Dell PERC13 and PERC12 User’s Guide PERC H975 Series and PERC H965 Series cards

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Dell PERC13 and PERC12 series cards

Dell Technologies PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) is a series of RAID disk array controllers that are developed by Dell for its PowerEdge servers. The PERC13 and PERC12 controllers have the following characteristics:

Table 1. PERC13 and PERC12 series cardsThe following table lists the controllers supported by PERC12 and PERC13 series cards.
PERC Series Controller Card Name
PERC13
  • H975 Series
    • PERC H975i Front
PERC12
  • H965 Series
    • PERC H965i Adapter
    • PERC H965i Front (supported on 17G)
    • PERC H965i Front
    • PERC H965i MX
    • PERC H965e Adapter
  • Reliability, high performance, and fault-tolerant disk subsystem management.
  • RAID control capabilities including support for RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60.
  • Gen 4 and Gen 5 PCIe x16 host interfaces.
  • Supports Dell-qualified Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA), and PCIe SSD (NVMe) drives.
  • Supports drive speeds for NVMe drives are 8 GT/s (Gen 3), 16 GT/s (Gen 4), and 32 GT/s (Gen 5) at maximum x2 lane width.
  • Supports data rate throughput of 6 Gbps for SAS 2.0, 12 Gbps for SAS 3.0, and 22.5 Gbps for SAS 4.0 drives.
  • Supports data rate of throughput of 6 Gbps for SATA 3.0 drives.
NOTE:The PERC H965i Front controller card is available in two types:
  • PERC H965i Front controller card—Supported on 16th Generation (16G) PowerEdge servers.
  • PERC H965i Front (supported on 17G) controller card. However, both the types have separate Update Packages (DUPs).
NOTE:
  • The PERC tools such as PERCCLI2, drivers, and firmware are not backward compatible with previous versions of PERCs.
  • Mixing drives of different speeds (7,200 RPM, 10,000 RPM, or 15,000 RPM) and bandwidths (6 Gbps, 12 Gbps, or 24 Gbps) while maintaining the same drive type (SAS or SATA) and technology (HDD or SSD) is supported.
  • PERCs support only single SCSI LUN and single NVMe namespace devices. Multi-LUN and Multi-Namespace devices are not supported.
  • The PERC series controllers do not support BIOS, and are not listed in the BIOS Setup section. The Storage boot operation is available only in the UEFI mode.
  • Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) drives are not supported on PERCs.
  • Mixing NVMe drives with SAS and SATA is not supported. Also, mixing HDD and SSD in a virtual disk is not supported.
  • SAS4 "22.5 Gbps" speed is used synonymously with "24G" and "24 Gbps" in documents and some applications. 22.5 Gbps is the data rate and 24 Gbps is the link speed.
  • For the safety, regulatory, and ergonomic information that is associated with these devices, and for more information about the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) or Lifecycle Controller remote management, see the platform-specific technical documentation.
CAUTION: For Japan Only—This is a Class A equipment. Operation of this equipment in a residential environment could cause Radio-wave interference. In this case, the user may be required to take corrective actions. (VCCI-A)

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