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Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook
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R710
SUPPORT
SLOT
PCIe
CON
PCIe
BRACKET
I/O
CON
RAID BBU
PERC SAS/SATA
PERC 6/i
Integrated
Internal
Backplane
Storage
(HDD, SSD)
Yes, Max 1
Storage
slot
x8 No
x4 int
x4 int
0, 1,
5, 6,
10, 50,
and
60
Yes
PERC 6/E
Adapter
External
SAS/SATA
Storage
Yes, Max 2
(MD1000
Pompano
& MD1020
Ridgeback)
PCIe
slot
x8 Yes
x4 ext
x4 ext
0, 1,
5, 6,
10, 50,
and
60
TBBU
PERC 5/E
Adapter
External
Legacy
Storage
Yes, Max 2
(MD1000,
Pompano,
& MD1020
Ridgeback)
PCIe
slot
x8 Yes
x4 ext
x4 ext
0, 1, 5,
10, 50
TBBU
SAS HBA SAS/SATA
SAS 6/iR
Integrated
Internal
Backplane
Storage
(No tape
or SSD
support)
Yes, Max 1
Storage
slot
x8 No
x4 int
x4 int
0, 1 No
SAS 5/E
Adapter
External
SAS (DAS,
Tape)
Yes, Max 2
PCIe
slot
x8 Yes
x4 ext
x4 ext
none No
ICH9
On Planar
via chipset
Internal
slim-line
SATA
Optical
and/or
TBU Only
(no HDD)
Yes, 2
ports for
Optical
and/or
TBU
n/a n/a n/a x1 int n/a n/a
LSI 2032 SCSI
LSI 2032
Adapter
Internal or
External
SCSI
Tape/
Legacy
External
storage
Yes, Max 2
PCIe
slot
x8 Yes
SCSI
int
SCSI
ext
n/a n/a
Note:Amaximumof2externalstoragecontrollers(DellPERCorSAScards)areallowedinthesystemin
addition to the integrated storage controller.
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.