Dell H700, H800 1 Product Comparison

Dell
DELL PERC H700 and H800 Technical Guide 5
1 Product Comparison
1.1 Overview
The PERC H700 (internal) and PERC H800 (external) RAID controllers mark the next stage in the
evolution of the Dell™ PowerEdge™ RAID controller portfolio with the introduction of 6Gb/s SAS (SAS
2.0). PERC H700 and H800 will be supported in PowerEdge 11th Generation servers. The PERC H700 is
follow-on to the PERC 6/I, and the PERC H800 is the follow-on to the PERC 6/E.
Table 1. Comparison of PERC H700 and PERC H800 to previous PERC 6/I and PERC 6/E
Feature/Spec
NEW
PERC H700
PERC 6/I
NEW
PERC H800
PERC 6/E
Interface
6Gb (SAS 2.0)
3Gb (SAS 1.1)
6Gb (SAS 2.0)
3Gb (SAS 1.1)
Bus support
x8 PCIe 2.0
x8 PCIe 1.0
x8 PCIe 2.0
x8 PCIe 1.0
Ports / Channels
8 (2 x4)
8 (2 x4)
8 (2 x4)
8 (2 x4)
Int/Ext
Connectors
2 internal
2 internal
2 external
2 external
Cache Memory
512MB BBU 512MB
Non-Volatile
Cache
(800 MHz DDR2)
256MB
(667 MHz DDR2)
512MB TBBU
512MB TNVC
1GB TNVC
(800 MHz DDR2)
256MB / 512MB
(667 MHz DDR2)
Battery-Backed
Cache
Yes
Yes
Yes
Transportable
Yes
Transportable
RAID Levels
0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50,
60
0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50,
60
0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50,
60
0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50,
60
Max physical
drives in Large
RAID volume
(R10, R50, R60)
16
10
192
(8x MD1220)
144
(6x MD1120)
HDD Support
SAS and SATA
SAS and SATA
SAS only
SAS and SATA
SSD Support
SAS and SATA
SATA
SAS only
Not Supported
SED Support
Yes (Local Key
Management)
Not Supported
Yes (Local Key
Management)
Not Supported
Controller
Firmware
(latest rev)
7.1
6.2
7.1
6.2
Redundant Path
No
No
Yes
Yes
I/O Load
Balancing
No
No
Yes
Yes
Cluster Support
No
No
No
No
Storage
Management
OpenManage™ 6.2
(minimum rev)
OpenManage™ 5.4
(minimum rev)
OpenManage™ 6.2
(minimum rev)
OpenManage™ 5.4
(minimum rev)