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 10. Boot mode options
Option Description
Stop on errors The system stops during boot for errors which require attention from the user to rectify
the issue.
Pause on errors System pauses during boot to show errors but continue boot after it times out. Only
critical events with an infinite timeout halt boot and require the user’s attention to
correct the issue.
NOTE: In UEFI BIOS mode, errors with timeouts do not appear during boot. It is designed to arise only in legacy BIOS
mode.
NOTE: By default, the boot mode option is set to pause on errors.
4. Click Apply Changes.
The boot mode operation is completed successfully.
Abort the consistency check
Steps
1. Enter the Dell PERC 11 Configuration Utility. See Navigate to Dell PERC 11 configuration utility.
2. Click Main Menu > Controller Management > Advanced Controller Properties.
3. In the Controller Properties section, set the Abort Consistency Check on Error option to Enabled or Disabled.
4. Click Apply Changes.
The option to abort the consistency check operation on a redundant virtual disk is enabled if there is any inconsistency found
in the data.
Preboot trace buffer
Steps
1. Enter the Dell PERC 11 Configuration Utility. See Navigate to Dell PERC 11 configuration utility.
2. Click Main Menu > Controller Management > Advanced Controller Properties.
3. In the Controller Properties section, set the Preboot Trace Buffer option to Enabled or Disabled.
4. Click Apply Changes.
Clear the cache memory
Steps
1. Enter the Dell PERC 11 Configuration Utility. See Navigate to Dell PERC 11 configuration utility.
2. Click Main Menu > Controller Management > Advanced Controller Properties.
3. Click Cache and Memory > Discard Preserved Cache.
The preserved cache is cleared successfully.
Enable boot support
Steps
1. Enter the Dell PERC 11 Configuration Utility. See Navigate to Dell PERC 11 configuration utility.
2. Click Main Menu > Controller Management.
3. From the Select Boot Device drop-down box, select the primary bootable device.
In Select Boot Device, you will not be able to view 4 K sector drives. To view all the virtual disks created, navigate to the
Virtual Disk Management screen in HII. For more information, see Virtual disk management.
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