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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Raid drives continue to fail perc 6
SERVER: Dell T410
Raid Controller: Perc 6/i
What is the best way to diagnose root cause of failed drives?
Back story:
So I had a 4-drive Raid 10 + 1 hot spare setup. This setup worked for years, about 3 months ago, one drive died, and the hot spare…
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Drives not Blinking after RAID 10 Hard Drive Replacement
Last week I replaced a hard drive in a Dell R515 server that has 8 drives in a RAID 10. This server had two rows of hard drives; 4 on top and 4 on bottom and I replaced the 2nd drive on the top row.
In the past, I've always done this while the…
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Migrating drives from Dell PERC 6I/R to PERC 6I
My Dell PERC 6I/R controller (LSI UCS-61) with two drives in a RAID 1 configuration just died.
I have another server with a PERC 6I controller. Is there any way I could connect the two drives to the working controller and restore the VD without…
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Installing new Hard Drives Raid with PERC 6/i controller
I have a Dell R610 server with a PERC 6/i raid controller sitting on the shelf and was hoping to repurpose the server. Here is what I want to do and the questions I have:
What I want to do: I have 4 600 GB hard drives laying around that I would like…
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Different sizes of drives - proper RAID setup
We need to setup a Dell server w/ a PERC controller (I forget the exact models because I don't have access to the datacenter, but I can get that information if vital). I have 8 drives like below:
5 x 1.2 TB
2 x 1 TB
1 x 600 GB
This is going to be a…
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Trouble with PERC H330 RAID controller recognizing drives
I have a PERC H330 RAID controller with 3 Seagate ST4000NM0034 drives, and the controller does not appear to be recognizing the drives. It does not show up in the CTRL+R screens anywhere and I'm getting concerned the cabling or card is bad. Any…
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Slow startup on specific RAID card slot
i've a NX200 Dell Server with a PERC S300 raid card.
After few problems with our old disks (readable but degraded), we changed our 4 disks :
- HE253GJ (250 Gb, 7.2 rpm, 3 gbps, before)
with
- ST500DM002 (500 gb, 7.2 rpm, 6 gbps, after)
But there is…
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Changing use for a server being ready to restore the old drives - Is a RAID config backup necessary?
We are currently dismissing a Windows 2008 Server from production, and I'm planning to use it for some testing jobs; however, there is a possibility that in a few months we'll need it online again for a few days in case some migration job has had…
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Can PNY Enterprise SSDs work in Dell R710 with Perc H700?
To improve the performance of a Dell R710 running CentOS 7.2 and being used as a MongoDB server, I'd like to add SSDs. The PNY Enterprise SSDs (specifically the 240GB EP7011) seem reasonably priced. But will those SSD drives work in an R710 with a…
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Dell PowerEdge R720 not recognizing RAID card
We recently bought a PowerVault MD3420 and I sent Dell the specs of the server I was going to use to connect it to.
They sent me a card made by LSI instead of a PERC card for controlling the RAID from our R720.
When I opened up the R720, it plugged…
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Dell PERC RAID array how to ignore error
We have a Dell PowerEdge R720 with a PERC H710 Raid Array. It is configured into two disk groups, disk Group 0 which has the OS and the data, and Disk Group 1 which for reasons unknown to me is configured as a RAID 0. One of the physical disks in…
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Dell T7500 PERC Raid
I am looking to buy a Raid card as I can not use the motherboard Raid to achieve Raid 5 or 10 with my 4 SAS drives. I am a bit confused on how I would connect the drives to card. Do I need to connect the drives to the card via SAS cables, or will…
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Dell cable M246M vs generic mini sas cable
Is there any difference beyond brand between a Dell M246M cable and a generic mini sas-8087 cable? Is it just branding, quality control? Or is there some difference in the actual cables or connectors?
Eg this dell M246M cable is the cheapest I could…
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Replacing RAID Control Battery DELL PowerEdge 2950
My DELL OpenManage Server Administrator shows 'Battery on Controller PERC 5/i Integrated state as Failed'.
I purchased the RAID Controller Battery. But, Will it remove my RAID-5 Configuration if I change the battery ?
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PERC 5 no option to change learn cycle to Auto
To avoid WUG alerts I am changing all PERC battery learn cycles to warn. I am not able to figure out how to change the learn cycle from auto to learn on any of my PERC 5. The PERC 6, H700 & H800 show Learn Mode in Server Administrator, but it is not…
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