Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Technologies Host Bus Adapter User's Guide HBA355i and HBA355e
- Dell HBA355i and Dell HBA355e
- Dell HBA355i
- Dell HBA355i front card
- Dell HBA355e
- Dell HBA355i and Dell HBA355e technical specifications
- PowerEdge systems supported by Dell HBA355i
- PowerEdge systems supported by Dell HBA355e
- Operating systems supported by Dell HBA355i and Dell HBA355e
- MD1400 and MD1420 enclosure support for Dell HBA355e
- Port support matrix for dual path on the same MD1400 and MD1420 enclosure
- ME484 enclosure support for Dell HBA355e
- Port support matrix for dual path on the same ME484 enclosure
- Tape drive support for Dell HBA355e
- Applications supported by Dell HBA355i and Dell HBA355e
- Dell HBA355e enclosure support
- Features of Dell HBA355i and Dell HBA355e
- Installation and removal of cards
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Remove the Dell HBA355i adapter
- Install the Dell HBA355i adapter
- Remove the Dell HBA355i front card
- Install the Dell HBA355i front card
- Remove the Dell HBA355e adapter
- Install the Dell HBA355e adapter
- Connect Dell HBA355e to the storage enclosure
- Driver support Dell HBA355i and Dell HBA355e
- Manage Dell HBA355i and Dell HBA355e cards using HII configuration utility
- Updating the firmware of Dell HBA355i and Dell HBA355e
- Getting help
- Troubleshooting
- Known issues
- VendorID and ProductID for tape drives
- System reserved partition after Windows installation
- Device settings in HII shows PCIe slot information
- Intermittent RSODs appears when a faulty drive is connected to HBA
- Selecting drive for operating system installation in legacy mode
- Adapter configuration change message
- Incompatible firmware image when incorrect payload is used
- Additional disks displayed in the command line interface
- Known issues
- Documentation resources
Dell HBA355e
Figure 3. Dell HBA355e
1. External SAS ports (port 0, port 1, port 2, and port 3)
2. PCIe connector
3. Heatsink
Dell HBA355i and Dell HBA355e technical
specifications
The following table describes the card specifications of Dell HBA355i (both adapter and front form factors) and Dell HBA355e:
Table 1. Dell HBA355i and Dell HBA355e card specifications
Feature Dell HBA355i Dell HBA355e
Processor LSI Fusion-MPT 12 G SAS/PCIe
Secure SAS38xx
LSI Fusion-MPT 12 G SAS/PCIe Secure SAS38xx
Drive types SAS, SATA SAS, tape drives
Non-RAID Yes Yes
Boot support Yes No
Queue depth 7552 7552
NOTE: Thermal polling is enabled for SATA drives by default. For more information about configuration, see iDRAC
RACADM CLI Guide available at www.dell.com/idracmanuals.
PowerEdge systems supported by Dell HBA355i
The following PowerEdge systems support the Dell HBA355i controller:
● PowerEdge R6525
● PowerEdge R7525
PowerEdge systems supported by Dell HBA355e
The following PowerEdge systems support the Dell HBA355e controller:
● PowerEdge R6515
● PowerEdge R7515
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