Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerEdge RAID Controller 10 User’s Guide PERC H345, H740P, H745, H745P MX, and H840
- Contents
- Overview
- Getting Started
- Features
- Controller features
- Virtual disk features
- Hard drive features
- Fault tolerance
- Operating system device enumeration
- Controller mode
- Non-RAID disk
- Deploying the PERC card
- Removing the PERC H345 adapter
- Installing the PERC H345 adapter
- Removing the PERC H345 front card
- Installing the PERC H345 front card
- Removing the PERC H740P adapter
- Installing the PERC H740P adapter
- Removing the PERC H740P mini monolithic
- Installing the PERC H740P mini monolithic
- Removing the PERC H745 adapter
- Installing the PERC H745 adapter
- Removing the PERC H745 front card
- Installing the PERC H745 front card
- Removing the PERC H745P MX adapter card
- Installing the PERC H745P MX adapter card
- Removing the PERC H840 card
- Installing the PERC H840 card
- Part replacement of a PERC card in eHBA mode
- Part replacement of a PERC card in RAID mode with another in eHBA mode
- Driver installation
- Creating the device driver media
- Windows driver installation
- Installing the driver during a Windows Server 2012 R2 and newer installation
- Installing the driver after Windows Server 2012 R2 and newer installation
- Updating PERC 10 driver for existing Windows Server 2012 R2 and newer
- Linux driver installation
- Firmware
- HII configuration utility
- Entering the HII configuration utility
- Exiting the HII configuration utility
- Navigating to Dell PERC 10 configuration utility
- HII Configuration utility dashboard view options
- Configuration management
- Controller management
- Virtual disk management
- Physical disk management
- Hardware components
- Security key management in the HII configuration utility
- Security key and RAID management
- Security key implementation
- Local Key Management
- Creating security key
- Changing Security Settings
- Disabling security key
- Create secured virtual disk
- Secure non-RAID disks
- Secure preexisting virtual disk
- Importing secure virtual disk
- Import secured non-RAID disk
- Dell EMC OpenManage Secure Enterprise Key Manager
- Troubleshooting
- Single virtual disk performance or latency in hypervisor configurations
- Adapter at baseport not responding error message
- BIOS disabled error message
- Configured disks removed or not accessible error message
- Dirty cache data error message
- Discovery error message
- Drive Configuration Changes Error Message
- Windows operating system installation errors
- Firmware fault state error message
- Extra enclosure error message
- Foreign configuration found error message
- Foreign configuration not found in HII error message
- Degraded state of virtual disks
- Memory errors
- Preserved Cache State
- Security key errors
- General issues
- Physical disk issues
- Physical disk in failed state
- Unable to rebuild a fault tolerant virtual disk
- Fatal error or data corruption reported
- Physical disk displayed as blocked
- Multiple disks are inaccessible
- Rebuilding data for a failed physical disk
- Virtual disk fails during rebuild using a global hot spare
- Dedicated hot spare disk fails during rebuild
- Redundant virtual disk fails during reconstruction
- Virtual disk fails rebuild using a dedicated hot spare
- Physical disk takes a long time to rebuild
- SMART errors
- Replace member errors
- Linux operating system errors
- Drive indicator codes
- HII error messages
- Appendix RAID description
- Getting help
- Documentation resources
See the following table for a list of RLM or OCE options: The source RAID level column indicates the virtual disk RAID level
before the RLM or OCE operation and the target RAID level column indicates the RAID level after the RLM or OCE operation.
Table 5. RAID level migration
Source RAID
Level
Target RAID
Level
Number of Physical
Disks (Beginning)
Number of
Physical Disks
(End)
Capacity
Expansio
n
Possible
Description
RAID 0 RAID 0 1 or more 2 or more Yes Increases capacity by adding
disks.
RAID 0 RAID 1 1 2 Yes Converts a non-redundant virtual
disk into a mirrored virtual disk
by adding one disk.
RAID 0 RAID 5 1 or more 3 or more Yes Adds distributed parity
redundancy; at least one disk
needs to be added.
RAID 0 RAID 6 1 or more 4 or more Yes Adds dual distributed parity
redundancy; at least two disks
need to be added.
RAID 1 RAID 0 2 2 or more Yes Removes redundancy while
increasing capacity.
RAID 1 RAID 5 2 3 or more Yes Maintains redundancy while
adding capacity.
RAID 1 RAID 6 2 4 or more Yes Adds dual distributed parity
redundancy and adds capacity.
RAID 5 RAID 0 3 or more 2 or more Yes Converts to a non-redundant
virtual disk and reclaims disk
space that is used for distributed
parity data; one disk can be
removed.
RAID 5 RAID 5 3 or more 4 or more Yes Increases capacity by adding
disks.
RAID 5 RAID 6 3 or more 4 or more Yes Adds dual distributed parity
redundancy; at least one disk
needs to be added.
RAID 6 RAID 0 4 or more 2 or more Yes Converts to a non-redundant
virtual disk and reclaims disk
space that is used for distributed
parity data; two disks can be
removed.
RAID 6 RAID 5 4 or more 3 or more Yes Removes one set of parity data
and reclaims disk space used for
it; one disk can be removed.
RAID 6 RAID 6 4 or more 5 or more Yes Increases capacity by adding
disks.
RAID 10 RAID 10 4 or more 6 or more Yes Increases capacity by adding
disks; an even number of disks
need to be added.
NOTE: The total number of physical disks in a disk group cannot exceed 32. You cannot perform a RAID level migration and
expansion on RAID levels 50 and 60.
26 Features