DellDELL PERC H700 and H800 Technical Guide 51 Product Comparison1.1 OverviewThe PERC H700 (internal) and PERC H800 (external) RAID controllers mark the next stage in theevolution of the Dell™ PowerEdge™ RAID controller portfolio with the introduction of 6Gb/s SAS (SAS2.0). PERC H700 and H800 will be supported in PowerEdge 11th Generation servers. The PERC H700 isfollow-on to the PERC 6/I, and the PERC H800 is the follow-on to the PERC 6/E.Table 1. Comparison of PERC H700 and PERC H800 to previous PERC 6/I and PERC 6/EFeature/Spec NEWPERC H700 PERC 6/I NEWPERC H800 PERC 6/EInterface 6Gb (SAS 2.0) 3Gb (SAS 1.1) 6Gb (SAS 2.0) 3Gb (SAS 1.1)Bus support x8 PCIe 2.0 x8 PCIe 1.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x8 PCIe 1.0Ports / Channels 8 (2 x4) 8 (2 x4) 8 (2 x4) 8 (2 x4)Int/ExtConnectors2 internal 2 internal 2 external 2 externalCache Memory512MB BBU 512MBNon-VolatileCache(800 MHz DDR2)256MB(667 MHz DDR2)512MB TBBU512MB TNVC1GB TNVC(800 MHz DDR2)256MB / 512MB(667 MHz DDR2)Battery-BackedCache Yes Yes YesTransportableYesTransportableRAID Levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50,600, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50,600, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50,600, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50,60Max physicaldrives in LargeRAID volume(R10, R50, R60)16 10 192(8x MD1220)144(6x MD1120)HDD Support SAS and SATA SAS and SATA SAS only SAS and SATASSD Support SAS and SATA SATA SAS only Not SupportedSED Support Yes (Local KeyManagement) Not Supported Yes (Local KeyManagement) Not SupportedControllerFirmware(latest rev)7.1 6.2 7.1 6.2Redundant Path No No Yes YesI/O LoadBalancing No No Yes YesCluster Support No No No NoStorageManagementOpenManage™ 6.2(minimum rev)OpenManage™ 5.4(minimum rev)OpenManage™ 6.2(minimum rev)OpenManage™ 5.4(minimum rev)