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
4. Click View Associated Physical Disks.
All the physical disks that are associated with the virtual disk are displayed.
5. From the Associated Physical Disks section, select the physical disk.
6. Click View Physical Disk Properties to view the physical disk properties.
View physical disks associated with a virtual disk
Steps
1. Enter the Dell PERC 11 Configuration Utility. See Navigate to Dell PERC 11 configuration utility.
2. Click Main Menu > Virtual Disk Management.
All the virtual disks associated with the RAID controller are displayed.
3. Click on a virtual disk.
The properties of the virtual disk are displayed.
4. Click Advanced....
You can view the following additional properties of the virtual disk:
Table 12. Advanced properties of the virtual disk
Option Description
Logical sector size Indicates the logical sector size of this virtual disk.
Strip element size Indicates the strip element size for the virtual disk.
Secured Indicates whether the virtual disk is secured or not.
Bad blocks Indicates whether the virtual disk has corrupted blocks.
Configure virtual disk policies
Steps
1. Enter the Dell PERC 11 Configuration Utility. See Navigate to Dell PERC 11 configuration utility.
2. Click Main Menu > Virtual Disk Management.
All the virtual disks associated with the RAID controller are displayed.
3. Click Advanced....
You can view the following virtual disk policies:
Table 13. Virtual disk policies
Option Description
Current write cache Indicates the current write cache policy for the virtual disk.
Default write cache Allows selection of the write cache policy for the virtual disk. The
possible options are:
● Write Through
● Write Back
● Force Write Back
Read cache policy Allows selection of the read cache policy for the virtual disk. The
possible options are:
● No Read Ahead
● Read Ahead
Disk cache Allows selection of the disk cache policy for the virtual disk. The
possible options are:
● Default (Disk Default)
● Enable
● Disable
4. Click Apply Changes.
The changes made are saved successfully.
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