Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 3 User's Guide download pdf (Page 45)

Installing and Configuring Hardware 45

Figure 4-4. Connecting Cables to the Controller

Replace the cover of the system. For more information on closing the

system, see the

Hardware Owner’s Manual

shipped with your system or on

the Dell Support website at

support.dell.com

Reconnect the power and network cables, and turn on the system.

1 cable 3 PERC 6/i adapter

2 connector

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User’s Guide 1
Notes, Cautions, and Warnings 2
Contents 3
4 Contents 4
6 Contents 6
8 Contents 8
Contents 9 9
10 Contents 10
WARNING: Safety Instructions 11
SAFETY: Battery Disposal 14
Overview 15
Operating System Support 16
RAID Description 16
Summary of RAID Levels 17
RAID Terminology 17
Disk Mirroring 18
Spanned RAID Levels 19
Parity Data 19
20 Overview 20
About PERC 6 and CERC 6/i 21
Controllers 21
Using the SMART Feature 24
Initializing Virtual Disks 25
Consistency Checks 26
Disk Roaming 27
Disk Migration 27
Battery Management 30
Battery Learn Cycle 31
Write-Back and Write-Through 32
Virtual Disk Read Policies 33
Reconfiguring Virtual Disks 33
Fault Tolerance Features 36
Patrol Read 38
Patrol Read Modes 39
Installing and Configuring 41
Hardware 41
Unit (TBBU) on PERC 6/E 46
PERC 6/E Adapter 55
Procedure) 59
Driver Installation 63
Installing Windows Drivers 64
Operating System Installation 65
Installation 66
Installing Linux Driver 69
Update Diskette 71
Upgrading the Kernel 73
Installing Solaris Driver 74
Installing NetWare Drivers 75
RAID Configuration Functions 78
Menu Navigation Controls 80
Setting Up Virtual Disks 83
Virtual Disk Management 85
Checking Data Consistency 88
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
Virtual Disk Actions 101
Foreign Configuration View 104
Physical Disk Management 105
Configuring and Managing RAID 106
Restrictions and Limitations 108
Controller Management 109
Enabling BIOS Stop on Error 110
Troubleshooting 113
114 Troubleshooting 114
116 Troubleshooting 116
118 Troubleshooting 118
X. Perform a rescan after 118
Virtual Disks Degraded 119
Memory Errors 120
Pinned Cache State 120
General Problems 121
Physical Disk Related Issues 122
124 Troubleshooting 124
SMART Errors 125
Replace Member Errors 126
Linux Operating System Errors 127
128 Troubleshooting 128
Controller LED Indicators 129
Drive Carrier LED Indicators 130
132 Troubleshooting 132
Regulatory Notices 133
134 Regulatory Notices 134
Dell B.V. Taiwan Branch 135
Tai p e i , Tai w a n 135
Glossary 137
Battery Backup Unit (BBU) 138
BIOS Configuration Utility 138
Glossary 139 139
Glossary 141 141
Glossary 143 143
Initialization 144
Inter-IC 144
Load-balancing 144
Glossary 145 145
Glossary 147 147
Physical Disk 148
Physical Disk States 148
Glossary 149 149
Read-Ahead 150
Rebuild Rate 150
Reconstruct 150
Redundancy 150
Redundant Virtual Disk 151
Replace Member 151
Replacement Disk 151
Replacement Unit 151
Revertible Hot Spare 151
Spanning 153
Virtual Disk 155
Write-Back 155
Write-Through 155
156 Glossary 156
Index 157 157
Index 159 159

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