Dell DCL and 3 manuals

Dell DCL and 3 User's Guide (254 pages)

Brand: Dell | Category: Disk arrays | Size: 1.27 MB |

English

Table of contents

PERC 3 User’s Guide

1

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2

Safety Instructions

3

When Using Your Computer

4

Ergonomic Computing Habits

7

Battery Disposal

7

Contents

9

3 RAID Levels

10

4 PERC 3/SC Features

10

6 PERC 3/QC Features

12

7 Configuring PERC 3

12

12 Dell Manager

16

13 Troubleshooting

17

16 Contents

18

18 Figures

20

PERC 3 Overview

26

PERC 3 Features

26

SCSI Channels

27

SCSI Connectors

27

Operating System Support

29

28 Overview

30

Introduction to RAID

31

RAID Definition

32

Components and Features

33

Consistency Check

34

Disk Striping

34

Stripe Width

35

Stripe Size

35

Disk Mirroring

36

Disk Spanning

37

Hot Spares

39

Disk Rebuilds

40

Hot Swap

41

SCSI Drive States

41

Logical Drive States

42

Enclosure Management

42

RAID Levels

43

Selecting a RAID Level

44

44 RAID Levels

46

Figure 3-1. RAID 0 Array

46

46 RAID Levels

48

Figure 3-2. RAID 1 Array

48

48 RAID Levels

50

Figure 3-3. RAID 5 Array

50

50 RAID Levels

52

Figure 3-4. RAID 10 Array

52

52 RAID Levels

54

Figure 3-5. RAID 50 Array

54

PERC 3/SC Features

55

Hardware Requirements

56

Configuration Features

56

SMART Technology

57

Array Performance Features

58

Software Utilities

59

PERC 3/SC Specifications

60

PCI Bridge/CPU

61

Cache Memory

61

60 PERC 3/SC Features

62

SCSI Firmware

63

RAID Management

63

PERC 3/DC and PERC

65

3/DCL Features

65

Configuration on Disk

67

Fault Tolerance Features

69

PERC 3/DC and PERC 3/DCL

70

Specifications

70

PERC 3/DC and PERC 3/DCL BIOS

72

Onboard Speaker

72

Serial Port

72

SCSI Bus

72

PERC 3/QC Features

75

PERC 3/QC Specifications

80

80 PERC 3/QC Features

82

Configuring PERC 3

85

Current Configuration

86

Channel 1

87

Channel 2

88

Logical Drive Configuration

89

Physical Device Layout

91

Configuring Arrays

94

Configuration Strategies

95

Maximizing Capacity

96

Assigning RAID Levels

97

Configuring Logical Drives

98

Optimizing Data Storage

98

Array Functions

99

Random Array Deletion

101

Configuration Module

102

PERC 3/SC Hardware

103

Installation

103

Requirements

104

Installation Steps

105

PERC 3/SC Card Layout

105

Step 1—Unpack

106

Step 2—Power Down

106

Step 3—Set Jumpers

107

J9 I2C Interface Connector

108

J5 Serial Port

108

J8 Hard Disk LED

109

J10 Term Power

109

Step 4—Set SCSI Termination

110

SCSI Termination

111

Selecting a Terminator

111

Step 5—Install PERC 3/SC

113

Motherboard

114

Step 6—Connect SCSI Cables

115

Step 7—Set Target IDs

116

Step 8—Power On Host System

117

PERC 3/DC or PERC

119

3/DCL Hardware

119

PERC 3/DC Card Layout

121

PERC 3/DCL Card Layout

122

J2, and J3 Termination Enable

124

J9 Onboard BIOS Enable

124

J10 NVRAM Clear

125

J11 Serial Port

125

J13 Dirty Cache LED

125

J14 SCSI Activity LED

126

J16 and J18 TERMPWR Enable

126

PERC 3/DC and 3/DCL

128

Step 7—Connect SCSI Cables

130

Connect SCSI Devices

131

Cable Suggestions

131

PERC 3/QC Hardware

135

PERC 3/QC Card Layout

137

J14 Serial Port

141

J17 Dirty Cache LED

141

J19 Onboard BIOS Enable

141

Figure 10-4

144

Step 5—Install PERC 3/QC

145

Step 8—Power on Host System

148

WebBIOS Configuration Utility

149

PERC 3 BIOS

151

Configuration Utility

151

Configuration On Disk

152

Starting the PERC 3 BIOS

152

Options

153

Configure Menu

154

Initialize Menu

155

Objects Menu

155

(continued)

156

Logical Drive

157

Virtual Sizing

157

Physical Drive

158

Battery Information

159

Format Menu

160

Rebuild Menu

160

Check Consistency Menu

161

Easy Configuration

162

New Configuration

162

View/Add Configuration

163

Press <F4>

164

Using Easy Configuration

165

Using New Configuration

169

Using View/Add Configuration

175

18 Set the Read Policy

179

19 Set the Read Policy

179

Initializing Logical Drives

180

Deletion)

181

Formatting Physical Drives

182

Batch Formatting

183

Individual Formatting

183

Rebuilding Failed Disk Drives

184

Exiting the PERC 3 BIOS

186

Setting Hardware Termination

186

Clustering

187

Dell Manager

189

Starting Dell Manager

190

Management Menu Options

191

Dell Manager Menu Options

192

Logical Drive Settings

193

Physical Drive Menu

194

12-8 displays the menu items

195

Reconstruct Menu

197

Parameters

198

Formatting Drives

202

Exiting Dell Manager

204

Troubleshooting

205

Overview

206

BIOS Boot Error Messages

207

Other BIOS Error Messages

210

Other Potential Problems

211

Audible Warnings

212

Appendix A: SCSI

213

Cables and Connectors

213

Appendix B:

215

Warranties and Return

215

General Provisions

221

Guarantee

237

Exclusions

237

Making a Claim

237

Glossary

239

238 Glossary

240

Glossary 239

241

240 Glossary

242

Glossary 241

243

242 Glossary

244

Glossary 243

245

244 Glossary

246

Glossary 245

247

246 Glossary

248

Index 247

249

248 Index

250

249 Index

251

250 Index

252

Printed in the U.S.A

254

P/N 5C229 Rev. A04

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Dell DCL and 3 User's Guide (37 pages)

Brand: Dell | Category: Disk arrays | Size: 0.44 MB |

English

Table of contents

WebBIOS

1

Configuration Utility

1

____________________

2

Contents

3

Features

6

Starting the WebBIOS Utility

7

Main Menu Screen

8

WebBIOS Toolbar Icons

9

Adapter Properties

11

Scan Devices

13

SCSI Channel Properties

14

SCSI Channels

15

Other Options

15

Logical Drives

16

Initialize

17

Check Consistency

17

Properties

18

Boot from a Logical Drive

19

Physical Drives

20

Configuration Wizard

21

Select Configuration

22

Array Definition

23

Logical Drive Definition

24

4 Select the Read Policy

25

5 Select the Write Policy

25

6 Select the Cache Policy

26

Configuration Preview

27

Adapter Selection

28

Physical View\Logical View

29

Configuration Mismatch

30

Random Array Deletion

31

Configuration Constraints

32

Index 31

35

32 Index

36

Printed in the U.S.A

37

P/N 48TCJ Rev. A04

37

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