Dell T430 sr-iov

Question

I have recently purchased a T430 to use for virtualization and the bios and idrac needs to be updated (1.2) but I have a concern in regards to losing the sr-iov option. If I update bios and idrac until the most recent (2.11) will I lose the sr-iov feature?

landsharkdata · Accepted Answer

SR-IOV remained after updating all drivers and firmware to most recent.

DELL-Erman O · Answer

Hello,

I couldn't check directly for the T430. But in the release notes here I saw that they are using the same BIOS as the R530. When I checked the SR-IOV at 2.10.5 on the R530 that I could access one, I saw that enable feature is still there. Therefore, I think this feature may continue in 2.11. https://dell.to/3f5NLzU

But if you want to be sure, it would be useful for those who use T430 in the community to check and provide information.

Hope this will helps!

doclarens · Answer

Dell T430 RAID Controller Setting for Best Performance

To All,
I have a Dell T430 server that I would like to configure the drive for the maximum performance. This server will run Hyper-V on Windows.

Specs:

1 – SSD 256GB …For OS
7 – SAS 1.2TB …For my clinic data

RAID Controller: PERC H730
I will setup the SSD drive in a RAID 0 configuration.
I would like to setup the (7) 1.2TB SAS drives in a RAID 5 configuration.

Questions:

1. Should I setup two Disk Groups? 1 for OS and second for Data?
2. For the OS SSD drive, how should the Virtual Disk be created?
a. Logical Sector Size: 512? … Not sure if this is configurable.
b. Strip Element Size: 64k, 128k, 256k, 512, 1mb
c. Read Policy: No Read Ahead, Read Ahead
d. Default Write Cache: Write Through, Write Back or Force Write Back
e. Disk Cache: Default, Enabled, Disable
f. Default Initialization: No, Fast, Full
3. For the data SAS 1.2TB drive, how should the Virtual Disk be created?
a. Logical Sector Size: 512? Not sure if this is configurable.
b. Strip Element Size: 64k, 128k, 256k, 512, 1mb
c. Read Policy: No Read Ahead, Read Ahead
d. Default Write Cache: Write Through, Write Back or Force Write Back
e. Disk Cache: Default, Enabled, Disable
f. Default Initialization: No, Fast, Full

DELL-Joey C · Answer

Hi,

I might not be able to provide much information for server deployment as we're better in technical issues, and probably would rely to gather more information from the community users here.

Base on settings, I would recommend to go for default configuration provided by the RAID controller itself unless there is any necessary requirement based on your office environment.

I'm attaching link for reference from best practice on Hyper-V, in case if needed.

https://www.delltechnologies.com/asset/en-us/products/storage/industry-market/h18069-dell-emc-powerstore-microsoft-hyper-v-best-practices.pdf

https://dell.to/2T6LYlA

Lastly, here's the OS documentation from Dell support: https://dell.to/3pEgnE0

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Dell T430 sr-iov

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