Dell and UCPE-900 manual Management applications for Perc cards, Comprehensive embedded management

Feature	PERC H330	PERC H730	PERC H730P	PERC H830	PERC
					FD33xD/
					FD33xS
PCIe Support	Gen 3	Gen 3	Gen 3	Gen 3	Gen 3
Non-RAID or pass	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
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Management applications for PERC cards

Dell OpenManage Storage Management applications enable you to manage and configure the RAID system, create and manage multiple disk groups, control and monitor multiple RAID systems, and provide online maintenance. The management applications for PERC H730P include:

•Comprehensive Embedded Management

•Dell OpenManage Storage Management

•BIOS Configuration Utility (<Ctrl> <R>)

•Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) RAID Configuration Utility

NOTE: Dell serial-attached SCSI (SAS) RAID Storage Manager is not supported for Self-Encrypting Disks (SED) management.

Comprehensive embedded management

Comprehensive Embedded Management (CEM) is a storage management solution for Dell systems that enables you to effectively monitor the RAID and network controllers installed on the system using iDRAC without an OS installed on the system.

Using CEM enables you to perform the following:

•Monitor devices without an OS installed on the system.

•Provide a specific location to access monitored data of the storage devices and network cards.

•Allows controller configuration for all the PERC 9 cards (H330, H730, H730P, and H830).

NOTE:

The Comprehensive Embedded Management (CEM) feature is not supported on the Dell PowerEdge R920 servers.

Dell OpenManage Storage Management

The Dell OpenManage Storage Management is a storage management application for Dell systems that provides enhanced features for configuring a system's locally-attached RAID and Non-RAID disk storage. The Dell OpenManage storage management application enables you to perform controller and enclosure functions for all supported RAID controllers and enclosures from a single graphical or command-line interface without using of the controller BIOS utilities. The graphical user interface (GUI) is wizard-driven with features for novice and advanced users, and detailed online help. Using the Dell OpenManage storage management application, you can protect your data by configuring data-redundancy, assigning hot spares, or rebuilding failed physical disks. The command line interface available on selected operating systems to perform RAID management tasks is fully featured and scriptable.

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