Conversion Of External Shared Perc 8 Card Non-High Availability To High Availability Mode Using Racadm - Dell EMC PowerEdge VRTX User Manual

7. Power Up chassis.
8. External Shared PERC 8 card is not in HighAvailabiltiy Mode and the following command is used to view the status:
racadm raid get controllers -o -p HighAvailabilityMode
Conversion of External Shared PERC 8 card Non-High Availability to High Availability Mode
using RACADM
Dell PowerEdge VRTX chassis must have 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 Racadm and run the following command when the servers are in powered off state:
racadm raid set controllers:RAID.ChassisSlot.5-1 –p HighAvailabilityMode ha
4. Run the command racadm raid set controllers:RAID.ChassisSlot.6-1 –p HighAvailabilityMode ha
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 HA Mode.
7. Power Up chassis.
8. External Shared PERC 8 card is in HighAvailabiltiy Mode and the HA status is seen by using the following command:
racadm raid get controllers -o -p HighAvailabilityMode
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