Use Case Scenarios; Conversion Of External Shared Perc 8 Card High Availability To Non-High Availability Mode Using Web Interface; Conversion Of External Shared Perc 8 Card Non-High Availability To High Availability Mode Using Web Interface; Conversion Of External Shared Perc 8 Card High Availability To Non-High Availability Mode Using Racadm - Dell EMC PowerEdge VRTX User Manual

Use case scenarios

This section describes typical use cases and tasks that you can perform with Chassis Management Controller Version 3.0 for Dell
PowerEdge VRTX.
Conversion of External Shared PERC 8 card High Availability to Non-High Availability Mode
using Web Interface
Dell PowerEdge VRTX chassis must have 2 External Shared PERC 8 cards in PCI slot 5 and PCI slot 6 in HA mode.
Workflow
1. Power down chassis. Disconnect all SAS cables from External Shared PERC 8 cards to MD12x0 enclosures.
2. Power Up chassis.
3. Login to CMC web interface and navigate to the Storage→ Controllers→ Troubleshooting and disable Fault tolerance from
the drop-down menu for External Shared PERC 8 card in slot 5, click Apply and select disable for slot 6, and then click Apply.
4. Resetting both the PERCs may take two minutes to reflect in Non-HA mode.
5. Power down chassis and connect the enclosures in Non-HA Mode.
6. Power Up chassis.
7. External Shared PERC 8 card is not in HighAvailabiltiy Mode and navigate to Storage→ Troubleshooting→ Setup
Troubleshooting to view the Non-HA status.
Conversion of External Shared PERC 8 card Non-High Availability to High Availability Mode
using Web Interface
Dell PowerEdge VRTX chassis must have 2 External Shared PERC 8 cards in PCI slot 5 and PCI slot 6.
Workflow
1. Power down chassis. Disconnect all SAS cables from External Shared PERC 8 cards to MD12x0 enclosures.
2. Power Up chassis.
3. Login to CMC web interface and navigate to the Storage→ Controllers→ Troubleshooting and enable Fault tolerance from
the drop-down menu for External Shared PERC 8 card in slot 5, click Apply and select disable for slot 6, and then click Apply.
4. Resetting both the PERCs may take two minutes to reflect in HA mode.
5. Power down chassis and connect the enclosures in HA Mode.
6. Power Up chassis.
7. External Shared PERC 8 card is in HighAvailabiltiy Mode and navigate to Storage→ Troubleshooting→ Setup Troubleshooting
to view the HA status.
Conversion of External Shared PERC 8 card High Availability to Non-High Availability Mode
using RACADM
Dell PowerEdge VRTX chassis must have 2 External Shared PERC 8 cards in PCI slot 5 and PCI slot 6 must be in HA mode.
Workflow
1. Power down chassis. Disconnect all SAS cables from External Shared PERC 8 cards to MD12x0 enclosures.
2. Power Up chassis.
3. Login to CMC Racadm and run the following command when the servers are in powered off state:
racadm raid set controllers:RAID.ChassisSlot.5-1 –p HighAvailabilityMode None
4. Run the command racadm raid set controllers:RAID.ChassisSlot.6-1 –p HighAvailabilityMode
None on External Shared PERC 8 card in slot 6.
5. Resetting both the PERCs may take two minutes to reflect in HA mode.
6. Power down chassis and connect the enclosures in Non-HA Mode.
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