Document Outline

• User’s Guide
• User’s Guide
  • Contents
  • CAUTION: Safety Instructions
    • SAFETY: General
    • SAFETY: When Working Inside Your System
    • Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge
    • SAFETY: Battery Disposal
  • Overview
    • Scope of the User’s Guide
    • PERC 5 Controller Descriptions
    • PCI Architecture
    • Operating System Support
    • RAID Description
      • Summary of RAID Levels
    • RAID Terminology
      • Disk Striping
      • Disk Mirroring
      • Parity
  • PERC 5 Features
    • PERC 5 Controller Features
      • Compatibility With Virtual Disks Created on Existing PERC 5 Controllers
      • SMART Technology
      • Background Initialization
      • LED Operation
      • Disk Roaming
      • Disk Migration
      • Alarm Alert in Case of Physical Disk Failures
    • Battery Management
      • Introduction to Write Cache Policy
      • Write-Back versus Write-Through
      • How Firmware Manages Cache
      • Conditions Under Which Write-Back is Employed
      • Conditions Under Which Write-Through is Employed
      • Conditions Under Which Forced Write-Back With No Battery is Employed
    • RAID Configuration Information
    • Fault Tolerance Features
      • Physical Disk Hot Swapping
    • Patrol Read
      • Patrol Read Behavior
      • Configuration
      • Patrol Read Modes
      • Behavior Details
      • Blocked Operations
  • Hardware Installation and Configuration
    • Installing the PERC 5/E Adapter
    • Installing the Transportable Battery Backup Unit (TBBU) for PERC 5/E
    • Installing the DIMM on a PERC 5/E Adapter
    • Transferring a TBBU Between Controllers
      • Removing the PERC 5/E Adapter
    • Removing the DIMM and Battery from a PERC 5/E Adapter
      • Installing the PERC 5/i Adapter
    • Removing the PERC 5/i Adapter
    • Removing the DIMM from a PERC 5/i Card
    • Disconnecting the BBU from a PERC 5/i Adapter or a PERC 5/i
  • Driver Installation
    • Creating a Driver Diskette
    • Installing the Driver During a Microsoft Operating System Installation
    • Installing a Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2000, or XP Driver for a New RAID Controller
    • Updating an Existing Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows Vista Driver
    • Installing Windows Vista for a New RAID Controller
    • Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Driver
      • Creating a Driver Diskette
      • Installing the Driver
      • Installing the Driver Using an Update RPM
    • Installing the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (Version 9 or 10) Driver
      • Installing the Driver Using an Update RPM
      • Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Using the Driver Update Diskette
  • RAID Configuration and Management
    • Dell OpenManage Storage Management
    • SAS RAID Storage Manager
    • BIOS Configuration Utility
    • Entering the BIOS Configuration Utility
      • Starting the BIOS Configuration Utility
    • Exiting the Configuration Utility
    • Menu Navigation Controls
    • RAID Configuration Functions
    • BIOS Configuration Utility Menu Options
      • Virtual Disk Management (VD Mgmt)
      • Physical Disk Management (PD Mgmt)
      • Physical Disk Actions
      • Controller Management (Ctrl Mgmt)
      • Controller Management Disk Actions
      • Foreign Configuration View
    • Setting Up Virtual Disks
      • Creating Virtual Disks
      • Initializing Virtual Disks
      • Importing or Clearing Foreign Configurations Using the VD Mgmt Menu
      • Importing or Clearing Foreign Configurations Using the Foreign Configuration View Screen
      • Setting LED Blinking
      • Managing Dedicated Hot Spares
      • Creating Global Hot Spares
      • Removing Global or Dedicated Hot Spares
      • Enabling the Alarm to Alert in Case of Physical Disk Failures
      • Checking Data Consistency
      • Stopping Background Initialization
      • Performing a Manual Rebuild of an Individual Physical Disk
      • Deleting Virtual Disks
      • Deleting Disk Groups
      • Upgrading Firmware
      • Enabling Boot Support
      • Enabling BIOS Stop on Error
      • Restoring Factory Default Settings
  • Troubleshooting
    • Virtual Disks Degraded
    • Memory Errors
    • General Problems
    • Physical Disk Related Issues
    • Physical Disk Failures and Rebuilds
    • SMART Error
    • PERC 5 Post Error Messages
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System Errors
    • LED Behavior Patterns
    • Audible Alarm Warnings
  • Appendix: Regulatory Notices
    • Regulatory Notices
    • FCC Notices (U.S. Only)
      • FCC, Class A
      • FCC, Class B
    • Industry Canada (Canada Only)
      • Industry Canada, Class A
      • Industry Canada, Class B
    • CE Notice (European Union)
      • CE Notice (European Union)
    • MIC Notice (Republic of Korea Only)
    • VCCI (Japan Only)
    • CNCA (China Only)
      • CNCA, Class A
    • información NOM (únicamente para México)
    • Corporate Contact Details (Taiwan Only)
  • Glossary
  • Index