Supported Features
Different controllers support different features. The tasks displayed by the Storage Management menus and other features vary depending on whether the controller supports the feature. This appendix identifies the features that each controller supports. For more information, see your hardware documentation.
Supported Features on the PERC 4/ Controllers
This section identifies the controller-supported features and whether or not an enclosure can be attached to the PERC 4/SC, 4/DC, 4/Di, 4e/Si, 4e/Di, 4e/DC, and 4/IM controllers.
The features comprise the following:
For enclosure-supported tasks, see Enclosure and Backplane Features.
Controller Tasks
Table 1-1. Controller Tasks Supported by the PERC 4/ Controllers
|
Controller Task Name
|
PERC 4/SC
|
PERC 4/DC
|
PERC 4/DI
|
PERC 4e/SI
|
PERC 4e/DI
|
PERC 4e/DC
|
PERC 4/IM
|
|
Enable Alarm
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Disable Alarm
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Quiet Alarm
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Test Alarm
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Reset configuration
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Set Rebuild Rate
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Set Background Initialization Rate
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Set Check Consistency Rate
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Set Reconstruct Rate
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Rescan Controller
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Create Virtual Disk
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Export Log File
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Clear Foreign Configuration
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Import Foreign Configuration
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Import/Recover Foreign Configuration
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Set Patrol Read Mode
NOTE: For PERC 4 controllers, (Manual mode is not available).
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Start Patrol Read
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Stop Patrol Read
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Battery Tasks
Table 1-2. Battery Tasks Supported by the PERC 4/ Controllers
|
Battery Task Name
|
PERC 4/SC
|
PERC 4/DC
|
PERC 4/DI
|
PERC 4e/SI
|
PERC 4e/DI
|
PERC 4e/DC
|
PERC 4/IM
|
|
Recondition Battery
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Start Learn Cycle
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Delay Learn Cycle
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Connector Tasks
Table 1-3. Connector Tasks Supported by the PERC 4/ Controllers
|
Connector Task Name
|
PERC 4/SC
|
PERC 4/DC
|
PERC 4/DI
|
PERC 4e/SI
|
PERC 4e/DI
|
PERC 4e/DC
|
PERC 4/IM
|
|
Connector Rescan
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Physical Disk Tasks
Table 1-4. Physical Disk Tasks Supported by the PERC 4/ Controllers
|
Physical Disk Task Name
|
PERC 4/SC
|
PERC 4/DC
|
PERC 4/DI
|
PERC 4e/SI
|
PERC 4e/DI
|
PERC 4e/DC
|
PERC 4/IM
|
|
Blink/Unblink
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
Task only available when an enclosure or backplane and LEDs on the physical disks are present.
|
|
Assign and Unassign Global Hot Spare
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Prepare to Remove
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Offline
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Online
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Initialize
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Rebuild
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Cancel Rebuild
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Remove Dead Disk Segments
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Format Disk
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Clear
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cancel Clear
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Virtual Disk Tasks
Table 1-5. Virtual Disk Tasks Supported by the PERC 4/ Controllers
|
Virtual Disk Task Name
|
PERC 4/SC
|
PERC 4/DC
|
PERC 4/DI
|
PERC 4e/SI
|
PERC 4e/DI
|
PERC 4e/DC
|
PERC 4/IM
|
|
Assign and Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Create Virtual Disk
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Rename
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Blink/Unblink
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Reconfigure
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Change Policy
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Split Mirror
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Unmirror
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Delete Last Virtual Disk
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Delete (any) Virtual Disk
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Check Consistency
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Cancel Check Consistency
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Pause Check Consistency
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Resume Check Consistency
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cancel Background Initialization (BGI)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Format Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cancel Format Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Restore Dead Disk Segments
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Initialize Virtual Disk
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Fast Initialize Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Slow Initialize Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cancel Initialize Virtual Disk
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Virtual Disk Specifications
Table 1-6. Virtual Disk Specifications for the PERC 4/ Controllers
|
Virtual Disk Specification
|
PERC 4/SC
|
PERC 4/DC
|
PERC 4/DI
|
PERC 4e/SI
|
PERC 4e/DI
|
PERC 4e/DC
|
PERC 4/IM
|
|
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller
|
40
|
40
|
40
|
40
|
40
|
40
|
1
|
|
Minimum Virtual Disk Size
|
100
MB
|
100
MB
|
100
MB
|
100
MB
|
100
MB
|
100
MB
|
Max
|
|
Maximum Virtual Disk Size
|
2TB
|
2TB
|
2TB
|
2TB
|
2TB
|
2TB
|
2TB
|
|
Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
1
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
2
|
|
Minimum Stripe Size
|
2k
|
2k
|
2k
|
2k
|
2k
|
2k
|
NA
|
|
Maximum Stripe Size
|
128k
|
128k
|
128k
|
128k
|
128k
|
128k
|
NA
|
|
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Disk Group
|
16
|
16
|
16
|
16
|
16
|
16
|
1
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
NA
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
NA
|
|
Maximum Physical Disks in a RAID 1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
NA
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10
|
16
|
16
|
16
|
16
|
16
|
16
|
NA
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50
|
256
|
256
|
256
|
256
|
256
|
256
|
NA
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
NA
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
NA
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
NA
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
NA
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
NA
|
|
Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 6
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 60
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Minimum number of physical disks in a RAID 6
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Minimum number of physical disks in a RAID 60
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
Supported RAID Levels
Table 1-7. RAID Levels Supported by the PERC 4/ Controllers
|
RAID Level
|
PERC 4/SC
|
PERC 4/DC
|
PERC 4/DI
|
PERC 4e/SI
|
PERC 4e/DI
|
PERC 4e/DC
|
PERC 4/IM
|
|
Concatenation
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
RAID 0
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
RAID 1
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
RAID 5
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
RAID 10
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
RAID 50
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
RAID 6
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
RAID 60
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Read, Write, and Disk Cache Policy
Table 1-8. Read, Write and Disk Cache Policy Supported by the PERC 4/ Controllers
|
Read, Write, and Disk Cache Policy
|
PERC 4/SC
|
PERC 4/DC
|
PERC 4/DI
|
PERC 4e/SI
|
PERC 4e/DI
|
PERC 4e/DC
|
PERC 4/IM
|
|
Cache settings
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Read Policy
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Read Ahead (Enabled)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Adaptive Read Ahead
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
No Read Ahead (Disabled)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Write Policy
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Write Back (Enabled)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Write Through (Disabled)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Force Write Back (Enabled Always)
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Write Cache Enabled Protected
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Disk Cache Policy
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Cache I/O
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Direct I/O
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Enclosure Support
Table 1-9. Enclosure Support on the PERC 4/ Controllers
|
Enclosure Support
|
PERC 4/SC
|
PERC 4/DC
|
PERC 4/DI
|
PERC 4e/SI
|
PERC 4e/DI
|
PERC 4e/DC
|
PERC 4/IM
|
|
Can an enclosure be attached to this controller?
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Supported Features on the CERC SATA Controllers
This section identifies the controller-supported features and whether or not an enclosure can be attached to the CERC SATA 1.5/2s and CERC SATA1.5/6ch controllers.
For enclosure-supported tasks, see Enclosure and Backplane Features.
Controller Tasks
Table 1-10. Controller Tasks Supported by the CERC SATA Controllers
|
Controller Task Name
|
CERC SATA 1.5/2s
|
CERC SATA 1.5/6ch
|
|
Enable Alarm
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Disable Alarm
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Quiet Alarm
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Test Alarm
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Reset configuration
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Set Rebuild Rate
|
No
|
No
|
|
Set Background Initialization Rate
|
No
|
No
|
|
Set Check Consistency Rate
|
No
|
No
|
|
Set Reconstruct Rate
|
No
|
No
|
|
Rescan Controller
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Create Virtual Disk
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Export Log File
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Clear Foreign Configuration
|
No
|
No
|
|
Import Foreign Configuration
|
No
|
No
|
|
Import/Recover Foreign Configuration
|
No
|
No
|
|
Set Patrol Read Mode
|
No
|
No
|
|
Start Patrol Read
|
No
|
No
|
|
Stop Patrol Read
|
No
|
No
|
Battery Tasks
Table 1-11. Battery Tasks Supported by the CERC SATA Controllers
|
Battery Task Name
|
CERC SATA 1.5/2s
|
CERC SATA 1.5/6ch
|
|
Recondition Battery
|
No
|
No
|
|
Start Learn Cycle
|
No
|
No
|
|
Delay Learn Cycle
|
No
|
No
|
Connector Tasks
Table 1-12. Connector Tasks Supported by the CERC SATA Controllers
|
Connector Task Name
|
CERC SATA 2S
|
CERC SATA 6ch
|
|
Connector Rescan
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Physical Disk Tasks
Table 1-13. Physical Disk Tasks Supported by the CERC SATA Controllers
|
Physical Disk Task Name
|
CERC SATA 2S
|
CERC SATA 6ch
|
|
Blink/Unblink
|
No
|
No
|
|
Assign and Unassign Global Hot Spare
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Prepare to Remove
|
No
|
No
|
|
Offline
|
No
|
No
|
|
Online
|
No
|
No
|
|
Initialize
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Rebuild
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Cancel Rebuild
|
No
|
No
|
|
Remove Dead Disk Segments
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Format Disk
|
No
|
No
|
|
Clear
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cancel Clear
|
No
|
No
|
Virtual Disk Tasks
Table 1-14. Virtual Disk Tasks Supported by the CERC SATA Controllers
|
Virtual Disk Task Name
|
CERC SATA 2S
|
CERC SATA 6ch
|
|
Assign and Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Create Virtual Disk
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Rename
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Blink/Unblink
|
No
|
No
|
|
Reconfigure
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Change Policy
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Split Mirror
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Unmirror
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Delete Last Virtual Disk
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Delete (any) Virtual Disk
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Check Consistency
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Cancel Check Consistency
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Pause Check Consistency
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Resume Check Consistency
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Cancel Background Initialization (BGI)
|
No
|
No
|
|
Format Virtual Disk
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Cancel Format Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
|
Restore Dead Disk Segments
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Initialize Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
|
Fast Initialize Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
|
Slow Initialize Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cancel Initialize Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
Virtual Disk Specifications
Table 1-15. Virtual Disk Specifications for the CERC SATA Controllers
|
Virtual Disk Specification
|
CERC SATA 2S
|
CERC SATA 6ch
|
|
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller
|
1
|
10
|
|
Minimum Virtual Disk Size
|
100MB
|
100MB
|
|
Maximum Virtual Disk Size
|
2TB
|
2TB
|
|
Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk
|
1
|
16
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span
|
2
|
2
|
|
Minimum Stripe Size
|
16k
|
8k
|
|
Maximum Stripe Size
|
64k
|
64k
|
|
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Disk Group
|
1
|
9
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated
|
1
|
1
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0
|
2
|
48
|
|
Maximum Physical Disks in a RAID 1
|
2
|
2
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5
|
NA
|
16
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10
|
NA
|
32
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated
|
1
|
1
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0
|
1
|
1
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1
|
2
|
2
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5
|
NA
|
3
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10
|
NA
|
4
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 6
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 60
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Minimum number of physical disks in a RAID 6
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Minimum number of physical disks in a RAID 60
|
NA
|
NA
|
Supported RAID Levels
Table 1-16. RAID Levels Supported by the CERC SATA Controllers
|
RAID Level
|
CERC SATA 2S
|
CERC SATA 6ch
|
|
Concatenation
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
RAID 0
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
RAID 1
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
RAID 5
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
RAID 10
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
RAID 50
|
No
|
No
|
|
RAID 6
|
No
|
No
|
|
RAID 60
|
No
|
No
|
Read, Write, and Disk Cache Policy
Table 1-17. Read, Write, and Cache Policy Supported by the CERC SATA Controllers
|
Read, Write, and Cache Policy
|
CERC SATA 2S
|
CERC SATA 6ch
|
|
Cache settings
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Read Policy
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Read Ahead (Enabled)
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Adaptive Read Ahead
|
No
|
No
|
|
No Read Ahead (Disabled)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Write Policy
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Write Back (Enabled)
|
No
|
No
|
|
Write Through (Disabled)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Force Write Back (Enabled Always)
|
No
|
No
|
|
Write Cache Enabled Protected
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Cache Policy
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cache I/O
|
No
|
No
|
|
Direct I/O
|
No
|
No
|
Enclosure Support
Table 1-18. Enclosure Support on the CERC SATA Controllers
|
Enclosure Support
|
CERC SATA 2S
|
CERC SATA 6ch
|
|
Can an enclosure be attached to this controller?
|
No
|
No
|
Supported Features on the PERC 5/ PERC 6/, and CERC 6/I Controllers
This section identifies the controller-supported features and whether or not an enclosure can be attached to the PERC 5/E, PERC 5/i, PERC 6/E, PERC 6/I, PERC 6/I Modular, and CERC 6/I controllers.
For enclosure-supported tasks, see Enclosure and Backplane Features.
Controller Tasks
Table 1-19. Controller Tasks Supported on the PERC 5/ PERC 6/, and CERC 6/I Controllers
|
Controller Task Name
|
PERC 5/E
|
PERC 5/i
|
PERC 6/E
|
PERC 6/I
|
PERC 6/I Modular
|
CERC 6/I
|
|
Enable Alarm
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Disable Alarm
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Quiet Alarm
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Test Alarm
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Reset configuration
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Set Rebuild Rate
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Set Background Initialization Rate
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Set Check Consistency Rate
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Set Reconstruct Rate
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Rescan Controller
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Create Virtual Disk
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Export Log File
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Clear Foreign Configuration
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Import Foreign Configuration
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Import/Recover Foreign Configuration
|
Yes with firmware 5.1.x or greater.
|
Yes with firmware 5.1.x or greater.
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Set Patrol Read Mode
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Start Patrol Read
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Stop Patrol Read
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Replace Member
|
No
|
No
|
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
|
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
|
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
|
No
|
|
Foreign Configuration
|
No
|
No
|
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
|
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
|
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
|
No
|
|
Import Preview of Foreign Configuration
|
No
|
No
|
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
|
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
|
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
|
No
|
|
Hot-plug of Enclosures
|
No
|
No
|
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Change Controller Properties
|
No
|
No
|
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
|
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
|
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
|
No
|
|
Intelligent Mirroring
|
No
|
No
|
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
|
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
|
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
|
No
|
|
Redundant Path Configuration
|
No
|
No
|
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Disk Cache Policy
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Managing Preserved Cache
|
No
|
No
|
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
|
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
|
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
|
No
|
|
Controller Reports
|
|
Patrol Read Report
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Check Consistency Report
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Slot Occupancy Report
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Battery Tasks
Table 1-20. Battery Tasks Supported on the PERC 5/E, PERC 6/, and CERC 6/I Controllers
|
Battery Task Name
|
PERC 5/E
|
PERC 5/i
|
PERC 6/E
|
PERC 6/I
|
PERC 6/I Modular
|
CERC 6/I
|
|
Recondition Battery
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Start Learn Cycle
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Delay Learn Cycle
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Connector Tasks
Table 1-21. Connector Tasks Supported by the PERC 5/E, PERC 6/, and CERC 6/I Controllers
|
Connector Task Name
|
PERC 5/E
|
PERC 5/I
|
PERC 6/E
|
PERC 6/I
|
PERC 6/I Modular
|
CERC 6/I
|
|
Connector Rescan
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Physical Disk Tasks
Table 1-22. Physical Disk Tasks Supported by the PERC 5/E, PERC 6/, and CERC 6/I Controllers
|
Physical Disk Task Name
|
PERC 5/E
|
PERC 5/I
|
PERC 6/E
|
PERC 6/I
|
PERC 6/I Modular
|
CERC 6/I
|
|
Blink/Unblink
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Assign and Unassign Global Hot Spare
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Prepare to Remove
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Offline
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Online
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Initialize
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Rebuild
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Cancel Rebuild
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Remove Dead Disk Segments
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Format Disk
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Clear
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Cancel Clear
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Cancel Replace Member
|
No
|
No
|
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
|
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
|
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
|
No
|
Virtual Disk Tasks
Table 1-23. Virtual Disk Tasks Supported by the PERC 5/, PERC 6/, and CERC 6/I Controllers
|
Virtual Disk Task Name
|
PERC 5/E
|
PERC 5/I
|
PERC 6/E
|
PERC 6/I
|
PERC 6/I Modular
|
CERC 6/I
|
|
Assign and Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Create Virtual Disk
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Rename
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Blink/Unblink
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Reconfigure
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Change Policy
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Split Mirror
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Unmirror
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Delete Last Virtual Disk
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Delete (any) Virtual Disk
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Check Consistency
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Cancel Check Consistency
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Pause Check Consistency
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Resume Check Consistency
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cancel Background Initialization (BGI)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Format Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cancel Format Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Restore Dead Disk Segments
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Initialize Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Fast Initialize Virtual Disk
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Slow Initialize Virtual Disk
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Cancel Initialize Virtual Disk
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Replace Member
|
No
|
No
|
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
|
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
|
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
|
No
|
Virtual Disk Specifications
Table 1-24. Virtual Disk Specifications for the PERC 5/, PERC 6/, and CERC 6/I Controllers
|
Virtual Disk Specification
|
PERC 5/E
|
PERC 5/I
|
PERC 6/E
|
PERC 6/I
|
PERC 6/I Modular
|
CERC 6/I
|
|
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller
|
64
|
64
|
64
|
64
|
64
|
64
|
|
Minimum Virtual Disk Size
|
100MB
|
100MB
|
100MB
|
100MB
|
100MB
|
100MB
|
|
Maximum Virtual Disk Size
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
|
Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
|
Minimum Stripe Size
|
8k
|
8k
|
8k
|
8k
|
8k
|
8k
|
|
Maximum Stripe Size
|
128k
|
128k
|
1MB
|
1MB
|
1MB
|
1MB
|
|
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Disk Group
|
16
|
16
|
16
|
16
|
16
|
16
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
|
Maximum Physical Disks in a RAID 1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10
|
16
|
16
|
256
with firmware version 6.1
|
16
|
16
|
16
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50
|
256
|
256
|
256
|
256
|
256
|
256
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
|
Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 6
|
NA
|
NA
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
|
Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 60
|
NA
|
NA
|
256
|
256
|
256
|
256
|
|
Minimum number of physical disks in a RAID 6
|
NA
|
NA
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
|
Minimum number of physical disks in a RAID 60
|
NA
|
NA
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
Supported RAID Levels
Table 1-25. RAID Levels Supported by the PERC 5/E, PERC 6/, and CERC 6/I Controllers
|
RAID Level
|
PERC 5/E
|
PERC 5/I
|
PERC 6/E
|
PERC 6/I
|
PERC 6/I Modular
|
CERC 6/I
|
|
Concatenation
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
RAID 0
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
RAID 1
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
RAID 5
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
RAID 10
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
RAID 50
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
RAID 6
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
RAID 60
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Read, Write, Cache and Disk Cache Policy
Table 1-26. Read, Write, and Cache Policy Supported by the PERC 5/E, PERC 6/, and CERC 6/I Controllers
|
Read, Write, and Cache Policy
|
PERC 5/E
|
PERC 5/I
|
PERC 6/E
|
PERC 6/I
|
PERC 6/I Modular
|
CERC 6/I
|
|
Cache settings
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Read Policy
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Read Ahead (Enabled)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Adaptive Read Ahead
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
No Read Ahead (Disabled)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Write Policy
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Write Back (Enabled)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Write Through (Disabled)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Force Write Back (Enabled Always)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Write Cache Enabled Protected
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cache Policy
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Disk Cache Policy
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Cache I/O
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Direct I/O
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Enclosure Support
Table 1-27. Enclosure Support on the PERC 5/E, PERC 6/, and CERC 6/I Controllers
|
Enclosure Support
|
PERC 5/E
|
PERC 5/I
|
PERC 6/E
|
PERC 6/I
|
PERC 6/I Modular
|
CERC 6/I
|
|
Can an enclosure be attached to this controller?
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Supported Features on the PERC Hardware Controllers
This section identifies the controller-supported features and whether or not an enclosure can be attached to the following:
•
|
PERC H800 and PERC H810 Adapter Controllers
|
|
•
|
PERC H700 Adapter, PERC H700 Integrated, and PERC H700 Modular Controllers
|
|
•
|
PERC H710 Adapter, PERC H710 Mini Blades, and PERC H710 Mini Monolithic Controllers
|
|
•
|
PERC H310 Adapter, PERC H310 Mini Monolithic, and PERC H310 Mini Blades Controllers
|
The features comprise the following:
For enclosure-supported tasks, see Enclosure and Backplane Features.
Controller Tasks
Table 1-28. Controller Tasks Supported on the PERC Hardware Controllers
|
Controller Task Name
|
PERC H800
|
PERC H810 Adapter
|
PERC H700 Adapter/Integrated
|
PERC H700 Modular
|
PERC H710 Adapter/Mini Monolithic/Mini Blade
|
PERC H710P Adapter
|
PERC H310 Adapter/ Mini Blade/ Mini Monolithic
|
|
Enable Alarm
|
NA
|
No
|
NA
|
NA
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Disable Alarm
|
NA
|
No
|
NA
|
NA
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Quiet Alarm
|
NA
|
No
|
NA
|
NA
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Test Alarm
|
NA
|
No
|
NA
|
NA
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Reset Configuration
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Set Rebuild Rate
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Set Background Initialization Rate
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Set Check Consistency Rate
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Set Reconstruct Rate
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Rescan Controller
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Create Virtual Disk
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Export Log File
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Clear Foreign Configuration
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Import Foreign Configuration
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Import/Recover Foreign Configuration
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Set Patrol Read Mode
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Start Patrol Read
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Stop Patrol Read
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Convert RAID To Non-RAID
|
NA
|
No
|
NA
|
NA
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Convert Non-RAID To RAID
|
NA
|
No
|
NA
|
NA
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Replace Member
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Import Preview of Foreign Configuration
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Hot-plug of Enclosures
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Change Controller Properties
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Intelligent Mirroring
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Redundant Path Configuration
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Disk Cache Policy
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Managing Preserved Cache
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Manage Encryption Key
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Manage CacheCade
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Persistent Hot Spare
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Manage Physical Disk Power for un-configured and hot spare drives
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Manage Physical disk power for configured drives
|
NA
|
Yes
|
NA
|
NA
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Controller Reports
|
|
Patrol Read Report
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Check Consistency Report
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Slot Occupancy Report
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Battery Tasks
Table 1-29. Battery Tasks Supported on the PERC Hardware Controllers
|
Battery Task Name
|
PERC H800
|
PERC H810 Adapter
|
PERC H700 Adapter/Integrated
|
PERC H700 Modular
|
PERC H710 Adapter/Mini Monolithic/Mini Blade
|
PERC H710P Adapter
|
PERC H310 Mini Monolithic/Mini Blade
|
|
Recondition Battery
|
NA
|
No
|
NA
|
NA
|
No
|
No
|
NA
|
|
Start Learn Cycle
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
NA
|
|
Delay Learn Cycle
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
NA
|
Connector Tasks
Table 1-30. Controller Tasks Supported by the PERC Hardware Controllers
|
Controller Task Name
|
PERC H800
|
PERC H810 Adapter
|
PERC H700 Adapter/ Integrated
|
PERC H700 Modular
|
PERC H710 Adapter/Mini Blade/ Mini Monolithic
|
PERC H710P Adapter
|
PERC H310 Adapter/Mini Blade/Mini Monolithic
|
|
Connector Rescan
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Physical Disk Tasks
Table 1-31. Physical Disk Tasks Supported by the PERC Hardware Controllers
|
Physical Disk Task Name
|
PERC H800
|
PERC H810 Adapter
|
PERC H700 Adapter/Integrated
|
PERC H700 Modular
|
PERC H710 Adapter/Mini Blade/Mini Monolithic
|
PERC H710P Adapter
|
PERC H310 Adapter/Mini Blade/Mini Monolithic
|
|
Blink/Unblink
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Assign and Unassign Global Hot Spare
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Prepare to Remove
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Offline
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Online
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Initialize
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Rebuild
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Cancel Rebuild
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Remove Dead Disk Segments
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Format Disk
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Clear
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Cancel Clear
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Cancel Replace Member
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Convert to Raid Capable disk
|
NA
|
No
|
NA
|
NA
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Convert to Non-Raid disk
|
NA
|
No
|
NA
|
NA
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Instant Secure Erase
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Revertible Hot Spare
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Virtual Disk Tasks
Table 1-32. Virtual Disk Tasks Supported by the PERC Hardware Controllers
|
Virtual Disk Task Name
|
PERC H800
|
PERC H810 Adapter
|
PERC H700 Adapter/Integrated/Modular
|
PERC H710 Adapter/Mini Monolithic/Mini Blade
|
PERC H710P Adapter
|
PERC H310 Adapter/Mini Blade/Mini Monolithic
|
|
Assign and Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Create Virtual Disk
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Rename
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Blink/Unblink
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Reconfigure
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Change Policy
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Split Mirror
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Unmirror
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Delete Virtual Disk
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Check Consistency
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Cancel Check Consistency
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Pause Check Consistency
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Resume Check Consistency
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cancel Background Initialization (BGI)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Format Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cancel Format Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Restore Dead Disk Segments
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Initialize Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Fast Initialize Virtual Disk
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Slow Initialize Virtual Disk
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Replace Member
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Encrypt Virtual Disk
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Clear Virtual Disk Bad Blocks
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Virtual Disk Specifications
Table 1-33. Virtual Disk Specifications for the PERC Hardware Controllers
|
Virtual Disk Specification
|
PERC H800
|
PERC H810 Adapter
|
PERC H700 Adapter/Integrated/Modular
|
PERC H710 Mini Blade
|
PERC H710 Adapter/Mini Monolithic
|
PERC H710P Adapter
|
PERC H310 Adapter/Mini Blade/Mini Monolithic
|
|
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller
|
64
|
64
|
64
|
64
|
64
|
64
|
16
|
|
Minimum Virtual Disk Size
|
100MB
|
100MB
|
100MB
|
100MB
|
100MB
|
100MB
|
100MB
|
|
Maximum Virtual Disk Size
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
|
Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
8
|
|
Minimum Stripe Size
|
8k
|
8k
|
8k
|
8k
|
8k
|
8k
|
64k
|
|
Maximum Stripe Size
|
1MB
|
1MB
|
1MB
|
1MB
|
1MB
|
1MB
|
64k
|
|
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Disk Group
|
16
|
16
|
16
|
16
|
16
|
16
|
16
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
16
|
|
Maximum Physical Disks in a RAID 1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
16
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10
|
256
|
256
|
16
|
NA
|
16
|
16
|
16
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50
|
256
|
256
|
256
|
NA
|
256
|
256
|
16
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
|
Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 6
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
32
|
NA
|
|
Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 60
|
256
|
256
|
256
|
NA
|
256
|
256
|
NA
|
|
Minimum number of physical disks in a RAID 6
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
NA
|
|
Minimum number of physical disks in a RAID 60
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
NA
|
Supported RAID Levels
Table 1-34. RAID Levels Supported by the PERC H800, PERC H700 Adapter, PERC H700 Integrated, and PERC H700 Modular Controllers
|
RAID Level
|
PERC H800
|
PERC H810 Adapter
|
PERC H700 Adapter/Integrated/Modular
|
PERC H710 Mini Blade
|
PERC H710 Adapter/Mini Monolithic
|
PERC H710P Adapter
|
PERC H310 Adapter/Mini Blade/Mini Monolithic
|
|
Concatenation
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
RAID 0
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
RAID 1
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
RAID 5
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
RAID 10
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
RAID 50
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
RAID 6
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
RAID 60
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Read, Write, Cache and Disk Cache Policy
Table 1-35. Read, Write, and Cache Policy Supported by the PERC Hardware Controllers
|
Read, Write, and Cache Policy
|
PERC H800
|
PERC H810 Adapter
|
PERC H700 Adapter/Integrated/Modular
|
PERC H710 Adapter/Mini Monolithic/Mini Blade
|
PERC H710P Adapter
|
PERC H310 Adapter/Mini Blade/Mini Monolithic
|
|
Cache settings
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Read Policy
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Read Ahead (Enabled)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Adaptive Read Ahead
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
No Read Ahead (Disabled)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Write Policy
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Write Back (Enabled)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Write Through (Disabled)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Force Write Back (Enabled Always)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Write Cache Enabled Protected
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cache Policy
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Disk Cache Policy
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Cache I/O
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Direct I/O
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Enclosure Support
Table 1-36. Enclosure Support on PERC Hardware Controllers
|
Enclosure Support
|
PERC H800
|
PERC H810 Adapter
|
PERC H700 Adapter/Integrated/Modular
|
PERC H710 Mini Monolithic/Mini Blade/Adapter
|
PERC H710P Adapter
|
PERC H310 Adapter/Mini Blade/Mini Monolithic
|
|
Can an enclosure be attached to this controller?
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Supported Features on the SAS 5/iR, SAS 6/iR, and PERC H200 Controllers
This section identifies the controller-supported features and whether or not an enclosure can be attached to the controller.
For enclosure-supported tasks, see Enclosure and Backplane Features.
Controller Tasks
Table 1-37. Controller Tasks Supported on the SAS 5/iR, SAS 6/iR, and H200 Controllers
|
Controller Task Name
|
SAS 5/iR
|
SAS 6/iR
|
PERC H200
|
|
Enable Alarm
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Disable Alarm
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Quiet Alarm
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Test Alarm
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Reset configuration
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Set Rebuild Rate
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Set Background Initialization Rate
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Set Check Consistency Rate
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Set Reconstruct Rate
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Rescan Controller
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Create Virtual Disk
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Export Log File
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Clear Foreign Configuration
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Import Foreign Configuration
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Import/Recover Foreign Configuration
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Set Patrol Read Mode
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Start Patrol Read
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Stop Patrol Read
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Controller Reports
|
|
Patrol Read Report
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Check Consistency Report
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Slot Occupancy Report
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Battery Tasks
Table 1-38. Battery Tasks Supported on the SAS 5/iR, SAS 6/iR, and H200 Controllers
|
Battery Task Name
|
SAS 5/iR
|
SAS 6/iR
|
PERC H200
|
|
Recondition Battery
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Start Learn Cycle
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Delay Learn Cycle
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Connector Tasks
Table 1-39. Connector Tasks Supported on the SAS 5/iR, SAS 6/iR, and H200 Controllers
|
Connector Task Name
|
SAS 5/IR
|
SAS 6/iR
|
PERC H200
|
|
Connector Rescan
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Physical Disk Tasks
Table 1-40. Physical Disk Tasks Supported on the SAS 5/iR, SAS 6/iR, and H200 Controllers
|
Physical Disk Task Name
|
SAS 5/IR
|
SAS 6/iR
|
PERC H200
|
|
Blink/Unblink
|
Yes
Task only available when an enclosure or backplane and LEDs on the physical disks are present.
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Assign and Unassign Global Hot Spare
|
No
|
Supports up to two global hot spares
|
Supports up to two global hot spares
|
|
Prepare to Remove
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Offline
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Online
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Initialize
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Rebuild
|
No
|
NA.
Rebuild automatically initiated by the controller.
|
NA.
Rebuild automatically initiated by the controller.
|
|
Cancel Rebuild
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Remove Dead Disk Segments
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Format Disk
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Clear
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cancel Clear
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Virtual Disk Tasks
Table 1-41. Virtual Disk Tasks Supported by the SAS 5/iR, SAS 6/iR, and H200 Controllers
|
Virtual Disk Task Name
|
SAS 5/IR
|
SAS 6/iR
|
PERC H200
|
|
Assign and Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Create Virtual Disk
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Rename
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Blink/Unblink
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Reconfigure
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Change Policy
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Split Mirror
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Unmirror
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Delete Last Virtual Disk
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Delete (any) Virtual Disk
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Check Consistency
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cancel Check Consistency
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Pause Check Consistency
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Resume Check Consistency
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cancel Background Initialization (BGI)
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Format Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cancel Format Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Restore Dead Disk Segments
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Initialize Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Fast Initialize Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Slow Initialize Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cancel Initialize Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Supported RAID Levels
Table 1-42. RAID Levels Supported by the SAS 5/iR, SAS 6/iR, and H200 Controllers
|
RAID Level
|
SAS 5/IR
|
SAS 6/iR
|
PERC H200
|
|
RAID 0
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
RAID 1
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
RAID 10
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Virtual Disk Specifications
Table 1-43. Virtual Disk Specifications for the SAS 5/iR, SAS 6/iR, and PERC H200 Controllers
|
Virtual Disk Specification
|
SAS 5/IR
|
SAS 6/iR
|
PERC H200
|
|
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
Minimum Virtual Disk Size
|
Max
|
Max
|
Max
|
|
Maximum Virtual Disk Size
|
2TB
|
None
|
None
|
|
Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span
|
4
|
10
|
10
|
|
Minimum Stripe Size
|
64k
|
64k
|
64k
|
|
Maximum Stripe Size
|
64k
|
64k
|
64k
|
|
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Disk Group
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0
|
4
|
8
|
10 - Adapter
10 - Integrated
4 - Modular
|
|
Maximum Physical Disks in a RAID 1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10
|
NA
|
NA
|
10 - Adapter
10 - Integrated
4 - Modular
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10
|
NA
|
NA
|
4
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 6
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 60
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Minimum number of physical disks in a RAID 6
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Minimum number of physical disks in a RAID 60
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Maximum number of disks in configured state (part of a virtual disk or hot spares)
|
8
|
8
|
14
|
Read, Write, Cache and Disk Cache Policy
Table 1-44. Read, Write, and Cache Policy Supported by the SAS 5/iR, SAS 6/iR, and H200 Controllers
|
Read, Write, and Cache Policy
|
SAS 5/IR
|
SAS 6/iR
|
PERC H200
|
|
Cache settings
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Read Policy
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Read Ahead (Enabled)
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Adaptive Read Ahead
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
No Read Ahead (Disabled)
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Write Policy
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Write Back
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Write Through
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Force Write Back (Enabled Always)
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Write Cache Enabled Protected
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cache Policy
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Disk Cache Policy
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Cache I/O
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Direct I/O
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Enclosure Support
Table 1-45. Enclosure Support on the SAS 5/iR, SAS 6/iR, and H200 Controllers
|
Enclosure Support
|
SAS 5/IR
|
SAS 6/iR
|
PERC H200
|
|
Can an enclosure be attached to this controller?
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Supported Features on the PERC S100, PERC S110, and S300 Controllers
This section identifies the controller-supported features and whether or not an enclosure can be attached to the controller.
Controller Tasks
Table 1-46. Controller Tasks Supported on the PERC S100 and S300 Controllers
|
Controller Task Name
|
PERC S100
|
PERC S110
|
PERC S300
|
|
Create Virtual Disk
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Physical Disk Tasks
Table 1-47. Physical Disk Tasks Supported by the PERC S100, PERC S110, and S300 Controllers
|
Physical Disk Task Name
|
PERC S100
|
PERC S110
|
PERC S300
|
|
Blink/Unblink
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Assign and Unassign Global Hot Spare
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Virtual Disk Tasks
Table 1-48. Virtual Disk Tasks Supported by the PERC S100, PERC S110, and S300 Controllers
|
Virtual Disk Task Name
|
PERC S100
|
PERC S110
|
PERC S300
|
|
Assign and Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Create Virtual Disk
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Rename
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Blink/Unblink
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Reconfigure
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Change Policy
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Delete Last Virtual Disk
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Delete (any) Virtual Disk
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Check Consistency
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Virtual Disk Specifications
Table 1-49. Virtual Disk Specifications for the PERC S100, PERC S110, and S300 Controllers
|
Virtual Disk Specification
|
PERC S100
|
PERC S110
|
PERC S300
|
|
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
|
Minimum Virtual Disk Size
|
100MB
|
100MB
|
100MB
|
|
Maximum Virtual Disk Size
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
|
Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Minimum Stripe Size
|
64k
|
64k
|
64k
|
|
Maximum Stripe Size
|
64k
|
64k
|
64k
|
|
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Physical Disk
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
|
Maximum Physical Disks in a RAID 1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
|
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
|
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
Supported RAID Levels
Table 1-50. RAID Levels Supported by the PERC S100, PERC S110 and S300 Controllers
|
RAID Level
|
PERC S100
|
PERC S110
|
PERC S300
|
|
RAID 0
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
RAID 1
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
RAID 5
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
RAID 10
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
RAID 50
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
RAID 6
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
RAID 60
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Read, Write, Cache and Disk Cache Policy
Table 1-51. Read, Write, and Cache Policy Supported by the PERC S100, PERC S110, and S300 Controllers
|
Read, Write, and Cache Policy
|
PERC S100
|
PERC S110
|
PERC S300
|
|
Cache settings
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Read Policy
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Read Ahead (Enabled)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Adaptive Read Ahead
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
No Read Ahead (Disabled)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Write Policy
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Write Back (Enabled)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Write Through (Disabled)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Force Write Back (Enabled Always)
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Write Cache Enabled Protected
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cache Policy
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Disk Cache Policy
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cache I/O
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
Direct I/O
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Enclosure Support
Table 1-52. Enclosure Support on the PERC S100, PERC S110, and S300 Controllers
|
Enclosure Support
|
PERC S100
|
PERC S110
|
PERC S300
|
|
Can an enclosure be attached to this controller?
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Supported Features on the Non-RAID Controllers
This section identifies the controller-supported features and whether or not an enclosure can be attached to the controller.
For enclosure-supported tasks, see Enclosure and Backplane Features.
Controller Tasks
Table 1-53. Controller Tasks Supported on the Non-RAID Controllers
|
Controller Task Name
|
Non-RAID SCSI
|
Non-RAID SAS
|
|
Enable Alarm
|
No
|
No
|
|
Disable Alarm
|
No
|
No
|
|
Quiet Alarm
|
No
|
No
|
|
Test Alarm
|
No
|
No
|
|
Reset configuration
|
No
|
No
|
|
Set Rebuild Rate
|
No
|
No
|
|
Set Background Initialization Rate
|
No
|
No
|
|
Set Check Consistency Rate
|
No
|
No
|
|
Set Reconstruct Rate
|
No
|
No
|
|
Rescan Controller
|
No
|
No
|
|
Create Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
|
Export Log File
|
No
|
No
|
|
Clear Foreign Configuration
|
No
|
No
|
|
Import Foreign Configuration
|
No
|
No
|
|
Import/Recover Foreign Configuration
|
No
|
No
|
|
Set Patrol Read Mode
|
No
|
No
|
|
Start Patrol Read
|
No
|
No
|
|
Stop Patrol Read
|
No
|
No
|
Battery Tasks
Table 1-54. Battery Tasks Supported on the Non-RAID Controllers
|
Battery Task Name
|
Non-RAID SCSI
|
Non-RAID SAS
|
|
Recondition Battery
|
No
|
No
|
|
Start Learn Cycle
|
No
|
No
|
|
Delay Learn Cycle
|
No
|
No
|
Connector Tasks
Table 1-55. Connector Tasks Supported on the Non-RAID Controllers
|
Connector Task Name
|
Non-RAID SCSI
|
Non-RAID SAS
|
|
Connector Rescan
|
No
|
No
|
Physical Disk Tasks
Table 1-56. Physical Disk Tasks Supported on the Non-RAID Controllers
|
Physical Disk Task Name
|
Non-RAID SCSI
|
Non-RAID SAS
|
|
Blink/Unblink
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Assign and Unassign Global Hot Spare
|
No
|
No
|
|
Prepare to Remove
|
No
|
No
|
|
Offline
|
No
|
No
|
|
Online
|
No
|
No
|
|
Initialize
|
No
|
No
|
|
Rebuild
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cancel Rebuild
|
No
|
No
|
|
Remove Dead Disk Segments
|
No
|
No
|
|
Format Disk
|
No
|
No
|
|
Clear
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cancel Clear
|
No
|
No
|
Virtual Disk Tasks
Table 1-57. Virtual Disk Tasks Supported by the Non-RAID Controllers
|
Virtual Disk Task Name
|
Non-RAID SCSI
|
Non-RAID SAS
|
|
Assign and Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare
|
No
|
No
|
|
Create Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
|
Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard
|
No
|
No
|
|
Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard
|
No
|
No
|
|
Rename
|
No
|
No
|
|
Blink/Unblink
|
No
|
No
|
|
Reconfigure
|
No
|
No
|
|
Change Policy
|
No
|
No
|
|
Split Mirror
|
No
|
No
|
|
Unmirror
|
No
|
No
|
|
Delete Last Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
|
Delete (any) Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
|
Check Consistency
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cancel Check Consistency
|
No
|
No
|
|
Pause Check Consistency
|
No
|
No
|
|
Resume Check Consistency
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cancel Background Initialization (BGI)
|
No
|
No
|
|
Format Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cancel Format Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
|
Restore Dead Disk Segments
|
No
|
No
|
|
Initialize Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
|
Fast Initialize Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
|
Slow Initialize Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
|
Cancel Initialize Virtual Disk
|
No
|
No
|
Enclosure Support
Table 1-58. Enclosure Support on the Non-RAID Controllers
|
Enclosure Support
|
Non-RAID SCSI
|
Non-RAID SAS
|
|
Can an enclosure be attached to this controller?
|
Yes
|
No
|
Enclosure and Backplane Features
This section identifies the features supported by the enclosure or backplane.
For information on controller-supported features, see:
Enclosure and Backplane Tasks
Table 1-59. Enclosure Tasks for PowerVault controllers
|
Enclosure Tasks
|
PowerVault 20xS and 21xS
|
PowerVault 220S and 221S
|
PowerVault MD1000 Storage
|
PowerVault MD1120
|
PowerVault MD1200 Storage
|
PowerVault MD1220
|
|
Enable Alarm
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Disable Alarm
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Set Temperature Probe Values
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Set Asset Data (includes asset tag and asset name)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Blink Enclosure
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Controller Reports
|
|
Slot Occupancy Report
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Table 1-60. Backplane Tasks for SCSI and SAS Controllers
|
Backplane Tasks
|
SCSI
|
SAS
|
|
Enable Alarm
|
No
|
No
|
|
Disable Alarm
|
No
|
No
|
|
Set Temperature Probe Values
|
No
|
No
|
|
Set Asset Data (includes asset tag and asset name)
|
No
|
No
|
|
Blink Enclosure
|
No
|
No
|
|
Controller Reports
|
No
|
No
|
Enclosure and Backplane Support for Smart Thermal Shutdown
Table 1-61. Enclosure Support for Smart Thermal Shutdown
|
Smart Thermal Shutdown
|
PowerVault 20xS and 21xS
|
PowerVault 220S and 221S
|
PowerVault MD1000 Storage
|
PowerVault MD1120
|
PowerVault MD1200 Storage
|
PowerVault MD1220
|
|
Smart Thermal Shutdown
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Table 1-62. Backplane Support for Smart Thermal Shutdown
|
Smart Thermal Shutdown
|
SCSI
|
SAS
|
|
Smart Thermal Shutdown
|
No
|
No
|
Maximum Supported Configuration
Table 1-63. Maximum Supported Configuration for SAS and SCSI Controllers
|
Maximum Supported Configuration
|
SCSI
|
SAS (MD 1000, MD 1120)
|
SAS (MD 1200, MD 1220)
|
|
External controllers on each Server (a)
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
External connectors on each controller (b)
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
Enclosures per connector (c)
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
|
Total numbers of enclosures on a server
(a x b x c)
|
4
|
12
|
16
|