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Maintaining Storage Configurations, Comparison of Supported Features

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Maintaining Storage Configurations On Dell systems with the PERC 5/i, PERC 6/i, SAS 5/iR, or SAS 6/iR controller, you can use Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager to perform system maintenance tasks such as running patrol read operations, updating firmware, and running consistency checks on disk groups that support redundancy. Comparison of Supported Features Table 1-1 shows the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager features that are supported by Dell systems using the PERC 5/i or the PERC 6/i controller, and by systems using the SAS 5/iR or the SAS 6/iR controller. Table 1-1. Feature Comparison Feature RAID 0 Configuration RAID 1 Configuration RAID 5 Configuration RAID 6 Configuration RAID 10 Configuration RAID 50 Configuration RAID 60 Configuration Hotspare Disks Auto Configuration Guided Configuration Manual Configuration Event Monitoring Device Status Monitoring Physical/Logical Device View PERC 5/i Controller PERC 6/i Controller Y Y Y N for PERC 5/i Y for PERC 6/i Y Y N for PERC 5/i Y for PERC 6/i Y Y Y Y Y Y Y SAS 5/iR Controller SAS 6/iR Controller Y Y N N N N N N for SAS 5/iR Y for SAS 6/iR N Y N Y Y Y 8 Introduction

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Introduction
Maintaining Storage Configurations
On Dell systems with the PERC 5/i, PERC 6/i, SAS 5/iR, or SAS 6/iR
controller, you can use Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager to perform system
maintenance tasks such as running patrol read operations, updating firmware,
and running consistency checks on disk groups that support redundancy.
Comparison of Supported Features
Table 1-1 shows the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager features that are
supported by Dell systems using the PERC 5/i or the PERC 6/i controller, and
by systems using the SAS 5/iR or the SAS 6/iR controller.
Table 1-1.
Feature Comparison
Feature
PERC 5/i Controller
PERC 6/i Controller
SAS 5/iR Controller
SAS 6/iR Controller
RAID 0 Configuration
Y
Y
RAID 1 Configuration
Y
Y
RAID 5 Configuration
Y
N
RAID 6 Configuration
N for PERC 5/i
Y for PERC 6/i
N
RAID 10 Configuration
Y
N
RAID 50 Configuration
Y
N
RAID 60 Configuration
N for PERC 5/i
Y for PERC 6/i
N
Hotspare Disks
Y
N for SAS 5/iR
Y for SAS 6/iR
Auto Configuration
Y
N
Guided Configuration
Y
Y
Manual Configuration
Y
N
Event Monitoring
Y
Y
Device Status Monitoring
Y
Y
Physical/Logical Device View
Y
Y