Dell PowerEdge M610 Technical Manual

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DellDell PowerEdge M610 Technical Guide 2712.6.2 SAS 6/iRThe M610 internal SAS 6/iR HBA is an expansion card that plugs into the dedicated storage controllerslot. This card incorporates two four-channel SAS IOCs for connection to SAS hard disk drives (SATAnot supported). This card is designed in a form factor that allows the same card to be used in anyblade server with a storage card connector. RAID 0 and 1 are supported.12.6.3 CERC 6/iRFor a hardware RAID solution, the CERC 6/iR is an option. The CERC 6/iR uses the LSI 1078 ROC (RAIDon Chip) processor with a PCI Express host interface and DDR2 memory. A battery is not availablewith this card. For details of this card, see the PERC6 Hardware Product Specification.12.6.4 PERC 6/iFor another hardware RAID solution, the PERC 6/i is also an option. The PERC 6/i uses the LSI 1078ROC (RAID on Chip) processor with a PCI Express host interface and DDR2 memory. A battery isavailable with this card. For details of this card, see the PERC6 Hardware Product Specification.12.6.5 PERC H200 (Modular version)The PERC H200M is an entry RAID solution with no cache.12.6.6 PERC H700 (Modular version)See the PERC H700 Technical Guidebook for more information on PERC H700M.12.7 Hard Drive LED IndicatorsEach disk drive carrier has two LED indicators visible from the front of the system. One is a green LEDfor disk activity and the other is a bicolor (Green/Amber) LED for status information. The activityLED is driven by the disk drive during normal operation. The bicolor LED is controlled by the SEPdevice on the backplane. Both LEDs are used to indicate certain conditions under direction of astorage controller.12.8 Optical DrivesOptical drives are optional in all M610 systems and connect to the blade through the front USBinterface. The following internal slim-line drives are available on M610: DVD-ROM and DVD+RW. PATA(IDE) optical drives are not supported.