User ManualTable of ContentsDell Shared PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) 8 For Dell PowerEdge VRTX Systems User’s Guide3About The Shared PERC 8 Card6Configurations of the Shared PERC 8 card6Specifications of a Shared PERC 8 card7Supported Operating Systems9Best Practices For Shared PERC 89Related Documentation9Locating your system Service Tag10Contacting Dell10Documentation Feedback11Shared PERC 8 Card Features12Physical Disk Power Management12Consistency Checks12Virtual Disk Initialization12Background Initialization Of Virtual Disks13Full Initialization Of Virtual Disks13Fast Initialization Of Virtual Disks13Physical Disk Roaming13Using Physical Disk Roaming14FastPath14Virtual Disk Migration14Migrating Virtual Disks If The Target System Is Turned Off15Migrating Virtual Disks If The Target System Is Turned On15Virtual Disk Cache Policies15Virtual Disk Write Cache Policies16Write-Back16Conditions Under Which Write-Back Is Employed16Conditions Under Which Forced Write-Back With No Battery Is Employed16Write-through16Conditions under which write-through is employed17Virtual Disk Read Cache Policies17Physical Disk Write Cache Policy17Fault Tolerance17The SMART Feature18Patrol Read18Physical disk failure detection19Physical Disk Hot Swapping19Auto Replacement Of A Virtual Disk Member And Revertible Hot Spares19Shared PERC 8 Card Cache Preservation19Battery Transparent Learn Cycle20The Controller Failover Feature20Multipath Support21Configuring Multipath Support In Windows21Configuring Multipath Support In VMWare21Multipath support in Linux21Deploying The Shared PERC 8 Card22Installing A New Shared PERC 8 Card22Replacing A Shared PERC 8 Card22Prerequisites For Removing The Shared PERC 8 Card23Removing The Shared PERC 8 Card23Installing The Shared PERC 8 Card25Post-Installation Tasks For Shared PERC 8 Card25Firmware installation or update26Updating firmware26Driver Installation27Downloading Drivers and Firmware For Shared PERC 8 From The Dell Support Website For All Operating Systems27Downloading Drivers From The Dell Systems Service And Diagnostic Tools Media For Windows27Installing Or Updating Windows Drivers For Shared PERC 828Installing Or Updating Linux Drivers For Shared PERC 829Installing Or Updating The Driver Package On RHEL Using KMOD Support29Installing Or Updating The Driver Package On SLES Using KMP Support29Installing Or Updating VMware Drivers For Shared PERC 829Management Applications For Shared PERC 8 Card30Troubleshooting31Performance variations between write-back and write-through cache modes31Shared PERC 8 Card Boots Into Safe Mode31Degraded State Of Virtual Disks32General Issues32Shared PERC 8 Card Has Yellow Exclamation Mark In Device Manager32Shared PERC 8 Card Not Seen In Device Manager32Critical Errors Or Disk Warning Messages Seen In The Windows Event Log32Shared PERC 8 Cards Fail To Function33Physical disk issues33Incorrect Number of Virtual Disks Displayed In Windows Disk Manager33Physical Disk In Failed State33Unable to rebuild a fault tolerant virtual disk33Fatal Error Or Data Corruption Reported34Physical Disk Displayed As Blocked By Management Application34Multiple Disks Become Inaccessible34Rebuilding A Failed Physical Disk34Virtual Disk Fails During Rebuild Using A Global Hot Spare35Virtual Disk Fails During Rebuild Using A Dedicated Hot Spare35Physical disk takes a long time to rebuild35Controller cache issues35SMART Errors36SMART Error Detected On A Physical Disk In A Redundant Virtual Disk36SMART Error Detected On A Physical Disk In A Non-Redundant Virtual Disk37Auto Replacement Member Errors37Source Disk Fails37Target Disk Fails37General Disk Fails37Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns38Getting help39Contacting Dell39Locating your system Service Tag39Documentation feedback39Size: 1.11 MBPages: 39Language: EnglishOpen manual