconstruction on redundant virtual disk	107
Virtual disk fails rebuild using a dedicated hot spare	107
Physical disk takes a long time to rebuild	107
SMART errors	108
Smart error detected on a physical disk in a redundant virtual disk	108
Smart error detected on a physical disk in a non-redundant virtual disk	108
Replace member errors	108
Source disk fails during replace member operation	109
Target disk fails	109
General disk fails	109
Linux operating system errors	109
Virtual disk policy is assumed as write-through error message	109
Unable to register SCSI device error message	110
Disk Carrier LED Indicators	110
UEFI error messages	110
Unhealthy Status of the Drivers	110
10 Appendix: RAID description	112
Summary of RAID levels	112
RAID terminology	112
Disk striping	112
Disk mirroring	113
Spanned RAID levels	113
Parity data	114
11 Getting help	115
Contacting Dell	115
Documentation feedback	115
Locating your system Service Tag	115

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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 Dell OpenManage Storage Management Management applications for Perc cardsComprehensive embedded 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 Full initialization Configured spin down delayTypes of virtual disk initialization Fast initialization Background initializationConsistency checks Using disk roaming Configuring FastPath-capable virtual disksDisk roaming FastPath Virtual disk migration Migrating virtual disks Conditions under which write-back is employed Virtual disk write cache policiesVirtual disk read cache policies Reconfiguration of virtual disks Or more Yes Removes Redundancy While increasing Capacity Fault tolerance Smart Feature Physical disk failure detection Using persistent hot spare slotsPatrol Read Controller cache preservation Using replace member and revertible hot sparesPhysical disk hot swapping 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 Downloading drivers from the Dell support website Driver installationCreating the device driver media Windows driver installation Linux driver installation Page Exiting the Configuration Utility Bios Configuration UtilityEntering the Bios 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 Creating virtual disks Foreign configuration viewVirtual Disk Management 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 Replacing an online physical disk Creating global hot sparesRemoving global or dedicated hot spares Performing a manual rebuild of an individual physical disk Restrictions and limitationsStopping background initialization Controller Management Enabling boot supportEnabling boot support for a BIOS-enabled controller 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 Saving debug log Switching the controller to HBA modeEnabling security for the controller Viewing physical disks associated with a virtual disk Switching the controller to RAID modeViewing virtual disk properties Viewing physical disk properties Viewing battery propertiesHardware components management Viewing physical disks associated with an enclosure Security key implementation Security key management in the Bios configuration utilitySecurity key and RAID management Changing the security key Local Key Management LKMCreating a security key Securing pre-existing virtual disks Deleting a security keyCreating secured virtual disks Page Instant secure erase Troubleshooting Bios configuration utility error messagesDiscovery error message Extra enclosure error message Dirty cache data error message Previous configuration of disks removed error messageMissing virtual disks error message Adapter at baseport not responding error message Bios disabled error messageDrive Configuration Changes Error Message Virtual disks partially degraded error message Virtual disks offline error messageVirtual disks 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