Dell EMC PowerEdge RAID Controller 9 User’s Guide

1 dell EMC PowerEdge RAID Controller 9 User s GuideH330, H730, and H830 Regulatory Model: UCPA-901, UCPB-900, UCSA-901, UCSB-900, UCSE-900, and UCPE-900 Notes, cautions, and warningsNOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your : A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the : A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. 2017 - 2019 dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. dell , EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective - 06 Rev. A08 Contents1 operating card applications for PERC embedded management ..15 dell OpenManage Storage Getting started with your PERC the operating system and the PERC card on a base the PERC card on a system with the operating system the operating system on a system with the PERC card up the system with the PERC card and the operating system pre-installed.

2 20 Configuring settings of a replaced PERC card on a system with operating system rebuild path support for PERC up redundant path support on the PERC H830 to single path support from redundant path support for PERC virtual disk support for 9 personality firmware RAID 10 KB sector disk disk power spin down of virtual disk disk FastPath-capable virtual disk virtual disk write cache under which write-back is under which forced write-back with no battery is disk read cache of virtual SMART disk failure persistent hot spare disk hot replace member and revertible hot cache Transparent Learn disks Deploying the PERC the PERC H730P MX adapter the PERC H730P MX adapter the PERC 9 the PERC 9 the HBA330 mini monolithic the battery of a H730P mini monolithic the HBA330 mini monolithic a H730P slim a H730P

3 Slim the PERC 9 mini blade the tethered battery of a PERC 9 mini blade the PERC 9 mini blade the PERC FD33xD the battery of a PERC FD33xD the PERC FD33xD Driver the device driver drivers from the dell support drivers from the dell systems service and diagnostic tools media ..59 Windows driver the driver during a Windows Server 2008 R2 and newer the driver after Windows Server 2008 R2 and newer installation ..59 Updating PERC 9 driver for existing Windows Server 2008 R2 and driver or updating the RPM driver package with KMOD or updating the RPM driver package with KMP BIOS Configuration the BIOS Configuration the Configuration navigation up virtual Configuration Utility menu disk disk disk management (PD Mgmt)..68 Physical disk management (Ctrl Mgmt)..70 Controller management configuration Disk virtual virtual disk virtual data a data consistency or clearing foreign configurations using the VD mgmt or clearing foreign configurations using the foreign configuration view preserved dedicated hot virtual disk the Disk disk physical disk to Non-RAID or RAID LED global hot global or dedicated hot an online physical and background a manual rebuild of an individual physical boot boot support for a BIOS-enabled BIOS stop on BIOS stop on auto auto factory default UEFI/HII RAID configuration the UEFI configuration the UEFI configuration to dell PERC 9 configuration virtual profile based virtual physical disks to RAID capable physical disks to non-RAID disk group disk group foreign configurations on a RAID existing configurations on a RAID factory

4 Settings for the Controller security for the debug the Controller to HBA the Controller to RAID disk virtual disk physical disks associated with a virtual disk physical disk components battery physical disks associated with an management (Ctrl Mgmt)..90 Controller management cache data error error Configuration Changes Error Security key and RAID key key management in the BIOS configuration Key a security the security a security secured virtual pre-existing virtual or clearing secured foreign configurations and secure disk at baseport not responding error disabled error configuration utility error error enclosure error disks in virtual disk error configuration of disks removed error virtual disks error cache data error disabled error Configuration Changes Error at baseport not responding error or missing virtual drives with preserved cache error disks offline error disks degraded error disks partially degraded error or battery problem error fault state error configuration found error configuration not found in <ctrl> <R> error configuration cleared or missing

5 Error SAS topology detected error disks removed or not accessible error error operating system installation errors ..104 Extra enclosure error state of virtual Cache key foreign import to select or configure non Self-Encrypting Disks (non-SED)..105 Failure to delete security to secure erase task on physical card has yellow bang in device card not seen in device disk disk in failed to rebuild a fault tolerant virtual error or data corruption disk displayed as disks become a failed physical disk fails during rebuild using a global hot disk fails during rebuild using a dedicated hot disk fails during reconstruction on redundant virtual disk fails rebuild using a dedicated hot disk takes a long time to error detected on a physical disk in a redundant virtual error detected on a physical disk in a non-redundant virtual member disk fails during replace member disk disk operating system disk policy is assumed as write-through error to register SCSI device error Carrier LED error Status of the Appendix RAID of RAID RAID Getting dell service tag of your

6 dell EMC PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller (PERC) 9 Series of cards consist of the H330, H730, H730P, H730P MX, and H830 cards. PERC H330: The PERC H330 is a general purpose RAID solution card. The card is available in Adapter (low profile and full height), Mini Monolithic, and Mini Blade form factors for internal storage and tape 1. Features of PERC H330 adapter card1 PERC H330 adapter 2heat sink3 SAS-cable connector1 Overview9 Figure 2. Features of PERC H330 mini monolithic card1heat sink2 PERC H330 mini monolithic card PERC H730: The PERC H730 is a RAID solution card consisting of a minimum of 1 GB Non-Volatile Cache and is available in the Adapter (low profile and full height), Mini Monolithic, and Mini Blade form factors for internal 3. Features of PERC H730 adapter card1 PERC H730 card2heat sink10 Overview3battery cable4battery carrier5 SAS-cable connectorFigure 4. Features of PERC H730/H730P mini monolithic card1 PERC H730/H730P card2heat sink3battery cable4battery carrier PERC H730P MX: The PERC H730P MX is an MX7000 RAID solution card consisting of 8 GB Non-Volatile Cache that manages drives 5.

7 Features of PERC H730P MX adapter card1heat sink2battery bay3battery-cable connector4release lever5 SAS-cable connector PERC H830: The PERC H830 is similar to the H730P solution, except that it supports external storage. The PERC H830 is only available in the Adapter (low profile and full height) form 6. Features of PERC H830 adapter card1external SAS-cable connector2 PERC H830 adapter 3heat sink4battery cable5battery carrier PERC H830: The PERC H830 is similar to the H730P solution, except that it supports external storage. The PERC H830 is only available in the Adapter (low profile and full height) form 7. Features of PERC H830 adapter card1external SAS-cable connector2 PERC H830 adapter 3heat sink4battery cable5battery carrierTopics: Supported operating systems PERC card specifications Management applications for PERC cards Related documentationSupported operating systemsThe PERC 9 series cards support the following operating systems: Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2016 VMWare ESXi 6 ESXi Update 2 NOTE: The PERC 9 driver for VMware ESXi is bundled with the VMware ISO image available from dell .

8 For more information, see Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux version (64-bit)Overview13 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for HPC Compute Node Red Hat Enterprise Linux version Red Hat Enterprise Linux version Red Hat Enterprise Linux version Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux version Red Hat Enterprise Linux version SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 11 SP3 (64-bit) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 11 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 12 PERC card specificationsThe table below lists and describes the different PERC cards that comprise the PERC 9 series and their specifications:Table 1. PERC cardsFeaturePERC H330 PERC H730 PERC H730 PPERC H730P MXPERC H830 PERC FD33xD/FD33xSRAID Levels0, 1, 5, 10, 500, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 600, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 600, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 600, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 600, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 Enclosures per portNot applicableNot applicableNot applicableNot applicable8 (4 per port)

9 Not applicableProcessorDell Adapter SAS RAID-on-Chip, 8-port with LSI 3008 chipsetDell Adapter SAS RAID-on-Chip, 8-port with LSI 3108 chipsetDell Adapter SAS RAID-on-Chip, 8-port with LSI 3108 chipsetDell Adapter SAS RAID-on-Chip, 8-port with LSI 3108 chipsetDell Adapter SAS RAID-on-Chip, 8- port with LSI 3108 chipsetDell Adapter SAS RAID-on-Chip, 8-port with LSI 3108 chipsetBattery Backup UnitNoYesYesYesYesYesNon-Volatile cacheNoneYesYesYesYesYesCache policyNo1 GB DDR3 1333 Mhz cache2 GB DDR3 1866 Mhz cache2 GB DDR3 1866 Mhz cache2 GB DDR3 1866 Mhz cache2 GB DDR3 1866 Mhz cacheNOTE: H330 does not support caching, which affects performance in RAID 5 and RAID 50 arrays. For performance sensitive solutions, caching is functionWrite Through and No Read AheadWrite Back, Write Through, No Read Ahead, and Read AheadWrite Back, Write Through, No Read Ahead, and Read AheadWrite Back, Write Through, No Read Ahead, and Read AheadWrite Back, Write Through, No Read Ahead, and Read AheadWrite Back, Write Through, No Read Ahead, and Read AheadMaximum number of virtual disks1664646424064 Maximum number of virtual disks per disk group16161616161614 OverviewFeaturePERC H330 PERC H730 PERC H730 PPERC H730P MXPERC H830 PERC FD33xD/FD33xSHot swap devices supportedYesYesYesYesYesYesHardware XOR EngineNoYesYesYesYesYesOnline capacity expansionYesYesYesYesYesYesDedicated and global hot spareYesYesYesYesYesYesDrives Types3 Gbps SATA, 6 Gbps SATA/SAS, and 12 Gbps SAS3 Gbps SATA, 6 Gbps SATA/SAS, and 12 Gbps SAS3 Gbps SATA, 6 Gbps SATA/SAS, and 12 Gbps SAS3 Gbps SATA.

10 6 Gbps SATA/SAS, and 12 Gbps SAS6 Gbps SAS, and 12 Gbps SAS3 Gbps SATA, 6 Gbps SATA/SAS, and 12 Gbps SASPCIe SupportGen 3 Gen 3 Gen 3 Gen 3 Gen 3 Gen 3 Non-RAID or pass through modeYesYesYesYesYesYesQueue Depth895928928928928928 Management applications for PERC cardsDell OpenManage Storage Management applications enable you to manage and configure the RAID system, create and manage multiple disk groups, control and monitor multiple RAID systems, and provide online maintenance. The management applications for all PERC cards include: Comprehensive Embedded Management dell OpenManage Storage Management BIOS Configuration Utility (<Ctrl> <R>) Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) RAID Configuration UtilityComprehensive embedded management Comprehensive Embedded Management (CEM) is a storage management solution for dell systems that enables you to effectively monitor the RAID and network controllers installed on the system using iDRAC without an OS installed on the CEM enables you to perform the following: Monitor devices without an OS installed on the system.