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Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) S130
User’s Guide

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Page 1: ...Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller PERC S130 User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...e to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem WARNING A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage personal injury or death Copyright 2017 Dell Inc or its subsidiaries All rights reserved Dell EMC and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc or its subsidiaries Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners 2017 06 Rev A06 ...

Page 3: ...n drives support 11 Physical disk write cache policy 11 Linux RAID 12 3 Virtual Disks 13 Virtual disk features 13 TRIM for SSDs 13 Disk initialization 13 Background Array Scan 14 Checkpointing 14 Virtual disk cache policies 14 Virtual disk migration 15 Expanding virtual disk capacity 15 4 Cabling the drives for S130 17 Disk connectivity for AHCI devices 18 5 BIOS Configuration Utility 20 Entering ...

Page 4: ...sk management 28 Configuring Windows RAID 28 Configuring Linux RAID 28 Manage virtual disk properties 29 Viewing virtual disks properties and policies 30 Deleting the virtual disks 30 Physical disk management 31 Viewing physical disk properties 31 Managing the physical disk write cache policy 32 Selecting the 4Kn sector size 32 Assigning the global hot spare 32 Unassign a global hot spare 33 Assig...

Page 5: ...on Utility Ctrl R option does not display 39 Warning Message 40 WARNING Found virtual disks that are degraded 40 WARNING Found virtual disks that are failed 40 WARNING Found virtual disks that are degraded and failed 41 Other errors appearing on the BIOS screen 41 S130 does not display greater than ten virtual disks in the BIOS Configuration Utility CTRL R 41 Unable to delete virtual disks when th...

Page 6: ...tion with the system Integrated Communication with the end devices SATA links SAS connectors No SATA connectors Discrete on the system board Dell compliant SATA compatibility Yes Dell compliant SAS compatibility No Direct connected end devices Dell compliant HDDs and SSDs SMART error support through management applications Yes Backplane supported systems Yes Software based RAID Volume RAID 1 RAID ...

Page 7: ...isks that can be concatenated N A N A Maximum number of physical disks in a Volume 1 1 Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 0 10 6 Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 1 2 2 Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 5 10 6 Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 10 10 6 Minimum number of physical disks that can be concatenated N A N A Minimum number of physical disks in a Volume 1 ...

Page 8: ...the Drivers and Downloads section at dell com support manuals Supported PowerEdge systems The following PowerEdge systems support S130 controller Dell PowerEdge R730 Dell PowerEdge T630 Dell PowerEdge R630 Dell PowerEdge R530 Dell PowerEdge T430 Dell PowerEdge R430 Dell PowerEdge C4130 Dell PowerEdge M630 for M1000e enclosure Dell PowerEdge M630 for VRTX enclosure Dell PowerEdge FC630 Dell PowerEd...

Page 9: ...ensible Firmware Interface UEFI RAID Configuration Utility This storage management application integrated into the System BIOS F2 See UEFI RAID configuration utility Dell OpenManage Storage Management This application enables you to perform controller and enclosure functions for all the supported RAID controllers and enclosures from a single graphical or command line interface without using the co...

Page 10: ...replacement of a disk while the PERC S130 is online and performing its normal functions The following requirements must be met before hot swapping a physical disk The system backplane or enclosure must support hot swapping for the PERC S130 The replacement disk must be of the same protocol and disk technology For example only a SATA hard drive can replace a SATA hard drive and only a SATA SSD can ...

Page 11: ...ART failure is also referred to as predicted as failure There are numerous factors that are predicted physical disk failures such as a bearing failure a broken read write head and changes in spin up rate In addition there are factors related to read write surface failure such as seek error rate and excessive bad sectors NOTE For detailed information on SCSI interface specifications see t10 org and...

Page 12: ...e during pre boot NOTE You must ensure that the boot virtual disks are configured in RAID 1 using two physical disks of identical drive type HDD and SSD and sector size However you can also configure non boot virtual disks in any of the supported RAID levels in the Linux operating system NOTE If you are configuring Linux RAID for RHEL 7 2 on the PowerEdge R330 R230 T330 and T130 systems ensure tha...

Page 13: ...iders it a single disk The capacity of a virtual disk can be expanded online for any RAID level without rebooting the operating system Virtual disk features TRIM for SSDs TRIM allows an operating system to delete a block of data that is no longer considered in use from the SSDs The TRIM command resolves the Write Amplification issue for operating systems that have been supported When an operating ...

Page 14: ... through an event notification A CC cannot be user initiated in the BIOS Configuration Utility Ctrl R However CC can be initiated using Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management For more infromation about Dell OMSA user s guide at dell com openmanagemanuals Background Initialization BGI of a redundant virtual disk creates the parity data that allows the virtual disk to maintain its r...

Page 15: ...t exceed 10 Migrating a virtual disk 1 Turn off the system that contains the source controller 2 Turn off the target system if the system does not support hot insert of physical disks 3 Move the appropriate physical disks from the source controller to the target controller in the target system Physical disks do not have to be inserted into the same slots in the target system 4 If the target system...

Page 16: ...the virtual disk is being redistributed For Volume RAID 1 and RAID 10 OCE Reconfigure expands the virtual disk by using the available space of the physical disks which have been members of the virtual disk For RAID 0 and RAID 5 additional capacity can be attained by adding physical disks to the virtual disk 16 ...

Page 17: ...al of specific system available at dell com poweredgemanuals 1 Turn off the system including any attached peripherals and disconnect the system from the electrical outlet and peripherals NOTE It is recommended that you always use a static mat and static strap while working on components in the interior of the system 2 Remove the system cover 3 Locate the connectors J_SATA A and J_SATA B on the sys...

Page 18: ...vice connects the drives from ports 0 3 and the second AHCI device connects the drives from ports 4 7 For systems with one AHCI device all the hard drives are connected to the single AHCI device NOTE For PowerEdge R330 R230 T330 and T130 systems the S130 controller supports only one AHCI device which provides connectivity to all the hard drives in the system The following table provides informatio...

Page 19: ...t Platform AHCI device 1 AHCI device 2 Boot LUN Restriction Intel X79 PowerEdge R730 T630 R630 R530 T430 R430 C4130 M630 FC630 M830 FC830 and FC430 systems 0 3 4 7 Yes Intel C236 PowerEdge R330 R230 T330 and T130 systems all the drive slots N A N A 19 ...

Page 20: ...rate No Rescan controller Yes Create virtual disk Yes Entering the BIOS Configuration Utility 1 Turn on the system 2 While the system starts up press Ctrl R to boot to the BIOS configuration utility CAUTION If SATA Controller is not set to RAID Mode data might be destroyed Ensure that you backup all data before changing modes NOTE If the BIOS Configuration Utility Ctrl R does not appear and your s...

Page 21: ...utility See Entering the BIOS Configuration Utility 2 Use the arrow keys to select Initializing the physical disks menu and press Enter 3 Select Convert to RAID disk and press Enter 4 Press C to continue 5 In the Physical Disks menu use the arrow keys to move between the physical disks and press Insert to select the desired physical disk 6 Press Enter The selected physical disk is converted to RAI...

Page 22: ...disk size of 2 199 TB 1 Use the Page Up or Page Down keys to select a size displayed incrementally or use the up arrow or down arrow keys to select a size displayed decrementally 2 Continue with Creating the virtual disks To create a virtual disk size of 2 199 TB 1 Press the Page Up or the up arrow key to increase the virtual disk size 2 At the maximum size a dialog box is displayed in the User In...

Page 23: ... dedicated to any specific virtual disk Virtual disks can typically be rebuilt by using a global spare disk as long as the global hot spare is not already part of the virtual disk and has enough available capacity Unlike a dedicated hot spare a global hot spare can be assigned at anytime even while tasks are running on virtual disks NOTE A hot spare can be created only if a physical disk is in Rea...

Page 24: ...ted hot spare s Press Insert 5 Use the up or down arrow key to select a physical disk s for use as a dedicated hot spare s and press Insert 6 Press Enter to add the dedicated hot spare 7 Press the C key to confirm the action Unassign hot spare disks 1 Enter the BIOS Configuration utility See Entering the BIOS Configuration Utility 2 In the Main Menu screen select the Manage Hot Spare and press Ent...

Page 25: ...nue booting View the error message on the window If Pause is OFF the error message is displayed briefly but the system continues to boot 1 Enter the BIOS Configuration Utility See Entering the BIOS Configuration Utility 2 In the Main Menu screen use the arrows to select the Controller Options 3 In the Controller Options field use the up or down arrow keys to scroll to the desired controller option...

Page 26: ...owser screen Help information for individual option menus can also be viewed by scrolling down on each option NOTE Some of the options within the UEFI RAID configuration utility are not present if the controller does not support the corresponding feature Options may also be grayed out if the feature is not supported in existing configuration 4 Click Dell S130 Configuration Utility Displays the lis...

Page 27: ...displayed Stopping the system from booting if there is a critical BIOS error Change Controller Properties screen allows you to either enable or disable the option to stop the system from booting if there is any critical BIOS error which requires manual intervention 1 Enter the Dell PERC S130 Configuration Utility See Entering the DELL PERC S130 Configuration Utility 2 Click Controller Management C...

Page 28: ...ots other than slots 0 3 to enable the selection of the physical disk s that are on slot 4 and all slots after 5 Select the physical disk s and click OK A confirmation screen is displayed 6 Click Yes to continue 7 After converting the physical disks click the Virtual Disk Management in the Controller Options screen 8 Click Create Virtual Disks 9 Click Select the Physical Disk 10 Select media type ...

Page 29: ... If your system detects mixed RAID configurations with both Windows and Linux RAID disks then the S130 UEFI configuration utility displays the mixed configuration screen where you are recommended to perform the following tasks 1 To convert the Linux RAID disks a In the WARNING MIXED CONFIGURATION screen select Windows RAID configuration b Select the physical disks with Linux RAID configuration lis...

Page 30: ...w the virtual disk properties and the policies In the System Setup Main Menu click Device Settings Dell PERC S130 Configuration Utility Virtual Disk Management View Virtual Disk Properties The table explains the View Virtual Disk Properties screen details Menu Item Description Virtual Disk ID Displays the virtual disk ID RAID level Displays the RAID level associated with the virtual disk Virtual D...

Page 31: ...ays the total storage space of the physical disk SMART status Displays if the SMART feature is enabled or disabled for the physical disk Revision Displays the revision Device Type Displays the device type Certified Displays if the physical disk is Dell certified or not Connector Port Displays the port number in which the physical disk is installed SAS Address Displays the SAS address Disk Cache Se...

Page 32: ...rite cache setting is consistent across the physical disk s associated with the virtual disk NOTE If you have Linux RAID configured on the system you cannot modify the physical disk write cache policy feature settings NOTE For more information about the physical disk write cache behavior see the Troubleshooting your system section Selecting the 4Kn sector size 1 Enter the Dell PERC S130 Configurat...

Page 33: ...t spare 1 Enter the Dell PERC S130 Configuration Utility See Entering the DELL PERC S130 Configuration Utility 2 Click Virtual Disk Management Manage Virtual Disk Properties Manage Dedicated Hot Spares NOTE Assign dedicated hot spare only from disk drives populated across slots 0 3 of the system For information about the disk connectivity for AHCI devices see Disk connectivity for AHCI devices and...

Page 34: ... Test POST screen is displayed press F2 3 When the Dell PowerEdge System window is displayed scroll to SATA Settings and press Enter In the sub screen confirm that the SATA Controller is set to a RAID mode NOTE If necessary use the space bar to change the setting 4 Press Esc to exit 5 Press Esc again Initializing the virtual disks For more information about Initialing the virtual disks see Initial...

Page 35: ...st of supported operating systems see Supported operating systems 3 Click Continue 4 From the list of drivers displayed select the driver you require 5 Select the self extracting zip file and click Run 6 Copy the driver to a CD DVD or USB drive Repeat this step for all the drivers you require 7 During the operating system installation use the media that you created with the Load Driver option to l...

Page 36: ...r software window 8 Click Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer 9 Click Have Disk button and browse to the appropriate location 10 Select the appropriate RAID controller and click Next The new driver s are uploaded 11 Close all windows and restart your system for the changes to take effect Installing the driver for Windows Server 2016 1 Power on the system and boot to the Micros...

Page 37: ... create a new installation partition click New and then continue installing the OS NOTE To avoid this issue ensure that you use diskpart exe file to create a partition while installing the Windows 20012 2012 R2 OS 0x0000003B or 0x0000007E stop error occurs on a system while using a 4K sector disks Likely Cause When you boot the system after installing Windows 2012 R2 on a 4K native drives your sys...

Page 38: ...e when the operating system fails Likely Cause If boot virtual disk is created on disks other than disks populated from port 0 3 you cannot recover the MEMORY dmp file Corrective Action Ensure that the boot virtual disk is created on the disks populated from port 0 3 NOTE If you are using PowerEdge R330 R230 T130 and T330 systems you will not see this issue System startup issues To troubleshoot th...

Page 39: ...ncorrect for a bootable virtual disk 1 When prompted at system startup press Ctrl R to access the PERC BIOS Configuration Utility 2 Check Virtual Disks and ensure that the bootable virtual disk is the first virtual disk listed 3 If required use the Swap Two Virtual Disks option to reposition the virtual disks A Non RAID virtual disk is no longer in the first position in the BIOS Configuration Util...

Page 40: ...the failure of a physical disk in each of the mirror sets creates a Degraded status for the RAID 10 The failure of two physical disks in the same mirror set creates a Failed status for the RAID 10 Whether the controller has failed due to a firmware failure or a component failure A failed controller causes a virtual disk not to boot For the virtual disk to recover from Degraded status the failed ph...

Page 41: ...e offline or missing Remove and replace a failed physical disk A second physical disk failure could cause a Degraded virtual disk to change to Failed status Whether the virtual disk is in a Failed status because one or more of the physical disks have failed Press Ctrl R and verify if the physical disks are offline or missing Remove and replace the failed physical disk or disks Other errors appeari...

Page 42: ...physical disks selected for the desired RAID level For details about RAID levels and the allowable number of physical disks used with each RAID level see understanding RAID levels in RAID Technology Guide at dell com support manuals The desired physical disk is unavailable Determine whether the physical disk 1 Is a dedicated hot spare and unavailable for use in another virtual disk 2 Is full or ha...

Page 43: ... 3 If the physical disk was not removed check that its cables are correctly installed Physical or mechanical problems with the physical disk 1 Check if the physical disk in the virtual disk has failed 2 If a physical disk was recently removed and replaced check that it is correctly positioned in the backplane Check the cable connections at the physical disk and at the system board Perform a Rescan...

Page 44: ...he physical disk assigned as the global hot spare has failed 4 The physical disk assigned as the global hot spare is missing There are no empty physical disks available or the physical disks have not been converted to RAID capable disks Install additional physical disks and convert them to RAID Capable disks If existing physical disks are Non RAID they need to be converted to RAID Capable disks WA...

Page 45: ...sk data might be lost 2 Perform a rescan to confirm that the new disk was discovered A dedicated hot spare fails If a dedicated hot spare fails check the following causes 1 The controller cannot communicate with the hot spare 2 The dedicated spare is not visible in the BIOS Configuration Utility Ctrl R or is offline The controller cannot communicate with the hot spare 1 Check that the cable from t...

Page 46: ... controller with mixed RAID levels If so creating additional virtual disk s on these physical disk s is not allowed Cannot perform an Online Capacity Expansion Reconfigure on a virtual disk Check whether these physical virtual disks were migrated from a legacy controller with mixed RAID levels If so Online Capacity Expansion Reconfigure by adding physical disk on such a set of physical disks is no...

Page 47: ...ysical DR Series system by pulling out the information tag This can also be found on the support tab in the GUI This information is used by Dell to route support calls to the appropriate personnel Related Documentation NOTE For all storage controllers and PCIe SSD documents go to dell com storagecontrollermanuals NOTE For all Dell OpenManage documents go to dell com openmanagemanuals NOTE For all ...

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