User's Manual

24 Overview
backplanes. The backplane can be identified by the bay ID which is
displayed on the screen. This ID is also displayed on the bezel of the
system.
NOTE: Creating virtual disks spanning multiple backplanes configured with
different controllers is not supported.
NOTE: On selected Dell PowerEdge xx2x systems, PERC H710 mini and H710P
adapters can be used as secondary controllers for multiple internal controller
configurations.
• On Dell PERC H310 card, the new controllers tasks Convert to Non-RAID
Disks and Convert to RAID Capable Disks allow you to convert
unconfigured
Ready RAID capable disks to Non-RAID disks and vice-
versa.
• The release supports the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x operating system
and the load balancing server, Citrix XenServer 5.6.
• The current release supports the Web browsers, Internet Explorer 9.0 and
Mozilla Firefox 4.0.
• The current release supports Internal Tape Adapter (ITA) for LSI PCI-e
U320 SCSI non-RAID controllers.
• This release provides device management support for PCI Express Solid-
State Drive (PCIe SSD).
• In this release, the Physical Disk Power Management for Configured
Drives feature is supported on the PERC H710, PERC H710P, and PERC
H810 controllers.
For information on Alert Messages, see the Dell OpenManage Server
Administrator Messages Reference Guide and for information on Command
Line Interface, see Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Command Line
Interface User’s Guide, at support.dell.com/manuals.
Before Installing Storage Management
The following sections describe considerations for installing Storage
Management.