OverviewThe Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) S140 is a Software RAID solution for the Dell PowerEdge systems. The S140 controllersupports up to 16 NVMe PCIe SSDs, SATA SSDs, SATA HDDs depending on your system backplane configuration.Topics:• PERC S140 specifications• Supported operating systems• Supported PowerEdge systems• Supported physical disks• Management applications for the PERC S140PERC S140 specificationsThe following table provides PERC S140 specifications for SATA and NVMe PCIe SSDs:Table 1. Specifications for PERC S140Specification PERC S140SATA SSD technology YesNVMe support YesSAS connectors NoDell-compliant SAS compatibility NoDirect-connected end devices Dell-compliant HDDs and SSDsSMART error support through management applications YesBackplane supported systems YesSupport for internal tape drive NoSupport for global hot spare YesSupport for 512 native and 512e drives YesSupport for 4Kn native drives NoMaximum number of global hot spares Varies with the number of free disks in the system.Maximum number of physical disk supported (SATA + NVMe) 16Table 2. SATA Specifications for PERC S140Specification PERC S140Dell-compliant SATA compatibility YesCommunication with the end devices SATA links1Overview 7
