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
NOTE: The maximum number of virtual disks is currently limited to 192, because of the supported enclosure configuration.
RAID 10 configuration
In PERC 10 and PERC 11 controllers, RAID 10 can be configured without spanning up to 32 drives. Any RAID 10 volume that has
more than 32 drives require spanning. Each span can contain up to 32 drives. Drives must be distributed evenly across all the
spans with each span containing an even number of drives.
NOTE: Spans in a RAID 10 volume are only supported if spans are even. Uneven spanned RAID 10 cannot be imported from
previous controller generations.
The following table shows the RAID 10 configurations.
Table 19. RAID 10 configurations
Disk or span
count
RAID 10
capable
Disk or span
count
RAID 10
capable
Disk or span
count
RAID 10
capable
Disk or span
count
RAID 10
capable
4 (1) Yes 64 (2) Yes 124 No 184 No
6 (1) Yes 66 (3) Yes 126 (7) Yes 186 No
8 (1) Yes 68 No 128 (4) Yes 188 No
10 (1) Yes 70 (5) Yes 130 (5) Yes 190 No
12 (1) Yes 72 (3) Yes 132 (6) Yes 192 (6) Yes
14 (1) Yes 74 No 134 No 194 No
16 (1) Yes 76 No 136 No 196 (7) Yes
18 (1) Yes 78 (3) Yes 138 No 198 No
20 (1) Yes 80 (4) Yes 140 (5) Yes 200 No
22 (1) Yes 82 No 142 No 202 No
24 (1) Yes 84 (6) Yes 144 Yes 204 No
26 (1) Yes 86 No 146 No 206 No
28 (1) Yes 88 (4) Yes 148 No 208 (8) Yes
30 (1) Yes 90 (3) Yes 150 (5) Yes 210 (7) Yes
32 (1) Yes 92 No 152 No 212 No
34 No 94 No 154 (7) Yes 214 No
36 (2) Yes 96 (3) Yes 156 (6) Yes 216 No
38 No 98 (7) Yes 158 No 218 No
40 (2) Yes 100 (5) Yes 160 (5) Yes 220 No
42 (2) Yes 102 No 162 No 222 No
44 (2) Yes 104 (4) Yes 164 No 224 (8) Yes
46 No 106 No 166 No 226 No
48 (2) Yes 108 (6) Yes 168 (6) Yes 228 No
50 (2) Yes 110 (5) Yes 170 No 230 No
52 (2) Yes 112 (4) Yes 172 No 232 No
54 (2) Yes 114 No 174 No 234 No
56 (2) Yes 116 No 176 (8) Yes 236 No
58 No 118 No 178 No 238 No
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