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PERC (PowerEdge RAID Controller) is a Dell-branded RAID controller that is manufactured by LSI.

PERC (PowerEdge RAID Controller) is a Dell-branded RAID controller that is manufactured by LSI.

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Can I plug a Dell Perc H200I card on the PCIe on a MSI h81m-e35 motherboard?

Context: I have a Dell Perc H200I card, which is a x8 PCIe card, that I want to flash to IT Mode. Sadly it can't be done on my Dell server as megarec command does not work. So I'm trying to do the flash on other computer with a MSI h81m-e35…
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Online capacity expansion of RAID10 on PERC H830 Unavailable

Per updates notes on Firmware ver 25.3.0.0016 (link), the PERC H830 now supports online capacity expansion (OCE) of RAID10 volumes with less than 32 disks. Our card is at firmware 25.5.x. We have two disk groups with two vdisks - one per disk…
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MD1000 - PERC 6/E Adapter - Maximum RAID group

I can not find information on the maximum RAID that PERC 6 / E Adapter can handle. We already have 2 RAID 5 of 5 HDD SAS, can I still add 5 HDD in RAID 5 (which will go up to 3 RAID 5 on the controller)? Without performance problem? the…
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Dell Perc 6i - Move cable to other port, keep Virtual Drive?

Quick question. I have a Dell Perc 6i RAID controller and need to move the port cable from A to B (cable length issues). Can I just move the connector over and keep the RAID? Or will I have to rebuild it as it is on a different port? Basically I…
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Will exchanging a disk between two Dell Powervault MD1000s lead to data loss?

I have 2 servers, each with a Dell Powervault MD1000. I would like to take one disk from the first Powervault and relocate it to the second Powervault. When I reboot the server, enter the perc configuration tool, I will add a new virtual drive with…
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Flashing (R530 onboard) Dell PERC H730 mini to IT mode?

Can I flash the firmware of the onboard PERC H730 mini (rebranded LSI) in a Dell R530 server? Right now, I have it in pass-through mode, which works fine, but FreeBSD doesn't get any SMART data. With normal expansion card controllers, I would flash…
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Will I lose data on the disk if I add it to a RAID array on a PERC 6/i?

I am trying to figure out if I can move disks from a Linux software RAID to a hardware RAID on PERC 6/i - and preserve the existing data on the disks. Is it possible to preserve the existing data?
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Dell T430 not seeing new drive

We have a new Dell power edge T430 with a 1TB SATA HD, and we are trying to add a second 1TB HD. However, the drive does not seem to be recognised by any part of the system. On booting, if I hit ^R to get into the PERC controller (H330, i think),…
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Identification of a Failing Drive on a PERC H700

I need some expert assistance. I have home LAB ESX box where I'm using a Dell PERC H700 raid card with RAID 6 on ports 0-5 & RAID1 on ports 6-7. The last few nights when my backups run I get several errors as below: Controller ID: 0 Event From :…
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Failed to attach storage on server

Server Datasheet: Dell R710 RAM : 32 GB Local storage 0 : Sata SSD 1 TB Local storage 1 : SAS Dell-perc Raid 1 (1 TB total) XEN Server 7.1 What is happened? After shutdown the Xen hypervisor is displaying a message: Failed to attach storage on…
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How to upgrade Dell Perc H310 to Dell Perc 6i in Dell R420

Due to events beyond my control, a Dell R420 server my (non-profit) organization relies on as an applications server was built using a Dell PERC H310 raid controller. This is much too slow for the work the machine is expected to do (especially when…
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Perc H700: Rebuild RAID array manually

I have a RAID 10 array on Perc H700 RAID controller in a R510 lab server. One of the disks in the RAID array failed. Since it's a lab box and I don't need to worry about down time, I just shut it down, pulled out the failed drive, and put in the new…
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Expanding hardware raid array in CentOS

I added a few drives and expanded my array using Dell's OpenManage utility. I was able to scan the device to show the correct size of /dev/sda. This is on a CentOS 6 system. I went into parted and was prompted to fix the space. Now that is showing…
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Dell r510 esxi raid 10 disk failure: lost config

I had a server go offline yesterday complaining of disk failure. I re-seated the disks in the set and all of the light went green. I rebooted the machine only to find that now it won't boot into esxi. It was complaining about a foreign config and…
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Dell PowerEdge T130 with S130 RAID Controller - Driver for Windows Server 2016 nonexistent

So I have Dell PowerEdge T130 tower server, and I wish to install Windows Server 2016 Essentials on it. When I configure RAID in Dell Lifecycle Controller everything is fine, but when I try to run installation it asks me for drivers. I've looked few…
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