
Setting up redundant path support on the PERC H840 adapter
The PERC H840 card can detect and use redundant paths to disks contained in enclosures. With redundant paths to the same device, if
one path fails, another path can be used to communicate between the controller and the device.
To connect single enclosure, cable the ports so that the enclosure is connected to both the ports on the controller card. See
Figure 6.
PERC H840 Card ports - Four enclosures with multipath configuration
in PERC H840 enclosure support.
Profile Management
PERC 10 introduces the concept of profiles. A profile is user selectable. It defines controller queue depth and the maximum number of
physical and virtual disks. There are two profiles: PD64 and PD240. The H740 supports only the PD64 profile. The H745P MX supports only
the PD240 profile. The H840 supports both PD64 and PD240. PD240 is the default profile on H840. For more information see
profile using HII Configuration Utility
NOTE:
When H740 or H840 controller is upgraded to 50.3.0-1022 from an older firmware, profile on the controller is set to PD64.
Table 3. Supported Profiles on PERC 10
Feature
PD64
PD240
Profile ID
10
12
Maximum physical disk supported
64
240
Maximum virtual disk supported
64
240
Controller queue depth
4096
3072
Maximum enclosure supported
•
One enclosure using multipath
configuration
•
Two enclosure using single path
configuration
•
Four enclosure using multipath configuration
•
Eight enclosure using single path
configuration
NOTE:
In the MX chassis, H745P MX supports seven enclosures using a multipath
configuration.
NOTE:
PD64 is supported on internal and external controllers, whereas PD240 is supported on the H840 and H745P MX.
Virtual disk features
This section lists the following virtual disk features supported on PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) 10 cards in detail:
•
Virtual disk write cache policy
•
Virtual disk read cache policy
•
Virtual disk migration
•
Virtual disk Initialization
•
Reconfiguration of virtual disk
•
Background operations
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