Hello everyone,
I wanted to share my experience in using DELL PERC/RAID Controller cards in a non-DELL server.
The following should be noted: 1) Your mileage may vary, 2) All cards are at the latest firmware, 3) The cards typically run 42°C to 44°C, 4) Card management is performed with Broadcom's StorCLI v7.3306.000 and/or Broadcom's LSA v8.013.005, 4) I am using a Diliving X003AS4K9H, low profile SlimSAS to SFF-8643 cable for the H750 and H755 cards, purchased from Amazon.
Chassis: Intel P4304
Motherboard: Intel S2600STBR
HDD Hotswap: Intel FUP4X35S3HSDK
RAID Card: DELL H740P
Drives: Non-Dell
Notes: All functions work flawlessly, the H740P does complain in the logs about non-DELL drives.
Chassis: Intel R2208WT
Motherboard: Intel S2600WTTR
HDD Hotswap: Intel A2U8X25S3HSDK
RAID Card: DELL H730P
Drives: Non-Dell
Notes: All functions work flawlessly, the H730P does complain in the logs about non-DELL drives.
Chassis: Intel R2208WF
Motherboard: Intel S2600WF
HDD Hotswap: Intel A2U8X25S3HSDK
RAID Card: DELL H750
Drives: Non-Dell and DELL
Notes: All functions work flawlessly, the H750 does not complain in the logs about non-DELL drives after the last firmware update.
Chassis: Intel R2208WF
Motherboard: Intel S2600WF
HDD Hotswap: Intel A2U8X25S3HSDK
RAID Card: DELL H755
Drives: Non-Dell
Notes: All functions work flawlessly, the H755 does not complain in the logs about non-DELL drives after the last firmware update.
Chassis: Intel R2208WF
Motherboard: Intel S2600WF
HDD Hotswap: Intel A2U8X25S3HSDK
RAID Card: DELL H755
Drives: Dell
Notes: All functions work flawlessly.
I wanted to share my experience in using DELL PERC/RAID Controller cards in a non-DELL server.
The following should be noted: 1) Your mileage may vary, 2) All cards are at the latest firmware, 3) The cards typically run 42°C to 44°C, 4) Card management is performed with Broadcom's StorCLI v7.3306.000 and/or Broadcom's LSA v8.013.005, 4) I am using a Diliving X003AS4K9H, low profile SlimSAS to SFF-8643 cable for the H750 and H755 cards, purchased from Amazon.
Chassis: Intel P4304
Motherboard: Intel S2600STBR
HDD Hotswap: Intel FUP4X35S3HSDK
RAID Card: DELL H740P
Drives: Non-Dell
Notes: All functions work flawlessly, the H740P does complain in the logs about non-DELL drives.
Chassis: Intel R2208WT
Motherboard: Intel S2600WTTR
HDD Hotswap: Intel A2U8X25S3HSDK
RAID Card: DELL H730P
Drives: Non-Dell
Notes: All functions work flawlessly, the H730P does complain in the logs about non-DELL drives.
Chassis: Intel R2208WF
Motherboard: Intel S2600WF
HDD Hotswap: Intel A2U8X25S3HSDK
RAID Card: DELL H750
Drives: Non-Dell and DELL
Notes: All functions work flawlessly, the H750 does not complain in the logs about non-DELL drives after the last firmware update.
Chassis: Intel R2208WF
Motherboard: Intel S2600WF
HDD Hotswap: Intel A2U8X25S3HSDK
RAID Card: DELL H755
Drives: Non-Dell
Notes: All functions work flawlessly, the H755 does not complain in the logs about non-DELL drives after the last firmware update.
Chassis: Intel R2208WF
Motherboard: Intel S2600WF
HDD Hotswap: Intel A2U8X25S3HSDK
RAID Card: DELL H755
Drives: Dell
Notes: All functions work flawlessly.