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Dell MD1220 + Non Dell Certified Drives + Non PERC card ?
I plan to buy used Dell PV MD1220 off eBay and add Generic Drives (Non Certified Dell) in it. I will then connect the MD1220 to Dell PE R710, in which the storage controller is Standard Generic LSI card (Non Dell PERC). My question:
Since I am using Generic Drives and Generic LSI Storage Controller (Non Dell PERC):
a. Is Dell OpenManage still functioning and monitoring drives in case of failure?
b. Will it throw an alert that I am not using Certified Drives?
DELL-Sam L
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June 22nd, 2018 07:00
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June 26th, 2018 08:00
I have no problem buying PERC H800. My concern is PERC H800 would not want to work with non Dell branded drives.
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June 26th, 2018 09:00
Hello bigbulus,
With an MD you have to use Dell branded drives as most drives that are not Dell drives are not seen by the MD. Now you can try & use a different controller and you might get the drives seen. Here is the link to the support matrix & if you look on page 10-16 list out the supported drives. http://downloads.dell.com/manuals/common/md1200_md1220_supportmatrix_en-us.pdf
Please let us know if you have any other questions.
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June 26th, 2018 16:00
Sam's statement about having to use Dell branded drives only applies if the MD1220 is attached to an MD3200/MD3220.
If you attach an MD1220 to a PERC H800 (on the latest firmware), any drive brand will work, but sometimes the drive lights may not work or may not indicate when a drive failed. OMSA will likely report the drive as unsupported or so, but typically does allow you to use it for raid.
If you connect the MD1220 to a non-Dell HBA or raid controller, OMSA usually will not see the raid controller or the attached MD1220.