Dell PERC5/E Dual Channel SAS RAID Controller with two external x4 SAS ports and 256MB Cache and BBU
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Compatible Dell P/N: GP297, DM479 XM768, UT568 RF480
Note: The Dell PowerVault MD1000 is supported only on the PERC 5/E RAID controller. A RAID controller is not required if the MD1000 is being daisy-chained to another MD-series Dell storage enclosure.
Comptible with the following Dell servers as well as non-dell servers:
PowerEdge 1850 PowerEdge 1900 PowerEdge 1950 PowerEdge 2850 PowerEdge 2900 PowerEdge 2950 PowerEdge 6800 PowerEdge 6850 PowerEdge 6950 PowerEdge 840
PowerEdge 860
Overview
The PERC5/E controller provides multi-level RAID protection to the expanded array through RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50. In addition, it offers data integrity and availability features such as proactive error detection and correction. Specifications
- RAID Levels - 0, 1, 5, 10, 50
- Enclosures per Port - Up to 3 enclosures
- Ports - 2 x4 external wide port
- Battery Backup Unit - Yes, Transportable
- Cache Memory - 256 MB cache memory size
- Cache Function - Write-back, write-through, adaptive read ahead, non-read ahead, read ahead
- Multiple Virtual Diks per Controller - Up to 64 virtual disks per controller
- Support for x8 PCI Express host interface - Yes
- Online Capacity Expansion - Yes
- Dedicated and Global Hot Spares - Yes
- Hot Swap Devices Supported - Yes
- Non-Disk Devices Supported - No
- Mixed Capacity Physical Disks Supported - Yes
- Hardware Exclusive-OR (XOR) Assistance - Yes
OS Supported
- MicrosoftWindows2000 Server family
- Windows Server2003 (includes Standard, Enterprise, and Small Business Servers)
- Windows XP (Microsoft Windows XP is supported with a PERC 5 controller only when the controller is installed in a Dell PrecisionWorkstation system.)
- Red HatEnterprise Linux
- SUSELINUX Enterprise Server
