User's Manual

Support For PERC 9 Hardware Controllers

The Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) family of enterprise-class controllers is designed for

enhanced performance, increased reliability and fault tolerance, and simplified management — providing

a powerful, easy-to-manage way to create a robust infrastructure and help maximize server uptime. The

introduction of the new PERC H730P Adapter, also bring about improvements in storage solutions.

The PERC H730P Adapter supports the following storage enhancements:

• Support For RAID Level 10 Virtual Disk On PERC 9 Hardware Controller

• Support For Advanced Format 4K Sector Hard-Disk Drives

• T10 Standard Protection Information (PI) - Data Integrity Field

Support For RAID Level 10 Virtual Disk Creation On PERC

9 Hardware Controller

RAID Level 10 is a solution for users who require high performance and redundancy with quickest

recovery during drive failure. Though a RAID Level 10 setup is more expensive to maintain, it has several

benefits as it combines the properties of RAID Level 1 and RAID Level 0.

RAID Level 10 virtual disk creations with PERC H730P Adapter supports Uneven Span feature. When you

create RAID Level 10 virtual disks with PERC H730P Adapter and if you have selected mismatched number

of physical disks, in this situation the PERC 9 firmware reevaluates and suggests the preferred span layout.

NOTE: A minimum of 4 physical disks and a maximum of 256 physical disks are allowed for a RAID

Level 10 virtual disk setup with PERC H730P Adapter.

You can create RAID Level 10 Virtual Disk on PERC H730P Adapter using the following Wizards :

• Express Wizard

• Advanced Wizard

NOTE:

The procedure for creating virtual disks on PERC 9 hardware controllers is the same as other

PERC hardware controllers.

Related Tasks

• Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard

• Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard

RAID Level 10 Virtual Disk Creation With Uneven Span

RAID Level 10 virtual disk creation with uneven span feature is available on Storage Management User

Interface (UI) and Command Line Interface (CLI). For information on Storage Management CLI, see Dell

OpenManage Server Administrator Command Line Interface Guide.