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Contents
9
A
Regulatory Notices
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133
B
Corporate Contact Details (T
aiwan Only)
135
Glossary
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137
Index
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1 WARNING: Safety Instructions
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SAFETY: General
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SAFETY: When Working Inside Your System
12
Protecting against Electrostatic Discharge
13
SAFETY: Battery Disposal
14
2 Overview
15
PERC 6 and CERC 6/I Controller Descriptions
15
PCI Architecture
15
Operating System Support
16
RAID Description
16
Summary of RAID Levels
17
RAID Terminology
17
3 About PERC 6 and CERC 6/I Controllers
21
PERC 6 and CERC 6 Controller Features
21
Using the SMART Feature
24
Initializing Virtual Disks
25
Background Initialization
25
Full Initialization of Virtual Disks
26
Fast Initialization of Virtual Disks
26
Consistency Checks
26
Disk Roaming
27
Disk Migration
27
Compatibility with Virtual Disks Created on PERC 5 Controllers
28
Compatibility with Virtual Disks Created on SAS 6/Ir Controllers
28
Migrating Virtual Disks from SAS 6/Ir to PERC 6 and CERC 6/I
29
Battery Management
30
Battery Warranty Information
30
Battery Learn Cycle
31
Learn Cycle Completion Time Frame
31
Virtual Disk Write Cache Policies
32
Write-Back and Write-Through
32
Conditions under Which Write-Back Is Employed
32
Conditions under Which Write-Through Is Employed
33
Conditions under Which Forced Write-Back with no Battery Is Employed
33
Virtual Disk Read Policies
33
Reconfiguring Virtual Disks
33
Fault Tolerance Features
36
Physical Disk Hot Swapping
36
Failed Physical Disk Detection
37
Redundant Path with Static Load Balancing Support
37
Using Replace Member and Revertible Hot Spares
37
Patrol Read
38
Patrol Read Feature
38
Patrol Read Modes
39
4 Installing and Configuring Hardware
41
Installing the PERC 6/E and PERC 6/I Adapters
41
Installing the Transportable Battery Backup Unit (TBBU) on PERC 6/E
46
Installing the DIMM on a PERC 6/E Adapter
47
Transferring a TBBU between Controllers
48
Removing the PERC 6/E and PERC 6/I Adapters
49
Removing the DIMM and Battery from a PERC 6/E Adapter
52
Disconnecting the BBU from a PERC 6/I Adapter or a PERC 6/I Integrated Controller
54
Setting up Redundant Path Support on the PERC 6/E Adapter
55
Reverting from Redundant Path Support to Single Path Support on the PERC 6/E Adapter
58
Removing and Installing the PERC 6/I and CERC 6/I Integrated Storage Controller Cards in Dell Modular Blade Systems (Service-Only Procedure)
59
Installing the Storage Controller Card
60
5 Driver Installation
63
Installing Windows Drivers
64
Creating the Driver Media
64
Pre-Installation Requirements
64
Installing the Driver During a Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP Operating System Installation
65
Installing the Driver During a Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista Installation
66
Installing a Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, or Windows XP Driver for a New RAID Controller
67
Updating an Existing Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, or Windows Vista Driver
68
Installing Linux Driver
69
Installing Red hat Enterprise Linux Operating System Using the Driver Update Diskette
71
Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Using the Driver Update Diskette
71
Installing the RPM Package with DKMS Support
72
Installing Solaris Driver
74
Installing Solaris 10 on a Poweredge System
74
Adding/Updating the Driver to an Existing System
75
Installing Netware Drivers
75
Installing the Netware Driver in a New Netware System
75
Installing or Updating the Netware Driver in an Existing Netware System
76
6 Configuring and Managing RAID
77
Dell Openmanage Storage Management
77
Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager
77
RAID Configuration Functions
78
BIOS Configuration Utility
79
Entering the BIOS Configuration Utility
79
Exiting the Configuration Utility
80
Menu Navigation Controls
80
Setting up Virtual Disks
83
Virtual Disk Management
85
Creating Virtual Disks
85
Initializing Virtual Disks
88
Checking Data Consistency
88
Importing or Clearing Foreign Configurations Using the VD Mgmt Menu
89
Importing or Clearing Foreign Configurations Using the Foreign Configuration View Screen
90
Managing Preserved Cache
93
Managing Dedicated Hot Spares
94
Deleting Virtual Disks
95
Deleting Disk Groups
95
Resetting the Configuration
96
BIOS Configuration Utility Menu Options
96
Physical Disk Management
105
Setting LED Blinking
105
Creating Global Hot Spares
105
Removing Global or Dedicated Hot Spares
106
Replacing an Online Physical Disk
107
Stopping Background Initialization
108
Performing a Manual Rebuild of an Individual Physical Disk
108
Controller Management
109
Enabling Boot Support
109
Enabling BIOS Stop on Error
110
Restoring Factory Default Settings
111
7 Troubleshooting
113
Post Error Messages
113
Virtual Disks Degraded
119
Memory Errors
120
Pinned Cache State
120
General Problems
121
Physical Disk Related Issues
122
Physical Disk Failures and Rebuilds
123
SMART Errors
125
Replace Member Errors
126
Linux Operating System Errors
127
Controller LED Indicators
129
Drive Carrier LED Indicators
130
Regulatory Notices
133
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