Note: Compatible dell part numbers: 0gp297, 0xm768
Product Description
Dell Perc5/E Dual Channel SAS RAID Controller with two external x4 SAS ports and a transportable battery backup unit
(TBBU)
 
Overview
The PERC5/E controller provides multi-level RAID protection to the expanded array through RAID 0, 1, 5,
10, and 50. In addition, it offers data integrity and availability features such as proactive error detection and
correction.
Specifications
- RAID Levels - 0, 1, 5, 10, 50
- Enclosures per Port - Up to 3 enclosures
- Ports - 2 x4 external wide port
- Battery Backup Unit - Yes, Transportable
- Cache Memory - 256 MB cache memory size
- Cache Function - Write-back, write-through, adaptive read ahead, non-read ahead, read ahead
- Multiple Virtual Diks per Controller - Up to 64 virtual disks per controller
- Support for x8 PCI Express host interface - Yes
- Online Capacity Expansion - Yes
- Dedicated and Global Hot Spares - Yes
- Hot Swap Devices Supported - Yes
- Non-Disk Devices Supported - No
- Mixed Capacity Physical Disks Supported - Yes
- Hardware Exclusive-OR (XOR) Assistance - Yes
OS Supported
- MicrosoftWindows2000 Server family
- Windows Server2003 (includes Standard, Enterprise, and Small Business Servers)
- Windows XP (Microsoft Windows XP is supported with a PERC 5 controller only when the controller is installed in a Dell PrecisionWorkstation system.)
- Red HatEnterprise Linux
- SUSELINUX Enterprise Server
Note: The Dell PowerVault MD1000 is supported only on the PERC 5/E RAID controller. A RAID controller is not required if the MD1000 is being daisy-chained to another MD-series Dell storage enclosure.
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