1、PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller (PERC)1DCSE Associate Program Introduction to PERC PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller (PERC) is a high performance (SCSI) host adapter with RAID control capabilities. The RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a group of disk that appears to the host se
2、rver as a single storage unit and the I/O is expedited because several disks can be accessed simultaneously.2DCSE Associate Program PERC ControllerAMI/LSI Logic AdaptecPERC II PERC 2PERC 2/SC PERC 2/SIPERC 2/DC PERC 3/SIPERC 3/QC PERC 3/DIPERC 3/DC PERC 3/DCLPERC 3/SCPERC 4/DCPERC 4/DIPERC 4e/SIPERC
3、 4e/DCPERC 4e/DI3DCSE Associate Program Feature PERC IIPERC 2/SCPERC 2/DCPERC 3/QCPERC 3/DCPERC 3/DCLPERC 3/SCPERC 4/DISupported RAID Levels0, 1, 5, 10, 500, 1, 5, 10, 500, 1, 5, 10, 500, 1, 5, 10, 500, 1, 5, 10, 500, 1, 5, 10, 500, 1, 5, 10, 500, 1, 5, 10, 50Cluster SupportYes (SDS 100 only)No Yes
4、No Yes No No NoMax. # Logical Drives Per Controller8 8 8 40 40 40 40 40PCI Bus Width / Speed32-bit / 33 MHz32-bit / 33 MHz64-bit / 33 MHz64-bit / 66 MHz64-bit / 66 MHz64-bit / 66 MHz64-bit / 66 MHz64-bit / 66 MHzKeystoke to Access BIOS Configuration Utility, , , , AMI/LSI PERC Controllers 4DCSE Asso
5、ciate Program Feature PERC 2 PERC 2/SI PERC 3/SI PERC 3/DISupported RAID Levels 0, 1, 5, 10 0, 1, 5, 10 0, 1, 5, 10 0, 1, 5, 10Cluster Support No No No NoMax. # Logical Drives Per Controller 24 24 24 24# of Internal Channels 2 1 1 2SCSI Data Transfer Rate (Burst) 80 MB/sec 80 MB/sec 160 MB/sec 160 M
6、B/secMax. Cache / Type 128 MB / EDO 64 MB / SDRAM 128 MB / SDRAM 128 MB / SDRAMPCI Bus Width / Speed 64-bit / 33 MHz 64-bit / 33 MHz 64-bit / 66 MHz 64-bit / 66 MHzAdaptec PERC Controllers5DCSE Associate Program AMI/LSI PERC BIOSDuring the post sequence, the following informationwill be displayed wh
7、en a AMI/LSI PERC controller isdetected. PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller BIOS #. Press to Run Configuration UtilityOr press for WebBIOS6DCSE Associate Program AMI/LSI PERC BIOSMain Menu of Ctrl-M7DCSE Associate Program AMI/LSI PERC BIOSView/Add Configuration View/Add to existing configuration N
8、ew Configuration Clear existing configuration and create new configuration8DCSE Associate Program Use select 2 HDs (Mirror 1), press , select another 2 HDs (Mirror 2), press again. Press to configure the logical drives. AMI/LSI PERC BIOS- RAID 109DCSE Associate Program AMI/LSI PERC BIOS- RAID 10To configure RAID 10 in Ctrl-M, select “Span” and press to set the spanning mode to CANSPAN.10DCSE Associate Program
