Users Guide

Enclosure Support
Table A-45. Enclosure Support on the SAS 5/iR, SAS 6/iR, and H200 Controllers
Supported Features on the PERC S100 and S300 Controllers
This section identifies the controller-supported features and whether or not an enclosure can be attached to the controller.
l "Controller Tasks"
l "Physical Disk Tasks"
l "Virtual Disk Tasks"
l "Virtual Disk Specifications"
l "Supported RAID Levels"
l "Read, Write, Cache and Disk Cache Policy"
l "Enclosure Support"
Controller Tasks
Table A-46. Controller Tasks Supported on the PERC S100 and S300 Controllers
Physical Disk Tasks
Table A-47. Physical Disk Tasks Supported by the PERC S100 and S300 Controllers
Read, Write, and Cache Policy
SAS 5/IR
SAS 6/iR
PERC H200
Cache settings
No
No
No
Read Policy
No
No
No
Read Ahead (Enabled)
No
No
No
Adaptive Read Ahead
No
No
No
No Read Ahead (Disabled)
No
No
No
Write Policy
No
No
No
Write Back
No
No
No
Write Through
No
No
No
Force Write Back (Enabled Always)
No
No
No
Write Cache Enabled Protected
No
No
No
Cache Policy
No
No
No
Disk Cache Policy
Yes
Yes
Yes
Cache I/O
No
No
No
Direct I/O
No
No
No
Enclosure Support
SAS 5/IR
SAS 6/iR
PERC H200
Can an enclosure be attached to this controller?
No
No
No
Controller Task Name
PERC S100
PERC S300
Create Virtual Disk
Yes
Yes
Physical Disk Task Name
PERC S100
PERC S300
Blink/Unblink
No
Yes
Assign and Unassign Global Hot Spare
Yes
Yes