Dell PowerEdge H730P User Manual

Contents

Creating A Non-RAID Disk............................................................................................................263 Deploying The PERC Card.................................................................................... 27PERC H730P Card Features................................................................................................................ 27Removing The PERC H730P Card......................................................................................................28Installing The PERC H730P Card........................................................................................................29Cabling The PERC H730P Card..........................................................................................................304 Driver Installation................................................................................................... 33Pre-Installation Requirements For Windows Driver Installation....................................................... 33Creating The Device Driver Media For Windows Driver Installation................................................. 33Downloading Drivers From The Dell Systems Service And Diagnostic Tools Media ForWindows........................................................................................................................................ 34Downloading Drivers From The Dell Support Website For Windows.........................................34Installing The Driver During a Windows Server 2008/2008 R2/2012 Installation......................34Installing Windows Server 2008/2008 R2/2012 For A New RAID Controller.............................35Updating Existing Windows Server 2008/2008 R2/2012............................................................ 35Updating The Linux Driver.................................................................................................................. 36Installing Or Updating The RPM Driver Package With DKMS Support........................................36Installing Or Updating The RPM Driver Package With KMOD Support.......................................36Installing Or Updating The RPM Driver Package With KMP Support...........................................375 Management Applications For PERC Cards.....................................................39Comprehensive Embedded Management ........................................................................................ 39Dell OpenManage Storage Management...........................................................................................39BIOS Configuration Utility.................................................................................................................. 40Entering The BIOS Configuration Utility...................................................................................... 40Exiting The Configuration Utility.................................................................................................. 40Menu Navigation Controls............................................................................................................ 41Setting Up Virtual Disks................................................................................................................. 42Virtual Disk Management....................................................................................................................44Creating Virtual Disks.................................................................................................................... 44Selecting Virtual Disk Parameters................................................................................................. 45Initializing Virtual Disks..................................................................................................................45Checking Data Consistency......................................................................................................... 46Running A Data Consistency Check.............................................................................................46Importing Or Clearing Foreign Configurations Using The VD Mgmt Menu...............................46Importing Or Clearing Foreign Configurations Using The Foreign Configuration ViewScreen............................................................................................................................................ 47Break Mirror...................................................................................................................................48Managing Preserved Cache.......................................................................................................... 49Managing Dedicated Hot Spares.................................................................................................. 50