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Dell Server Administrator Storage Management Version 11.1.0.0
Dell Server Administrator Storage Management Version 11.1.0.0
Rev. A00
  • Notes, cautions, and warnings
  • Overview
  • Getting Started
  • Understanding RAID concepts
  • Quick access to Storage Status and Tasks
  • PCI Express Solid-State Drive support
  • Storage Information and Global Tasks
  • Controllers
  • Support for PERC hardware controllers
  • Support for BOSS RAID controllers
  • Enclosures and Backplanes
  • Connectors
  • Tape Drive
  • RAID Controller Batteries
  • Physical Disks or Physical Devices
  • Virtual Disks
  • Moving Physical and Virtual Disks from one system to another
  • Protecting your Virtual Disk with a Hot Spare
  • Troubleshooting
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Supported features
  • Determining the health status for storage components
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  • Notes, cautions, and warnings
  • Overview
  • Getting Started
  • Understanding RAID concepts
  • Quick access to Storage Status and Tasks
  • PCI Express Solid-State Drive support
  • Storage Information and Global Tasks
  • Controllers
  • Support for PERC hardware controllers
  • Support for BOSS RAID controllers
  • Enclosures and Backplanes
  • Connectors
  • Tape Drive
  • RAID Controller Batteries
  • Physical Disks or Physical Devices
  • Virtual Disks
  • Moving Physical and Virtual Disks from one system to another
  • Protecting your Virtual Disk with a Hot Spare
  • Troubleshooting
    • Common troubleshooting procedures
      • Cables attached correctly
      • System requirements
      • Drivers and Firmware
      • Isolate hardware problems
      • Replacing a Failed Disk
      • Using the Physical Disk Online command on select controllers
      • Recovering from Removing the wrong Physical Disk
      • Resolving Microsoft Windows upgrade problems
    • Virtual Disk troubleshooting
    • Specific problem situations and solutions
    • PCIe SSD troubleshooting
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Supported features
  • Determining the health status for storage components
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  3. Common troubleshooting procedures

Common troubleshooting procedures

This section describes commands and procedures that can be used in troubleshooting. Topics covered include:

  • Cables attached correctly
  • System requirements
  • Drivers and Firmware
  • Isolate hardware problems
  • Replacing a Failed Disk
  • Recovering from removing the wrong Physical Disk
  • Resolving Microsoft Windows upgrade problems