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Dell S140 User Manual (56 pages)
RAID Controller
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Controller
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
3
1 Overview
7
PERC S140 Specifications
7
Supported Operating Systems
9
Supported Poweredge Systems
9
Supported Physical Disks
10
Management Applications for the PERC S140
10
2 Physical Disks
11
Physical Disk Features
11
Physical Disk Roaming
11
Physical Disk Hot-Swapping
11
Physical Disk Power Management
11
Physical Disk Failure Detection
11
Mirror Rebuilding
12
Fault Tolerance
12
Self-Monitoring and Reporting Technology
12
Native Command Queuing
12
Nvme Pcie SSD Support
12
Physical Disk Write Cache Policy for SATA Drives
13
Linux RAID
13
3 Virtual Disks
14
Virtual Disk Features
14
TRIM for SATA Ssds
14
Disk Initialization
15
Background Array Scan
15
Checkpointing
15
Virtual Disk Cache Policies
16
Virtual Disk Migration
16
Expanding Virtual Disk Capacity
17
4 Cabling the Drives for S140
18
Disk Connectivity for AHCI Devices
19
5 BIOS Configuration Utility
20
Entering the BIOS Configuration Utility
21
Exiting the BIOS Configuration Utility
21
Initializing the Physical Disks
21
Converting to RAID Disks
21
Converting to Non-RAID Disks
22
Creating the Virtual Disks
22
Selecting Virtual Disk Sizes While Creating a Virtual Disk
22
Deleting the Virtual Disks
22
Swapping Two Virtual Disks
23
Managing the Hot Spare Disks
23
Assigning the Global Hot Spare Disks
23
Assigning the Dedicated Hot Spare Disks
24
Unassign Hot Spare Disks
24
Viewing the Physical Disks Details
24
Viewing the Virtual Disks Details
25
Rescan Disks
25
Controller Options
25
Continue to Boot
26
6 UEFI RAID Configuration Utility
27
Entering the DELL PERC S140 Configuration Utility
27
Exiting the DELL PERC S140 Configuration Utility
28
Controller Management
28
Viewing the Controller Properties
28
Changing the Boot Order of the Virtual Disks
29
Stopping the System from Booting if There Is a Critical BIOS Error
30
Converting a Physical Disk to a Non-RAID Disk
30
Converting Physical Disk to RAID Capable Disk
30
Rescan Disks
30
Virtual Disk Management
31
Configuring Windows RAID
31
Configuring Linux RAID
31
Manage Virtual Disk Properties
33
Viewing Virtual Disks Properties and Policies
34
Deleting a Virtual Disk
35
Physical Disk Management
35
Viewing Physical Disk Properties
36
Managing the Physical Disk Write Cache Policy for SATA Drives
37
Assigning the Global Hot Spare
38
Unassign a Global Hot Spare
38
Assigning the Dedicated Hot Spare
38
Cryptographic Erase
39
Viewing Global Hot Spares
39
7 Installing the Drivers
40
Pre-Installation Requirements
40
Setting the SATA Controller to RAID Mode
40
Setting the Nvme Pcie Ssds to RAID Mode
40
Creating a Virtual Disk
41
Checking PERC S140 Options and the Boot List Priority
41
Creating the Device Driver Media for Windows Driver Installation
42
Downloading Drivers for PERC S140 from the Dell Support Website for All Operating Systems
42
Downloading Drivers from the Dell Systems Service and Diagnostic Tools Media for Windows
42
8 Troubleshooting Your System
43
Unable to Configure Linux RAID Using UEFI Configuration Utility
43
Unable to Configure Linux RAID on Systems with more than 10 Nvme Pcie Ssds
43
Performance Degradation after Disabling SATA Physical Disk Write Cache Policy
44
Performance Degradation in UEFI Human Interface Infrastructure
44
Unable to Modify any Feature Settings in UEFI or OPROM
44
Extra Reboot During os Installation
44
OS Installation Failing on Nvme Pcie SSD with Third-Party Driver
44
System Startup Issues
44
System Does Not Boot
45
Controller Mode Is Set Incorrectly at System Setup
45
Boot Mode, Boot Sequence, and or Boot Sequence Retry Are Set Incorrectly
45
Bootable Virtual Disk Is in a Failed State
45
The Boot Order Is Incorrect for a Bootable Virtual Disk
46
A Non-RAID Virtual Disk Is no Longer in First Position in the BIOS Configuration Utility List after a System Reboot
46
The BIOS Configuration Utility Option Does Not Display
46
Configuring RAID Using the Option ROM Utility Is Disabled
46
Warning Messages
46
WARNING- Found Virtual Disks that Are Degraded
46
WARNING - Found Virtual Disks that Are Failed
47
WARNING - Found Virtual Disks that Are Degraded and Failed
47
Other Errors Appearing on the BIOS Screen
48
S140 Does Not Display Greater than Ten Virtual Disks in the BIOS Configuration Utility or CTRL R
48
Unable to Delete Virtual Disks When There Are more than Ten Virtual Disks Present in the System
48
Virtual Disk Rebuild Status in the BIOS Configuration Utility or CTRL R
48
Physical Disk - Related Errors
48
The Physical Disk Fails
48
A Physical Disk Is Not Visible in the BIOS Configuration Utility or Is Offline
49
A Physical Disk Is Highlighted Red at the BIOS Configuration Utility or Ctrl R
49
Cannot Initialize a Physical Disk
49
Status LED Is Not Working
49
Blinking and Unblinking Feature Not Working on Poweredge R740
49
Cannot Update Nvme Pcie SSD Firmware by Using Dell Update Package or DUP
50
Third-Party Driver Installation for Nvme Pcie SSD Failing
50
Unable to Find the Nvme Pcie SSD for Operating System Installation
50
Cryptographic Erase Fails for ISE-Capable SATA Drives
50
Virtual Disks - Related Errors
50
Cannot Create a Virtual Disk
50
A Virtual Disk Is in a Degraded State
51
Cannot Assign a Dedicated Hot Spare to a Virtual Disk
52
Cannot Create a Global Hot Spare
53
A Dedicated Hot Spare Fails
54
Failed or Degraded Virtual Disk
54
Cannot Create a Virtual Disk on Selected Physical Disks
54
RAID Disk Created from the Nvme Pcie Ssds Not Appearing in Operating System Environment, Showing as Partitioned Disks
54
Cannot Perform an Online Capacity Expansion or Reconfigure on a Virtual Disk
55
Unable to Configure RAID on Nvme Pcie SSD Using a Third Party RAID Configuration Utility
55
9 Getting Help
56
Contacting Dell EMC
56
Locating Your System Service Tag
56
Related Documentation
56
Documentation Feedback
56
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