Users Guide

CAUTION: Shared PERC 8 External cards are hot add supported, but are not hot remove supported. Do not remove Shared

PERC 8 External cards from the system board while the PowerEdge VRTX system is turned on.

In the Single Shared PERC 8 External card conguration, the shared PERC External slot is labeled as Slot 5 or Slot 6 (either can be used)

on the PowerEdge VRTX system board. In the Fault Tolerant Shared PERC 8 External card conguration, the shared PERC External slots

are labeled as Slot 5 and Slot 6 on the PowerEdge VRTX system board.

To locate the Shared PERC slots, see System Board Connectors in the Dell PowerEdge VRTX Enclosure Owner's Manual at Dell.com/

poweredgemanuals.

For more information, see the storage subsystem compatibility matrix document at Dell.com/support/home.

For information on removing and reinstalling system parts, see the VRTX Enclosure Owner's Manual of the system at Dell.com/

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Prerequisites for removing the Shared PERC 8 External card

CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certied service technician. You should only perform troubleshooting and simple

repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and support team.

Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions

that came with the system.

Perform the following steps to enable recovery in the event the part replacement process fails:

1 Follow the operating system procedure to back up all data from the shared storage drives.

CAUTION

: The part replacement procedure is complex and can put your data at risk if mistakes are made. It is imperative

that critical data is backed up prior to starting the procedure.

2 Document your virtual drive conguration and mapping information by performing the following steps:

a Open CLI terminal and run the command racadm raid get vdisks –o. Take a screen shot of the results page and save the

captured screen shot to a location of choice, or write down the information and store it in a safe, secure location.

b Click Chassis Overview → Storage → Virtual Disks → Assign to view the virtual disk mapping by the CMC GUI. Take a screen

shot of the results page and save the captured screen shot to a location of choice, or write down the information and store it in

a safe, secure location.

c Click Chassis Overview → Storage → Virtual Disks to get the virtual disk conguration information by the CMC GUI. Take a

screen shot of the results page and save the captured screen shot to a location of choice, or write down the information and

store it in a safe, secure location.

3 Click Chassis Overview → Storage → Controllers to view the rmware version of the current Shared PERC 8 External card.

4 Turn o the server modules using operating system commands or the CMC.

5 Turn o the enclosure, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect the enclosure from the electrical outlet and peripherals.

6 Remove the server modules and the shared storage hard drives from the PowerEdge VRTX system.

WARNING

: To prevent damage to system components, do not stack system components together after removal. For

information on electrostatic discharge (ESD) compliance, see Dell.com/regulatory_compliance.

NOTE: Label all server modules and hard drives before removal so that they can be replaced in the same slots.

7 If applicable, rotate the system feet inward and place the system on its side on a at surface, with the cover release latch side on top.

8 Open the system.