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
Table 17. Advanced battery properties (continued)
Field Description
Current Displays power consumption of the battery in milliamps (mA).
Full capacity Displays the maximum charge capacity of the battery.
Remaining capacity Displays the current charge capacity of the battery.
Expected margin of error Displays expected margin of error.
Completed discharge cycles Displays the completed discharge cycles.
Learn mode Displays the condition of the battery. The learn cycle is a periodic operation that
calculates the charge that is remaining in the battery to ensure there is sufficient
energy.
View physical disks associated with an enclosure
Steps
1. Enter the Dell PERC 11 Configuration Utility. See Navigate to Dell PERC 11 configuration utility.
2. Click Main Menu > Hardware Components > Enclosure Management.
3. From the Select Enclosure field, choose the enclosure for which you need to view the physical disks.
All the physical disks that are associated with the virtual disk are displayed.
4. Click the Attached Physical Disks drop-down box.
All the physical disks that are associated with the selected enclosure are displayed.
Security key management in HII configuration utility
The Dell OpenManage storage management application and the HII Configuration Utility of the controller allow security keys
to be created and managed as well as create secured virtual disks. The following section describes the menu options specific
to security key management and provide detailed instructions to perform the configuration tasks. The contents in the following
section apply to the HII Configuration Utility. For more information on the management applications, see Applications and
User Interfaces supported by PERC 11 .
● The Controller Management screen displays controller information and action menus. You can perform the following
security-related actions through the controller management menu:
○ Security Key Management—Creates or changes the local key management (LKM) security key. Deletes the local key
management (LKM) or secure enterprise key manager (SEKM) security key.
● The Virtual Disk Management screen displays physical disk information and action menus. You can perform the following
security related actions through the virtual disk management menu:
○ Secure Disk Group—Secures all virtual disks in disk group.
○ Create secure virtual disk—Creates a new virtual disk that is secured with the security key on the controller.
● The Physical Disk Management screen displays physical disk information and action menus. You can perform the following
security-related actions through the physical disk management menu:
○ Secure non–RAID disk—Secures the non–RAID disk with the controller security key.
○ Cryptographic Erase—Permanently erases all data on the physical disk and resets the security attributes.
For more information on the Physical Disk Management screen and the Virtual Disk Management screen, see Physical disk
management and Virtual disk management.
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