Compatibility Guide

100 RAID Supported Servers, Operating Systems, Firmware, and Driver Versions
PERC 5/E Adapter
The PERC 5/E Adapter supports the following Dell systems: 840, 860, 1850,
1900, 1950, 2900, 2950, 2970, 6800, 6850, 6950, and PowerVault 100.
NOTE: All references made to PowerEdge 840, 2950, and 2900 also apply to Dell™
PowerVault™ 100, PowerVault 500, and PowerVault 600 respectively.
Table 8-17 and Table 8-18 show the other elements supported by the
PERC 5/E Adapter.
NOTE: The RAID cards support both 32- and 64-bit versions of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux operating systems and only 64-bit versions of the SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server operating systems. However, ia64 versions of any operating system are not
supported.
Table 8-17. Storage Management Service Supported Elements:
PERC 5/E Adapter
Storage
Management
Service
Dell OpenManage
Version
PERC Firmware
Version
Windows 2000
Driver
Windows Server
2003
Driver
Windows
Server 2008
1.4 4.5.1 5.0.1 1.18.00.32 1.18.0.32 (32-bit)
1.18.0.64 (64-bit)
NA
2.0 5.0 5.0.1 1.18.00.32 1.18.0.32 (32-bit)
1.18.0.64 (64-bit)
NA
2.1 5.1 5.0.1 1.18.00.32 1.18.0.32 (32-bit)
1.18.0.64 (64-bit)
NA
2.2 5.2 5.1.1 2.8.0.32 2.8.0.32 (32-bit)
2.8.0.64 64-bit)
NA
2.3 5.3 5.2.1-0066 2.14.0.32 2.14.0.32 (32-bit)
2.14.0.64 (64-bit)
NA
2.4 5.4 5.2.1-0066 2.14.0.32 2.14.0.32 (32-bit)
2.14.0.64 (64-bit)
Native