Dell PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide - Page 22

Supported RAID controllers The newest line of PowerEdge RAID Controllers (PERCs) offers high I/O performance for a variety of uses, including database applications and streaming digital media environments. The internal RAID controllers have a dedicated connection to the system board. PERC H710P The PERC H710P is an eight-port, internal, 6Gb/s PCIe RAID controller (mini form factor) with 1GB DDR3 non-volatile (NV) cache. PERC H710 The PERC H710 is an eight-port, internal, 6Gb/s PCIe RAID controller (mini form factor) with 512MB DDR3 NV cache. PERC H310 The PERC H310 is an eight-port, internal, 6Gb/s PCIe RAID controller (mini form factor) that is a low-cost, entry-level RAID solution. For more information about the latest PERC offerings, see Dell.com/PERC. RAID controller feature support Table 12 lists the features supported by the RAID controller options on the M520. Table 12. RAID controller feature support Feature Software RAID stack iMR firmware stack MR firmware stack SSD support SATA backplane SAS backplane SATA hard drives SAS hard drives Un-configured hard drive support (non-RAID) RAID 0 RAID 1 DDR3 cache (512MB) DDR3 cache (1GB) Non-volatile cache option Microsoft Windows support Linux support Virtualization support S110         PERC option H310 H710 H710P          1 1 1                        22 PowerEdge M520 Technical Guide