Dell PowerEdge R730xd - External Storage; Poweredge RAID Controllers; Table 15. External Storage Options

30 PowerEdge R730 and R730xd Technical Guide
External storage
The R730 and R730xd support the external storage devices types listed in Table 15. For more storage
information, see Dell.com/Storage.
Table 15. External storage options
Device type
Description
iSCSI and FC SAN
Dell Storage PS6100/PS6210/PS6500/PS6510 Series
Dell Storage PS4100/PS4210 Series
Dell Storage PS-M4110 Series
Dell MD3 iSCSI SAN
Dell Storage SC4020
Dell Storage SC8000
Dell MD3 Fibre Channel SAN
DAS
Dell Storage MD1400 Series
Dell MD3 SAS
NAS options
FS8600 (with Dell Storage SC8000 and SC4020)
FS76x0 (with Dell Storage PS Series)
Windows NAS appliances
PowerVault NX400
Dell Storage NX3230
Dell Storage NX3330
Data protection solutions
DR Series
DL4000, DL1000
AppAssure
vRanger
NetVault
Tape options
TL1000, TL2000, TL4000, ML6000 Series
PowerEdge RAID Controllers
Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) cards provide enhanced performance, increased reliability
and fault tolerance, and simplified management for a powerful, easy-to-manage way to create a
robust infrastructure and help maximize server uptime. The new line, PERC9, cards feature:
 PCIe 3.0 support and 12Gb/s SAS host interface
 Significantly increased IOPS performance and throughput performance capability
 Capable of RAID as well as non-RAID operations
 FastPath™ I/O for accelerating performance when operating on SSDs
 Split Mirror function for breaking mirrored disk connection to quickly replace a drive
 Dimmer Switch™ for power control of spare or idle drives to save energy and operating
expenses