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Article Number: 000131648

List of PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) types for Dell EMC systems

Summary: List of PowerEdge RAID Controllers (PERC) from Series 6 family to Series 10 family for Dell EMC systems.

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Symptoms

This article lists the PowerEdge RAID Controllers (PERC) by series family (generation) for Dell EMC systems. There are several types of PERC controllers available depending on internal/external storage connectors, maximum drive support and RAID support.
Expand the series family of your PERC controller or show all to view all models:

Series 11 Family
Model & Form Factors Interface Support PCI Support SAS Connection Cache Memory Size Write Back Cache RAID Levels Max Drive Support RAID Support  
 
PowerEdge Server-Storage Controllers (PERC & SAS HBA) Series 11  
H755 Adapter 12Gb/s SAS
6Gb/s SAS/SATA
3Gb/s SAS/SATA
Gen3 (8 GT/s) NVMe
Gen4 (16 GT/s) NVMe		 PCIe Gen 4 16-ports/lanes           2x8 Internal 8GB NV Flash Backed Cache 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 16/controller
50 with SAS Expander
*Platform limit

 		 Hardware RAID  
H750 Adapter 12Gb/s SAS
6Gb/s SAS/SATA
3Gb/s SAS/SATA
*SAS/SATA ONLY		 PCIe Gen 4 8 ports-                           1x8 Internal 8GB NV Flash Backed Cache 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 8/controller
50 with SAS Expander
*Platform limit		 Hardware RAID  
H755N Front (NVMe Only) Gen3 (8 GT/s) NVMe
Gen4 (16 GT/s) NVMe		 PCIe Gen 4 16 lanes-                                     2x8 Internal 8GB NV Flash Backed Cache 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 8/per controller Hardware RAID  
H755 Front (SAS/SATA Only) 12Gb/s SAS
6Gb/s SAS/SATA
3Gb/s SAS/SATA		 PCIe Gen 4 16 ports-                                       2x8 Internal 8GB NV Flash Backed Cache 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 16/controller
50 with SAS Expander
*Platform limit		 Hardware RAID  
HBA355 Adapter (internal) 12Gb/s SAS
6Gb/s SAS/SATA
3Gb/s SAS/SATA		 PCIe Gen 4 16 ports-                                       2x8 Internal N/A N/A N/A 16/controller
50 with SAS Expander
*Platform limit		 N/A  
HBA355 Front (internal) 12Gb/s SAS
6Gb/s SAS/SATA
3Gb/s SAS/SATA		 PCIe Gen 4 16 ports-                                       2x8 Internal N/A N/A N/A 16/controller
50 with SAS Expander
*Platform limit		 N/A  
HBA350 Adapter (internal) 12Gb/s SAS
6Gb/s SAS/SATA
3Gb/s SAS/SATA		 PCIe Gen 4 8 ports-                                           2x8 Internal N/A N/A N/A 16/controller
50 with SAS Expander
*Platform limit		 N/A  
HBA355e Adapter (external) 12Gb/s SAS
6Gb/s SAS/SATA
3Gb/s SAS/SATA		 PCIe Gen 4 16 ports-                        4x4 External N/A N/A N/A 240 N/A  
HBA350 MX (internal) 12Gb/s SAS
6Gb/s SAS/SATA
3Gb/s SAS/SATA		 PCIe Gen 4 8 ports-                         1x8 Internal N/A N/A N/A 8
*Platform limit		 N/A  
H350 Adapter 12Gb/s SAS 6Gb/s SATA PCIe Gen 4 8 ports-                             1x8 Internal No Cache No Cache 0,1,10        Note1 Up To 32 RAID, or 32 Non-RAID Hardware RAID  
H355 Adapter 12Gb/s SAS 6Gb/s SATA PCIe Gen 4 16 ports-                                2x8 Internal No Cache No Cache 0,1,10        Note1 Up To 32 RAID, or 32 Non-RAID Hardware RAID  
H355 Front 12Gb/s SAS 6Gb/s SATA PCIe Gen 4 16 ports-                                 2x8 Internal No Cache No Cache 0,1,10        Note1 Up To 32 RAID, or 32 Non-RAID Hardware RAID  
 
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Series 10 Family

Models Drive Types PCI Support SAS Connectors Cache Memory Write Back Cache RAID Levels Max Drive Support RAID Support
H840
Adapter		 12 Gb/s SAS
6 Gb/s SATA		 PCIe 3.1 2x4 External 8 GB NV Flash Backed Cache 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 255 Hardware
H745P MX Adapter 12 Gb/s SAS
6 Gb/s SATA/SAS
3 Gb/s SATA		 PCIe 3 Modular Enclosure 8 GB NV Flash Backed Cache 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 - Hardware
H740P Adapter 12 Gb/s SAS
6 Gb/s SATA		 PCIe 3.1 2x4 Internal 8 GB NV Flash Backed Cache 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 32 Hardware
H740P Mini Mono 12 Gb/s SAS
6 Gb/s SATA		 PCIe 3.1 2x4 Internal 8 GB NV Flash Backed Cache 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 32 Hardware
S150 Software
RAID		 6 Gb/s SATA/NVMe PCIe N/A No Cache No Cache 0,1,5,10 30* Software RAID
Windows and Linux
S140 Software
RAID		 6 Gb/s SATA/NVMe N/A N/A No Cache No Cache 0,1,5,10 16* Software RAID
Windows and Linux
12 Gbps SAS Ext. HBA 12 Gb/s SAS PCIe 3.0 2x4 External No Cache No Cache No RAID
Pass-Thru Only		 255 No RAID
Pass-Thru Only
H745 Adapter 12 Gb/s SAS
6 Gb/s SAS/SATA
3 Gb/s SAS/SATA		 PCIe 3 2x8 Internal  4 GB NV  Flash Backed Cache   0,1,5,6,10,50,60   240  Hardware
H745 Front 12 Gb/s SAS
6 Gb/s SAS/SATA
3 Gb/s SAS/SATA		 PCIe 3  2x8 Internal  4 GB NV  Flash Backed Cache  0,1,5,6,10,50,60  240  Hardware
H345 Adapter 12 Gb/s SAS
6 Gb/s SAS/SATA
3 Gb/s SAS/SATA		 PCIe 3  2x8 Internal  No Cache  No Cache    0,1,10   63 Hardware
H345 Front           12 Gb/s SAS
6 Gb/s SAS/SATA
3 Gb/s SAS/SATA 		 PCIe 3  2x8 Internal  No Cache  No Cache  0,1,10   63 Hardware
 
SLN292279_en_US__1icon *The S150 controller supports up to 8 SATA disks (HDD and SSD) depending on system backplane configuration, supports up to 30 NVMe PCIe SSDs.
SLN292279_en_US__1icon *The S140 controller supports up to 16 physical disks (SATA + NVMe) depending on system backplane configuration except the PowerEdge R840 and PowerEdge R940xa supports up to 30 (SATA + NVMe).

Series 9 Family

Models Drive Types PCI Support SAS Connectors Cache Memory Write Back Cache RAID Levels Max Drive Support RAID Support
H830
Adapter		 12 Gb/s SAS
6 Gb/s SATA		 PCI-e 3.0 2x4 External 2 GB NV Flash Backed Cache 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 255 Hardware
H730P Adapter 12 Gb/s SAS
6 Gb/s SATA		 PCI-e 3.0 2x4 Internal 2 GB NV Flash Backed Cache 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 32 Hardware
H730P MX 12 Gb/s SAS
6 Gb/s SATA/SAS
3 Gb/s SATA		 PCIe 3 2x4 Internal 2 GB NV Flash Backed Cache 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 - Hardware
H730P Mini Mono 12 Gb/s SAS
6 Gb/s SATA		 PCI-e 3.0 2x4 Internal 2 GB NV Flash Backed Cache 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 32 Hardware
H730P Mini Blade 12 Gb/s SAS
6 Gb/s SATA		 PCI-e 3.0 2x4 Internal 2 GB NV Flash Backed Cache 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 32 Hardware
H730 Adapter 12 Gb/s SAS
6 Gb/s SATA		 PCI-e 3.0 2x4 Internal 1 GB NV Flash Backed Cache 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 32 Hardware
H730 Mini Mono 12 Gb/s SAS
6 Gb/s SATA		 PCI-e 3.0 2x4 Internal 1 GB NV Flash Backed Cache 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 32 Hardware
H730 Mini Blade 12 Gb/s SAS
6 Gb/s SATA		 PCI-e 3.0 1x4 Internal 1 GB NV Flash Backed Cache 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 32 Hardware
H330 Adapter 12 Gb/s SAS
6 Gb/s SATA		 PCI-e 3.0 2x4 Internal No Cache No Cache 0,1,5,10,50 16 RAID,
32 Non-RAID		 Hardware
H330 Mini Mono 12 Gb/s SAS
6 Gb/s SATA		 PCI-e 3.0 2x4 Internal No Cache No Cache 0,1,5,10,50 16 RAID,
32 Non-RAID		 Hardware
H330 Mini Blade 12 Gb/s SAS
6 Gb/s SATA		 PCI-e 3.0 2x4 Internal No Cache No Cache 0,1,5,10,50 8 Hardware
S130 Software
RAID		 6 Gb/s SATA N/A N/A No Cache No Cache 0,1,5,10 10 Software -
Windows and Linux
12 Gbps SAS Ext. HBA 12 Gb/s SAS PCI-e 3.0 2x4 External No Cache No Cache No RAID
Pass-Thru Only		 255 No RAID
Pass-Thru Only

Series 8 Family

Models Drive Types PCI Support SAS Connectors Cache Memory Write Back Cache RAID Levels Max Drive Support RAID Support
H810 Adapter 6 Gb/s SAS PCI-e 2.0 2x4 External 1 GB NV Flash Backed Cache 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 192 Hardware
H710P Adapter 6 Gb/s SAS PCI-e 2.0 2x4 Internal 1 GB NV Flash Backed Cache 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 32 Hardware
H710P Mini Mono 6 Gb/s SAS PCI-e 2.0 2x4 Internal 1 GB NV Flash Backed Cache 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 32 Hardware
H710P Mini Blade 6 Gb/s SAS PCI-e 2.0 2x4 Internal 1 GB NV Flash Backed Cache 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 4 Hardware
H710 Adapter 6 Gb/s SAS PCI-e 2.0 2x4 Internal 512 MB NV Flash Backed Cache 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 32 Hardware
H710 Mini Mono 6 Gb/s SAS PCI-e 2.0 2x4 Internal 512 MB NV Flash Backed Cache 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 32 Hardware
H710 Mini Blade 6 Gb/s SAS PCI-e 2.0 1x4 Internal 512 MB NV Flash Backed Cache 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 4 Hardware
H310 Adapter 6 Gb/s SAS PCI-e 2.0 2x4 Internal - - 0,1,5,10,50 16, Non-RAID 32 Hardware
H310 Mini Mono 6 Gb/s SAS PCI-e 2.0 2x4 Internal - - 0,1,5,10,50 16, Non-RAID 32 Hardware
H310 Mini Blade 6 Gb/s SAS PCI-e 2.0 1x4 Internal - - 0,1,5,10,50 4 Hardware
S110 3 Gb/s SATA PCI-e 2.0 - - - 0,1,5,10 4 Software - Windows Only

Series 6 & 7 Family

Model Drive Types PCI Support SAS Connections Cache Memory Write Back Cache RAID Levels Max Drive Support RAID Support
H800 Adapter 6 Gb/s SAS PCI-E 2.0 2x4 External 512 MB, 512 MB NV, 1 GB NV Yes (TBBU) 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 192 Hardware RAID
H700 Integrated/Adapter 6 Gb/s SAS PCI-E2.0 2x4 Internal 512 MB, 512 MB NV, 1 GB NV Yes (BBU) 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 16 Hardware RAID
H700 Modular 6 Gb/s SAS PCI-E 2.0 1x4 Internal 512 MB Yes (BBU) 0,1,5,6,10 4 Hardware RAID
H200 Integrated/Adapter 6 Gb/s SAS PCI-E 2.0 2x4 Internal - - 0,1,10 Supports non-RAID 16 Hardware RAID
H200 Modular 6 Gb/s SAS PCI-E 2.0 1x4 Internal - - 0,1,10 Supports non-RAID 4 Hardware RAID
6 Gbps SAS HBA 6 Gb/s SAS PCI-E 2.0 2x4 External - - - - HBA Hardware
PERC 6/E Adapter 3 Gb/s SAS PCI-E 1.0 2x4 External 512 MB, 256 MB Yes (TBBU) 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 144 Hardware RAID
PERC 6/I Adapter 3 Gb/s SAS PCI-E 1.0 2x4 Internal 256 MB Yes (BBU) 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 16 Hardware RAID
PERC 6/I Modular 3 Gb/s SAS PCI-E 1.0 1x4 Internal 256 MB Yes (BBU) 0,1,5,6,10 4 Hardware RAID
CERC 6/I Modular 3 Gb/s SAS PCI-E 1.0 1x4 Internal 128 MB - 0,1,5,6,10 4 Hardware RAID
SAS 6/iR Integrated/Adapter 3 Gb/s SAS PCI-E 1.0 2x4 Internal - - 0,1 8 Hardware RAID
SAS 6/iR Modular 3 Gb/s SAS PCI-E 1.0 1x4 Internal - - 0,1 4 Hardware RAID

S300  
Windows only

 3 Gb/s SAS PCI-E 1.0 2x4 Internal - - 0,1,10,5 8 Software RAID on HBA

S100  
Windows only

 3 Gb/s SATA - 4 cabled SATA - - 0,1,10,5 4 Software RAID on SATA Chipset

Series 5 Family

Model Drive Types PCI Support SAS Connections Cache Memory Write Back Cache RAID Levels Max Drive Support RAID Support
PERC 5/E Adapter 3 Gb/s SAS PCI-E 1.0 2x4 External 256 MB Yes (TBBU) 0,1,5,10,50 - Hardware RAID
PERC 5/i Adapter 3 Gb/s SAS PCI-E 1.0 2x4 Internal 256 MB Yes (BBU) 0,1,5,10,50 - Hardware RAID
PERC5/i Integrated 3 Gb/s SAS Integrated 2x4 Internal 256 MB Yes (BBU) 0,1,5,10,50 - Hardware RAID

For detailed documentation, access Dell Storage Adapters and Controllers, select your adapter, and then click the Documentation tab.

 

Related articles for Dell PowerEdge RAID controllers:

This section provides links to helpful Knowledge Base Articles with information about how to troubleshoot various Hard Drive, PowerEdge™ Expandable RAID Controller (PERC), RAID, and OpenManage issues.

 

Cause

Update to PERC 11 family

Resolution

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Article Properties

Affected Product
Data Center Infrastructure, PowerEdge, Serial Attached SCSI 5iR Integrated and Adapter, Serial Attached SCSI 6iR Integrated and Adapter, PERC9/SAS HBAs, Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapter 5i Integrated and 5E Adapter, 6 GBps SAS HBA, HBA355 , PowerEdge RAID Controller H730P MX, PowerEdge RAID Controller H745P MX, PowerEdge RAID Controller H755 Adapter, PowerEdge RAID Controller CERC 6i, PowerEdge RAID Controller S150, Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 5i, PowerEdge RAID Controller 6E, PowerEdge RAID Controller 6i, PowerEdge RAID Controller H200, PowerEdge RAID Controller H310, PowerEdge RAID Controller H330, PowerEdge RAID Controller H700, PowerEdge RAID Controller H710, PowerEdge RAID Controller H710P, PowerEdge RAID Controller H730, PowerEdge RAID Controller H730P, PowerEdge RAID Controller H740P, PowerEdge RAID Controller H800, PowerEdge RAID Controller H810, PowerEdge RAID Controller H830, PowerEdge RAID Controller H840, PowerEdge RAID Controller S100, PowerEdge RAID Controller S110, PowerEdge RAID Controller S130, PowerEdge RAID Controller S140, PowerEdge RAID Controller S300 ...
Last Published Date

25 Jul 2023

Version

8

Article Type

Solution

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