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1 Overview.......................................................................................................................................5

Supported Operating Systems

Related Documentation

Locating Your System Service Tag

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Contacting Dell

Documentation Feedback

2 Shared PERC 8 Card Features...................................................................................................9

Physical Disk Power Management

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Consistency Checks

Virtual Disk Initialization

Background Initialization Of Virtual Disks

Full Initialization Of Virtual Disks

Fast Initialization Of Virtual Disks

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Disk Roaming

Using Disk Roaming

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FastPath

Configuring FastPath-Capable Virtual Disks

Virtual Disk Migration

Migrating Virtual Disks

Virtual Disk Cache Policies

Virtual Disk Write Cache Policies

Virtual Disk Read Cache Policies

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Fault Tolerance

The SMART Feature

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Patrol Read

Physical Disk Failure Detection

Physical Disk Hot Swapping

Auto Replacement Of A Virtual Disk Member And Revertible Hot Spares

Controller Cache Preservation

Battery Transparent Learn Cycle

3 Deploying The Shared PERC 8 Card.......................................................................................17

Removing The Shared PERC 8 Controller

Installing The Shared PERC 8 Controller

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Accessing The Device Driver Media For Windows Driver Update

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