PowerEdge RAID Controller H730

This article lists the PowerEdge RAID Controllers (PERC) by series family (generation) for Dell systems. There are several types of PERC controllers available depending on internal or external storage connectors, maximum drive support, and RAID support.

This article shows how to add additional disks to a virtual disk or reconfigure a virtual disk.

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Questions about Dell PowerEdge RAID controller cards and drive manipulations are answered here with tutorials.

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This article explains how to export the RAID controller log (TTYlog) directly from OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA) using the interface or using the command lines.

When encryption is enabled on BOSS-N1, the system may stop during POST with the message: "No Boot Device Available or Operating System Detected."

This article provides information about various battery error codes, their possible causes, and examples.

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Learn about Dell PERC features.

This article provides information about how to import a foreign configuration RAID array on the system setup (F2) menu.

This article explains how to export the RAID controller log (TTY log) directly from RAID Controller (PERC).

PowerEdge R740 and R740xd, but not the R740xd2, use the Mini PERC interposer (04M4C). In R730 servers this was referred to as onboard C-stack.

This article shows how to identify the Mirrored Set each hard drive is a part of for RAID 10 arrays on PERC 9 and later series controllers using OMSA and OMCLI.

This article provides instructions on how to assign a hard drive as a global hot-spare on a PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC)

When attempting to save the PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) controller's event logs from within the Host Integrated Interface (HII), this process may take upwards of 20 minutes to complete.

PERC 9 controllers (H330, H730, H730P, H830, FD33xS, and FD33xD) introduced a feature called Rapid Rebuild that speeds up the time to rebuild failed drives in certain conditions. There is a possibility for data integrity issues when this feature is used under certain conditions.

This article describes the different type of controllers and the ways in which they should be reseated.

This article explains how to fix a problem when responding to a Critical error by pressing "C" then "Y" not entering into HII in UEFI mode.

This article talks about the fact that PERC and HBA Controllers do not get detected or their status is unknown when queried by utilities like PERC CLI or OMSA that use inband management.

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.

This article explains how to use commands to gather smart logs.

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.

This article provides instructions for the management and configuration of RAID arrays on a LSI MegaRAID 9361-8i, 9440, 9460, and 9341 RAID Controllers