Software Raid for NVMe with Front PERC H755 Rear Load (for 2.5" x24 SAS/SATA chassis)

@DELL-Chris H​ its R750 and server is already delivered to End customer site. and all cabling and configuration they will do by them self. below some HL spec of the server.

1. 2.5" Chassis with up to 24 SAS/SATA Drives including 8 Universal Slots (NVMe Direct), 2 CPU
2. SAS/SATA/NVMe Capable Backplane
3. Front PERC H755 Rear Load (for 2.5" x24 SAS/SATA chassis)

I believe H755 Adapter supported SAS/SATA and NVMe but above PERC H755 not. now customer can use the 4* 960GB Data Center NVMe Read Intensive. does he configure software for NVME ?

@DELL-Joey C​  Hi Joey, when we configured the NVMe raid from Bios the first raid group with SAS/SATA drive not diaper  

@DELL-Marco B​ Hi Marco, sorry for my type mistake.

Actually based on the  shared  links & steps we have applied NVMe Raid with S150 raid built but at the time of OS installation there is no RAID disk showed there are individual disks showing no RAID.

Attached are screenshots of the deployment please check and and support here. 

@DELL-Marco B​ Yes selected the same as described in the above links. attaching the screen shots 

@DELL-Marco B​ Hi Marco, it is not through VMware . RAID with NVMe require for window operating system. 

@DELL-Marco B​  Hi Marco, If customer want to use VMware than what he need to do the use the NVMe and SAS/SATA drive . the server is delivered with below specification

1. Chassis with up to 24x2.5" Drives
2. SAS/SATA/NVMe Capable Backplane
3. 2.5" Chassis with up to 24 SAS/SATA Drives including 8 Universal Slots (NVMe Direct), 2 CPU
4. C7, Unconfigured RAID for HDDs or SSDs (Mixed Drive Types Allowed)
5. Front PERC H755 Rear Load (for 2.5" x24 SAS/SATA chassis)

Internal disks

6* 2.4TB 10K RPM SAS ISE 12Gbps 512e 2.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive

4* 960GB Data Center NVMe Read Intensive AG Drive U2 Gen4 with carrier

How they can use the 4 NVMe drive. Can they configure the sotware raid for NVMe ? pleae guide.

Hi, 

I can see there are two Raid Controller are showing Dell PERC H755 Front and PERC S150.

which one they can use for NVMe Raid. 

@DELL-Joey C​ Hi Joey, thank for the links. confusion is still there. my concern we have ordered the server with below spec 

Chassis with up to 24x2.5" Drives
 
SAS/SATA/NVMe Capable Backplane
2.5" Chassis with up to 24 SAS/SATA Drives including 8 Universal Slots (NVMe Direct), 2 CPU
 
C7, Unconfigured RAID for HDDs or SSDs (Mixed Drive Types Allowed)
Front PERC H755 Rear Load (for 2.5" x24 SAS/SATA chassis)

Internal disks
6* 2.4TB 10K RPM SAS ISE 12Gbps 512e 2.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive
4* 960GB Data Center NVMe Read Intensive AG Drive U2 Gen4 with carrier

Now customer wants to configure two raid one for NVMe * 4 drive and one for SAS * 6 drive. what he need to do . is there any HW need to replace or what . Please support on this issue. 

the main OS will be VMware 

@DELL-Joey C​ Thank you for your feedback, but really it surprising us that we order the system with complete solution mean OS VMware vSphere 7 Enterprise Plus for 1 CPU, up to 32 cores, 1YR VMware 2. and there was no error/warning message while configuring the specs in OSC. Appreciated if you would guide that which card need to replace and how it will be processor. will this be as spare replacement  or new order.

@DELL-Marco B​ Thank you Marco for your support till now.