Perc 6I - Dell POWEREDGE R710 Series Technical Manualbook

Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook
II. PERC 6i
For customers who want a hardware RAID solution, the PERC 6i is an option. The PERC 6i uses the LSI
1078 ROC (RAID on Chip) processor with a PCI Express host interface and DDR2 memory. A battery is
also available for backup.
PRODuct
PERC 6/i
Integrated
PERC 6/E
Adapter
PERC 5/E
Adapter
SAS 6/iR
Integrated
SAS 5/E
Adapter
On Planar
via chipset
LSI 2032
Adapter
Note: A maximum of 2 external storage controllers (Dell PERC or SAS cards) are allowed in the system in
addition to the integrated storage controller.
R710
usaGe
suPPORt
Internal
Backplane
Yes, Max 1
Storage
(HDD, SSD)
Yes, Max 2
External (MD1000
SAS/SATA Pompano
Storage & MD1020
Ridgeback)
Yes, Max 2
External (MD1000,
Legacy Pompano,
Storage & MD1020
Ridgeback)
Internal
Backplane
Storage
Yes, Max 1
(No tape
or SSD
support)
External
SAS (DAS, Yes, Max 2
Tape)
Internal
slim-line Yes, 2
SATA ports for
Optical Optical
and/or and/or
TBU Only TBU
(no HDD)
Internal or
External
SCSI
Tape/ Yes, Max 2
Legacy
External
storage
Pcie Pcie
slOt
cOn bRacket
Storage
x8 No
slot
PCIe
x8 Yes
slot
PCIe
x8 Yes
slot
Storage
x8 No
slot
PCIe
x8 Yes
slot
n/a n/a n/a
PCIe
x8 Yes
slot
i/O
RaiD bbu
cOn
0, 1,
5, 6,
x4 int
10, 50, Yes
x4 int
and
60
0, 1,
5, 6,
x4 ext
10, 50, TBBU
x4 ext
and
60
x4 ext 0, 1, 5,
TBBU
x4 ext 10, 50
x4 int
0, 1 No
x4 int
x4 ext
none No
x4 ext
x1 int n/a n/a
SCSI
int
n/a n/a
SCSI
ext
40