Dell R515 Internal SD Module Unmanaged Internal Persistent Storage, LED Indicators, RAID Add

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Table 19.

RAID Configurations (12 HDD Chassis, 12 + 2 HDDs)

No Mixed HDD

Internal

(Must be all

HDD

2.5" or 3.5"

(2.5” SAS)

(12 + 2 HDD) Factory Configuration

HDDs)

(must be

exactly 2

Min

Max

HDDs)

Type

#

Name

Description

HDD

HDD

No RAID

(Add-in

card)

14

ASS/+iR1

No RAID (PERC H200)

1

12

2

ASSR0/+iR

15

1

RAID0 (PERC H200, PERC H700)

2

12

2

ASSR5/+iR

16

1

RAID5 (PERC H700)

3

12

2

RAID (Add-

ASSR6/+iR

in card)

17

1

RAID6 (PERC H700)

4

12

2

ASSR1/R5

18

/+iR1

RAID1 + RAID5 (PERC H700)

2 + 3

2 + 10

2

ASSR5/R1

19

0/+iR1

RAID5 + RAID10 (PERC H700)

4 + 4

4 + 8

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11.3 Persistent Storage

The PowerEdge R515 offers two types of persistent storage: unmanaged and managed. The following options are available for persistent storage:

∙Unmanaged internal SD module

∙Managed iDRAC6 Express or Enterprise (optional)

11.4 Internal SD Module (Unmanaged Internal Persistent Storage)

The internal SD module Unmanaged Internal Persistent Storage (UIPS) consists of two ports:

∙One port on the control panel board for the USB key

∙One port on the internal SD module for the SD card

The UIPS is a feature which enables the following solutions:

∙USB license keys used for software application enablement

∙User custom-boot OS and pre-boot OS (Loaded into memory and then run; used for ease of deployment, as well as in diskless environments, such as HPCC)

∙User custom logs/scratch pad (User-defined information, removable and portable after system is down)

11.5 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

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