External Storage; Table 13. External Storage Device Types - Dell PowerEdge R620 Technical Manual

Express Flash drives
Express Flash drives use PCIe and SSD technologies to provide performance, scalability and optimal
serviceability. Accelerated performance with high IOPs is made possible without requiring processor
resources or capturing DRAM. Express Flash drives also use a standardized 2.5-inch hot-plug form
factor that saves critical PCIe slot space by moving drives from the back to the front of the system
and allows a common management process for all drives.
The PowerEdge R620 has an option to support up to two 2.5-inch, hot-plug Express Flash drives
with capacities of 175GB or 350GB.

External storage

The R620 supports the external storage devices types listed in Table 13. For more information, see
Dell.com/Storage.
Device type
External tape
NAS/IDM appliance
software
PowerVault NAS
PowerVault DAS
PowerVault SAN
PowerVault IDM
*No SCSI HBA support for R620
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Table 13. External storage device types
Description
Supports connection to external USB tape products (supports boot
from PowerVault™ RD1000)
Supports connection to external SAS tape products
Supports connection to external FC tape products
Supports connection to external SCSI* tape products (legacy support
only)
Supports connection to external iSCSI tape products
Supports the NAS software stack
Supports connection to current PowerVault NAS products
Supports connection to current PowerVault DAS (including JBOD
and RBOD enclosures) products
Supports connection to current PowerVault SAN (including
EqualLogic™ iSCSI, Dell|EMC arrays, and JBOD disk enclosures)
products
Supports connection to current PowerVault IDM (archive solutions,
deduplication, B2D and data protection appliances) products