Creating A Non-RAID Disk............................................................................................................26
3 Deploying The PERC Card.................................................................................... 27
PERC H730P Card Features................................................................................................................ 27
Removing The PERC H730P Card......................................................................................................28
Installing The PERC H730P Card........................................................................................................29
Cabling The PERC H730P Card..........................................................................................................30
4 Driver Installation...................................................................................................33
Pre-Installation Requirements For Windows Driver Installation....................................................... 33
Creating The Device Driver Media For Windows Driver Installation.................................................33
Downloading Drivers From The Dell Systems Service And Diagnostic Tools Media For
Windows........................................................................................................................................ 34
Downloading Drivers From The Dell Support Website For Windows.........................................34
Installing The Driver During a Windows Server 2008/2008 R2/2012 Installation......................34
Installing Windows Server 2008/2008 R2/2012 For A New RAID Controller.............................35
Updating Existing Windows Server 2008/2008 R2/2012............................................................ 35
Updating The Linux Driver.................................................................................................................. 36
Installing Or Updating The RPM Driver Package With DKMS Support........................................36
Installing Or Updating The RPM Driver Package With KMOD Support.......................................36
Installing Or Updating The RPM Driver Package With KMP Support...........................................37
5 Management Applications For PERC Cards.....................................................39
Comprehensive Embedded Management ........................................................................................ 39
Dell OpenManage Storage Management...........................................................................................39
BIOS Configuration Utility.................................................................................................................. 40
Entering The BIOS Configuration Utility...................................................................................... 40
Exiting The Configuration Utility.................................................................................................. 40
Menu Navigation Controls............................................................................................................ 41
Setting Up Virtual Disks.................................................................................................................42
Virtual Disk Management....................................................................................................................44
Creating Virtual Disks....................................................................................................................44
Selecting Virtual Disk Parameters.................................................................................................45
Initializing Virtual Disks..................................................................................................................45
Checking Data Consistency......................................................................................................... 46
Running A Data Consistency Check.............................................................................................46
Importing Or Clearing Foreign Configurations Using The VD Mgmt Menu...............................46
Importing Or Clearing Foreign Configurations Using The Foreign Configuration View
Screen............................................................................................................................................ 47
Break Mirror...................................................................................................................................48
Managing Preserved Cache..........................................................................................................49
Managing Dedicated Hot Spares..................................................................................................50
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