Dell PowerEdge R415 - 11 Storage; Overview; RAID Configurations; Supported Hard Drives

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PowerEdge R415 Technical Guide
11 Storage
11.1 Overview
The PowerEdge R415 supports up to four hard drives in one of the following configurations:
 4 x 3.5‖ cabled SATA from motherboard SATA connector
 4 x 3.5‖ cabled SAS or SATA with add-on storage controller
 4 x 3.5‖ hot-swap SAS or SATA with add-on storage controller
 4 x 2.5‖ hot-swap SAS or SATA or SSD with add-on storage controller
The 2.5‖ hard drive requires a hot-plug configuration with the 3.5‖ hard drive carrier and retention kit.
After a chassis configuration is chosen (cabled or hot-plug) there is not an available upgrade option. See
Table 15.
Table 15. Supported Hard Drives
Form Factor
Capacity
Speed
Type
Cabled or Hot-plug
3.5‖
160GB, 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB
7.2K
SATA
Both
3.5‖
500GB, 1TB, 2TB
7.2K
NL SAS
1TB: cabled only
3.5‖
146GB
15K
SAS 3GB
Both
3.5‖
300GB, 450GB, 600GB
15K
SAS 6GB
Both
2.5‖
146GB, 300GB, 600GB
10K
SAS
All: hot-plug only (with HDD
carrier)
2.5‖
50GB
N/A
SSD
Both
11.2 RAID Configurations
Table 16 details RAID configurations for the PowerEdge R415.
Table 16. RAID Configurations
Factory Configuration
Non-Mixed drives
all SATA, all SAS, or
all SSD; all 2.5” or all
3.5”
Cabled/
Hot Plug
Config Type
Configs
Description
Min HDD
Max HDD
Cabled
Embedded
SATA
C1
MSTCBL
On-board SATA controller (AMD SR5670)
1
4
Cabled
SAS/SATA
No RAID
C2
ASSCBL
Add-in SAS/SATA RAID card, no RAID (SAS
6/iR or PERC H200)
1
4
Cabled
SAS/SATA
RAID
C3
ASSR0CBL
Add-in SAS/SATA RAID card, RAID 0 (SAS
6/iR or PERC H200 or PERC H700
1
4
C4
ASSR1CBL
Add-in SAS/SATA RAID card, RAID 1 (SAS
6/iR or PERC H200 or PERC H700)
2
2