Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Technologies PowerEdge RAID Controller 11 User’s Guide PERC H755 adapter, H755 front SAS, H755N front NVMe, and PERC H755 MX adapter
- Contents
- Dell Technologies PowerEdge RAID Controller 11
- Applications and User Interfaces supported by PERC 11
- Features of PowerEdge RAID Controller 11
- Controller features
- Virtual disk features
- Hard drive features
- Fault tolerance
- Install and remove a PERC 11 card
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Remove the PERC H755 adapter
- Install the PERC H755 adapter
- Remove the PERC H755 front SAS card
- Install the PERC H755 front SAS card
- Remove the PERC H755N front NVMe card
- Install the PERC H755N front NVMe card
- Remove the PERC H755 MX adapter
- Install the PERC H755 MX adapter
- Driver support for PERC 11
- Firmware
- Manage PERC 11 controllers using HII configuration utility
- Enter the PERC 11 HII configuration utility
- Exit the PERC 11 HII configuration utility
- Navigate to Dell PERC 11 configuration utility
- View the HII Configuration utility dashboard
- Configuration management
- Controller management
- Clear controller events
- Save controller events
- Save debug log
- Enable security
- Disable security
- Change security settings
- Restore factory default settings
- Auto configure behavior
- Manage controller profile
- Advanced controller properties
- Virtual disk management
- Physical disk management
- Hardware components
- Security key management in HII configuration utility
- Security key and RAID management
- Security key implementation
- Local Key Management
- Create a security key
- Change Security Settings
- Disable security key
- Create a secured virtual disk
- Secure a non-RAID disk
- Secure a pre-existing virtual disk
- Import a secured non-RAID disk
- Import a secured virtual disk
- Dell Technologies OpenManage Secure Enterprise Key Manager
- Supported controllers for OpenManage Secure Enterprise Key Manager
- Manage enterprise key manager mode
- Disable enterprise key manager mode
- Manage virtual disks in enterprise key manager mode
- Manage non–RAID disks in enterprise key manager mode
- Migration of drives from local key management to enterprise key management
- Troubleshooting
- Single virtual disk performance or latency in hypervisor configurations
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Drive removal and insertion in the same slot generates a foreign configuration event
- SMART errors
- Replace member errors
- Linux operating system errors
- Drive indicator codes
- HII error messages
- Appendix RAID description
- Getting help
- Documentation resources
Chapter 1: Dell Technologies PowerEdge RAID Controller 11.......................................................... 8
Features of PERC H755 adapter..................................................................................................................................... 9
Features of PERC H755 front SAS................................................................................................................................. 9
Features of PERC H755N front NVMe........................................................................................................................ 10
Features of PERC H755 MX adapter............................................................................................................................10
Technical specifications of PERC 11 cards................................................................................................................... 11
Operating systems supported by PERC 11...................................................................................................................12
Chapter 2: Applications and User Interfaces supported by PERC 11..............................................13
Comprehensive Embedded Management ................................................................................................................... 13
Dell OpenManage Storage Management......................................................................................................................13
Human Interface Infrastructure Configuration Utility............................................................................................... 13
The PERC Command Line Interface..............................................................................................................................14
Chapter 3: Features of PowerEdge RAID Controller 11..................................................................15
Controller features.............................................................................................................................................................15
Non-Volatile Memory Express...................................................................................................................................15
Opal Security Management....................................................................................................................................... 16
Hardware Root of Trust ............................................................................................................................................ 16
1 MB I/O......................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Auto Configure RAID 0............................................................................................................................................... 16
Disk roaming.................................................................................................................................................................. 17
FastPath......................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Non–RAID disks............................................................................................................................................................ 17
Physical disk power management............................................................................................................................ 18
Profile Management.................................................................................................................................................... 18
Secure firmware update............................................................................................................................................. 18
Snapdump...................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Virtual disk features...........................................................................................................................................................18
Virtual disk write cache policy...................................................................................................................................18
Virtual disk read cache policy....................................................................................................................................19
Virtual disk migration...................................................................................................................................................19
Virtual disk initialization..............................................................................................................................................20
Reconfiguration of virtual disks............................................................................................................................... 20
Background operations.............................................................................................................................................. 23
Hard drive features........................................................................................................................................................... 23
Self-Encrypting Disks................................................................................................................................................. 23
Instant secure erase................................................................................................................................................... 24
4 KB sector disk drives.............................................................................................................................................. 24
Fault tolerance................................................................................................................................................................... 24
The SMART feature....................................................................................................................................................24
Patrol Read................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Physical disk failure detection.................................................................................................................................. 25
Controller cache.......................................................................................................................................................... 26
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