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Dell PowerEdge M520 Technical Manual
Supported RAID controllers
The newest line of PowerEdge RAID Controllers (PERCs) offers high I/O performance for a variety of
uses, including database applications and streaming digital media environments. The internal RAID
controllers have a dedicated connection to the system board.
PERC H710P
The PERC H710P is an eight-port, internal, 6Gb/s PCIe RAID controller (mini form factor) with
1GB DDR3 non-volatile (NV) cache.
PERC H710
The PERC H710 is an eight-port, internal, 6Gb/s PCIe RAID controller (mini form factor) with
512MB DDR3 NV cache.
PERC H310
The PERC H310 is an eight-port, internal, 6Gb/s PCIe RAID controller (mini form factor) that is a
low-cost, entry-level RAID solution.
For more information about the latest PERC offerings, see Dell.com/PERC.
RAID controller feature support
Table 12 lists the features supported by the RAID controller options on the M520.
Feature
Software RAID stack
iMR firmware stack
MR firmware stack
SSD support
SATA backplane
SAS backplane
SATA hard drives
SAS hard drives
Un-configured hard drive support
(non-RAID)
RAID 0
RAID 1
DDR3 cache (512MB)
DDR3 cache (1GB)
Non-volatile cache option
Microsoft Windows support
Linux support
Virtualization support
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Table 12.
RAID controller feature support
PERC option
S110
H310
H710
1
1
H710P
1