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7 External Shared PERC 8 card is not in HighAvailabiltiy Mode and navigate to Storage→ Troubleshooting→ Setup Troubleshooting to
view the Non-HA status.
Conversion of External Shared PERC 8 card Non-High
Availability to High Availability Mode using Web Interface
Dell PowerEdge VRTX chassis must have 2 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 web interface and navigate to the Storage→ Controllers→ Troubleshooting and enable Fault tolerance from the drop-
down menu for External Shared PERC 8 card in slot 5, click Apply and select disable for slot 6, and then click Apply.
4 Resetting both the PERCs may take two minutes to reect in HA mode.
5 Power down chassis and connect the enclosures in HA Mode.
6 Power Up chassis.
7 External Shared PERC 8 card is in HighAvailabiltiy Mode and navigate to Storage→ Troubleshooting→ Setup Troubleshooting to
view the HA status.
Conversion of External Shared PERC 8 card High Availability to
Non-High Availability Mode using RACADM
Dell PowerEdge VRTX chassis must have 2 External Shared PERC 8 cards in PCI slot 5 and PCI slot 6 must be in HA mode.
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 None
4 Run the command racadm raid set controllers:RAID.ChassisSlot.6-1 –p HighAvailabilityMode None 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 Non-HA Mode.
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.
Logging in to CMC
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