Storage Controller
Dell EMC’s RAID controller options offer performance improvements, including the MiniPERC solution. Mini PERC provides a base
RAID HW controller without consuming a PCIe slot by using a small form factor and high density connector to the base planar.
The new PERC controller offerings leverage heavily on previous generation PERC family. The premium performance PERC series
controller drives better IOPs and enhanced the SSD performance.
Table 6. PERC series controller offerings
Performance Level
Controller & Description
Entry
S140 SW RAID SATA
Value
HBA330 (Internal)
12Gbps SAS HBA (External) Memory: None x8 12 Gb SAS x8 PCIe 3.0
H330
Value Performance
H730P Memory: 2GB, NV 72-bit, 866MHz x8 12 Gb SAS x8 PCIe 3.0
Optical drive
The PowerEdge T140 will support up to one internal optical drives, and optional external USB DVD-ROM including ability to boot
from.
Tape drive
The PowerEdge T140 do not support internal tape drives due to the form factor. However, external tape backup devices will be
supported. The list below shows the supported external tape drives:
•
LTO-6 SAS
•
LTO-7 SAS
•
LTO-8 SAS
vFlash and BOSS card
A SD vFlash card is a Secure Digital (SD) card that plugs into the SD vFlash card slot in the iDRAC port card. It provides persistent
on-demand local storage and a custom deployment environment that enables automation of server configuration, scripts, and
imaging. It emulates USB device(s).
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS)
BOSS is offered as a means of booting servers to a full OS when:
•
A solution such as IDSDM may be desired, but the target OS for BOSS is a fullOS (not just a hypervisor)
•
The user needs to maximize their number of drive bays
BOSS cards take up a PCIe slot and are not hot-plug capable. 1x or 2x 240GB modules are available. Dual (2x) module configs can be
set up for either RAID 1 or No RAID. Single (1x) module configs can only be set up in a No RAID config.
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