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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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Mount dell perc (megaraid) partitions on linux box without hardware raid

I have sata hard disk extracted from Dell server with perc 5i. I need to save data on another linux box, without hardware raid. Is it possible? How? I know there are two partitions on this disk, but when I connect it, "cfdisk" show me only one, and …
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Insert hot-swappable disks into a running server?

I have a Dell PowerEdge 2900 with a PERC 6/i card and 4 HDDs running a single RAID-10 array. I want to add an additional 4 HDDs into the server and create a new RAID-10 array on those disks, without having to power-down the server. There's an option…
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Dell Perc5/E not recognized in Dell Poweredge 1950

I'have ordered new Dell Perc5/E and new PCIe risers to my server Dell Poweredge 1950 III. I am trying to connect MD1000 to the server, but the server does not recognize Perc5/E, nothing to see in boot setup and on Dell OpenManage what I see is: Slot…
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Dell Perc5/E and Poweredge 1950 PCI-X

Today I have been to my datacenter and could not put Perc5/E into PCI-X card, there is like 0,5mm difference in card length, so physically it does not fit. Do I need PCIe for this Perc? Btw. when removed PCI-X, the system did not want to boot due to…
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Beeping on Dell Poweredge Server (RAID Fault)

I've a Dell Poweredge 2850 that is beeping continuously - 2s beeps with 1s intervals. I'm sure this is because of a degraded RAID - but there's nothing in the Dell OMSA to say so. In fact, the PERC controller is missing from the OMSA. The server is…
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Bypass perc s300 on R210 II

Trying to install esxi on a Dell R210 II. This is an older machine and as such has Perc S300 controller. Apparently, this controller is only compatible with windows systems and there is no way to install anything else while this controller is in…
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New harddisc in RAID fails after only a few days

Last weekend I had to replace one harddisc in a RAID 1 on a PERC/5i controller because it reported it as failed. After replacing the disc it worked for 5 days and then the controller started complaining about the new disc: # megaclisas-status --…
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Replace RAID1 Disc - things to consider

One of my RAID controllers is complaining about a harddrive failure: -- Controller informations -- -- ID | Model c0 | PERC 5/i Adapter -- Arrays informations -- -- ID | Type | Size | Status | InProgress c0u0 | RAID1 | 465G | Degraded | None --…
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How to set up RAID 1 on Dell PERC S300 With Existing OS Install

We have a server that is being used in production, but it was not originally meant to. The main thing I want to add to it is a Dell PERC S300 RAID Card to have the main hard drive (Windows Server 2008 R2) mirrored on another hard drive. I can not…
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Virtual Disk Service (VDS) shuts down every three days on Server 2008 R2

Out of many servers all running Server 2008 R2 we have one where the VDS shuts down exactly every three days. The only way to resolve this is to reboot the machine. I have looked in the event logs and nothing ever indicates what might cause the VDS…
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Move OS from Software RAID (PERC S300) to Hardware RAID (PERC H700/H800)

A client of ours has a server running Windows that is installed on a PERC S300 software RAID. We want to upgrade this to a larger capacity, so we are also upgrading to a hardware RAID card (PERC H700). Although we have backups of the server, we…
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Expand PERC 6/i RAID 10 SSD array, or add new VD for SQL Server?

On a Dell R710 server running Window Server 2008 R2 there are currently 4 50GB SSDs in a RAID 10 array, and I'm adding 2 additional 50GB SSDs. This server runs SQL Server and not much else. If these were spindled HDs, from what I've read I would be…
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installing linux on dell poweredge T 110 (perc s300)

We have a PERC S300 machine on which we want to install Ubuntu server (or in the worst case any linux distribution). Many web sites say that it is not possible to install linux on perc s300. However, the manual which came along with the dell machine…
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How to rebuild RAID1 with missing drive on CERC?

I have a CERC/4i on a Dell 750 with two SATA drives. Due to a failing cooling system one of the disks stopped working. This has occurred twice before, so I am fairly confident the disk is not (fatally) damaged. Previously, array rebuilding has been…
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Resize NTFS System Partition on Perc 6/i RAID

I've inherited a Dell server that is running out of space on C:. I'd like to quickly and painlessly resize the C drive with partitioning software. However, the RAID card is causing me some troubles. I've resized plenty of desktops in my time, but…
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