Dell Raid Controllers

Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC)

The Dell™ PERC (PowerEdge™ RAID Controller) family of enterprise-class controllers is designed for enhanced performance, increased reliability, fault tolerance, and simplified management — providing a powerful, easy-to-manage way to create a robust infrastructure and help maximize server uptime.

As Storage demands expand and processing loads grow, it becomes increasingly more difficult for administrators to achieve maximum performance from their applications. The newest line of Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) cards offer unmatched I/O performance for database applications, streaming digital media environments and storage intensive applications.

Key Features for the Series-10, 12Gb/s SAS PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC):

PCI-Express Gen3.0 support & 12Gb/s SAS (SAS 3.0) host interface
8GB NV Flash Backed Cache on the H740P & H840¹
Significantly increased IOPs performance & throughput performance capability
Capable of RAID as well as Non-RAID (JBOD Mode) operations

PERC Series Legacy Support Matrix

Legend: A: Adapter I: Integrated IB: Integrated (Blade) E: Embedded NS: Not Supported

11G Servers	PERC 6/I 256MB	CERC C/i	SAS 6/iR	PERC H700 1GB NV	PERC H700 512MB NV	PERC H700 512MB	PERC H200	PERC H200 (Tape)	PERC S300 (3Gb)	PERC S100
T110	NS	NS	A	NS	NS	NS	A	A	A	Intel-OMB
T310	A	NS	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Intel-OMB
T410	A	NS	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Intel-OMB
T610	I	NS	I	I	I	I	I	A	NS	NS
T710 (x8 hot plug)	I	NS	I	I	I	I	I	A	NS	NS
T710 (x16 hot plug)	I	NS	NS	I	I	I	I	A	NS	NS
R210	NS	NS	A	NS	NS	NS	A	NS	A	Intel-OMB
R310	NS	NS	M	A	A	A	A	NS	M	Intel-OMB
R410	A	NS	M	A	A	A	A	NS	M	Intel-OMB
R510 (x4 cabled)	I	NS	I	I	I	I	I	NS	A	Intel-OMB
R510 (x8 hot plug)	I	NS	I	I	I	I	I	NS	A	NS
R510 (x12 hot plug)	NS	NS	NS	I	I	I	I	NS	NS	NS
R610	I	NS	I	I	I	I	I	NS	NS	NS
R710	I	NS	I	I	I	I	I	NS	NS	NS
R715	NS	NS	NS	I	I	I	I	NS	NS	NS
R810	NS	NS	NS	I	I	I	I	NS	NS	NS
R815	NS	NS	NS	I	I	I	I	NS	NS	NS
R910	NS	NS	NS	I	I	I	I	NS	NS	NS
M610		M	M	NS	NS	M	M	NS	NS	NS
M610x	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	M	M	NS	NS	NS
M710		M	M	NS	NS	M	M	NS	NS	NS
M710HD	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	E	NS	NS	NS
M910	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	M	M	NS	NS	NS

12G Servers	PERC H730P	PERC H710P	PERC H710P Adapter	PERC H710	PERC H710 Adapter	PERC H310	PERC H310 Adapter	6Gbps SAS HBA	ITA	SWRAID S110
R920	A	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
R820	NS	NS	A	NS	A	NS	A	A	NS	NS
R720XD	NS	MM	A	MM	NS	MM	NS	A	NS	NS
R720	NS	MM	A	MM	NS	MM	NS	A	NS	Intel chipset
R620	NS	MM	A	MM	A	MM	A	A	NS	Intel chipset
R520	NS	MM	NS	MM	NS	MM	NS	A	NS	Intel chipset
R420	NS	NS	NS	MM	NS	MM	NS	A	NS	Intel chipset
R320	NS	NS	NS	MM	NS	MM	NS	A	NS	Intel chipset
R220	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	MM	A	NS	NS	Intel chipset
M620	NS	MB	NS	MB	NS	MB	NS	NS	NS	Intel chipset
M520	NS	MB	NS	MB	NS	MB	NS	NS	NS	Intel chipset
M420	NS	MB	NS	MB	NS	MB	NS	NS	NS	Intel chipset
T620	NS	NS	A	NS	A	NS	A	A	A	Intel chipset
T420	NS	NS	A	NS	A	NS	A	A	A	Intel chipset
T320	NS	NS	A	NS	A	NS	A	A	A	Intel chipset

PowerEdge External Storage	Series 8 Controllers
Rack Servers	PERC H810 1GB NV
R920, R820, R720XD, R720, R620, R520, R420, R320	A
Tower Servers
T620, T420, T320	A
Blade Servers
M620, M520, M420	NS

PowerEdge C Internal Storage	Series 6 Controllers					Series 7 Controller
Model	PERC 6/I 256MB	CERC C/i	SAS 6/iR	PERC H700 1GB NV	PERC H700 512MB NV	PERC H700 512MB	PERC H200	PERC H200 (Tape)	PERC S300 (3Gb)	PERC S100
C1100	A	NS	A	NS	NS	A	NS	NS	NS	NS
C2100	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	A	A	NS	NS	NS

Network Storage	Series 6 Controllers					Series 7 Controllers
Model	PERC 6/I 256MB	CERC C/i	SAS 6/iR	PERC H700 1GB NV	PERC H700 512MB NV	PERC H700 512MB	PERC H200	PERC H200 (Tape)	PERC S300 (3Gb)	PERC S100
NX300	A	NS	NS	NS	NS	A	NS	NS	NS	NS
NX3000	I	NS	NS	NS	NS	I	A	NS	NS	NS
NX3100	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	I	NS	NS	NS	NS

Network Storage	PERC 5/i	PERC 5/E	SAS 5/i	SAS 5/iR	SAS 5/iR (Tape)	SAS 5/E HBA (RBOD)	SAS 5/E HBA	U320 SCSI HBA	39320A SCSI HBA
NX1950	I	NS	NS	NS	NS	A	NS	A	NS
NF100	A	A	NS	A	NS	NS	NS	NS	A
NF500	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	A	A	A	A
NF600	NS	NS	NS	NS	A	A	A	NS	NS

Workstation	PERC 5/i	PERC 5/E	SAS 5/i	SAS 5/iR	SAS 5/iR (Tape)	SAS 5/E HBA (RBOD)	SAS 5/E HBA	U320 SCSI HBA	39320A SCSI HBA
PWS 390	NS	NS	NS	A	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
PWS 490	A	NS	NS	A	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
PWS 690	A	NS	NS	E	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS