Contents1 Overview.......................................................................................................................................5Supported Operating Systems..................................................................................................................................6Related Documentation............................................................................................................................................ 7Locating Your System Service Tag...........................................................................................................................7Contacting Dell......................................................................................................................................................... 7Documentation Feedback.........................................................................................................................................72 Shared PERC 8 Card Features...................................................................................................9Physical Disk Power Management...........................................................................................................................9Consistency Checks..................................................................................................................................................9Virtual Disk Initialization........................................................................................................................................... 9Background Initialization Of Virtual Disks..........................................................................................................9Full Initialization Of Virtual Disks...................................................................................................................... 10Fast Initialization Of Virtual Disks.....................................................................................................................10Disk Roaming.......................................................................................................................................................... 10Using Disk Roaming..........................................................................................................................................10FastPath.................................................................................................................................................................. 11Configuring FastPath-Capable Virtual Disks.................................................................................................... 11Virtual Disk Migration............................................................................................................................................. 11Migrating Virtual Disks.....................................................................................................................................12Virtual Disk Cache Policies.....................................................................................................................................12Virtual Disk Write Cache Policies.................................................................................................................... 12Virtual Disk Read Cache Policies..................................................................................................................... 13Fault Tolerance....................................................................................................................................................... 13The SMART Feature......................................................................................................................................... 13Patrol Read.......................................................................................................................................................14Physical Disk Failure Detection........................................................................................................................14Physical Disk Hot Swapping.............................................................................................................................14Auto Replacement Of A Virtual Disk Member And Revertible Hot Spares...................................................... 14Controller Cache Preservation.........................................................................................................................15Battery Transparent Learn Cycle..................................................................................................................... 153 Deploying The Shared PERC 8 Card.......................................................................................17Removing The Shared PERC 8 Controller............................................................................................................... 17Installing The Shared PERC 8 Controller.................................................................................................................184 Driver Installation......................................................................................................................21Accessing The Device Driver Media For Windows Driver Update........................................................................ 21