- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Dell Technologies PowerEdge RAID Controller 11
- Features of PERC H755 adapter
- Features of PERC H755 front SAS
- Features of PERC H755N front NVMe
- Features of PERC H755 MX adapter
- Features of PERC H750 adapter SAS
- Features of PERC H355 adapter SAS
- Features of PERC H355 front SAS
- Features of PERC H350 adapter SAS
- Features of PERC H350 Mini Monolithic SAS
- Operating systems supported by PERC 11 cards
- Technical specifications of PERC 11 cards
- Thermal specifications
- Applications and User Interfaces supported by PERC 11
- Features of PowerEdge RAID Controller 11
- Controller features
- Virtual disk features
- Virtual disk initialization
- Reconfigure virtual disks
- Background operations
- Hard drive features
- Fault tolerance
- Install and remove a PERC 11 card
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Remove the PERC H755 adapter
- Install the PERC H755 adapter
- Remove the PERC H755 front SAS card
- Install the PERC H755 front SAS card
- Remove the PERC H755N front NVMe card
- Install the PERC H755N front NVMe card
- Remove the PERC H755 MX adapter
- Install the PERC H755 MX adapter
- Remove the PERC H750 adapter SAS
- Install the PERC H750 adapter SAS
- Remove the PERC H355 adapter SAS
- Install the PERC H355 adapter SAS
- Remove the PERC H355 front SAS
- Install the PERC H355 front SAS card
- Remove the PERC H350 adapter SAS
- Install the PERC H350 adapter SAS
- Remove PERC H350 Mini Monolithic SAS
- Install PERC H350 Mini Monolithic SAS
- Driver support for PERC 11
- Firmware
- Manage PERC 11 controllers using HII configuration utility
- Enter the PERC 11 HII configuration utility
- Exit the PERC 11 HII configuration utility
- Navigate to Dell PERC 11 configuration utility
- View the HII Configuration utility dashboard
- Configuration management
- Controller management
- Clear controller events
- Save controller events
- Save debug log
- Enable security
- Disable security
- Change security settings
- Restore factory default settings
- Auto configure behavior
- Manage controller profile
- Advanced controller properties
- Virtual disk management
- Physical disk management
- Hardware components
- Security key management in HII configuration utility
- Security key and RAID management
- Security key implementation
- Local Key Management
- Create a security key
- Change Security Settings
- Disable security key
- Create a secured virtual disk
- Secure a non-RAID disk
- Secure a pre-existing virtual disk
- Import a secured non-RAID disk
- Import a secured virtual disk
- Dell Technologies OpenManage Secure Enterprise Key Manager
- Supported controllers for OpenManage Secure Enterprise Key Manager
- Manage enterprise key manager mode
- Disable enterprise key manager mode
- Manage virtual disks in enterprise key manager mode
- Manage non–RAID disks in enterprise key manager mode
- Transition of drives from local key management to enterprise key management (without supported firmware for PERC and iDRAC)
- Migrate of drives from local key management to enterprise key management (with supported firmware for PERC and iDRAC)
- Troubleshooting
- Single virtual disk performance or latency in hypervisor configurations
- Configured disks removed or not accessible error message
- Dirty cache data error message
- Discovery error message
- Drive Configuration Changes Error Message
- Windows operating system installation errors
- Firmware fault state error message
- Foreign configuration found error message
- Foreign configuration not found in HII error message
- Degraded state of virtual disks
- Memory errors
- Preserved Cache State
- Security key errors
- General issues
- Physical disk issues
- Physical disk in failed state
- Unable to rebuild a fault tolerant virtual disk
- Fatal error or data corruption reported
- Multiple disks are inaccessible
- Rebuilding data for a failed physical disk
- Virtual disk fails during rebuild using a global hot spare
- Dedicated hot spare disk fails during rebuild
- Redundant virtual disk fails during reconstruction
- Virtual disk fails rebuild using a dedicated hot spare
- Physical disk takes a long time to rebuild
- Drive removal and insertion in the same slot generates a foreign configuration event
- SMART errors
- Replace member errors
- Linux operating system errors
- Drive indicator codes
- HII error messages
- System reports more drive slots than what is available
- World Wide Number on drive sticker is not the same in applications
- Backplane firmware revision not changing in PERC interfaces after an update
- Appendix RAID description
- Getting help
- Documentation resources
Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 11 User’s Guide PERC H755, H750, H355, and H350 Controller Series
Convert to RAID capable
Prerequisites
To convert a non–RAID disk to RAID capable disk from the HII Configuration Utility, perform the following steps:
Steps
- Enter the Dell PERC 11 Configuration Utility. See Navigate to Dell PERC 11 configuration utility.
-
Click
.
The list of physical disks appears.
- Select the physical disk.
- From the Operations drop-down menu, select Convert to RAID capable.
-
Click
Go.
A screen appears asking if you are sure you want to perform the operation.
- Select the Confirm option.
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Click
Yes.
The operation is successful.
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