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Overview
The Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) H700 and H800 family
of cards:
• Comply with Serial-attached SCSI (SAS) 2.0 providing up to 6 Gb/sec
throughput.
• Offer RAID control capabilities which include support for
RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60.
• Provide reliability, high performance, and fault-tolerant disk subsystem
management.
PERC H700 and H800 Card Descriptions
Table 2-1. PERC H700 and H800 Card Descriptions
Card Name Card Description
PERC H700 Adapter Two internal x4 SAS ports and either a battery backup
unit (BBU) or non-volatile cache (NVC).
PERC H700 Integrated Two internal x4 SAS ports and either a BBU or NVC
PERC H700 Modular One internal x4 SAS port and a BBU
PERC H800 Adapter Two external x4 SAS ports and either a transportable
battery backup unit (TBBU) or transportable non-
volatile cache (TNVC)
NOTE: Each controller supports up to 64 virtual disks.
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