Dell H200 Video Gaming Accessories User Manual


 
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Overview
The Dell™ PowerEdge™ RAID Controller (PERC) H200 and the 6Gbps
SAS HBA cards are part of the third generation of the Dell Serial-Attached
SCSI (SAS) RAID controllers. The PERC H200 and 6Gbps SAS HBA cards
comply with the T10 SAS 2.0 specification, providing upto 6 Gb/sec throughput,
and improved hardware performance.
The PERC H200 card has integrated RAID capabilities and enables support for
Dell-qualified hard drives and solid-state drives (SSD). The card also enables
support for internal tape drives in PowerEdge systems only. The 6Gbps SAS HBA
provides support for Dell-supported external SAS tape devices.
The PERC H200 and 6Gbps SAS HBA cards are all standard half-length,
half-height PCI-E cards, except for the PERC H200 Integrated Modular
controller on the blade systems.
The PERC H200 and 6Gbps SAS HBA cards are supported with PCI-E x8 link
width. The cards can be used on platforms with PCI-E x8 and x16 connectors,
and communicates with SAS devices using 2x4 mini-SAS external
connectors. The PERC H200 Integrated Modular controller supports PCI-E
x4 link width only.
Key features of the PERC H200 and 6Gbps SAS HBA cards include
SAS 2.0 compliance, 6Gb/sec throughput
RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 functionality
Support for SSDs
Support for LT03 060, LT04, and LT05 tape drives
Support for full hardware Transport Layer Retry (TLR), to improve
maximum tape throughput
Mini-SAS connectors
PCI-E 2.0 compliant to key features
Support for two global hotspares
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