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Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 10 User’s Guide PERC H345, H740P, H745, and H840 Series Controllers

Virtual disk migration

The PERC 10 series supports migration of virtual disks from one controller to another without taking the target controller offline. The controller can import RAID virtual disks in optimal, degraded, or partially degraded states. You cannot import a virtual disk that is offline. When a controller detects a configured physical disk, it flags the physical disk as foreign, and generates an alert indicating that a foreign disk was detected.

Disk migration pointers:

  • Supports migration of virtual disks from PERC H330, H730, H730P, and H830 to the PERC 10 series except for PERC H345.
  • Supports migration of volumes created within the PERC 10 series.
  • Does not support migration from the PERC 10 series to PERC H330, H730, H730P, H830, H310, H710, H710P, H810.
  • Does not support migration from PERC H310, H710, H710P, and H810 to the PERC10 series.
NOTE: The source controller must be offline prior to performing the disk migration.
NOTE:Importing non-RAID drives and uneven span RAID 10 virtual disks from PERC 9 to PERC 10 is not supported.
NOTE:Disks cannot be migrated to older generations of PERC cards.
NOTE:Importing secured virtual disks is supported as long as the appropriate local key management (LKM) is supplied or configured.
NOTE:RAID 5, 6, 50, and 60 virtual disks cannot be imported in eHBA mode.
NOTE:Virtual disk migration from PERC H740P, H745P, H745, H840 to H345 is not supported.
CAUTION:Do not attempt disk migration during RLM or online capacity expansion (OCE). This causes loss of the virtual disk.

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