Users Guide

Feature PERC H330 PERC H730 PERC H730P PERC H730P
MX
PERC H830 PERC
FD33xD/
FD33xS
Hot swap devices
supported
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hardware XOR
Engine
No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Online capacity
expansion
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dedicated and
global hot spare
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Drives Types 3 Gbps SATA, 6
Gbps SATA/SAS,
and 12 Gbps SAS
3 Gbps SATA, 6
Gbps SATA/
SAS, and 12
Gbps SAS
3 Gbps SATA, 6
Gbps SATA/SAS,
and 12 Gbps SAS
3 Gbps SATA, 6
Gbps SATA/SAS,
and 12 Gbps SAS
6 Gbps SAS,
and 12 Gbps
SAS
3 Gbps SATA, 6
Gbps SATA/
SAS, and 12
Gbps SAS
PCIe Support Gen 3 Gen 3 Gen 3 Gen 3 Gen 3 Gen 3
Non-RAID or pass
through mode
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Queue Depth 895 928 928 928 928 928
Management applications for PERC cards
Dell OpenManage Storage Management applications enable you to manage and congure the RAID system, create and manage multiple
disk groups, control and monitor multiple RAID systems, and provide online maintenance. The management applications for all PERC cards
include:
• Comprehensive Embedded Management
• Dell OpenManage Storage Management
• BIOS Conguration Utility (<Ctrl> <R>)
• Unied Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) RAID Conguration Utility
Comprehensive embedded management
Comprehensive Embedded Management (CEM) is a storage management solution for Dell systems that enables you to eectively monitor
the RAID and network controllers installed on the system using iDRAC without an OS installed on the system.
Using CEM enables you to perform the following:
• Monitor devices without an OS installed on the system.
• Provide a specic location to access monitored data of the storage devices and network cards.
• Allows controller conguration for all the PERC 9 cards (H330, H730, H730P, H730P MX, and H830).
NOTE
: The Comprehensive Embedded Management (CEM) feature is not supported on the Dell PowerEdge R920 servers
for conguration purposes.
Dell OpenManage Storage Management
The Dell OpenManage Storage Management is a storage management application for Dell systems that provides enhanced features for
conguring a system's locally-attached RAID and Non-RAID disk storage. The Dell OpenManage storage management application enables
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