Hardware RAID

<p><a href="#Intro">Introduction to PERC</a></p>
<p><a href="#PERC">Why PERC?</a></p>
<p><a href="#Docu">Documentation</a></p>
<p><a href="#Vid">Videos</a></p>
<h3><a id="Intro"></a>Introduction to PERC</h3>
<p>The PowerEdge RAID Controllers supported on 12th and 13th generation of Dell systems are:</p>
<ul>
<li>PERC 9 &ndash; The PERC 9 series of cards consist of PERC H830, H730, H730P, H330, FD33xS, FD33xD, HBA330 and 12 GbpS SAS HBA cards. The PERC H730, H730P, and H330 cards are internal cards, PERC H830 is an external card, and 12 Gbps SAS is a Host Bus Adapter (HBA).</li>
</ul>
<p>High-level specifications:</p>
<ul>
<li>The PERC H830, H730, H730P, FD33xS, FD33xD cards support up to RAID 60 and also provide non-volatile cache memory.</li>
<li>The PERC H330 card supports up to RAID 50 and does not support non-volatile cache memory.</li>
<li>The Dell 12 Gbps SAS HBA controller provides physical disk drive interface with no-RAID capability.</li>
</ul>
<p>Form Factors:</p>
<ul>
<li>The PERC H730 and H330 cards are available in Adapter (low profile and full height), Mini Monolithic, and Mini Blade form factors for internal storage and tape devices.</li>
<li>The PERC H830 is only available in the Adapter (low profile and full height) form factor.</li>
<li>The PERC H730P is available in the Adapter (low profile and full height), Slim, and Mini Monolithic form factors for internal storage.</li>
<li>The 12 Gbps SAS HBA controller is available in low-profile and full-height form factor for external storage.</li>
<li>The PERC HBA330 card is available in Adapter (low profile and full height) and Mini Monolithic form factors.</li>
<li>PERC 8 &ndash; The PERC 8 series of cards consist of PERC H810, H710, H710P, H310, and 6 GbpS SAS HBA cards. The PERC H710, H710P, and H310 cards are internal cards, PERC H810 is an external card, and 6 GbpS SAS is a Host Bus Adapter (HBA).</li>
</ul>
<p>High-level specifications:</p>
<ul>
<li>The PERC H810, H710, and H710P cards support up to RAID 60 and also provide non-volatile cache memory.</li>
<li>The PERC H310 card supports up to RAID 50 and does not support non-volatile cache memory.</li>
</ul>
<p>Form Factor:</p>
<ul>
<li>The PERC H810 is only available in the Adapter form factor.</li>
</ul>
<p>The PERC H710P, H710, and H310 are available in Adapter, Mini Mono, and Mini Blade form factors.</p>
<h3><a id="PERC"></a>Why PERC?</h3>
<p>As enterprise data requirements continue to increase, deploying powerful, easy-to-manage RAID solutions become essential for organizations seeking to simplify their IT environments, while increasing controller and storage reliability, and server uptime. The Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) line of storage controllers has evolved to address these data storage requirements, providing innovative features to help support complex server-based storage environments, increase server uptime, and reduce administrative burdens.</p>
<p>The Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) line of storage controllers offers the following high level features:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/PowerEdge-RAID-Controller-H730P-Spec-Sheet.pdf">Enterprise data protection</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/PowerEdge-RAID-Controller-H730P-Spec-Sheet.pdf">Intuitive RAID management</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730p/PERC9UGPublication/Enhanced-rebuild-prioritization?guid=GUID-2B87D691-C539-480E-B756-6C6F787F59E9&amp;lang=en-us">Enhanced rebuild prioritization </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730p/PERC9UGPublication/Secure-firmware-update?guid=GUID-D9572694-42F0-4E10-89D5-A668B4C50FCE&amp;lang=en-us">Secure firmware update</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730p/PERC9UGPublication/Improved-RAID-10-configuration?guid=GUID-79C58F91-6FD9-4882-8EB9-2558245966D3&amp;lang=en-us">Improved RAID 10 configuration</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730p/PERC9UGPublication/Reconfiguration-of-virtual-disks?guid=GUID-AAD79692-439F-4743-BFBE-1F054957CD49&amp;lang=en-us">Online Capacity Expansion (OCE)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/4/SLN156106">Online RAID Level Migration (RLM)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730p/PERC9UGPublication/Controller-cache-preservation?guid=GUID-AB3E6FF3-97E4-4A2A-A654-135293EC3857&amp;lang=en-us">Controller cache preservation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730p/PERC9UGPublication/Consistency-checks?guid=GUID-B2ADA743-F497-489E-9A1E-86CD8B72411D&amp;lang=en-us">Consistency check</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730p/PERC9UGPublication/Physical-disk-power-management?guid=GUID-350A966A-ADB1-4D94-848B-B21677F5430A&amp;lang=en-us">Physical disk power management</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730p/PERC9UGPublication/240-virtual-disk-support-for-H830?guid=GUID-26FE62D5-A15E-4651-95A9-C012897675AF&amp;lang=en-us">240 virtual disk support for H830</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730p/PERC9UGPublication/PERC-9-personality-management?guid=GUID-BC0AAC4E-F574-4202-9379-BE3A4D6A142C&amp;lang=en-us">PERC 9 personality management</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730p/PERC9UGPublication/FastPath?guid=GUID-F47396F8-B45D-4C95-86FD-FF00A09EDE61&amp;lang=en-us">FastPath</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730p/PERC9UGPublication/Disk-striping?guid=GUID-747AC17A-F617-42EF-A9DA-81C780B06284&amp;lang=en-us">Support for stripe size up to 1 MB</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730p/PERC9UGPublication/Fast-initialization?guid=GUID-E832B34B-BE0D-4A18-B977-AEB861B7DA81&amp;lang=en-us">Fast initialization</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h830/PERC9UGPublication/Redundant-path-support-for-PERC-H830?guid=GUID-20F368D3-082B-43DE-90EA-96919BE3F9CF&amp;lang=en-us">Redundant path support for PERC H830</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-s130/SW130_UG_Pub/TRIM-for-SSDs?guid=GUID-4A9C2BC7-F556-461A-8B05-D1BA3F4D8FBC&amp;lang=en-us">TRIM for SSDs</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/PowerEdge-RAID-Controller-H730P-Spec-Sheet.pdf">NVRAM Wipe</a></li>
</ul>
<h3><a id="Docu"></a>Documentation</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/poweredge-rc-h830/manuals">PowerEdge RAID Controller H830</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h830/PERC9UGPublication/Overview?guid=GUID-389A7265-334E-4CE3-9FED-1D0A509EFDC4&amp;lang=en-us">Owner&rsquo;s Manual</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/Dell-PowerEdge-RAID-Controller-H830.pdf">Spec sheet</a></li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/poweredge-rc-h730/manuals">PowerEdge RAID Controller H730</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730/PERC9UGPublication/Overview?guid=GUID-389A7265-334E-4CE3-9FED-1D0A509EFDC4&amp;lang=en-us">Owner&rsquo;s Manual</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/Dell-PowerEdge-RAID-Controller-H730.pdf">Spec sheet</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/poweredge-rc-h730p/manuals">PowerEdge RAID Controller H730p</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730p/PERC9UGPublication/Overview?guid=GUID-389A7265-334E-4CE3-9FED-1D0A509EFDC4&amp;lang=en-us">Owner&rsquo;s Manual</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/PowerEdge-RAID-Controller-H730P-Spec-Sheet.pdf">Spec sheet</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/poweredge-rc-h330/manuals">PowerEdge RAID Controller H330</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h330/PERC9UGPublication/Overview?guid=GUID-389A7265-334E-4CE3-9FED-1D0A509EFDC4&amp;lang=en-us">Owner&rsquo;s Manual</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/Dell-PowerEdge-RAID-Controller-H330.pdf">Spec sheet</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/dell-sas-hba-12gbps/manuals">12 GbpS SAS HBA</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/dell-sas-hba-12gbps/12GBPSSASUGPublication-v1/Overview?guid=GUID-77548172-7066-4924-B54C-B7E41833D0AC&amp;lang=en-us">Owner&rsquo;s Manual</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/Dell-PowerEdge-12Gbps-SAS-HBA.pdf">Spec sheet</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/poweredge-rc-h810/manuals">PowerEdge RAID Controller H810</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://downloads.dell.com/manuals/common/rc_h310_h710_h710p_h810_ug_en-us.pdf">Owner&rsquo;s Manual</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/Documents/dell-perc-h810-spec-sheet.pdf">Spec sheet</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/poweredge-rc-h710/manuals">PowerEdge RAID Controller H710</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://downloads.dell.com/manuals/common/rc_h310_h710_h710p_h810_ug_en-us.pdf">Owner&rsquo;s Manual</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/Documents/dell-perc-h710-spec-sheet.pdf">Spec sheet</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/poweredge-rc-h710p/manuals">PowerEdge RAID Controller H710P</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://downloads.dell.com/manuals/common/rc_h310_h710_h710p_h810_ug_en-us.pdf">Owner&rsquo;s Manual</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/Documents/dell-perc-h710p-spec-sheet.pdf">Spec sheet</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/poweredge-rc-h310/manuals">PowerEdge RAID Controller H310</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://downloads.dell.com/manuals/common/rc_h310_h710_h710p_h810_ug_en-us.pdf">Owner&rsquo;s Manual</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/Documents/dell-perc-h310-spec-sheet.pdf">Spec sheet</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/dell-sas-hba-6gbps/manuals">6 GbpS SAS HBA</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_ser_stor_net/esuprt_dell_adapters/dell-sas-hba-6gbps_user%27s%20guide_en-us.pdf">Owner&rsquo;s Manual</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/Documents/dell-6gbps-sas-ita-spec-sheet.pdf">Spec sheet</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Other links:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/4/SLN156106">Reconfiguration Of Virtual Disks on the PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) H310, H710, H710P, and H810</a></li>
</ul>
<h3><a id="Vid"></a>Videos</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe5xhhyFjDPduNxmueQmysJfMMNrYl6rO">Dell PERC - Controller Operations</a>Playlist on YouTube</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC3hhoj-huo">Auto Configure to RAID 0 on Dell PERC 9 or later</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVLCOrU69bc">Setting the Power Saving mode to Maximum on Dell PERC</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhm60ibkaYQ&amp;feature=youtu.be">Setting the Power Saving mode to Balanced on Dell PERC</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l41rhE79vqU&amp;feature=youtu.be">Conversion from RAID to HBA mode on Dell PERC 9 or later</a></li>
<li>C<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDw8jYr4puE&amp;feature=youtu.be">onversion from HBA to RAID mode on Dell PERC 9 or later</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYlz3UonFio">Change controller properties of Dell PERC card</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe5xhhyFjDPfRy10X282j48_RVpqvkm04">Dell PERC &ndash; Virtual Disk Operations</a> Playlist on YouTube</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh_ZqE7foy8">Performing reconfiguration for RAID level 10 on PERC Controller</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDYeW5pp9eY&amp;list=PLe5xhhyFjDPfRy10X282j48_RVpqvkm04&amp;index=1">Clearing Foreign Configuration Using Virtual Disk Management Menu</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoy0wQ2VP7w&amp;list=PLe5xhhyFjDPfRy10X282j48_RVpqvkm04&amp;index=2">Importing Foreign Configurations Using the Virtual Disk Management Menu</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zJFXZco2Yw&amp;list=PLe5xhhyFjDPfRy10X282j48_RVpqvkm04&amp;index=3">Importing virtual disk configuration of a RAID Controller from 11G to 12G server</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfz2GaCRHaM&amp;list=PLe5xhhyFjDPfRy10X282j48_RVpqvkm04&amp;index=4">Importing virtual disk configuration of a RAID Controller from 12G to 13G server</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L0KNMAtu1o&amp;index=5&amp;list=PLe5xhhyFjDPfRy10X282j48_RVpqvkm04">Securing and Importing the Secure Virtual disks on PERC 9 RAID Controller</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkFDzerdD0w">Performing Online Capacity Expansion on PERC controller</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SAr8Qzum8s">Reconfiguring RAID level from RAID 1 to RAID 6 on PERC controller</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKXYsF9kGZ4">Performing RAID level reconfiguration from RAID 5 to RAID 0 on PERC Controller</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsvVpvdWIWY">Creating RAID levels by using different strip sizes and read or write policies on Dell PERC</a></li>
</ul>