Dell PowerEdge R730 - Performing Initial System Configuration; Setting Up Your System

31 PowerEdge R730 and R730xd Technical Guide
The base RAID controller in the R730 and R730xd is the miniPERC, which provides a base RAID
hardware controller without consuming a PCIe slot by using a small form factor and high-density
connector to the base planar. The secondary RAID controller is limited to the H730P low-profile
PCIe controller. In two-controller systems, both controllers must be the H730P.
The R730 and R730xd support the PERC cards listed in Table 16. For more information about the
latest PERC offerings, see Dell.com/PERC.
Table 16. Supported RAID controllers
Controller
Features
RAID
modes
supported
Form
factor
Solution
PERC H830
 External 8-port 12Gb/s SAS
 Supports up to 255 SAS HDDs or SSDs
 2GB 1866MT/s DDR3 SDRAM non-
volatile cache
0, 1, 10, 5,
50, 6, 60
Adapter
Performance-
hungry external
storage
environments
PERC H730P
 Internal 8-port 12Gb/s PCIe RAID
controller
 Supports up to 255 3Gb/s, 6Gb/s and
12Gb/s SAS or SATA HDDs or SSDs
 2GB 1866MT/s DDR3 SDRAM non-
volatile cache
0, 1, 10, 5,
50, 6, 60
Mini and
Adapter
Premium
performance for
significant
performance gains
PERC H730
 Internal 8-port 12Gb/s PCIe RAID
controller
 Supports up to 255 3Gb/s, 6Gb/s and
12Gb/s SAS or SATA HDDs or SSDs
 1GB 1866MT/s DDR3 SDRAM non-
volatile cache
0, 1, 10, 5,
50, 6, 60
Mini and
Adapter
Value/performance
RAID and non-
RAID for high-
density servers and
workstations
PERC H330
 Internal 8-port 12Gb/s PCIe RAID
controller
 Supports 3Gb/s, 6Gb/s and 12Gb/s SAS
and 3Gb/s and 6Gb/s SATA HDDs or
SSDs
0, 1, 10, 5,
50
Mini and
Adapter
Low cost, entry
RAID and non-
RAID for high-
density servers and
workstations
PERC S130
 Software RAID controller
 Supports up to 8 6Gb/s SATA HDDs and
SSD
 Only available on the 8-drive 2.5”
configuration
 Currently supports only Microsoft
Windows operating systems
0, 1, 5, 10
System
board-
embedded
SATA
Software
Internal persistent storage
The R730 and R730xd offer two types of persistent storage: LifeCycle Controller (LC 3.0) and
Internal Dual SD Module (IDSDM). A vFlash option is available with iDRAC8 Enterprise.