When you add physical drives the perc controllers and append the new physical drive space to the existing single raid volume virtual disk and rebuilds the array in the background. Dell h310, h710, h710p, h810 using replace member and revertible hot spares, controller cache preservation. The last tab shows the foreign configuration as well and the current active configuration. This will launch the perc 6i integrated bios configuration utility. On the perc 5i raid controller, after you delete a virtual disk, any hot.
Dell poweredge raid controller perc h310, h710, h710p, and. Replacement drives on perc 6i raid 5 failing spiceworks. The current raid has 2x500 gb hard drives with the os, and 6x gb hard drives in raid 6, currently empty. Upgrading dell perc h200 raid card to h700 practical sbs. It has a perc 6 i controller set up in raid 5 with four 300 gb sas all same spec drives. I ve got a raid 6 setup on a dell perc 6 i on a supermicro h8dgu running a trial of the esxi 5. Vmware recommends that you use raid5 for sas drives and raid6 for sata drives.
Dec 19, 2016 in this video, we will discuss how to create and delete virtual disks and assign hotspares on shared perc controller in vrtx chassis. There might be existing virtual disks present on the controller. Delete a virtual disk deletes the virtual disk and frees up. Installing driver during a windows server 2008, windows server 2008 r2 installation. If i delete the second virtual disk can i then expand the array keeping the os virtual disk in tact and then add the second virtual disk back and restore data. How to configure raid on a dell using a perc 6i youtube. Jan 01, 2010 adding virtual disk from perc 6 i the following box is to be a dedicated virtual machine host. Perc 6 i foreign config on disk how to clear a disk. To do a reconfigure you will need to be using open manage 7. And please also answer pets question about just pulling the disk out if it was predictive failure rather than completely failed. Create and delete virtual disk and assign virtual disk on. While the virtual disk is initializing a progress bar will show next to it and the. Can i expand the virtual drive or will i have to create a second virtual drive with the new free space. Aug 06, 2014 upgrading dell perc h200 raid card to h700.
Find answers to installing perc 6i drivers during reinstall of widows 2008 r2 from the expert community at experts exchange installing perc 6i drivers during reinstall of widows 2008 r2 solutions. Dell perc 6i monitoring on esxi host without using custom. This tutorial will show you how to delete a virtual disk and here is how to create a virtual disk. Dell poweredge raid controller s100 user manual pdf. Now that we have the perccli utility installed on our vmware esxi host, lets take a look at the available commands and how we can manage dell raid in vmware esxi 6. Recovering a failed raid 5 array on a perc card one of our clients had the misfortune to have a raid 5 array get corrupted last week. This brings up the perc 6i integrated bios configuration utility, and the first tab at the top is vd mgmt virtual disk management. Migrateextend raid1 volume to larger disks on dell. We had multiple disk failures on the raid 5 array, three of them failed their smart self test, and the other two also reported bad blocks in the logs. Instead, leave it in the server and mark it as a hot spare. Managing perc6 with megacli under solaris 10 page 1 configuration, management and monitoring of perc6 by ahmad ali dell enterprise operating systems managing perc 6 with.
When viewing sata physical disk properties from ctrlr or other management applications, the vendor identification will be translated as ata followed by blanks. View and download dell poweredge raid controller s100 user manual online. Hello, i ve got a poweredge t310 with 4 hotswap drives raid 6, and its running dangerously low on space can i just purchase 4 new larger drives, and onebyone replace the old ones. To see all the commands and parameters available, we can simply run the. Removing hard disk from a virtual machine vmware communities. How to configure raid on a dell using a perc 6 i server monkey. A note indicates important information that helps you make better use of your system. Converts to a nonredundant virtual disk and reclaims disk space used for distributed parity data.
Installing perc 6i drivers during reinstall of widows. Virtual disk whose metadata or time stamps do not match controllers copy. Shutdown server b and remove all 6 drives from it no important data in those drives and place. I upgraded the perc 6 i to the h700 on a dell r510 server attached to 6 312in 10k sas drives in a raid5 configuration.
The only thing you will be able to do with the newly added space of replacing current disks with larger ones is create a new virtual disk raid array across the disks. For basic redundancy with two drives we recommend raid1, for more drives we reccomend raid5. Dell poweredge r820 with a perc h710 raid controller. Find answers to can i delete a virtual disk without losing data on my disks from the expert community at experts exchange. Which i have done quite a few times before without any issues, but tonight i am running into a very strange scenario. It should have all of the space available now with your old data intact. Navigating controller 0 disk group 0 virtual disks virtual disk 0, the upper right will show raid level 1, status of optimal, and the size of the array. Also, the number of virtual disks is limited to two. Can i delete a virtual disk without losing data on my. Mar 17, 2016 how to configure raid on a dell using a perc 6 i server monkey. For dell servers, you use the dell poweredge raid controller perc.
Virtual disk actions action description create a new virtual creates a new virtual disk from one or more physical disks. When you add physical drives the perc controllers and append the new physical drive space to the existing single raid volume virtual disk. Use this dell perc 6i raid array configuration guide as a comprehensive walkthrough for your controller. Also, mixing hard drives and ssds within a virtual disk is not supported. Boot the server, leaving the new drive out of the bay. In perc configuration management, click clear configuration and confirm to delete existing disk groups and any data.
Putting that spare disk in your drawer doesnt make too much sense. Deleting a virtual drive in dell openmanage will delete the data which is on this virtual drive. Dell h310, h710, h710p, h810 deleting virtual disks. Be sure that the array is in good condition before. The dell poweredge raid controller perc s is an economical raid solution for the dell poweredge systems. This is a reference video on a dell t610 with perc6i it is useful after removing a drive for a backup whilst shutdown. If a drive is offline rebuilding it may resolve the problem. So, an ideal configuration would be a raid 1 array for the operating system and a second raid 1 array to house the data. The s controller supports up to ten sata hdds or sata ssds depending on your system backplane configuration. Then over the top of the physical array, virtual disks are created and mounted to the system bios or uefi. From what i understand my plan was to do the following. Ive got a raid 6 setup on a dell perc 6 i on a supermicro h8dgu running a trial of the esxi 5. How to properly remove disk from perc 6i raid controller. The remove virtualdisk cmdlet deletes an existing virtual disk and reclaims the used space for use by other virtual disks in the same storagepool object.
On an ongoing basis system administrators will be getting request to increase the disk space on a server. Find answers to installing perc 6i drivers during reinstall of widows 2008 r2 from the expert community at experts exchange. Dell poweredge server perc 6i raid expansion solutions. In this video, we will cover the process of clearing the foreign configuration using virtual disk management menu with configuration of entry level perc controller or enterprise level perc. Configuring virtual disks on a perc 56h700 controller dell.
When you went into the configuration of the raid card and looked at the virtual disk, 1 disk in the array was shown as missing, 1 online, and 1 offline. I have a dell t710, coming with perc 6 i raid controller. Clearing foreign configuration using virtual disk management. When the file download window appears, click save or save this program to disk and click ok. I just did a planned disks replacement on our dell poweredge r820 with a perc h710 raid controller. I have a dell poweredge 2950 with perc 6 i running raid1, there were 2 250gb drives in which have been replaced one at a time with 1tb drives. Rebuild a drive using openmanage server administrator. Dell poweredge raid controller perc h700 and h800 users guide perc7. Boot into the raid controller bios by pressing ctrlr during post. Perc 6 and cerc 6 i controller comparisons continued specification perc 6 e perc 6 i adapter perc 6 i cerc 6 i adapter integrated integrated battery yes, backup unit transportable. Mixing disks of different speeds 7,200 rpm, 10,000 rpm, or 15,000 rpm and bandwidth 3 gbps or 6 gbps pcie while maintaining the same drive type sas or sata and technology. It is not possible to directly expand the virtual disk with a perc6. Vd0 to clear off is 2 sas pdhdds set as single virtual disk. I m also not getting any devices showing up for passthrough if.
This is an entry level card that only supports raid 0. Under physical disks, select the hard disks that you want to include in the virtual disk. In this video, we will discuss how to create and delete virtual disks and assign hotspares on shared perc controller in vrtx chassis. Migrateextend raid1 volume to larger disks on dell poweredge. How to repair a working raid 1 array on dell t610 perc6i.
Dell perc 6i raid5 larger drives solutions experts. Using replace member and revertible hot spares, controller cache preservation, cache preservation with nonvolatile cache nvc, cache data recovery. Then create an extraction raid 1 virtual partition on the remaining space of the same two disks that are used to configure the operating system virtual disk. Unable to delete virtual disks when there are more than ten virtual disks present in the.
On r620 and similar servers it is impossible to configure perc controller from. If i were you i would find one good hard drive from the server and make a copy of it using clonezilla or at least copy the data off of it. Change the disk to offline from vmware side you can perform this while machine is powered on. Dell poweredge raid controller perc s user s guide. It probably did not like that i didnt first delete the old virtual disk. So you may probably run the test to disconnect all your drives first and remove the raid. A notice warns against either potential damage to hardware or of data. How to safely remove a raid 0 disk from perc 6 i just an update the trick to removing the disk and being able to insert a different physical disk make a new virtual disk is to change the cache policy from writeback to writethrough. Dell perc 6i integrated firmware update driver details. The dell poweredge raid controller perc s is an economical raid solution for the dell poweredge. This sequence used a previously used drive, into a system with perc. The following table provides perc s virtual disk specifications. In my experience, this is the fastest and by far the most reliable method of creating virtual disks on perc controllers. For dell servers, you use the dell poweredge raid controller perc to create a.
I will try pulling all the new drives and deleting the existing raid 5 virtual disk as you recommend. Virtual disk specifications for the perc s100 adapter and perc s300 adapter virtual disk specification maximum number of virtual disks per controller minimum virtual. Install a raid on your dell perc h700 with this guide. Delete a virtual disk deletes the virtual disk and frees up disk space to create another virtual disk. The next tab, physical disk management shows the new foreign disk in slot 0. Is this possible with perc 6 i and if so are there any gotchas i should be aware of. Aug 25, 2016 update the perc driver with cli this is not fully clear i asked again but i dont think that i will receive an answer in the next 24 hours update the firmware of the controller also through idrac the unknown part is the steps with cli and which cli exactly.
Page 101 virtual disk actions table 6 4 describes the actions you can perform on virtual disks. Create and delete virtual disk and assign virtual disk on shared perc. Perc s specifications the following table provides perc s specifications. Configuring a virtual disk for the dell poweredge r730 system. Dell perc h700 raid configuration guide techmikeny. Virtual disk 1 degraded perc s100 all disks okay dell.
Dell h310, h710, h710p, h810 deleting virtual disks, deleting. I have a 3 dell servers which i have inherited the responsibility to manage i believe they are actually custom order cloud systems based on 230 spec. Ctrlr launch raid controller on dell poweredge t105 server. Mixing disks of different speed 7,200 rpm, 10,000 rpm, or 15,000 rpm and bandwidth 3 gbps, 6 gbps or 12. After reading this, you should be able to create virtual disks using the bios utility with ease.
Perc 6i foreign config on disk how to clear a disk page 2. It probably did not like that i didnt first delete the old virtual disk, or maybe that the one disk was dead. There are other ways of creating virtual disks on perc controllers. Create new virtual disk on dell poweredge 1950 iii server. Here are my top 10 list of software that allows you to mount iso cd or dvd images as a virtual drive for free. For procedures you can use to perform these actions, see physical disk management on page 105.
Virtual hard disk unattach and delete vhd windows 7 help. Dell perc 6 i monitoring on esxi host without using custom dell esxi iso hi all, my first post so apologies for not contributing to help others as yet, i do however intend to start doing so. This is very useful for you to instantly access the files in the iso image without burning it to discs. Techmikeny can help you with successful configuration. This will show you how to unattach, or unattach and delete, the vhd that you have already created and attached in windows 7. A note indicates important information that helps you make better use of your product. Remove the new drive marked as badremoved while you are in the controller dont panic, all the virtual disk information will vanish under controller 0 after removing the new drive. Do not delete or modify these without ensuring you are modifyingdeleting the correct vd. Dell h310, h710, h710p, h810 deleting virtual disks, deleting disk groups.
Configuring raid 6 for dell poweredge r740xd platespin forge. Mixing 512byte native and 512byte emulated drives in a virtual disk is allowed, but mixing 512. In the perc 6i config utility the controller 0, disk groups show as foreign. There is currently a single virtual disk on that controller, its a raid 5 disk with 4 physical drives. I would like to take one gb disk physically out to keep as an immediate spare in case of a crash, and configure the remaining 5x gb in a single vd raid 6. There is a raid5 virtual disk with a failed physical disk 1 of 3 is failed. When you go into the reconfigure you should see the option to expand using the available space.
Techmikeny is your source for proper array configuration and for refurbished servers and parts. Create a 128 gb operating system that has a raid 1 configuration on the first two disk drives. My main concern was that the good raid 1 virtual disk whose drives are not marked foreign will remain as is, which by the sounds of your previous response should be the case. A caution indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. Dell emc poweredge raid controller cli reference guide.
But you may for testing put up a raid0 or jbob config with just one disk if you have a spare one. Installing perc 6i drivers during reinstall of widows 2008. Deleting disk groups dell poweredge raid h700 user manual. Support adding virtual disk from perc 6i proxmox support. Updating perc 9 driver for existing windows server 2008 r2 and newer. Virtual disk 1 virtual disk 1 controller 0 perc s100. All perc vds are all on the same set of physical disks as a single raid 5 set as seen in the storage configuration in omsa and perc bios. Finally, create a raid 5 capture partition for the remaining 10 disk drives. Dell emc poweredge raid controller 10 users guide h740p, h745p mx, and h840 regulatory model. In the perc configuration management menu, click create virtual disk. Mixing sas and sata drives within a virtual disk is not supported. The volume must be configured to use the entire available physical drive space if you intend to add drives and expand the array in the future.
If all physical disks making up a virtual disk are removed from the system or enclosure, the raid controller will delete the virtual disk. Dell h310, h710, h710p, h810 using replace member and. Deleting your raid through the perc bios is a pretty quick process. Rebuild a drive using openmanage server administrator dell support. Double check your backup and if it is fine, you can. Unable to delete foreign hdd configuration, perc 6i with. Dell perc 5e, 5i, 6 e, 6 i, h300 series, h700 series, and h800 series. Deletes an existing virtual disk and reclaims the used space for use by other virtual disks in the same storage pool. Configuring virtual disks on a perc 56h700 controller. Find answers to dell poweredge server perc 6 i raid expansion from the expert community at experts exchange. Create and delete virtual disk and assign virtual disk. Dell perc raid controller configuration practical sbs.
Dell poweredge perc 6i raid data recovery data medics. Rebuild the virtual disk, reinstalled the operating system, and copied the data back. Wed like to add 3 drives to the virtual disk and convert it to raid 6, but arent sure if we can do that without data loss. Upgrade drives in perc 6 i if you do as proposed, the only thing you will be able to do with the newly available space is create a new vd virtual disk or array, which will show up in your os as a newseparate disk, meaning, that space cannot be merged with existing parititions. The raid configuration is stored on the controller and on each disk. Adding virtual disk from perc 6 i the following box is to be a dedicated virtual machine host. You probably just have to delete virtual disk 3 failed nonraid and then disk 4 will be free to set as a hot spare.