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Table 9. Storage controller feature matrix (continued)
Model and
Form
Factors
Interface Support PCI
Suppo
rt
SAS
Connection
Cach
e
Mem
ory
Size
Write Back
Cache
RAID
Levels
Max Drive
Support
RAID
Support
HBA355i
Adapter
12 Gb/s SAS
6 Gb/s SAS/SATA
3 Gb/s SAS/SATA
PCIe
Gen 4
2 x 8
Internal
N/A N/A N/A
16/controller
50 with SAS
Expander
*Platform limit
N/A
HBA355e
Adapter
12 Gb/s SAS
6 Gb/s SAS/SATA
3 Gb/s SAS/SATA
PCIe
Gen 4
2 x 8
Internal
N/A N/A N/A 240 N/A
H355
Adapter
12Gb/s SAS
6Gb/s SATA
PCIe
Gen 4
16 ports- 2 x
8 Internal
No
Cach
e
No Cache 0,1,1 0 Note
1
Maximum 32
RAID, or 32
Non-RAID
Hardware
RAID
PowerEdge Server-Storage Controllers (PERC & SAS HBA) Series 10
PERC H345
12 Gb/s SAS
6 Gb/s SATA
PCI-
Expres
s 3.1
16 ports- 2 x
8 Internal
No
Cach
e
No Cache 0,1,1 0 Note
1
Maximum 32
RAID, or 32
Non-RAID
Hardware
RAID
PowerEdge Server-Storage Software RAID
S150
Software
RAID
6 Gb/s SATA N/A N/A No
Cach
e
No Cache 0,1, 5, 10 Maximum 12
SATA
Software
RAID -
Windows
& Linux
(Limited)
Note 2
NOTE:
1. RAID 5/50 removed from entry RAID card
2. SWRAID support for Linux provides a pre-boot configuration utility to configure MDRAID and degraded boot capability.
See User’s Guide for details.
This document is updated as changes happen, so for the latest be sure to bookmark it rather than downloading an offline copy
or see the Storage Controller Matrix.
Internal storage configuration
Please see the Factory Configuration Matrix on Sales Portal.
Server storage controllers User Guide
● Server-Storage Controllers User's Guides, click here
IDSDM
The intended use of IDSDM is to support hypervisor boot: a minimal OS that primarily resides in memory and does not depend on
the IDSDM heavily for I/O. Writes, in particular, should be minimized as the SD media can wear out.
The IDSDM card provides the following functions:
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