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This article explains how to create a Virtual Disk using the System Settings menu.
Updated: December 01, 2025
ID: 000178269
This article shows how to add additional disks to a virtual disk or reconfigure a virtual disk.
Updated: September 09, 2025
ID: 000116592
The PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) driver continuously logs debug prints in the OS syslog file when large I/O operations are running on the system.
Updated: January 15, 2026
ID: 000323576
VMware ESXi 9.0 VMkernel logs show warnings "Mode Sense cmd reported block size 0, does not match the current logical block size 4096" and "The device naa.<GUID> is marked format corrupt" when a Virtual Disk (VD) is created on PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) 12/13 with 512-byte emulation (512e) or 4-Kilobyte native (4Kn) drives; messages appear each boot but have no functional impact.
Updated: January 07, 2026
ID: 000398704
This article provides information about how to boot past the Driver Health Manager Screen.
Updated: December 23, 2025
ID: 000148089
Updating PERC H965i or H965e firmware from versions 8.8.x.x or 8.11.x.x to 8.14.x.x may result in detection failures on Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC), Human Interface Infrastructure (HII), and the Operating System after the first reboot.
Updated: December 16, 2025
ID: 000396319
Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) on PowerEdge with PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) H965 may return a "drive count exceeded" error when adding disks. This occurs even if the limit is not reached; failure depends on original and added disk counts.
Updated: November 26, 2025
ID: 000387706
Dell Technical solutions information about various topics, hosted on the Dell TechCenter IT community platform
Updated: October 28, 2025
ID: 000147836
When encryption is enabled on BOSS-N1, the system may stop during POST with the message:
"No Boot Device Available or Operating System Detected."
Updated: September 03, 2025
ID: 000342517
Known issues and important information related to enablement inbox OS drivers on PERC12 family of controllers. (PERC H965, H365)
Updated: August 28, 2025
ID: 000205493
This article explains how to load the PERC driver during Windows 2022 Installation. Without the PERC driver loaded, the installation wizard cannot find a storage location
Updated: August 26, 2025
ID: 000137282
This article explains the procedure to open a Service Request (SR) using the Dell support page.
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Updated: July 31, 2025
ID: 000132371
Learn about Dell PERC features.
Updated: July 29, 2025
ID: 000121866
This article provides information about how to import a foreign configuration RAID array on the system setup (F2) menu.
Updated: July 23, 2025
ID: 000122457
This article provides information about PERC ECC messages that are seen due to firmware memory handling issues.
Updated: June 24, 2025
ID: 000223832
PERC 12: H965 - Dedicated or Global Hot Spare Drive may Fail and Report Unconfigured Bad after Completing a Copyback Operation.
Updated: May 08, 2025
ID: 000291043
This article provides information about how to check Virtual Disk Properties in System Setup for PowerEdge Server.
Updated: April 16, 2025
ID: 000125915
How to Install PERCCLI utility on Red Hat Linux, Ubuntu Linux, VMware ESXi, and Windows Server.
Updated: March 10, 2025
ID: 000217748
This article provides instructions on how to assign a hard drive as a global hot-spare on a PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC)
Updated: February 22, 2025
ID: 000178190
PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) H965i Part Number 3KWJN Revision A05 may intermittently stop on post, reporting HWC8010 and UEFI0116. The Lifecycle Log (LC) log may also record an SWC5012 error stating, Unable to power on the host because a slimline cable is connected to an unpowered device.
Updated: January 13, 2025
ID: 000224900
No hard drives are listed under the PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) H965 enclosure after upgrading the PERC controller firmware to 8.4.0.0.18-27 with OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) 11.0.0.X.
Updated: January 02, 2025
ID: 000217856
This article describes the different type of controllers and the ways in which they should be reseated.
Updated: December 17, 2024
ID: 000228521
This article provides information about the battery learn cycle. It consists of a controller performed battery calibration operation to periodically determine the condition of the battery. This operation cannot be disabled.
Updated: December 05, 2024
ID: 000141687
This article explains how to use commands to gather smart logs.
Updated: December 03, 2024
ID: 000120059
This article explains how to download, install, and use the Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) Command-Line Interface (CLI) utility to manage your RAID controller. The utility is supported on PERC Series 8 and later family controllers on hosts running Windows, Linux, or ESXi. PERCCLI can also extract RAID controller logs which contain information that allows you or Dell Technical Support to determine the status of RAID controllers and the connected storage devices to narrow down possible sources of error.
Updated: November 22, 2024
ID: 000177280
This article provides instructions for the management and configuration of RAID arrays on a LSI MegaRAID 9361-8i, 9440, 9460, and 9341 RAID Controllers
Updated: December 19, 2022
ID: 000147052