Dell PowerVault MD24 Series Enclosure Support Matrix
Storage enclosure rules
This section provides information about server and storage configurations for Dell PowerVault MD24 Series enclosures.
See your PowerEdge server technical documentation to determine which adapters it supports. In general:
- HBA355e adapters are supported on 14G, 15G, and 16G PowerEdge servers.
- H840 PERC adapters are supported on 14G, and 15G PowerEdge servers.
- H965e PERC adapters are supported on 16G PowerEdge servers.
| JBOD | Adapter | Max enclosures per adapter | Max drives per enclosure | Maximum drive count | Max adapters per server |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD2460 | H840 PERC | 2 | 60-3.5" drives | 120 | 1 |
| HBA355e | 2 | 60-3.5" drives | 120 | 1 | |
| H965e PERC | 4 | 60-3.5" drives | 240 | 1 | |
| MD2412 | H840 PERC | 4 | 12-3.5" drives | 48 | 1 |
| HBA355e | 8 | 12-3.5" drives | 96 | 1 | |
| H965e PERC | 8 | 12-3.5" drives | 96 | 1 | |
| MD2424 | H840 PERC | 4 | 24-2.5" drives | 96 | 1 |
| HBA355e | 4 | 24-2.5" drives | 96 | 1 | |
| H965e PERC | 8 | 24-2.5" drives | 192 | 1 |
NOTE:MD24 Series enclosures have a unified backplane and are cabled in a multipath mode configuration. This design means that an enclosure can only be attached to a single server; the drives within each enclosure cannot be accessed in a “split mode” between two servers.
Cabling rules
- Mixing any MD2412 and MD2424, MD2412 and MD2460, or MD2424 and MD2460 on the same port chain is not supported. A port chain only supports one type of MD24 Series enclosure.
- Mixing MD24 Series enclosures with any other storage product, such as MD14xx, ME484, or Tape Devices, on the same HBA is not supported.
- Loop back connections are not supported. For example, you cannot connect a port on a second enclosure back to a port on the first enclosure.
- Mixing of single path and dual path configurations on the same controller is not supported. For example, you cannot connect port 2 to enclosure 1 if port 0 and port 1 are connected to enclosure 0.
- Interleaving ports for a dual path configuration is not supported. For example, if port 0 is connected to the first EMM on an enclosure, then only port 1 can be used to connect multipath to the 2nd EMM on that same enclosure.
- Using port 1 and port 2 for dual path on the same enclosure is not supported.
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