PowerEdge: Understand, Maintain, and Troubleshoot Hard Drives and RAID Storage
Summary: Understand and troubleshoot PowerEdge hard disk drives, RAID, PowerEdge RAID Controller, and other storage hardware such as cables, backplane, so forth.
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How to better understand and troubleshoot Dell PowerEdge hard disk drives (HDD), Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks Controller (RAID), PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC), and other storage hardware such as cables, backplane, so forth. Through the navigational menu below, find Dell articles for hard drives and RAID in PowerEdge servers, or see some of our helpful articles at the bottom. |
Information: Hard Drive, RAID, and Controller types
- Most commonly used RAID levels - Dell Servers - What are the RAID levels and their specifications?
- Different RAID controller types - List of PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) types for Dell systems
Error Messages: What they mean and what to do next
- System Error messages and how they can be viewed - Error messages in the PowerEdge system event log and how to view the error messages
Performance: Measure, diagnose, and resolve
- How to measure hard drive and RAID performance - Performance issues: How to measure.
- PowerEdge hard drive: What is predicted Drive Failure and how to solve it? - PowerEdge hard drive: What is Predicted Drive Failure and How to Solve it?
- Double Faults and Punctures in RAID Arrays - Double Faults and Punctures in RAID Arrays
Maintenance: Automated and manual operations
- Automated Maintenance: Controller operations
- PowerEdge: What are The Ways and How To Update The Firmware and Drivers
Hard Drive Failure: Speed up replacement
- How to Collect Logs from PowerEdge Servers for Advanced Troubleshooting
- How to Create a Support Request Online for Your Eligible, In-warranty Dell Product
Video Archive for Hard Drive and RAID-related content
Helpful Videos regarding RAID
- Tutorial on Dell Lifecycle Controller: RAID Configuration
- How to Configure RAID with Device Settings (Lifecycle Controller) for PowerEdge
- How to Convert RAID Mode to HBA Mode on Dell PERC
- How to Replace Hard Drive and Carrier for PowerEdge 14th Generation Racks
- How to Replace Mid-Tray Hard Drive Assembly of PowerEdge R740xd
- How to Replace HDD and Carrier from Bay 2 for PowerEdge R740XD2
Helpful Articles:
- PowerEdge hard drive: How to identify the hard drive properties and update the firmware?
- PowerEdge Tutorials: Physical Disks and RAID Controller (PERC) on Servers
- Dell PowerEdge: Troubleshooting a Server that does not start (No Power, No POST, No Boot and No Video)
- Server Operating Systems
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Affected Products
C Series, HS Series, Modular Infrastructure, Rack Servers, Tower Servers, XE Servers, XR Servers, OEM Server Solutions, POWEREDGE VRTX, PowerFlex appliance R650, PowerFlex appliance R6525, PowerFlex appliance R660, PowerFlex appliance R6625
, Powerflex appliance R750, PowerFlex appliance R760, PowerFlex appliance R7625, PowerFlex appliance R640, PowerFlex appliance R740XD, PowerFlex appliance R7525, PowerFlex appliance R840
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Article Number: 000110444
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 03 Dec 2025
Version: 31
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