Users Guide

7. Power Up chassis.
8. External Shared PERC 8 card is not in HighAvailabiltiy Mode and the following command is used to view the status:
racadm raid get controllers -o -p HighAvailabilityMode
Conversion of External Shared PERC 8 card Non-High Availability to High Availability Mode
using RACADM
Dell PowerEdge VRTX chassis must have External Shared PERC 8 cards in PCI slot 5 and PCI slot 6.
Workow
1. Power down chassis. Disconnect all SAS cables from External Shared PERC 8 cards to MD12x0 enclosures.
2. Power Up chassis.
3. Login to CMC Racadm and run the following command when the servers are in powered o state:
racadm raid set controllers:RAID.ChassisSlot.5-1 –p HighAvailabilityMode ha
4. Run the command racadm raid set controllers:RAID.ChassisSlot.6-1 –p HighAvailabilityMode ha
on External Shared PERC 8 card in slot 6.
5. Resetting both the PERCs may take two minutes to reect in HA mode.
6. Power down chassis and connect the enclosures in HA Mode.
7. Power Up chassis.
8. External Shared PERC 8 card is in HighAvailabiltiy Mode and the HA status is seen by using the following command:
racadm raid get controllers -o -p HighAvailabilityMode
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