Users Guide
Physical Disk Is Oine Or Displays An Error Status.............................................................................................154
Receive A Bad Block Alert With Replacement, Sense, Or Medium Error......................................................... 154
Alerts 2146 Through 2150 Received During A Rebuild Or While A Virtual Disk Is Degraded.......................... 155
Alerts 2146 Through 2150 Received While Performing IO, Consistency Check, Format, Or Other
Operation...................................................................................................................................................................155
Read And Write Operations Experience Problems...............................................................................................155
A Task Menu Option Is Not Displayed....................................................................................................................155
A Corrupt Disk Or Drive Message Suggests Running Autocheck During A Reboot........................................156
Erroneous Status And Error Messages After A Windows Hibernation..............................................................156
Storage Management May Delay Before Updating Temperature Probe Status...............................................156
Storage Management May Delay Displaying Storage Devices After Reboot....................................................156
You Are Unable To Log Into A Remote System.....................................................................................................156
Cannot Connect To Remote System Running Microsoft Windows Server 2003............................................ 156
Reconguring A Virtual Disk Displays Error In Mozilla Browser.......................................................................... 157
Physical Disks Are Displayed Under The Connector Object Instead Of The Enclosure Object...................... 157
PCIe SSD Troubleshooting............................................................................................................................................ 157
Peripheral Component Interconnect Express Solid-State Drive Is Not Visible In The Operating System..... 157
PCIe SSD Is Not Visible In Disk Management In The Operating System.......................................................... 158
19 Frequently Asked Questions..................................................................................................................... 159
Why Is A Rebuild Not Working......................................................................................................................................159
How To Avoid Removing The Wrong Disk...................................................................................................................159
How Can I Safely Remove Or Replace A Physical Disk............................................................................................. 159
How Do I Recover From Removing The Wrong Physical Disk..................................................................................160
How Do I Identify The Firmware Version That Is Installed.........................................................................................160
Which Controllers Do I Have......................................................................................................................................... 160
Which RAID Level Is Best For Me................................................................................................................................ 160
20 Supported Features.................................................................................................................................. 161
Supported Features On PERC Hardware Controllers.................................................................................................161
Controller Tasks Supported On PERC Hardware Controllers................................................................................... 162
Battery Tasks Supported On PERC Hardware Controllers....................................................................................... 166
Connector Tasks Supported By PERC Hardware Controllers...................................................................................166
Physical Disk Tasks Supported By PERC Hardware Controllers...............................................................................167
Virtual Disk Tasks Supported By PERC Hardware Controllers................................................................................. 169
Virtual Disk Specications For PERC Hardware Controllers......................................................................................171
RAID Levels Supported By PERC Hardware Controllers........................................................................................... 176
Read, Write, Cache And Disk Cache Policy Supported By PERC Hardware Controllers.......................................177
Supported Features On The PERC Software RAID Controllers............................................................................... 178
Supported Features On PERC Software RAID Controllers................................................................................. 179
Controller Tasks Supported On The PERC Software RAID Controllers.............................................................179
Physical Disk Tasks Supported By The PERC Software RAID Controllers........................................................179
Virtual Disk Tasks Supported By The PERC Software Controllers.....................................................................180
Virtual Disk Specications For PERC Software RAID Controllers.......................................................................181
RAID Levels Supported By The PERC Software RAID Controllers.................................................................... 182
Read Write Cache And Disk Cache Policy Supported By The PERC Software RAID Controllers................. 183
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