Dell PowerEdge R660 PowerEdge RAID Controller S160 Users Guide - Page 6
Overview, PERC S160 specifications
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1 Overview The Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) S160 is a Software RAID solution for the Dell PowerEdge systems. The S160 controller supports up to 30 Non-Volatile Memory express (NVMe) PCIe SSDs, SATA SSDs, SATA HDDs depending on your system backplane configuration. Topics: • PERC S160 specifications • Supported operating systems • Supported PowerEdge servers • Supported physical disks • Management applications for the PERC S160 PERC S160 specifications The following table provides PERC S160 specifications for SATA and NVMe PCIe SSDs: NOTE: Specifications vary depending on the system model. CAUTION: Not adhering to specifications regarding maximum and minimum virtual disks or physical disks will lead to undefined behavior. Table 1. Specifications for PERC S160 Specification SATA SSD technology NVMe support SAS connectors Dell-compliant SAS compatibility Direct-connected end devices SMART error support through management applications Backplane supported systems Support for internal tape drive Support for global hot spare Support for 512 native and 512e drives Support for 4Kn native drives Maximum number of global hot spares Maximum number of physical disks supported (SATA + NVMe) Minimum RAM size required PERC S160 Yes Yes No No Dell-compliant HDDs, SSDs, and SATA DVDs Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Varies with the number of free disks in the system 30 16 GB Table 2. SATA specifications for PERC S160 Specification Dell-compliant SATA compatibility Communication with the end devices PERC S160 Yes SATA links 6 Overview