Users Guide

Overview

The Dell EMC PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) S140 is a software RAID solution for the Dell EMC PowerEdge systems. The

S140 controller supports up to 30 Non-Volatile Memory express (NVMe) PCIe SSDs, SATA SSDs, SATA HDDs depending on

your system backplane configuration.

Topics:

• PERC S140 specifications

• Supported operating systems

• Supported PowerEdge systems

• Supported physical disks

• Management applications for the PERC S140

PERC S140 specifications

The following table provides PERC S140 specifications for SATA and NVMe PCIe SSDs:

NOTE: Specifications vary depending on the system model.

Table 1. Specifications for PERC S140

Specification PERC S140

SATA SSD technology Yes

NVMe support Yes

SAS connectors No

Dell-compliant SAS compatibility No

Direct-connected end devices Dell-compliant HDDs and SSDs

SMART error support through management applications Yes

Backplane supported systems Yes

Support for internal tape drive No

Support for global hot spare Yes

Support for 512 native and 512e drives Yes

Support for 4Kn native drives No

Maximum number of global hot spares Varies with the number of free disks in the system.

Maximum number of physical disk supported (SATA +

NVMe)

Table 2. SATA Specifications for PERC S140

Specification PERC S140

Dell-compliant SATA compatibility Yes

Communication with the end devices SATA links

SATA connectors Discrete on the system board

I/O controller Intel C621 (C620 series chipset) (onboard SATA) and Advanced

Micro Devices (AMD)

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