Users Guide

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Supported Features
Different controllers support different features. The tasks displayed by the Storage Management menus and other features vary
depending on whether the controller supports the feature. This chapter lists the features supported by the controllers. For more
information on Controllers, see your hardware documentation.
NOTE: The order of the controllers displayed on Storage Management may differ with the order of the controllers displayed
in the Human Interface (HII) and PERC Option ROM. The order of the controllers does not cause any limitation.
Topics:
Supported Features On PERC Hardware Controllers
Supported Features On PERC H200 Controllers
Supported Features On The PERC Software RAID Controllers
Supported Features On The Non-RAID Controllers
Enclosure And Backplane Features
Enclosure And Backplane Tasks
Maximum Supported Configuration For SAS Controllers
Supported Features On PERC Hardware Controllers
This section identifies the controller-supported features and whether an enclosure can be attached to the following hardware
controllers:
PERC H745 Frnt/Adapter, PERC H345 Frnt/ Adapter
PERC H755N, PERC H755 Frnt and Adapter
PERC H745P MX, PERC H755 MX on PowerEdge MX750c
NOTE:
The order of the controllers displayed on Storage Management may differ with the order of the controllers displayed
in the Human Interface (HII) and PERC Option ROM. The order of the controllers does not cause any limitation.
The features include the following:
Controller Tasks
Battery Tasks
Physical Disk Tasks
Virtual Disk Tasks
Virtual Disk Specifications
Supported RAID Levels
Read, Write, Cache And Disk Cache Policy
Controller Tasks Supported On PERC Hardware Controllers
NOTE:
The Managing Physical disk power for unconfigured and Hot Spare Drives task is not supported on PERC
H755N hardware controllers running in HBA mode.
Slot Occupancy Report PERC H730 and H730P support flexible backplane zoning functionality. The flexible backplane
zoning functionality is available only on backplanes that support 24 slotsPowerEdge R630 and R730xd. For more information
on flexible backplane zoning, see Backplanes.
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