Dell Shared PowerEdge RAID Controller 8 Cards For Dell PowerEdge VRTX Systems User’s Guide

Postinstallation tasks for the Shared PERC 8 Internal card

Turn on the PowerEdge VRTX system without hard drives and server modules inserted.
- NOTE: It may take up to 25 minutes for the PowerEdge VRTX storage subsystem to completely power on.
Log in to the CMC GUI.
Click Overview → Power → Control, and view the Power State to ensure that it is ON.
Click Chassis Overview → Storage → Controllers to view the firmware version of the replaced Shared PERC 8 Internal card. The firmware version must be same for both the cards.
- NOTE: If the Shared PERC 8 Internal cards have different versions of their firmware, download and update the firmware to the latest version from Dell.com/drivers.
If the system has two Shared PERC 8 Internal cards, ensure that the Fault Tolerance Status is Healthy/Normal. This is necessary to ensure that any new firmware has been initialized and is compatible before you reinsert the shared hard drives and modular servers.
Turn off the PowerEdge VRTX system.
Insert the shared storage hard drives that you had removed earlier. Insert the shared hard drives in the original slots.
Turn on the PowerEdge VRTX system.
Check the Virtual Disk Layout and the Virtual Disk Assignments in the CMC GUI. If the virtual disks are not imported, not present, or the virtual disk assignments are not present or are incorrect, contact Dell Technical Support.
Turn off the PowerEdge VRTX system.
Insert the server modules that you had removed earlier. Insert the server modules in the original slots.
Turn on the PowerEdge VRTX system.
Turn on the server modules.

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Dell Shared PowerEdge RAID Controller 8 Cards For Dell PowerEdge VRTX Systems User’s Guide

Postinstallation tasks for the Shared PERC 8 Internal card

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