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December 3rd, 2014 19:00

Perc H310 Support for 6TB drives

I have a T320 with the Perc H310. Will it support 6TB drives? I am running 2012 WSE R2.

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    Posted December 4th, 2014 07:00

    Kjohnston8,

    The largest drive that Dell offers for the T320 is a 4TB drive. That doesn't mean that the 6TB drive won't work, just that it isn't tested in the server. If the specs match the 4TB drives then it should work, but you would have to test it to be sure. You can also get further details on the T320 here - http://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_ser_stor_net/esuprt_poweredge/poweredge-t320_Owner%27s%20Manual_en-us.pdf

    Let me know how it goes.

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    Posted September 12th, 2015 13:00

    After a long delay I installed the 6TB drives and the H310 setup screen shows the drives as blocked. Within Lifecycle Controller the drives are invisible. The drives are Seagate SEST60NM0014,

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    Posted September 12th, 2015 13:00

    Sorry meant to say Seagate ST6000NM0014.

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    Posted December 17th, 2015 07:00

    Hi, so were you able to install a 6TB in your server? I also have a T320 with Perc 310. thanks. 

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    Posted December 19th, 2015 15:00

    Sadly they are not properly recognized. I have done all the updates for the Perc 310 firmware and drivers, and the drives can be seen but they are not recognized as being 6TB.

    I have H710P to install (maybe over the holidays) and I will try the 6TB with it, but I don't have high hopes.

    I am going to look for a NAS enclosure that will take the drives.

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    Posted March 4th, 2018 10:00

    Sorry for bumping an old topic. I just wanted to put this here so that it will help someone else who is looking for an answer. H310 and other 12G RAID controllers don't support 4Kn sector drives like ST6000NM0014 and they will report incorrect size or the controller will block the drives. Get either 512n or 512e sector size drives and they will work fine.