Users Guide

• Support for 3.5-inch 4KB SATA drives on PERC 9 family of hardware controllers.

• Support for RAID 10 virtual disk online capacity expansion.

NOTE: For the list of supported operating systems and servers, see the OpenManage Software

Support Matrix in the required version of OpenManage Software at dell.com/openmanagemanuals.

Before Installing Storage Management

The following sections describe considerations for installing Storage Management.

Version Requirements For Controller Firmware And Drivers

For Storage Management to function properly, the controllers must have the minimum required version

of the firmware and drivers installed. The firmware and drivers listed in the Server Administrator Release

Notes refer to the minimum supported version for these controllers. Later versions of the firmware and

drivers are also supported. For the most recent driver and firmware requirements, contact your service

provider.

NOTE: To download the latest storport driver, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article KB943545

at support.microsoft.com.

If you install Storage Management without the minimum required firmware and drivers, Storage

Management may not be able to display the controllers or perform other functions. Storage Management

generates alerts 2131 and 2132 when it detects unsupported firmware or drivers on a controller.

For information on alert messages, see the Server Administrator Messages Reference Guide.

Supported Controllers

NOTE: The firmware and drivers listed in the Server Administrator Release Notes refer to the

minimum supported version for these controllers. Later versions of the firmware and drivers are also

supported. For the most recent driver and firmware requirements, contact your service provider.

This release of Storage Management supports the following controllers.

Supported RAID Controllers

Storage Management supports the following RAID controllers. For information on the technology used

by the supported RAID controllers, see RAID Controller Technology: SATA and SAS.

• PERC 6/E

• PERC 6/I Integrated and PERC 6/I Adapter

• PERC 6/I Modular

• SAS 6/iR controller

• PERC S100, PERC S110, PERC S130, and PERC S300

• PERC H200 Adapter, PERC H200 Integrated, and PERC H200 Modular

• PERC H800 Adapter, PERC H700 Adapter, PERC H700 Integrated, and PERC H700 Modular

• PERC H310 Adapter, PERC H310 Mini Monolithic, PERC H310 Mini Blades, PERC H710 Adapter, PERC

H710 Monolithic, PERC H710 Mini Monolithic, PERC H710P Adapter, PERC H710P Monolithic, PERC

H710P Mini Monolithic, and PERC H810 Adapter