
•Currently, Linux drivers do not support the fault tolerance feature of the PowerEdge VRTX system. Host servers running Linux are only supported in
Specifications of a Shared PERC 8 card
The characteristics of a Shared PERC 8 card are as follows:
Table 1. Shared PERC 8 card specifications
Specification | Description |
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Supported drives | |
| Mixing disks of different speeds (7,200 rpm, 10,000 rpm, or |
| 15,000 rpm) and bandwidth (3 Gbps or 6 Gbps) while |
| maintaining the same drive type (SAS) and technology (HDD or |
| SSD) is supported. However, this may affect data transfer |
| performance. |
| NOTE: Mixing HDDs and SSDs within a virtual disk is not |
| supported. SATA drives are not supported. |
|
|
RAID levels | 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60 |
| NOTE: |
|
|
Virtual functions | Four virtual functions to support up to four host servers |
|
|
Management application | Dell Chassis Management Controller (CMC). |
| NOTE: Option ROM |
| from a shared storage is not supported. You can only boot |
| from the storage located on the server module. |
|
|
Enclosure per port | Not applicable |
|
|
Processor | Dell Adapter SAS |
|
|
Battery backup unit | Yes |
|
|
Yes | |
|
|
Cache memory | 1 GB DDR3, 1333 MHz |
|
|
Cache policies | Write Back, Forced |
| Ahead, No |
| NOTE: Note that |
| configuration is not supported on the earlier versions of the |
| Shared PERC 8 solution. |
| NOTE: For the Shared PERC 8 card to support |
| feature, ensure that you download the updated firmware |
| and driver version available at dell.com/support/home. |
| NOTE: For more information, see the PowerEdge VRTX |
| Storage Subsystem Compatibility Matrix at dell.com/ |
| support/home. |
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