Users Guide
Physical Disk Is Oine Or Displays An Error Status.............................................................................................156
Receive A Bad Block Alert With Replacement, Sense, Or Medium Error......................................................... 156
Alerts 2146 Through 2150 Received During A Rebuild Or While A Virtual Disk Is Degraded...........................157
Alerts 2146 Through 2150 Received While Performing IO, Consistency Check, Format, Or Other
Operation................................................................................................................................................................... 157
Read And Write Operations Experience Problems............................................................................................... 157
A Task Menu Option Is Not Displayed.................................................................................................................... 157
A Corrupt Disk Or Drive Message Suggests Running Autocheck During A Reboot........................................158
Erroneous Status And Error Messages After A Windows Hibernation..............................................................158
Storage Management May Delay Before Updating Temperature Probe Status...............................................158
Storage Management May Delay Displaying Storage Devices After Reboot....................................................158
You Are Unable To Log Into A Remote System.....................................................................................................158
Cannot Connect To Remote System Running Microsoft Windows Server 2003............................................ 158
Reconguring A Virtual Disk Displays Error In Mozilla Browser..........................................................................159
Physical Disks Are Displayed Under The Connector Object Instead Of The Enclosure Object......................159
PCIe SSD Troubleshooting............................................................................................................................................ 159
Peripheral Component Interconnect Express Solid-State Drive Is Not Visible In The Operating System.....159
PCIe SSD Is Not Visible In Disk Management In The Operating System.......................................................... 160
19 Frequently Asked Questions...................................................................................................................... 161
Why Is A Rebuild Not Working.......................................................................................................................................161
How To Avoid Removing The Wrong Disk....................................................................................................................161
How Can I Safely Remove Or Replace A Physical Disk.............................................................................................. 161
How Do I Recover From Removing The Wrong Physical Disk..................................................................................162
How Do I Identify The Firmware Version That Is Installed.........................................................................................162
Which Controllers Do I Have......................................................................................................................................... 162
Which RAID Level Is Best For Me................................................................................................................................ 162
20 Supported Features..................................................................................................................................163
Supported Features On PERC Hardware Controllers................................................................................................163
Controller Tasks Supported On PERC Hardware Controllers................................................................................... 164
Battery Tasks Supported On PERC Hardware Controllers....................................................................................... 169
Connector Tasks Supported By PERC Hardware Controllers...................................................................................170
Physical Disk Tasks Supported By PERC Hardware Controllers...............................................................................170
Virtual Disk Tasks Supported By PERC Hardware Controllers..................................................................................173
Virtual Disk Specications For PERC Hardware Controllers..................................................................................... 176
RAID Levels Supported By PERC Hardware Controllers...........................................................................................182
Read, Write, Cache And Disk Cache Policy Supported By PERC Hardware Controllers...................................... 184
Supported Features On The PERC Software RAID Controllers............................................................................... 186
Supported Features On PERC Software RAID Controllers.................................................................................186
Controller Tasks Supported On The PERC Software RAID Controllers............................................................ 186
Physical Disk Tasks Supported By The PERC Software RAID Controllers........................................................187
Virtual Disk Tasks Supported By The PERC Software Controllers.....................................................................188
Virtual Disk Specications For PERC Software RAID Controllers......................................................................189
RAID Levels Supported By The PERC Software RAID Controllers.....................................................................191
Read Write Cache And Disk Cache Policy Supported By The PERC Software RAID Controllers................. 192
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