Software RAID
Introduction to Software RAID
The availableDellsoftwareSoftware RAID solutionsControllerssupportedontheDellsystems are:
- S130
- S140– supportsallTheS140controllerisasoftwareRAIDsolutionavailableon the 13G PowerEdge R740/R740xd,R640,R940,C6400,C6420,R440,T440,T640,R540,M640,andFC640 systems.
- S110–TheS140controller supports allupto16NVMePCIeSSDs,SATASSDs,SATAHDDsdependingonyoursystembackplaneconfiguration.
Youcanconfigure the 12GPowerEdgeRAIDsystem,createandmanagemultiplediskgroups,controlandmonitor multipleRAID systems,andprovideonlinemaintenancebyusing:
- BIOSConfigurationUtility(Ctrl+R)
- UnifiedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)RAIDConfigurationUtility
- DellOpenManageStorageManagement
- LifecycleController
High-levelspecifications:
- Supports512nativeand512edrives.
- S100–
- ForSATAdrives—theS140controllersupportssoftware-basedRAIDlevels0,1,5,and10
- ForNVMePCIeSSD—theS140controller supports software-basedRAIDlevels 0,1,and10
- SupportsI/Ocontroller—IntelC621(C620serieschipset)
- S130–TheS130controllerisasoftwareRAIDsolutionavailableon all the 10Gand11G13G PowerEdge systems.
NoteTheS130controllersupportsuptotenSATAHDDsorSATASSDsdependingonyoursystembackplaneconfiguration.
NOTE: The S130 is not supported on PowerEdge R940R930, C6320, and C6320p systems.
You can configure the RAID system, create and manage multiple disk groups, control and monitor multiple RAID systems, and provide online maintenance by using:
- BIOS Configuration Utility (Ctrl+R)
- Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) RAID Configuration Utility
- Dell OpenManage Storage Management
- Lifecycle Controller
High-levelspecifications:
- Supports512native,512edrives,and4Knnativedrives
- SupportsRAIDlevels0,1,5,and10.
- SupportsI/Ocontroller—IntelX99andIntelC236chipsets
NOTE:TheIntelC236chipsetissupportedonlyonPowerEdgeR330,R230,T330,andT130systems.
- S110-TheS110controllerisasoftwareRAIDsolutionavailableonallthe12GPowerEdgesystems.TheS110controllersupportsuptofourSATAHDDsorSATASSDs.
YoucanconfiguretheRAIDsystem,createandmanagemultiplediskgroups,controlandmonitormultipleRAIDsystems,andprovideonlinemaintenancebyusing:
- BIOSConfigurationUtility(Ctrl+R)
- UnifiedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)RAIDConfigurationUtility
- HumanInterfaceInfrastructure(HII)
High-levelspecifications:
- SupportsRAIDlevels0,1,5,and10
- SupportsI/OControllerHUB(ICH)orPlatformControllerHub(PCH)chipset
Software RAID features
The Dell PowerEdge Software RAID Controller line of storage controllers offers the following high level features:
- Simplifiedstoragemanagement
- Physicaldiskroaming
- Physicaldiskhot-swapping
- Physicaldiskpowermanagement
- Faulttolerance
- SMART
- TRIM
- NVMePCIeSSDsupport
- Cryptographicerase
NVMePCIeSSDsupport
TheS140isachipsetthatisofferedasanintegratedsolution for theDellPowerEdgeservers.TheS140controllersupportsupto16NVMePCIe SSDs
- BackgroundArrayScan
- Onlinecapacityexpansion
- Virtualdiskmigrations
- Virtualdiskrebuild
- Checkpointingdependingonyoursystembackplaneconfiguration.Formoreinformation,seeS140User’sGuideatDell.com/storagecontrollermanuals.
Cryptographicerase
Cryptographicerasefeatureenablesyoutosecurelyerasethedatafromdrives.Formoreinformationaboutthecryptographicfeature,seeS140User’sGuideatDell.com/storagecontrollermanuals.
Documentation
- PowerEdge RAID Controller S130
- Owner’sManualS140
- PowerEdge RAID Controller S110
- Owner’sManual
- SpecsheetS130
- PowerEdge RAID Controller S100
Videos
Installing Windows/Linux operating systems on Dell SWRAID controllers playlist
- Installing Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 on PERC S130 controller by using virtual media in UEFI mode
- Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 1 on PERC S130 controller by using virtual media
- Swapping RAID type between Windows and Linux operating systems by using software RAID HII
- To enable software RAID on Dell’s 13th generation of PowerEdge systems or later
- PowerEdge RAID Controller S130