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PowerEdge R710 Technical Guide 43
Diskless Configuration Support
The system supports diskless configuration with no storage controller (SAS 6/iR, PERC 6i, PERC H200, or PERC
H700) installed in the system. A 3.5” hard-drive backplane is still installed in this configuration.
Hard Drive LED Indicators
Each disk drive carrier has two LED indicators visible from the front of the system. One is a green LED for disk
activity and the other is a bicolor (green/amber) LED for status information. The activity LED is driven by the
disk drive during normal operation. The bicolor LED is controlled by the storage enclosure processor (SEP)
device on the backplane. Both LEDs are used to indicate certain conditions under direction of a storage
controller.
For more information, see the Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns section in the About Your System chapter in the
Dell PowerEdge R710 Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com
.
RAID Configurations
See Table 11 for information on factory RAID configurations. For information on additional configurations, visit
Dell.com
.
Factory RAID Configurations Table 11.
Non-Mixed drives
all SATA, all SAS, or
all SSD
Config
Type
Configs Description Min HDD Max HDD
No HDD 0 NZC No controller/No hard drive 2.5” = 0 2.5” = 0
SAS or
SATA—No
RAID
1 MSS
Integrated SAS/SATA (SAS 6/iR,
PERC 6/i, PERC H200, or PERC
H700), No RAID
2.5” = 1
3.5” = 1
2.5” = 8
3.5” = 6
SAS or
SATA—
RAID
2 MSSR0
Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 0
(SAS 6/iR, PERC 6/i, PERC
H200, or PERC H700)
2.5” = 2
3.5” = 2
2.5” = 8
3.5” = 6
SAS or
SATA—
RAID
3 MSSR1
Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 1
(SAS 6/iR, PERC 6/i, PERC
H200, or PERC H700)
2.5” = 2
3.5” = 2
2.5” = 2
3.5” = 2
4 MSSR5
Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 5
(PERC 6/i, PERC H700)
2.5” = 3
3.5” = 3
2.5” = 8
3.5” = 6
5 MSSR10
Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 10
(PERC 6/i, PERC H700)
2.5” = 4
3.5” = 4
2.5” = 8
3.5” = 6
6 MSSR0/R0
Integrated SAS/SATA RAID
0/RAID 0 (SAS 6/iR, PERC 6/i,
PERC H200, or PERC H700)
2.5” =
1 + 1
3.5” =
1 + 1
2.5” = 8
3.5” = 6
Non-Mixed drives
all SATA, all SAS, or
all SSD