Dell
PowerEdge T310 Technical Guide 11
2.2.3 Software RAID
Dell Software RAID is a chipset RAID-enhanced version based on Intel chipset 3420. PERC S100 is
purely a chipset firmware/driver upgrade. PERC S300 contains the same chipset firmware/driver
upgrade as the PERC S100 and, in addition, adds a RAID chip on the card. While both the PERC S100
and PERC S300 support RAID type 0, 1, 5, and 10, RAID features vary by platform. PERC S100 and
S300 have the following limitations:
• Microsoft OS only; no support for Linux OS
• No support for Virtualization Solutions, such as VMware
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2.2.4 Hardware RAID
Internal Controllers include:
• SAS 6/iR
• PERC 6/i
• PERC H200
• PERC H700
• PERC S100 (software-based)
• PERC S300 (software-based)
• External Controllers:
• PERC 6/E with 256MB or 512MB of battery-backed cache
• SAS 5/E
• PERC H800
• LSI2032 PCIe SCSI HBA
See Section 8.6 for more information.