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Dell Shared PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) 8 For Dell PowerEdge VRTX Systems User’s Guide

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Best practices for Shared PERC 8

  • Always use the latest firmware and drivers from dell.com/support/drivers.

  • Always keep a copy of your virtual disk configuration and server node mapping information. To document your virtual drive configuration and mapping information, perform the following steps:

    1. Open CLI terminal and run the command racadm raid get vdisks –o. Take a screen shot of the results page and save the captured screen shot to a location of choice, or write down the information and store it in a safe, secure location.
    2. Click Chassis OverviewStorageVirtual DisksAssign to view the virtual disk mapping by the CMC GUI. Take a screen shot of the results page and save the captured screen shot to a location of choice, or write down the information and store it in a safe, secure location.
    3. Click Chassis OverviewStorageVirtual Disks to get the virtual disk configuration information by the CMC GUI. Take a screen shot of the results page and save the captured screen shot to a location of choice, or write down the information and store it in a safe, secure location.

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