Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 3 User's Manual
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Brand: Dell
Category: Computer Hardware
Type: Operation & user’s manual
Model: Dell DC, 3 , Dell DCL and 3 , Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 3 , Dell QC, 3 , Dell SC PERC 3
Pages: 254 (1.33 Mb)
11 Contents
Physical Device Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Configuring Arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Arranging Arrays
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Creating Hot Spares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Creating Logical Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Configuration Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Maximizing Capacity
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Maximizing Drive Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Maximizing Drive Performance
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Assigning RAID Levels
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Configuring Logical Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Optimizing Data Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Data Access Requirements
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Array Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Planning the Array Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Using the Array Configuration Planner
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Random Array Deletion
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Overview
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Configuration Module
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
8 PERC 3/SC Hardware Installation
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Optional Equipment
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
PERC 3/SC Card Layout
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Installation Steps
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Step 1—Unpack
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Step 2—Power Down
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Step 3—Set Jumpers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Step 4—Set SCSI Termination
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108