Compatibility Guide

110 RAID Supported Servers, Operating Systems, Firmware, and Driver Versions
PERC 5/E Adapter
The PERC 5/E Adapter supports the following Dell PowerEdge systems: 840,
860, 1850, 1900, 1950, 2850, 2900, 2950, 2970, 6800, 6850, 6950, and R805.
The PERC 5/E Adapter supports the following Dell PowerVault systems:
PowerVault 100, PowerVault 500, PowerVault 600, and PowerVault DL2000.
Table 8-17 and Table 8-18 show the other elements supported by the
PERC 5/E Adapter.
NOTE: The RAID cards support both 32- and 64-bit versions of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux operating systems and only 64-bit versions of the SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server operating systems. However, ia64 versions of any operating system are
not supported.
3.0.2 6.0.1 5B2D 5.48 6.46.2.32
(32-bit)
6.46.3.64
(64-bit)
2.10.10.1 2.20.4.4 NA Native
3.1 6.1 5B2D 5.48 6.46.2.32
(32-bit)
6.46.3.64
(64-bit)
2.10.10.1 2.20.4.4 NA Native
Dell OpenManage version 5.3 supports only Update 5 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 and only
SP3 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9. Dell OpenManage version 5.4 supports only Gold for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server, SP4 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 9, and Gold for
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 10. Dell OpenManage version 5.5 supports only Update 5 of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, Update 2 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server, SP4 for SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server version 9, and SP2 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 10. Dell OpenManage version 6.0.1
supports only Update 7 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, Update 2 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server,
and SP2 for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 10. Dell OpenManage version 6.1 supports only
Update 7 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, Update 3 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 server, SP2 for
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 10, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 11.
Table 8-16. Storage Management Service Supported Elements: PERC 4e/Si (continued)
Storage
Management
Service
Dell
OpenManage
Version
PERC
Firmware
Version
Windows
2000
Driver
Windows
Server
2003
Driver
Red Hat
Enterprise
Linux 3
Driver
Red Hat
Enterprise
Linux 4
Driver
Red Hat
Enterprise
Linux 5
server
Driver
SUSE Linux
Enterprise
Server
(versions 10
and 11)