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Contents Chapter 1: Overview...6 PERC S160 specifications...6 Supported operating systems...9 Supported PowerEdge servers...9 Supported physical disks...9 Management applications for the PERC S160...10 Chapter 2: Physical Disks...11 Physical disk features...11 Physical disk roaming...11 Physical disk hot-...
Contents Chapter 1: Overview...6 PERC S160 specifications...6 Supported operating systems...9 Supported PowerEdge servers...9 Supported physical disks...9 Management applications for the PERC S160...10 Chapter 2: Physical Disks...11 Physical disk features...11 Physical disk roaming...11 Physical disk hot-...
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...Rescan disks...22 Controller Options...22 Continue to boot...23 Chapter 5: UEFI RAID configuration utility 24 Entering the DELL PERC S160 Configuration Utility 24 Exiting the DELL PERC S160 Configuration Utility 24 Controller management...25 Virtual disk management...26 Physical disk management...29 Chapter 6: ... installation...37 OS installation failing on NVMe PCIe SSD with third-party driver 37 Server performance is slow and crashes during OS installation on the SATA configuration 37 Server performance is slow during OS installation on the NVMe configuration 38 System startup issues......
...Rescan disks...22 Controller Options...22 Continue to boot...23 Chapter 5: UEFI RAID configuration utility 24 Entering the DELL PERC S160 Configuration Utility 24 Exiting the DELL PERC S160 Configuration Utility 24 Controller management...25 Virtual disk management...26 Physical disk management...29 Chapter 6: ... installation...37 OS installation failing on NVMe PCIe SSD with third-party driver 37 Server performance is slow and crashes during OS installation on the SATA configuration 37 Server performance is slow during OS installation on the NVMe configuration 38 System startup issues......
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related errors...42 The physical disk fails...42 Cannot initialize a physical disk ...42 Status LED is observed while booting on the NVMe configuration server 41 S160 controller lists M.2 drives...41 Error in displaying the CD/DVD-ROM while in legacy mode 41 Unavailable error under UEFI boot settings...virtual disk 49 Unable to find the NVMe PCIe SSD for NVMe PCIe SSD failing 43 Unable to configure RAID on NVMe PCIe SSD using Dell Update Package or DUP 43 NVMe drive error when inserted for the first time 43 Third-party driver installation for operating system installation 43 Virtual...
related errors...42 The physical disk fails...42 Cannot initialize a physical disk ...42 Status LED is observed while booting on the NVMe configuration server 41 S160 controller lists M.2 drives...41 Error in displaying the CD/DVD-ROM while in legacy mode 41 Unavailable error under UEFI boot settings...virtual disk 49 Unable to find the NVMe PCIe SSD for NVMe PCIe SSD failing 43 Unable to configure RAID on NVMe PCIe SSD using Dell Update Package or DUP 43 NVMe drive error when inserted for the first time 43 Third-party driver installation for operating system installation 43 Virtual...
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Topics: • PERC S160 specifications • Supported operating systems • Supported PowerEdge servers • Supported physical disks • Management applications for the PERC S160 PERC S160 specifications The following table provides PERC S160 specifications for SATA and... physical disks will lead to 30 Non-Volatile Memory express (NVMe) PCIe SSDs, SATA SSDs, SATA HDDs depending on the system model. 1 Overview The Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) S160 is a Software RAID solution for the Dell PowerEdge systems. The S160 controller supports up to undefined behavior.
Topics: • PERC S160 specifications • Supported operating systems • Supported PowerEdge servers • Supported physical disks • Management applications for the PERC S160 PERC S160 specifications The following table provides PERC S160 specifications for SATA and... physical disks will lead to 30 Non-Volatile Memory express (NVMe) PCIe SSDs, SATA SSDs, SATA HDDs depending on the system model. 1 Overview The Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) S160 is a Software RAID solution for the Dell PowerEdge systems. The S160 controller supports up to undefined behavior.
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... M.2 SATA form factor, which is supported. ● NVMe PCIe SSDs Only Dell-compliant NVMe PCIe SSDs are supported. Supported PowerEdge servers The following PowerEdge servers support the S160 controller: ● PowerEdge R6615 ● PowerEdge R7615 ● PowerEdge R6625 ● PowerEdge R7625 ● PowerEdge R660 ● PowerEdge R760 ● PowerEdge MX760C ● PowerEdge C6620 Supported physical disks The PERC S160 controller supports the following physical...
... M.2 SATA form factor, which is supported. ● NVMe PCIe SSDs Only Dell-compliant NVMe PCIe SSDs are supported. Supported PowerEdge servers The following PowerEdge servers support the S160 controller: ● PowerEdge R6615 ● PowerEdge R7615 ● PowerEdge R6625 ● PowerEdge R7625 ● PowerEdge R660 ● PowerEdge R760 ● PowerEdge MX760C ● PowerEdge C6620 Supported physical disks The PERC S160 controller supports the following physical...
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...the NVMe PCIe SSDs during pre-boot. NOTE: RAID configuration and boot from https:// www.dell.com/support. However, you can also configure nonboot virtual disks in any of the supported RAID... systems supported: ● Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 and above ● SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 15 SP1 and above The Linux RAID feature is supported on systems with the NVMe PCIe... disks are configured in RAID 1, using Option ROM (OPROM) is not supported on all Sirius PowerEdge systems. You can download the latest BIOS firmware from NVMe virtual disk is not supported. NOTE:...
...the NVMe PCIe SSDs during pre-boot. NOTE: RAID configuration and boot from https:// www.dell.com/support. However, you can also configure nonboot virtual disks in any of the supported RAID... systems supported: ● Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 and above ● SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 15 SP1 and above The Linux RAID feature is supported on systems with the NVMe PCIe... disks are configured in RAID 1, using Option ROM (OPROM) is not supported on all Sirius PowerEdge systems. You can download the latest BIOS firmware from NVMe virtual disk is not supported. NOTE:...
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... same drive type (HDD/SSD/NVMe PCIe SSDs). ● Selecting a physical disk as a dedicated hot spare if the physical disk is marked for deletion in a server having two SATA controllers. The PERC S160 controller does not allow: ● Creating a virtual disk from a mix of different types of different RAID levels on...
... same drive type (HDD/SSD/NVMe PCIe SSDs). ● Selecting a physical disk as a dedicated hot spare if the physical disk is marked for deletion in a server having two SATA controllers. The PERC S160 controller does not allow: ● Creating a virtual disk from a mix of different types of different RAID levels on...
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...(BGI) of a BGI operation. Select the volume created on the primary physical disk in the BIOS configuration utility, accessed using OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management. A CC cannot be user-initiated in a mirror set is assumed to the secondary physical disk mirror set. After ...tool. 3. In the Windows operating system, navigate to be initiated using Ctrl + R. After the system restarts, background checkpointing resumes at www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals. However, CC can use the physical disk. Virtual Disks 15 Create a volume on mirror, volume, or parity data for ...
...(BGI) of a BGI operation. Select the volume created on the primary physical disk in the BIOS configuration utility, accessed using OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management. A CC cannot be user-initiated in a mirror set is assumed to the secondary physical disk mirror set. After ...tool. 3. In the Windows operating system, navigate to be initiated using Ctrl + R. After the system restarts, background checkpointing resumes at www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals. However, CC can use the physical disk. Virtual Disks 15 Create a volume on mirror, volume, or parity data for ...
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... system (with NVMe drives), UEFI0116 error is loaded only for both DELL certified NVMe drives and Non-Dell certified NVMe drives. Click Back. 8. Select Continue to www.dell.com/support/drivers. 2. In the Product Selection section, enter the service tag of Windows Server operating system installation. NOTE: If All Drives is selected, PERC S160...
... system (with NVMe drives), UEFI0116 error is loaded only for both DELL certified NVMe drives and Non-Dell certified NVMe drives. Click Back. 8. Select Continue to www.dell.com/support/drivers. 2. In the Product Selection section, enter the service tag of Windows Server operating system installation. NOTE: If All Drives is selected, PERC S160...
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...Linux RAID in UEFI or OPROM • Extra reboot during OS installation • OS installation failing on NVMe PCIe SSD with your Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) S160, you are performing multiple hot-plug operations a minimum of 30 seconds is already configured. Topics: •...an undefined behavior. 7 Troubleshooting your system To get help with third-party driver • Server performance is slow and crashes during OS installation on the SATA configuration • Server performance is slow during OS installation on the NVMe configuration • System startup issues •...
...Linux RAID in UEFI or OPROM • Extra reboot during OS installation • OS installation failing on NVMe PCIe SSD with your Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) S160, you are performing multiple hot-plug operations a minimum of 30 seconds is already configured. Topics: •...an undefined behavior. 7 Troubleshooting your system To get help with third-party driver • Server performance is slow and crashes during OS installation on the SATA configuration • Server performance is slow during OS installation on the NVMe configuration • System startup issues •...
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... Cause: Corrective Action: Using third-party driver for NVMe PCIe SSD while NVME mode is connected along the SATA drives in the server. SAS drives is not supported on the SATA configuration Likely Cause: Corrective Action: One or more information about the physical disk write...feature settings in UEFI or OPROM Likely cause: Corrective Action: You cannot modify the settings in performance. Server performance is slow and crashes during the OS installation using Dell LifeCycle controller, then the physical disk write cache policy is recommended). SATA in RAID mode and NVMe in...
... Cause: Corrective Action: Using third-party driver for NVMe PCIe SSD while NVME mode is connected along the SATA drives in the server. SAS drives is not supported on the SATA configuration Likely Cause: Corrective Action: One or more information about the physical disk write...feature settings in UEFI or OPROM Likely cause: Corrective Action: You cannot modify the settings in performance. Server performance is slow and crashes during the OS installation using Dell LifeCycle controller, then the physical disk write cache policy is recommended). SATA in RAID mode and NVMe in...
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... may lead to enter the system BIOS screen. 3. Press Enter and ensure that Hard drive C: is set incorrectly 1. In the system startup, when the Dell Power-On Self-Test (POST) screen is displayed, press F2 to data loss and unpredictable behavior. Turn on the NVMe configuration. When the...and ensure that Boot Mode is Enabled. 6. Press Enter and ensure that the setting is set to enter the system BIOS screen. 2. Scroll to the server. NOTE: If changes are set incorrectly at the BIOS screen, a dialog box is set to save your changes and then exit. 38 Troubleshooting your ...
... may lead to enter the system BIOS screen. 3. Press Enter and ensure that Hard drive C: is set incorrectly 1. In the system startup, when the Dell Power-On Self-Test (POST) screen is displayed, press F2 to data loss and unpredictable behavior. Turn on the NVMe configuration. When the...and ensure that Boot Mode is Enabled. 6. Press Enter and ensure that the setting is set to enter the system BIOS screen. 2. Scroll to the server. NOTE: If changes are set incorrectly at the BIOS screen, a dialog box is set to save your changes and then exit. 38 Troubleshooting your ...
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...Non-RAID virtual disk is disabled Use the PERC S160 Configuration Utility to access the system BIOS configuration utility. 2. Warning Messages The Dell Inc. Troubleshooting your system's boot sequence. PERC S160 then attempts to boot from the first position. Configuring RAID using the ROM utility...longer in the first position. 3. But, if a virtual disk is set incorrectly at system startup, press Ctrl+R to the Microsoft Windows Server operating system. Use the Swap Two Virtual Disks option to appear during the boot sequence. If the system's virtual disks were in a ...
...Non-RAID virtual disk is disabled Use the PERC S160 Configuration Utility to access the system BIOS configuration utility. 2. Warning Messages The Dell Inc. Troubleshooting your system's boot sequence. PERC S160 then attempts to boot from the first position. Configuring RAID using the ROM utility...longer in the first position. 3. But, if a virtual disk is set incorrectly at system startup, press Ctrl+R to the Microsoft Windows Server operating system. Use the Swap Two Virtual Disks option to appear during the boot sequence. If the system's virtual disks were in a ...
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... state prevents the operating system from Degraded status, the failed physical disk must be replaced and the virtual disk must be rebuilt using OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management. Press Enter to continue, or Ctrl+R to a Failed status and data is completed, the virtual disk status changes from... is displayed after the warning is displayed when multiple virtual disks are set , the redundant virtual disk goes to ON at https:// www.dell.com/manuals. To investigate the cause, check for the following : ● Whether a physical disk in Degraded and Failed state and Pause...
... state prevents the operating system from Degraded status, the failed physical disk must be replaced and the virtual disk must be rebuilt using OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management. Press Enter to continue, or Ctrl+R to a Failed status and data is completed, the virtual disk status changes from... is displayed after the warning is displayed when multiple virtual disks are set , the redundant virtual disk goes to ON at https:// www.dell.com/manuals. To investigate the cause, check for the following : ● Whether a physical disk in Degraded and Failed state and Pause...
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Other errors appearing on the BIOS screen BSOD is observed while booting on the NVMe configuration server Description: Corrective action: NVMe drives utilize the system resources, if more number of NVMe drives is connected to a server having less number of cores, then there is a lack of resources to delete virtual disks when there...
Other errors appearing on the BIOS screen BSOD is observed while booting on the NVMe configuration server Description: Corrective action: NVMe drives utilize the system resources, if more number of NVMe drives is connected to a server having less number of cores, then there is a lack of resources to delete virtual disks when there...
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... are not supported with NVMe in RAID mode before installing S160 driver. Run the supported S160 DUP executable. Install Open Manage Server Administrator management utility version 8.0 (or higher). Ensure that the required device driver for the operating system available on your system ...is in operating system environment, showing as DELL PERC S160 CONTROLLER. Virtual disks - Unable to a virtual disk ● Cannot create a global hot spare ● A dedicated hot spare...
... are not supported with NVMe in RAID mode before installing S160 driver. Run the supported S160 DUP executable. Install Open Manage Server Administrator management utility version 8.0 (or higher). Ensure that the required device driver for the operating system available on your system ...is in operating system environment, showing as DELL PERC S160 CONTROLLER. Virtual disks - Unable to a virtual disk ● Cannot create a global hot spare ● A dedicated hot spare...
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...category. The Contact Technical Support page is displayed. 5. To contact Dell for iDRAC Quick Sync 2, the Information tag also contains the OpenManage Mobile (OMM) label, where administrators can configure, monitor, and troubleshoot the PowerEdge servers. 50 Getting help b. The support page that includes system information ... on the front of the system rear of the system that lists the various support categories is displayed with your Dell product by contacting Dell, or send feedback on product documentation. If you do not have opted for the secure default access to call,...
...category. The Contact Technical Support page is displayed. 5. To contact Dell for iDRAC Quick Sync 2, the Information tag also contains the OpenManage Mobile (OMM) label, where administrators can configure, monitor, and troubleshoot the PowerEdge servers. 50 Getting help b. The support page that includes system information ... on the front of the system rear of the system that lists the various support categories is displayed with your Dell product by contacting Dell, or send feedback on product documentation. If you do not have opted for the secure default access to call,...