Dell PowerEdge R940xa EMC Technical Specifications - Page 23

Optical drives, External storage

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Function or feature Non-RAID disk cache policy SMART Info Physical disk hot swap Virtual disk expansion Virtual disk slicing Virtual disk migration Split mirror Non-RAID migration BIOS configuration utility (Ctrl-M) Add on driver for data path (operating system device driver). 4K native drive support TRIM and UNMAP virtual disk TRIM and UNMAP Non-RAID hard drive Self-encrypting drives(SED) support Cryptographic erase (sanitize). Supported Yes NOTE: Operating system controlled/Device defaults. Yes NOTE: Use the Marvell CLI to retrieve the SMART information from the drives. No No No Yes NOTE: On new controller, virtual disk must be Imported from HII before presented to operating system. No NOTE: System that is required to shutdown and migrate one hard drive to another system and continue rebuild. Yes No No NOTE: Console Windows driver or Linux library is required for management purposes only. No No Yes No Yes NOTE: If drive supports SANITIZE Crypto Erase. No other encryption support from controller or drive. Optical drives The PowerEdge R940xa system supports one optional slim SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD +/-RW drive. NOTE: DVD devices support only data. External storage Table 10. External storage device types Device Type External Tape NAS/IDM appliance software JBOD Description Supports connection to external USB tape products Supports NAS software stack Supports connection to 12Gb MD-series JBODs Optical drives The PowerEdge R940xa supports one of the following internal optical drive options: • DVD-ROM • DVD+RW Technical specifications 23

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Function or feature
Supported
Non-RAID disk cache policy
Yes
NOTE:
Operating system controlled/Device defaults.
SMART Info
Yes
NOTE:
Use the Marvell CLI to retrieve the SMART information from the
drives.
Physical disk hot swap
No
Virtual disk expansion
No
Virtual disk slicing
No
Virtual disk migration
Yes
NOTE:
On new controller, virtual disk must be Imported from HII before
presented to operating system.
Split mirror
No
NOTE:
System that is required to shutdown and migrate one hard drive to
another system and continue rebuild.
Non-RAID migration
Yes
BIOS configuration utility (Ctrl-M)
No
Add on driver for data path (operating
system device driver).
No
NOTE:
Console Windows driver or Linux library is required for management
purposes only.
4K native drive support
No
TRIM and UNMAP virtual disk
No
TRIM and UNMAP Non-RAID hard drive
Yes
Self-encrypting drives(SED) support
No
Cryptographic erase (sanitize).
Yes
NOTE:
If drive supports SANITIZE Crypto Erase. No other encryption support
from controller or drive.
Optical drives
The PowerEdge R940xa system supports one optional slim SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD +/-RW drive.
NOTE:
DVD devices support only data.
External storage
Table 10. External storage device types
Device Type
Description
External Tape
Supports connection to external USB tape products
NAS/IDM appliance software
Supports NAS software stack
JBOD
Supports connection to 12Gb MD-series JBODs
Optical drives
The PowerEdge R940xa supports one of the following internal optical drive options:
•
DVD-ROM
•
DVD+RW
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