Supported Features

Different controllers support different features. The tasks displayed by the Storage Management menus and other features vary depending on whether the controller supports the feature. This appendix identifies the features that each controller supports. For more information, see your hardware documentation.

Supported Features on the PERC 4/ Controllers

This section identifies the controller-supported features and whether or not an enclosure can be attached to the PERC 4/SC, 4/DC, 4/Di, 4e/Si, 4e/Di, 4e/DC, and 4/IM controllers.

The features comprise the following:

Controller Tasks
Battery Tasks
Connector Tasks
Physical Disk Tasks
Virtual Disk Tasks
Virtual Disk Specifications
Supported RAID Levels
Read, Write, and Disk Cache Policy
Enclosure Support

For enclosure-supported tasks, see Enclosure and Backplane Features.

Controller Tasks

Table 1-1. Controller Tasks Supported by the PERC 4/ Controllers 

Controller Task Name

PERC 4/SC

PERC 4/DC

PERC 4/DI

PERC 4e/SI

PERC 4e/DI

PERC 4e/DC

PERC 4/IM

Enable Alarm

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

No

Disable Alarm

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

No

Quiet Alarm

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

No

Test Alarm

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Reset configuration

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Set Rebuild Rate

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Set Background Initialization Rate

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Set Check Consistency Rate

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Set Reconstruct Rate

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Rescan Controller

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Create Virtual Disk

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Export Log File

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Clear Foreign Configuration

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Import Foreign Configuration

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Import/Recover Foreign Configuration

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Set Patrol Read Mode

NOTE: For PERC 4 controllers, (Manual mode is not available).

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Start Patrol Read

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Stop Patrol Read

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Battery Tasks

Table 1-2. Battery Tasks Supported by the PERC 4/ Controllers 

Battery Task Name

PERC 4/SC

PERC 4/DC

PERC 4/DI

PERC 4e/SI

PERC 4e/DI

PERC 4e/DC

PERC 4/IM

Recondition Battery

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Start Learn Cycle

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Delay Learn Cycle

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Connector Tasks

Table 1-3. Connector Tasks Supported by the PERC 4/ Controllers 

Connector Task Name

PERC 4/SC

PERC 4/DC

PERC 4/DI

PERC 4e/SI

PERC 4e/DI

PERC 4e/DC

PERC 4/IM

Connector Rescan

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Physical Disk Tasks

Table 1-4. Physical Disk Tasks Supported by the PERC 4/ Controllers 

Physical Disk Task Name

PERC 4/SC

PERC 4/DC

PERC 4/DI

PERC 4e/SI

PERC 4e/DI

PERC 4e/DC

PERC 4/IM

Blink/Unblink

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Task only available when an enclosure or backplane and LEDs on the physical disks are present.

Assign and Unassign Global Hot Spare

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Prepare to Remove

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Offline

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Online

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Initialize

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Rebuild

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Cancel Rebuild

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Remove Dead Disk Segments

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Format Disk

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Clear

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Cancel Clear

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Virtual Disk Tasks

Table 1-5. Virtual Disk Tasks Supported by the PERC 4/ Controllers 

Virtual Disk Task Name

PERC 4/SC

PERC 4/DC

PERC 4/DI

PERC 4e/SI

PERC 4e/DI

PERC 4e/DC

PERC 4/IM

Assign and Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Create Virtual Disk

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Rename

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Blink/Unblink

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Reconfigure

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Change Policy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Split Mirror

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Unmirror

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Delete Last Virtual Disk

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Delete (any) Virtual Disk

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Check Consistency

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Cancel Check Consistency

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Pause Check Consistency

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Resume Check Consistency

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Cancel Background Initialization (BGI)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Format Virtual Disk

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Cancel Format Virtual Disk

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Restore Dead Disk Segments

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Initialize Virtual Disk

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Fast Initialize Virtual Disk

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Slow Initialize Virtual Disk

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Cancel Initialize Virtual Disk

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Virtual Disk Specifications

Table 1-6. Virtual Disk Specifications for the PERC 4/ Controllers 

Virtual Disk Specification

PERC 4/SC

PERC 4/DC

PERC 4/DI

PERC 4e/SI

PERC 4e/DI

PERC 4e/DC

PERC 4/IM

Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller

40

40

40

40

40

40

1

Minimum Virtual Disk Size

100
MB

100
MB

100
MB

100
MB

100
MB

100
MB

Max

Maximum Virtual Disk Size

2TB

2TB

2TB

2TB

2TB

2TB

2TB

Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk

8

8

8

8

8

8

1

Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span

32

32

32

32

32

32

2

Minimum Stripe Size

2k

2k

2k

2k

2k

2k

NA

Maximum Stripe Size

128k

128k

128k

128k

128k

128k

NA

Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Disk Group

16

16

16

16

16

16

1

Maximum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated

8

8

8

8

8

8

NA

Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0

32

32

32

32

32

32

NA

Maximum Physical Disks in a RAID 1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5

32

32

32

32

32

32

NA

Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10

16

16

16

16

16

16

NA

Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50

256

256

256

256

256

256

NA

Minimum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated

2

2

2

2

2

2

NA

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0

1

1

1

1

1

1

NA

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5

3

3

3

3

3

3

NA

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10

4

4

4

4

4

4

NA

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50

6

6

6

6

6

6

NA

Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 6

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 60

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Minimum number of physical disks in a RAID 6

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Minimum number of physical disks in a RAID 60

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Supported RAID Levels

Table 1-7. RAID Levels Supported by the PERC 4/ Controllers 

RAID Level

PERC 4/SC

PERC 4/DC

PERC 4/DI

PERC 4e/SI

PERC 4e/DI

PERC 4e/DC

PERC 4/IM

Concatenation

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

RAID 0

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

RAID 1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RAID 5

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

RAID 10

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

RAID 50

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

RAID 6

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

RAID 60

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Read, Write, and Disk Cache Policy

Table 1-8. Read, Write and Disk Cache Policy Supported by the PERC 4/ Controllers 

Read, Write, and Disk Cache Policy

PERC 4/SC

PERC 4/DC

PERC 4/DI

PERC 4e/SI

PERC 4e/DI

PERC 4e/DC

PERC 4/IM

Cache settings

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Read Policy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Read Ahead (Enabled)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Adaptive Read Ahead

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No Read Ahead (Disabled)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Write Policy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Write Back (Enabled)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Write Through (Disabled)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Force Write Back (Enabled Always)

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Write Cache Enabled Protected

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Disk Cache Policy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Cache I/O

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Direct I/O

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Enclosure Support

Table 1-9. Enclosure Support on the PERC 4/ Controllers 

Enclosure Support

PERC 4/SC

PERC 4/DC

PERC 4/DI

PERC 4e/SI

PERC 4e/DI

PERC 4e/DC

PERC 4/IM

Can an enclosure be attached to this controller?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Supported Features on the CERC SATA Controllers

This section identifies the controller-supported features and whether or not an enclosure can be attached to the CERC SATA 1.5/2s and CERC SATA1.5/6ch controllers.

Controller Tasks
Battery Tasks
Connector Tasks
Physical Disk Tasks
Virtual Disk Tasks
Virtual Disk Specifications
Supported RAID Levels
Read, Write, and Disk Cache Policy
Enclosure Support

For enclosure-supported tasks, see Enclosure and Backplane Features.

Controller Tasks

Table 1-10. Controller Tasks Supported by the CERC SATA Controllers 

Controller Task Name

CERC SATA 1.5/2s

CERC SATA 1.5/6ch

Enable Alarm

No

Yes

Disable Alarm

No

Yes

Quiet Alarm

No

Yes

Test Alarm

No

Yes

Reset configuration

Yes

Yes

Set Rebuild Rate

No

No

Set Background Initialization Rate

No

No

Set Check Consistency Rate

No

No

Set Reconstruct Rate

No

No

Rescan Controller

Yes

Yes

Create Virtual Disk

Yes

Yes

Export Log File

No

Yes

Clear Foreign Configuration

No

No

Import Foreign Configuration

No

No

Import/Recover Foreign Configuration

No

No

Set Patrol Read Mode

No

No

Start Patrol Read

No

No

Stop Patrol Read

No

No

Battery Tasks

Table 1-11. Battery Tasks Supported by the CERC SATA Controllers 

Battery Task Name

CERC SATA 1.5/2s

CERC SATA 1.5/6ch

Recondition Battery

No

No

Start Learn Cycle

No

No

Delay Learn Cycle

No

No

Connector Tasks

Table 1-12. Connector Tasks Supported by the CERC SATA Controllers 

Connector Task Name

CERC SATA 2S

CERC SATA 6ch

Connector Rescan

Yes

Yes

Physical Disk Tasks

Table 1-13. Physical Disk Tasks Supported by the CERC SATA Controllers 

Physical Disk Task Name

CERC SATA 2S

CERC SATA 6ch

Blink/Unblink

No

No

Assign and Unassign Global Hot Spare

No

Yes

Prepare to Remove

No

No

Offline

No

No

Online

No

No

Initialize

Yes

Yes

Rebuild

Yes

No

Cancel Rebuild

No

No

Remove Dead Disk Segments

No

Yes

Format Disk

No

No

Clear

No

No

Cancel Clear

No

No

Virtual Disk Tasks

Table 1-14. Virtual Disk Tasks Supported by the CERC SATA Controllers 

Virtual Disk Task Name

CERC SATA 2S

CERC SATA 6ch

Assign and Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare

No

Yes

Create Virtual Disk

Yes

Yes

Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard

Yes

Yes

Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard

Yes

Yes

Rename

Yes

Yes

Blink/Unblink

No

No

Reconfigure

No

Yes

Change Policy

No

Yes

Split Mirror

No

Yes

Unmirror

No

Yes

Delete Last Virtual Disk

Yes

Yes

Delete (any) Virtual Disk

No

Yes

Check Consistency

Yes

Yes

Cancel Check Consistency

Yes

Yes

Pause Check Consistency

No

Yes

Resume Check Consistency

No

Yes

Cancel Background Initialization (BGI)

No

No

Format Virtual Disk

No

Yes

Cancel Format Virtual Disk

No

No

Restore Dead Disk Segments

No

Yes

Initialize Virtual Disk

No

No

Fast Initialize Virtual Disk

No

No

Slow Initialize Virtual Disk

No

No

Cancel Initialize Virtual Disk

No

No

Virtual Disk Specifications

Table 1-15. Virtual Disk Specifications for the CERC SATA Controllers 

Virtual Disk Specification

CERC SATA 2S

CERC SATA 6ch

Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller

1

10

Minimum Virtual Disk Size

100MB

100MB

Maximum Virtual Disk Size

2TB

2TB

Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk

1

16

Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span

2

2

Minimum Stripe Size

16k

8k

Maximum Stripe Size

64k

64k

Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Disk Group

1

9

Maximum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated

1

1

Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0

2

48

Maximum Physical Disks in a RAID 1

2

2

Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5

NA

16

Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10

NA

32

Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50

NA

NA

Minimum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated

1

1

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0

1

1

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1

2

2

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5

NA

3

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10

NA

4

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50

NA

NA

Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 6

NA

NA

Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 60

NA

NA

Minimum number of physical disks in a RAID 6

NA

NA

Minimum number of physical disks in a RAID 60

NA

NA

Supported RAID Levels

Table 1-16. RAID Levels Supported by the CERC SATA Controllers 

RAID Level

CERC SATA 2S

CERC SATA 6ch

Concatenation

Yes

Yes

RAID 0

Yes

Yes

RAID 1

Yes

Yes

RAID 5

No

Yes

RAID 10

No

Yes

RAID 50

No

No

RAID 6

No

No

RAID 60

No

No

Read, Write, and Disk Cache Policy

Table 1-17. Read, Write, and Cache Policy Supported by the CERC SATA Controllers 

Read, Write, and Cache Policy

CERC SATA 2S

CERC SATA 6ch

Cache settings

No

Yes

Read Policy

No

Yes

Read Ahead (Enabled)

No

Yes

Adaptive Read Ahead

No

No

No Read Ahead (Disabled)

Yes

Yes

Write Policy

No

Yes

Write Back (Enabled)

No

No

Write Through (Disabled)

Yes

Yes

Force Write Back (Enabled Always)

No

No

Write Cache Enabled Protected

No

Yes

Cache Policy

No

No

Cache I/O

No

No

Direct I/O

No

No

Enclosure Support

Table 1-18. Enclosure Support on the CERC SATA Controllers 

Enclosure Support

CERC SATA 2S

CERC SATA 6ch

Can an enclosure be attached to this controller?

No

No

Supported Features on the PERC 5/ PERC 6/, and CERC 6/I Controllers

This section identifies the controller-supported features and whether or not an enclosure can be attached to the PERC 5/E, PERC 5/i, PERC 6/E, PERC 6/I, PERC 6/I Modular, and CERC 6/I controllers.

Controller Tasks
Battery Tasks
Connector Tasks
Physical Disk Tasks
Virtual Disk Tasks
Virtual Disk Specifications
Supported RAID Levels
Read, Write, Cache and Disk Cache Policy
Enclosure Support

For enclosure-supported tasks, see Enclosure and Backplane Features.

Controller Tasks

Table 1-19. Controller Tasks Supported on the PERC 5/ PERC 6/, and CERC 6/I Controllers 

Controller Task Name

PERC 5/E

PERC 5/i

PERC 6/E

PERC 6/I

PERC 6/I Modular

CERC 6/I

Enable Alarm

Yes

No

No

NA

NA

NA

Disable Alarm

Yes

No

No

NA

NA

NA

Quiet Alarm

Yes

No

No

NA

NA

NA

Test Alarm

Yes

No

No

NA

NA

NA

Reset configuration

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Set Rebuild Rate

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Set Background Initialization Rate

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Set Check Consistency Rate

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Set Reconstruct Rate

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Rescan Controller

No

No

No

No

No

No

Create Virtual Disk

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Export Log File

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Clear Foreign Configuration

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Import Foreign Configuration

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Import/Recover Foreign Configuration

Yes with firmware 5.1.x or greater.

Yes with firmware 5.1.x or greater.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Set Patrol Read Mode

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Start Patrol Read

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Stop Patrol Read

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Replace Member

No

No

Yes with firmware 6.1 and later

Yes with firmware 6.1 and later

Yes with firmware 6.1 and later

No

Foreign Configuration

No

No

Yes with firmware 6.1 and later

Yes with firmware 6.1 and later

Yes with firmware 6.1 and later

No

Import Preview of Foreign Configuration

No

No

Yes with firmware 6.1 and later

Yes with firmware 6.1 and later

Yes with firmware 6.1 and later

No

Hot-plug of Enclosures

No

No

Yes with firmware 6.1 and later

No

No

No

Change Controller Properties

No

No

Yes with firmware 6.1 and later

Yes with firmware 6.1 and later

Yes with firmware 6.1 and later

No

Intelligent Mirroring

No

No

Yes with firmware 6.1 and later

Yes with firmware 6.1 and later

Yes with firmware 6.1 and later

No

Redundant Path Configuration

No

No

Yes with firmware 6.1 and later

No

No

No

Disk Cache Policy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Managing Preserved Cache

No

No

Yes with firmware 6.1 and later

Yes with firmware 6.1 and later

Yes with firmware 6.1 and later

No

Controller Reports

Patrol Read Report

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Check Consistency Report

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Slot Occupancy Report

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Battery Tasks

Table 1-20. Battery Tasks Supported on the PERC 5/E, PERC 6/, and CERC 6/I Controllers 

Battery Task Name

PERC 5/E

PERC 5/i

PERC 6/E

PERC 6/I

PERC 6/I Modular

CERC 6/I

Recondition Battery

No

No

No

No

No

No

Start Learn Cycle

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Delay Learn Cycle

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Connector Tasks

Table 1-21. Connector Tasks Supported by the PERC 5/E, PERC 6/, and CERC 6/I Controllers

Connector Task Name

PERC 5/E

PERC 5/I

PERC 6/E

PERC 6/I

PERC 6/I Modular

CERC 6/I

Connector Rescan

No

No

No

No

No

No

Physical Disk Tasks

Table 1-22. Physical Disk Tasks Supported by the PERC 5/E, PERC 6/, and CERC 6/I Controllers 

Physical Disk Task Name

PERC 5/E

PERC 5/I

PERC 6/E

PERC 6/I

PERC 6/I Modular

CERC 6/I

Blink/Unblink

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Assign and Unassign Global Hot Spare

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Prepare to Remove

No

No

No

No

No

No

Offline

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Online

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Initialize

No

No

No

No

No

No

Rebuild

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cancel Rebuild

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Remove Dead Disk Segments

No

No

No

No

No

No

Format Disk

No

No

No

No

No

No

Clear

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cancel Clear

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cancel Replace Member

No

No

Yes with firmware 6.1 and later

Yes with firmware 6.1 and later

Yes with firmware 6.1 and later

No

Virtual Disk Tasks

Table 1-23. Virtual Disk Tasks Supported by the PERC 5/, PERC 6/, and CERC 6/I Controllers 

Virtual Disk Task Name

PERC 5/E

PERC 5/I

PERC 6/E

PERC 6/I

PERC 6/I Modular

CERC 6/I

Assign and Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Create Virtual Disk

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Rename

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Blink/Unblink

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Reconfigure

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Change Policy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Split Mirror

No

No

No

No

No

No

Unmirror

No

No

No

No

No

No

Delete Last Virtual Disk

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Delete (any) Virtual Disk

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Check Consistency

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cancel Check Consistency

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Pause Check Consistency

No

No

No

No

No

No

Resume Check Consistency

No

No

No

No

No

No

Cancel Background Initialization (BGI)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Format Virtual Disk

No

No

No

No

No

No

Cancel Format Virtual Disk

No

No

No

No

No

No

Restore Dead Disk Segments

No

No

No

No

No

No

Initialize Virtual Disk

No

No

No

No

No

No

Fast Initialize Virtual Disk

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Slow Initialize Virtual Disk

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cancel Initialize Virtual Disk

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Replace Member

No

No

Yes with firmware 6.1 and later

Yes with firmware 6.1 and later

Yes with firmware 6.1 and later

No

Virtual Disk Specifications

Table 1-24. Virtual Disk Specifications for the PERC 5/, PERC 6/, and CERC 6/I Controllers 

Virtual Disk Specification

PERC 5/E

PERC 5/I

PERC 6/E

PERC 6/I

PERC 6/I Modular

CERC 6/I

Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller

64

64

64

64

64

64

Minimum Virtual Disk Size

100MB

100MB

100MB

100MB

100MB

100MB

Maximum Virtual Disk Size

None

None

None

None

None

None

Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk

8

8

8

8

8

8

Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span

32

32

32

32

32

32

Minimum Stripe Size

8k

8k

8k

8k

8k

8k

Maximum Stripe Size

128k

128k

1MB

1MB

1MB

1MB

Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Disk Group

16

16

16

16

16

16

Maximum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0

32

32

32

32

32

32

Maximum Physical Disks in a RAID 1

2

2

2

2

2

2

Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5

32

32

32

32

32

32

Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10

16

16

256
with firmware version 6.1

16

16

16

Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50

256

256

256

256

256

256

Minimum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0

1

1

1

1

1

1

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1

2

2

2

2

2

2

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5

3

3

3

3

3

3

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10

4

4

4

4

4

4

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50

6

6

6

6

6

6

Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 6

NA

NA

32

32

32

32

Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 60

NA

NA

256

256

256

256

Minimum number of physical disks in a RAID 6

NA

NA

4

4

4

4

Minimum number of physical disks in a RAID 60

NA

NA

8

8

8

8

Supported RAID Levels

Table 1-25. RAID Levels Supported by the PERC 5/E, PERC 6/, and CERC 6/I Controllers

RAID Level

PERC 5/E

PERC 5/I

PERC 6/E

PERC 6/I

PERC 6/I Modular

CERC 6/I

Concatenation

No

No

No

No

No

No

RAID 0

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RAID 1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RAID 5

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RAID 10

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RAID 50

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RAID 6

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RAID 60

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Read, Write, Cache and Disk Cache Policy

Table 1-26. Read, Write, and Cache Policy Supported by the PERC 5/E, PERC 6/, and CERC 6/I Controllers  

Read, Write, and Cache Policy

PERC 5/E

PERC 5/I

PERC 6/E

PERC 6/I

PERC 6/I Modular

CERC 6/I

Cache settings

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Read Policy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Read Ahead (Enabled)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Adaptive Read Ahead

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No Read Ahead (Disabled)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Write Policy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Write Back (Enabled)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Write Through (Disabled)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Force Write Back (Enabled Always)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Write Cache Enabled Protected

No

No

No

No

No

No

Cache Policy

No

No

No

No

No

No

Disk Cache Policy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Cache I/O

No

No

No

No

No

No

Direct I/O

No

No

No

No

No

No

Enclosure Support

Table 1-27. Enclosure Support on the PERC 5/E, PERC 6/, and CERC 6/I Controllers

Enclosure Support

PERC 5/E

PERC 5/I

PERC 6/E

PERC 6/I

PERC 6/I Modular

CERC 6/I

Can an enclosure be attached to this controller?

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

No

Supported Features on the PERC Hardware Controllers

This section identifies the controller-supported features and whether or not an enclosure can be attached to the following:

PERC H800 and PERC H810 Adapter Controllers
PERC H700 Adapter, PERC H700 Integrated, and PERC H700 Modular Controllers
PERC H710 Adapter, PERC H710 Mini Blades, and PERC H710 Mini Monolithic Controllers
PERC H310 Adapter, PERC H310 Mini Monolithic, and PERC H310 Mini Blades Controllers

The features comprise the following:

Controller Tasks
Battery Tasks
Connector Tasks
Physical Disk Tasks
Virtual Disk Tasks
Virtual Disk Specifications
Supported RAID Levels
Read, Write, Cache and Disk Cache Policy
Enclosure Support

For enclosure-supported tasks, see Enclosure and Backplane Features.

Controller Tasks

Table 1-28. Controller Tasks Supported on the PERC Hardware Controllers 

Controller Task Name

PERC H800

PERC H810 Adapter

PERC H700 Adapter/Integrated

PERC H700 Modular

PERC H710 Adapter/Mini Monolithic/Mini Blade

PERC H710P Adapter

PERC H310 Adapter/ Mini Blade/ Mini Monolithic

Enable Alarm

NA

No

NA

NA

No

No

No

Disable Alarm

NA

No

NA

NA

No

No

No

Quiet Alarm

NA

No

NA

NA

No

No

No

Test Alarm

NA

No

NA

NA

No

No

No

Reset Configuration

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Set Rebuild Rate

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Set Background Initialization Rate

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Set Check Consistency Rate

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Set Reconstruct Rate

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Rescan Controller

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Create Virtual Disk

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Export Log File

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Clear Foreign Configuration

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Import Foreign Configuration

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Import/Recover Foreign Configuration

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Set Patrol Read Mode

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Start Patrol Read

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Stop Patrol Read

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Convert RAID To Non-RAID

NA

No

NA

NA

No

No

Yes

Convert Non-RAID To RAID

NA

No

NA

NA

No

No

Yes

Replace Member

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Import Preview of Foreign Configuration

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hot-plug of Enclosures

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

Change Controller Properties

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Intelligent Mirroring

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Redundant Path Configuration

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

Disk Cache Policy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Managing Preserved Cache

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Manage Encryption Key

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Manage CacheCade

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

Persistent Hot Spare

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Manage Physical Disk Power for un-configured and hot spare drives

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Manage Physical disk power for configured drives

NA

Yes

NA

NA

Yes

Yes

No

Controller Reports

Patrol Read Report

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Check Consistency Report

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Slot Occupancy Report

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Battery Tasks

Table 1-29. Battery Tasks Supported on the PERC Hardware Controllers

Battery Task Name

PERC H800

PERC H810 Adapter

PERC H700 Adapter/Integrated

PERC H700 Modular

PERC H710 Adapter/Mini Monolithic/Mini Blade

PERC H710P Adapter

PERC H310 Mini Monolithic/Mini Blade

Recondition Battery

NA

No

NA

NA

No

No

NA

Start Learn Cycle

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

NA

Delay Learn Cycle

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

NA

Connector Tasks

Table 1-30. Controller Tasks Supported by the PERC Hardware Controllers

Controller Task Name

PERC H800

PERC H810 Adapter

PERC H700 Adapter/ Integrated

PERC H700 Modular

PERC H710 Adapter/Mini Blade/ Mini Monolithic

PERC H710P Adapter

PERC H310 Adapter/Mini Blade/Mini Monolithic

Connector Rescan

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Physical Disk Tasks

Table 1-31. Physical Disk Tasks Supported by the PERC Hardware Controllers

Physical Disk Task Name

PERC H800

PERC H810 Adapter

PERC H700 Adapter/Integrated

PERC H700 Modular

PERC H710 Adapter/Mini Blade/Mini Monolithic

PERC H710P Adapter

PERC H310 Adapter/Mini Blade/Mini Monolithic

Blink/Unblink

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Assign and Unassign Global Hot Spare

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Prepare to Remove

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Offline

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Online

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Initialize

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Rebuild

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cancel Rebuild

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Remove Dead Disk Segments

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Format Disk

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Clear

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Cancel Clear

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Cancel Replace Member

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Convert to Raid Capable disk

NA

No

NA

NA

No

No

Yes

Convert to Non-Raid disk

NA

No

NA

NA

No

No

Yes

Instant Secure Erase

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Revertible Hot Spare

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Virtual Disk Tasks

Table 1-32. Virtual Disk Tasks Supported by the PERC Hardware Controllers  

Virtual Disk Task Name

PERC H800

PERC H810 Adapter

PERC H700 Adapter/Integrated/Modular

PERC H710 Adapter/Mini Monolithic/Mini Blade

PERC H710P Adapter

PERC H310 Adapter/Mini Blade/Mini Monolithic

Assign and Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Create Virtual Disk

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Rename

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Blink/Unblink

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Reconfigure

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Change Policy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Split Mirror

No

No

No

No

No

No

Unmirror

No

No

No

No

No

No

Delete Virtual Disk

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Check Consistency

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cancel Check Consistency

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Pause Check Consistency

No

No

No

No

No

No

Resume Check Consistency

No

No

No

No

No

No

Cancel Background Initialization (BGI)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Format Virtual Disk

No

No

No

No

No

No

Cancel Format Virtual Disk

No

No

No

No

No

No

Restore Dead Disk Segments

No

No

No

No

No

No

Initialize Virtual Disk

No

No

No

No

No

No

Fast Initialize Virtual Disk

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Slow Initialize Virtual Disk

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Replace Member

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Encrypt Virtual Disk

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Clear Virtual Disk Bad Blocks

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Virtual Disk Specifications

Table 1-33. Virtual Disk Specifications for the PERC Hardware Controllers 

Virtual Disk Specification

PERC H800

PERC H810 Adapter

PERC H700 Adapter/Integrated/Modular

PERC H710 Mini Blade

PERC H710 Adapter/Mini Monolithic

PERC H710P Adapter

PERC H310 Adapter/Mini Blade/Mini Monolithic

Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller

64

64

64

64

64

64

16

Minimum Virtual Disk Size

100MB

100MB

100MB

100MB

100MB

100MB

100MB

Maximum Virtual Disk Size

None

None

None

None

None

None

None

Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span

32

32

32

32

32

32

8

Minimum Stripe Size

8k

8k

8k

8k

8k

8k

64k

Maximum Stripe Size

1MB

1MB

1MB

1MB

1MB

1MB

64k

Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Disk Group

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

Maximum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0

32

32

32

32

32

32

16

Maximum Physical Disks in a RAID 1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5

32

32

32

32

32

32

16

Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10

256

256

16

NA

16

16

16

Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50

256

256

256

NA

256

256

16

Minimum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 6

32

32

32

32

32

32

NA

Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 60

256

256

256

NA

256

256

NA

Minimum number of physical disks in a RAID 6

4

4

4

4

4

4

NA

Minimum number of physical disks in a RAID 60

8

8

8

8

8

8

NA

Supported RAID Levels

Table 1-34. RAID Levels Supported by the PERC H800, PERC H700 Adapter, PERC H700 Integrated, and PERC H700 Modular Controllers

RAID Level

PERC H800

PERC H810 Adapter

PERC H700 Adapter/Integrated/Modular

PERC H710 Mini Blade

PERC H710 Adapter/Mini Monolithic

PERC H710P Adapter

PERC H310 Adapter/Mini Blade/Mini Monolithic

Concatenation

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

RAID 0

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RAID 1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RAID 5

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RAID 10

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RAID 50

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RAID 6

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

RAID 60

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Read, Write, Cache and Disk Cache Policy

Table 1-35. Read, Write, and Cache Policy Supported by the PERC Hardware Controllers 

Read, Write, and Cache Policy

PERC H800

PERC H810 Adapter

PERC H700 Adapter/Integrated/Modular

PERC H710 Adapter/Mini Monolithic/Mini Blade

PERC H710P Adapter

PERC H310 Adapter/Mini Blade/Mini Monolithic

Cache settings

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Read Policy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Read Ahead (Enabled)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Adaptive Read Ahead

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No Read Ahead (Disabled)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Write Policy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Write Back (Enabled)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Write Through (Disabled)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Force Write Back (Enabled Always)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Write Cache Enabled Protected

No

No

No

No

No

No

Cache Policy

No

No

No

No

No

No

Disk Cache Policy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cache I/O

No

No

No

No

No

No

Direct I/O

No

No

No

No

No

No

Enclosure Support

Table 1-36. Enclosure Support on PERC Hardware Controllers

Enclosure Support

PERC H800

PERC H810 Adapter

PERC H700 Adapter/Integrated/Modular

PERC H710 Mini Monolithic/Mini Blade/Adapter

PERC H710P Adapter

PERC H310 Adapter/Mini Blade/Mini Monolithic

Can an enclosure be attached to this controller?

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

Supported Features on the SAS 5/iR, SAS 6/iR, and PERC H200 Controllers

This section identifies the controller-supported features and whether or not an enclosure can be attached to the controller.

Controller Tasks
Battery Tasks
Connector Tasks
Physical Disk Tasks
Virtual Disk Tasks
Virtual Disk Specifications
Supported RAID Levels
Read, Write, Cache and Disk Cache Policy
Enclosure Support

For enclosure-supported tasks, see Enclosure and Backplane Features.

Controller Tasks

Table 1-37. Controller Tasks Supported on the SAS 5/iR, SAS 6/iR, and H200 Controllers

Controller Task Name

SAS 5/iR

SAS 6/iR

PERC H200

Enable Alarm

No

No

No

Disable Alarm

No

No

No

Quiet Alarm

No

No

No

Test Alarm

No

No

No

Reset configuration

No

Yes

Yes

Set Rebuild Rate

No

No

No

Set Background Initialization Rate

No

No

No

Set Check Consistency Rate

No

No

No

Set Reconstruct Rate

No

No

No

Rescan Controller

No

No

No

Create Virtual Disk

No

Yes

Yes

Export Log File

No

No

No

Clear Foreign Configuration

Yes

Yes

Yes

Import Foreign Configuration

No

Yes

Yes

Import/Recover Foreign Configuration

No

Yes

Yes

Set Patrol Read Mode

No

No

No

Start Patrol Read

No

No

No

Stop Patrol Read

No

No

No

Controller Reports

Patrol Read Report

No

No

No

Check Consistency Report

No

No

No

Slot Occupancy Report

Yes

Yes

Yes

Battery Tasks

Table 1-38. Battery Tasks Supported on the SAS 5/iR, SAS 6/iR, and H200 Controllers  

Battery Task Name

SAS 5/iR

SAS 6/iR

PERC H200

Recondition Battery

No

No

No

Start Learn Cycle

No

No

No

Delay Learn Cycle

No

No

No

Connector Tasks

Table 1-39. Connector Tasks Supported on the SAS 5/iR, SAS 6/iR, and H200 Controllers 

Connector Task Name

SAS 5/IR

SAS 6/iR

PERC H200

Connector Rescan

No

No

No

Physical Disk Tasks

Table 1-40. Physical Disk Tasks Supported on the SAS 5/iR, SAS 6/iR, and H200 Controllers

Physical Disk Task Name

SAS 5/IR

SAS 6/iR

PERC H200

Blink/Unblink

Yes

Task only available when an enclosure or backplane and LEDs on the physical disks are present.

Yes

Yes

Assign and Unassign Global Hot Spare

No

Supports up to two global hot spares

Supports up to two global hot spares

Prepare to Remove

No

No

No

Offline

No

No

No

Online

No

No

No

Initialize

No

No

No

Rebuild

No

NA.

Rebuild automatically initiated by the controller.

NA.

Rebuild automatically initiated by the controller.

Cancel Rebuild

No

No

No

Remove Dead Disk Segments

No

No

No

Format Disk

No

No

No

Clear

No

No

No

Cancel Clear

No

No

No

Virtual Disk Tasks

Table 1-41. Virtual Disk Tasks Supported by the SAS 5/iR, SAS 6/iR, and H200 Controllers  

Virtual Disk Task Name

SAS 5/IR

SAS 6/iR

PERC H200

Assign and Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare

No

No

No

Create Virtual Disk

No

Yes

Yes

Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard

No

Yes

Yes

Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard

No

No

No

Rename

No

No

No

Blink/Unblink

Yes

Yes

Yes

Reconfigure

No

No

No

Change Policy

No

No

Yes

Split Mirror

No

No

No

Unmirror

No

No

No

Delete Last Virtual Disk

No

Yes

Yes

Delete (any) Virtual Disk

No

Yes

Yes

Check Consistency

No

No

No

Cancel Check Consistency

No

No

No

Pause Check Consistency

No

No

No

Resume Check Consistency

No

No

No

Cancel Background Initialization (BGI)

No

No

No

Format Virtual Disk

No

No

No

Cancel Format Virtual Disk

No

No

No

Restore Dead Disk Segments

No

No

No

Initialize Virtual Disk

No

No

No

Fast Initialize Virtual Disk

No

No

No

Slow Initialize Virtual Disk

No

No

No

Cancel Initialize Virtual Disk

No

No

No

Supported RAID Levels

Table 1-42. RAID Levels Supported by the SAS 5/iR, SAS 6/iR, and H200 Controllers

RAID Level

SAS 5/IR

SAS 6/iR

PERC H200

RAID 0

Yes

Yes

Yes

RAID 1

Yes

Yes

Yes

RAID 10

No

No

Yes

Virtual Disk Specifications

Table 1-43. Virtual Disk Specifications for the SAS 5/iR, SAS 6/iR, and PERC H200 Controllers 

Virtual Disk Specification

SAS 5/IR

SAS 6/iR

PERC H200

Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller

2

2

2

Minimum Virtual Disk Size

Max

Max

Max

Maximum Virtual Disk Size

2TB

None

None

Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk

1

1

1

Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span

4

10

10

Minimum Stripe Size

64k

64k

64k

Maximum Stripe Size

64k

64k

64k

Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Disk Group

1

1

1

Maximum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated

NA

NA

NA

Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0

4

8

10 - Adapter

10 - Integrated

4 - Modular

Maximum Physical Disks in a RAID 1

2

2

2

Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5

NA

NA

NA

Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10

NA

NA

10 - Adapter

10 - Integrated

4 - Modular

Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50

NA

NA

NA

Minimum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated

NA

NA

NA

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0

2

2

2

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1

2

2

2

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5

NA

NA

NA

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10

NA

NA

4

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50

NA

NA

NA

Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 6

NA

NA

NA

Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 60

NA

NA

NA

Minimum number of physical disks in a RAID 6

NA

NA

NA

Minimum number of physical disks in a RAID 60

NA

NA

NA

Maximum number of disks in configured state (part of a virtual disk or hot spares)

8

8

14

Read, Write, Cache and Disk Cache Policy

Table 1-44. Read, Write, and Cache Policy Supported by the SAS 5/iR, SAS 6/iR, and H200 Controllers

Read, Write, and Cache Policy

SAS 5/IR

SAS 6/iR

PERC H200

Cache settings

No

No

No

Read Policy

No

No

No

Read Ahead (Enabled)

No

No

No

Adaptive Read Ahead

No

No

No

No Read Ahead (Disabled)

No

No

No

Write Policy

No

No

No

Write Back

No

No

No

Write Through

No

No

No

Force Write Back (Enabled Always)

No

No

No

Write Cache Enabled Protected

No

No

No

Cache Policy

No

No

No

Disk Cache Policy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cache I/O

No

No

No

Direct I/O

No

No

No

Enclosure Support

Table 1-45. Enclosure Support on the SAS 5/iR, SAS 6/iR, and H200 Controllers

Enclosure Support

SAS 5/IR

SAS 6/iR

PERC H200

Can an enclosure be attached to this controller?

No

No

No

Supported Features on the PERC S100, PERC S110, and S300 Controllers

This section identifies the controller-supported features and whether or not an enclosure can be attached to the controller.

Controller Tasks
Physical Disk Tasks
Virtual Disk Tasks
Virtual Disk Specifications
Supported RAID Levels
Read, Write, Cache and Disk Cache Policy
Enclosure Support

Controller Tasks

Table 1-46. Controller Tasks Supported on the PERC S100 and S300 Controllers

Controller Task Name

PERC S100

PERC S110

PERC S300

Create Virtual Disk

Yes

Yes

Yes

Physical Disk Tasks

Table 1-47. Physical Disk Tasks Supported by the PERC S100, PERC S110, and S300 Controllers

Physical Disk Task Name

PERC S100

PERC S110

PERC S300

Blink/Unblink

No

Yes

Yes

Assign and Unassign Global Hot Spare

Yes

Yes

Yes

Virtual Disk Tasks

Table 1-48. Virtual Disk Tasks Supported by the PERC S100, PERC S110, and S300 Controllers

Virtual Disk Task Name

PERC S100

PERC S110

PERC S300

Assign and Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare

Yes

Yes

Yes

Create Virtual Disk

Yes

Yes

Yes

Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard

Yes

Yes

Yes

Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard

Yes

Yes

Yes

Rename

Yes

Yes

Yes

Blink/Unblink

No

No

Yes

Reconfigure

Yes

Yes

Yes

Change Policy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Delete Last Virtual Disk

Yes

Yes

Yes

Delete (any) Virtual Disk

Yes

Yes

Yes

Check Consistency

Yes

Yes

Yes

Virtual Disk Specifications

Table 1-49. Virtual Disk Specifications for the PERC S100, PERC S110, and S300 Controllers

Virtual Disk Specification

PERC S100

PERC S110

PERC S300

Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller

8

8

8

Minimum Virtual Disk Size

100MB

100MB

100MB

Maximum Virtual Disk Size

None

None

None

Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk

NA

NA

NA

Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span

NA

NA

NA

Minimum Stripe Size

64k

64k

64k

Maximum Stripe Size

64k

64k

64k

Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Physical Disk

8

8

8

Maximum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated

NA

NA

NA

Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0

4

4

4

Maximum Physical Disks in a RAID 1

2

2

2

Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5

8

8

8

Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10

4

4

4

Minimum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated

NA

NA

NA

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0

2

2

2

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1

2

2

2

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5

3

3

3

Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10

4

4

4

Supported RAID Levels

Table 1-50. RAID Levels Supported by the PERC S100, PERC S110 and S300 Controllers

RAID Level

PERC S100

PERC S110

PERC S300

RAID 0

Yes

Yes

Yes

RAID 1

Yes

Yes

Yes

RAID 5

Yes

Yes

Yes

RAID 10

Yes

Yes

Yes

RAID 50

No

No

No

RAID 6

No

No

No

RAID 60

No

No

No

Read, Write, Cache and Disk Cache Policy

Table 1-51. Read, Write, and Cache Policy Supported by the PERC S100, PERC S110, and S300 Controllers 

Read, Write, and Cache Policy

PERC S100

PERC S110

PERC S300

Cache settings

Yes

Yes

Yes

Read Policy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Read Ahead (Enabled)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Adaptive Read Ahead

No

No

No

No Read Ahead (Disabled)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Write Policy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Write Back (Enabled)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Write Through (Disabled)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Force Write Back (Enabled Always)

No

No

No

Write Cache Enabled Protected

No

No

No

Cache Policy

No

No

No

Disk Cache Policy

No

No

No

Cache I/O

No

No

No

Direct I/O

No

No

No

Enclosure Support

Table 1-52. Enclosure Support on the PERC S100, PERC S110, and S300 Controllers

Enclosure Support

PERC S100

PERC S110

PERC S300

Can an enclosure be attached to this controller?

No

No

No

Supported Features on the Non-RAID Controllers

This section identifies the controller-supported features and whether or not an enclosure can be attached to the controller.

Controller Tasks
Battery Tasks
Connector Tasks
Physical Disk Tasks
Virtual Disk Tasks
Enclosure Support

For enclosure-supported tasks, see Enclosure and Backplane Features.

Controller Tasks

Table 1-53. Controller Tasks Supported on the Non-RAID Controllers 

Controller Task Name

Non-RAID SCSI

Non-RAID SAS

Enable Alarm

No

No

Disable Alarm

No

No

Quiet Alarm

No

No

Test Alarm

No

No

Reset configuration

No

No

Set Rebuild Rate

No

No

Set Background Initialization Rate

No

No

Set Check Consistency Rate

No

No

Set Reconstruct Rate

No

No

Rescan Controller

No

No

Create Virtual Disk

No

No

Export Log File

No

No

Clear Foreign Configuration

No

No

Import Foreign Configuration

No

No

Import/Recover Foreign Configuration

No

No

Set Patrol Read Mode

No

No

Start Patrol Read

No

No

Stop Patrol Read

No

No

Battery Tasks

Table 1-54. Battery Tasks Supported on the Non-RAID Controllers 

Battery Task Name

Non-RAID SCSI

Non-RAID SAS

Recondition Battery

No

No

Start Learn Cycle

No

No

Delay Learn Cycle

No

No

Connector Tasks

Table 1-55. Connector Tasks Supported on the Non-RAID Controllers 

Connector Task Name

Non-RAID SCSI

Non-RAID SAS

Connector Rescan

No

No

Physical Disk Tasks

Table 1-56. Physical Disk Tasks Supported on the Non-RAID Controllers 

Physical Disk Task Name

Non-RAID SCSI

Non-RAID SAS

Blink/Unblink

Yes

Yes

Assign and Unassign Global Hot Spare

No

No

Prepare to Remove

No

No

Offline

No

No

Online

No

No

Initialize

No

No

Rebuild

No

No

Cancel Rebuild

No

No

Remove Dead Disk Segments

No

No

Format Disk

No

No

Clear

No

No

Cancel Clear

No

No

Virtual Disk Tasks

Table 1-57. Virtual Disk Tasks Supported by the Non-RAID Controllers 

Virtual Disk Task Name

Non-RAID SCSI

Non-RAID SAS

Assign and Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare

No

No

Create Virtual Disk

No

No

Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard

No

No

Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard

No

No

Rename

No

No

Blink/Unblink

No

No

Reconfigure

No

No

Change Policy

No

No

Split Mirror

No

No

Unmirror

No

No

Delete Last Virtual Disk

No

No

Delete (any) Virtual Disk

No

No

Check Consistency

No

No

Cancel Check Consistency

No

No

Pause Check Consistency

No

No

Resume Check Consistency

No

No

Cancel Background Initialization (BGI)

No

No

Format Virtual Disk

No

No

Cancel Format Virtual Disk

No

No

Restore Dead Disk Segments

No

No

Initialize Virtual Disk

No

No

Fast Initialize Virtual Disk

No

No

Slow Initialize Virtual Disk

No

No

Cancel Initialize Virtual Disk

No

No

Enclosure Support

Table 1-58. Enclosure Support on the Non-RAID Controllers 

Enclosure Support

Non-RAID SCSI

Non-RAID SAS

Can an enclosure be attached to this controller?

Yes

No

Enclosure and Backplane Features

This section identifies the features supported by the enclosure or backplane.

Enclosure and Backplane Tasks
Enclosure and Backplane Support for Smart Thermal Shutdown

For information on controller-supported features, see:

Supported Features on the PERC 4/ Controllers
Supported Features on the CERC SATA Controllers
Supported Features on the PERC 5/ PERC 6/, and CERC 6/I Controllers
Supported Features on the SAS 5/iR, SAS 6/iR, and PERC H200 Controllers
Supported Features on the PERC H310 Adapter (A), PERC H310 Mini Monolithic (MM), PERC H310 Mini Blades (MB) Controllers, see "Supported Features on the PERC Hardware Controllers"
Supported Features on the PERC H700, PERC H710 A, PERC H710 MB, PERC H710 MM, PERC H710P A, PERC H710P MB, and PERC H710P MM Controllers, see "Supported Features on the PERC Hardware Controllers"
Supported Features on the PERC H800 and PERC H810 A Controllers, see "Supported Features on the PERC Hardware Controllers"

Enclosure and Backplane Tasks

Table 1-59. Enclosure Tasks for PowerVault controllers 

Enclosure Tasks

PowerVault 20xS and 21xS

PowerVault 220S and 221S

PowerVault MD1000 Storage

PowerVault MD1120

PowerVault MD1200 Storage

PowerVault MD1220

Enable Alarm

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Disable Alarm

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Set Temperature Probe Values

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Set Asset Data (includes asset tag and asset name)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Blink Enclosure

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Controller Reports

Slot Occupancy Report

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Table 1-60. Backplane Tasks for SCSI and SAS Controllers

Backplane Tasks

SCSI

SAS

Enable Alarm

No

No

Disable Alarm

No

No

Set Temperature Probe Values

No

No

Set Asset Data (includes asset tag and asset name)

No

No

Blink Enclosure

No

No

Controller Reports

No

No

Enclosure and Backplane Support for Smart Thermal Shutdown

Table 1-61. Enclosure Support for Smart Thermal Shutdown 

Smart Thermal Shutdown

PowerVault 20xS and 21xS

PowerVault 220S and 221S

PowerVault MD1000 Storage

PowerVault MD1120

PowerVault MD1200 Storage

PowerVault MD1220

Smart Thermal Shutdown

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

Table 1-62. Backplane Support for Smart Thermal Shutdown 

Smart Thermal Shutdown

SCSI

SAS

Smart Thermal Shutdown

No

No

Maximum Supported Configuration

Table 1-63. Maximum Supported Configuration for SAS and SCSI Controllers

Maximum Supported Configuration

SCSI

SAS (MD 1000, MD 1120)

SAS (MD 1200, MD 1220)

External controllers on each Server (a)

2

2

2

External connectors on each controller (b)

2

2

2

Enclosures per connector (c)

1

3

4

Total numbers of enclosures on a server
(a x b x c)

4

12

16