Drivers Perc 6I

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Perc 6i Drivers Windows 2003
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Perc 6i Drivers Windows 2008 R2

Perc 6i Drivers Windows 2003

After hearing the stellar reviews and all the information on hand about the Perc 5/i controller from Dell, I was thinking about buying the next generation Dell controller, the Perc 6/i. As well as doing all the things the 5/i does (raid 0, 1, 5, 10) the 6/i supports RAID 6, 50, and 60. Doesn't seem to matter what I do it will not integrate this driver properly, it is kind of funny that if i simply copy the files from the driver folder to a floppy disk and hit f6 while its booting it works fine, but the integration doesnt seem to work, while the windows setup text mode is running i even see it say PERC 5 PERC 6 etc but after windows starts it says no disk drives were.

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Hi Everyone.

I have a Dell T610 with a PERC 6/i. There is a RAID-5 Virtual disk with a failed physical disk ( 1 of 3 is failed).

I ordered this replacement from Newegg.com. The drive is identical to the old drive. The revision matches & all - not purposefully though, but the sled was not the same as the one in the picture, so I had to re-use the old sled so it would fit in the bay.

Perc 6i Drivers Windows 2008 R2

The Problem The drive will re-build when I remove the old drive and replace the new drive (with the machine still running). I monitor it through Dell OpenManage Server. It rebuilds, and stays online for about 12 to 16 hours, and I come in to work and it shows that the drive is 'removed' on OpenManage Server, and the actual server LCD screen shows that there is a Fault on the drive (drive 2).

Some Ideas

I checked the Firmware Version on OpenManage and it is out of date. Perhaps this is causing it, but I don't know why it would cause it all of the sudden, and with a new drive?
How do I go about updating the Firmware? Do I need to update my BIOS and Chipset as well? In what order?
Perhaps it is caused by the sled or physical-electrical connections.
How can I test these (any visual signs?) to verify that this is not the case?

Thank you for the help!

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We've recently had to migrate from the Dell 1950 to the Dell R610 since Dell isn't making/selling the 19xx series any longer. The operating system we use is Windows XP Embedded, and to get a solid build it's necessary to have a Windows XP install on the hardware you're targeting. However, I cannot get the Windows XP install disc to recognize the hard drives on the R610 (which uses PERC 6/i integrated).
Things I've tried:
+ PERC5/6 driver disk we used to get Windows XP on the 1950's.
+ Multi-device PERC driver from dell for servers (percsas rather than megasas)
+ LSI driver for MegaRAID 8048 (despite saying it's for XP on the website it shows up as a Vista driver on the F6 select screen)
+ The actual controller cards on the 1950 and R610 appear to be identical - I swapped them, but it didn't affect anything.
+ Install Server 2003, scan that configuration and then manually re-write the inf files for the XP versions - this blue-screened the XP Embedded install (although it did get to the loading Windows screen!).
+ Formatted the hard disk (came completely un-formatted)
+ Installed XP on the drive from a 1950 and swapped the HD into the R610 (obviously didn't work)
If I can get the XP installation disc to recognize the drive, I'm good to go from there but I have been unable to locate a driver that works. Dell doesn't support XP on the R610, so they don't have a driver for download and LSI's latest driver comes up as Vista despite being from their Windows XP link - does anyone know of a driver that will work to get XP running on an R610?