Users Guide

– Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 for HPC Compute Node
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6.6
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6.7
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6.8
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7.1
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7.2
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 11 SP3 (64-bit)
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 11 SP4
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 12
PERC card specications
The table below lists and describes the dierent PERC cards that comprise the PERC 9 series and their specications:
Table 1. PERC cards
Feature PERC H330 PERC H730 PERC H730P PERC H730P
MX
PERC H830 PERC
FD33xD/
FD33xS
RAID Levels 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50,
60
0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50,
60
0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50,
60
0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50,
60
Enclosures per port Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable 8 (4 per port) Not applicable
Processor Dell Adapter SAS
RAID-on-Chip, 8-
port with LSI 3008
chipset
Dell Adapter
SAS RAID-on-
Chip, 8-port
with LSI 3108
chipset
Dell Adapter SAS
RAID-on-Chip, 8-
port with LSI 3108
chipset
Dell Adapter SAS
RAID-on-Chip, 8-
port with LSI
3108 chipset
Dell Adapter
SAS RAID-on-
Chip, 8- port
with LSI 3108
chipset
Dell Adapter
SAS RAID-on-
Chip, 8-port
with LSI 3108
chipset
Battery Backup
Unit
No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Non-Volatile cache None Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cache policy No 1 GB DDR3
1333 Mhz
cache
2 GB DDR3 1866
Mhz cache
2 GB DDR3 1866
Mhz cache
2 GB DDR3
1866 Mhz
cache
2 GB DDR3
1866 Mhz
cache
NOTE: H330 does not support caching, which aects performance in RAID 5 and RAID 50 arrays. For performance sensitive
solutions, caching is recommended.
Cache function
Write Through and
No Read Ahead
Write Back,
Write Through,
No Read
Ahead, and
Read Ahead
Write Back, Write
Through, No Read
Ahead, and Read
Ahead
Write Back, Write
Through, No
Read Ahead, and
Read Ahead
Write Back,
Write Through,
No Read
Ahead, and
Read Ahead
Write Back,
Write Through,
No Read Ahead,
and Read
Ahead
Maximum number
of virtual disks
16 64 64 64 240 64
Maximum number
of virtual disks per
disk group
16 16 16 16 16 16
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