Specifications

Dell
PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide 41
11.3.3 PERC H800
The PowerEdge R715 can support up to two PERC H800 adapter cards for access to external SAS
direct-attach storage. Features of the PERC H800 include:
 LSI 2108 (Liberator) ROC
 6 Gb/s SAS
 PCIe Gen2 x8
 800 MHz Core PPC
 DDR2 800 mini-DIMM
 Dual mini-SAS connectors
 Supports connection to 6 Gb/s enclosures only
A maximum of 2 external storage controllers (PERC H800) are allowed in the system in addition to
the integrated storage controller.
For more information on storage controllers, see Table 14.
Table 14. Storage Card Support Matrix
Product
Usage
PowerEdge
R715 Support
Slot
PCI
Con
PCI
Bracket
IO
Con
RAID
Battery
Back Up
PERC
SAS/
SATA
PERC H700
Integrated
Internal
Backplane
Storage RAID
(HDD, SSD)
Yes—Max 1
Storage
Slot
x8
No
x4 int
x2 int
0, 1, 5,
6, 10,
50, 60
Yes
PERC H800
Adapter
External
SAS/SATA
Storage
Yes—Max 2
(Red Devil and
Blue Devil 6
Gb/s
enclosures)
PCIe
slot
x8
Yes
x4 ext
x4 ext
0, 1, 5,
6, 10,
50, 60
TBBU
SAS HBA
SAS/
SATA
H200
Internal
Backplane
Storage (No
tape nor SSD
support)
Yes—Max 1
Storage
Slot
x8
No
x4 int
x2 int
0, 1
No
SP5100
SATA
On Planar
via chipset
Internal slim-
line SATA
Optical
(No HDD)
Yes—1 port for
Optical
n/a
n/a
n/a
x1 int
n/a
n/a
LSI 2032
SCSI
LSI 2032
Adapter
External SCSI
Tape/Legacy
External
Storage
Yes—Max 2
PCIe
slot
x8
Yes
SCSI
ext
n/a
n/a
11.4 LED Indicators
Each disk drive carrier has two LED indicators visible from the front of the system. One is a green LED
for disk activity and the other is a bicolor (green/amber) LED for status information. The activity LED
is driven by the disk drive during normal operation. The bicolor LED is controlled by the SEP device