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Profile Name Description
RAID
The RAID Profile extends the management capabilities of referencing profiles by adding the
capability to represent the configuration of RAID storage.
PERC9 support features provides the following features:
• RAID10–UnevenSpan support: This is a new feature that supports uneven spans (spans
with different span length) for RAID 10 virtual disk (VD). This is required to support creation
of RAID 10 VD with all possible number of physical disk drives. With this feature the RAID
firmware automatically handles the creation of spans and therefore span information is
hidden from end end-users.
• PERC 12 GBPS spee: PERC 9 controllers provide support for 12Gbps speed and hence can
support 12Gbps physical disk drives.
• Auto Import of foreign config: PERC9 controllers provides support for enhanced auto import
of foreign config without requiring user interactions. This is ideal in a headless server
environment. This feature enables PERC controller to auto import foreign config, when
there is an existing configuration.
• ControllerBootMode: PERC9 controllers provide support for setting controller boot mode.
This is ideal in a headless server environment. This feature enables PERC controller to
either wait for user interaction on error, or to continue boot on error, or headless mode
continue boot on error or boot to headless safe mode. In each boot mode, the PERC either
ignores or takes default action and continues on error.
• 4K sector drives: PERC 9 is introducing support for hard disk drives with 4k sector size. The
purpose of this feature is to allow customers to use new 4k sector HDDs, which allow
faster data transfer using fewer commands.
Record Log The DCIM Record Log Profile provides the management capabilities to represent logs of a
managed system element.
Role Based
Authorization
The DCIM Role Based Authorization Profile describes the properties and interfaces for
executing system management tasks related to the authorization.
Sensors The DCIM Sensors Profile describes the properties and interfaces for executing system
management tasks related to the management of sensors within a system.
Simple ID
Management
The DCIM Simple Identity Management Profile describes the properties and interfaces for
executing system management tasks related to the management of accounts and identities.
Service Processor The DCIM Service Processor Profile describes the properties and interfaces for executing
system management tasks related to the management of the service processor and iDRAC.
Simple NIC
The Simple NIC Profile extends the management capabilities of referencing profiles by adding
the capability to represent the configuration of NIC network controllers.
Virtual Address Management is supported by setting attributes of VirtMacAddr,
VirtIscsiMacAddr, VirtFIPMacAddr, VirtWWN, VirtWWPN, and VirtualizationMode.
Software Inventory The Dell Software Inventory Profile extends the management capabilities of referencing
profiles by adding the capability to represent the software inventory of system.
Software Update
The Software Update Profile extends the management capabilities of referencing profiles by
adding the capability to update platform firmware or software.
DCIM_SoftwareInstallationService: installfromRepository and
DCIM_SoftwareInstallationService: GetRepoBasedUpdateList allows updates from update
repository.
Solid-state Drive (SSD) wear-level odometer: Ability to provide lifetime/wear out of SSD drives
attached to PERC controller.
DIF drive reporting: PowerEdge RAID Controller 9 (PERC 9) is adding support for PI (Protection
Information) drives. These protection fields are known as DIF (Data Integrity Fields) and drives
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