Virtual Disk Specifications For PERC Hardware Controllers

Table 1. Virtual Disk Specifications for PERC Hardware Controllers
Virtual Disk Specification PERC H700 Adapter/Integrated/Modular PERC H710 Mini Blade PERC H710 Adapter/Mini Monolithic PERC H710P Adapter PERC H310 Adapter/Mini Blade/Mini Monolithic PERC H730P Adapter/Mini Monolithic/Mini Blades/Slim PERC H730 Adapter/Mini Monolithic/Mini Blades PERC H740P Adapter/Mini Monolithic PERC H330 Adapter/Mini Monolithic/Mini Blades/Embedded PERC H830 Adapter
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller 64 64 64 64 16 64 64 eHBA mode -240

RAID mode - 64

32 240*
Minimum Virtual Disk Size 100MB 100MB 100MB 100MB 100MB 100MB 100MB 100MB 100MB 100MB
Maximum Virtual Disk Size None None None None None None None None None None
Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span 32 32 32 32 8 32 32 32 8 32
Minimum Stripe Size 8 K 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K
Maximum Stripe Size 1MB 1MB 1MB 1MB 64 K 1MB 1MB 1MB 64 K 1MB
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Disk Group 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Maximum Number of Physical Disks that can be Concatenated NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0 32 32 32 32 16 32 32 32 32 32
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10 256 NA 256 256 256 256 256 256 256 256
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50 256 NA 256 256 NA 256 256 256 NA 256
Minimum Number of Physical Disks dxe cthat can be Concatenated NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 6 32 32 32 32 NA 32 32 32 NA 32
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 60 256 NA 256 256 NA 256 256 256 NA 256
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 6 4 4 4 4 NA 4 4 4 NA 4
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 60 8 8 8 8 NA 8 8 8 NA 8
Table 2. Virtual Disk Specifications for PERC Hardware Controllers
Virtual Disk Specification PERC H840 Adapter PERC FD33xD/FD33xS PERC H730P MX PERC H745P MX PERC H345 Front/Adapter PERC H755 Front/Adapter PERC H750 Adapter PERC H755N Front PERC H745 Front/Adapter PERC H755 MX
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller 240* 64 64 eHBA mode -240

RAID mode - 240

32 240 240 240 eHBA mode-240 RAID mode - 64 240
Minimum Virtual Disk Size 100MB 100MB 100MB 100MB 100MB 100MB 100MB 100MB 100MB 100MB
Maximum Virtual Disk Size None None None None None None None None None None
Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span 32 32 32 32 8 32 32 32 32 32
Minimum Stripe Size 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K 64 K
Maximum Stripe Size 1MB 1MB 1MB 1MB 64 K 1MB 1MB 1MB 1MB 1MB
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Disk Group 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Maximum Number of Physical Disks that can be Concatenated NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5 32 32 32 32 NA 32 32 32 32 32
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10 256 256 256 256 256 256 256 256 256 256
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50 256 256 256 256 NA 256 256 256 256 256
Minimum Number of Physical Disks dxe cthat can be Concatenated NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5 3 3 3 3 NA 3 3 3 3 3
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50 6 6 6 6 NA 6 6 6 6 6
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 6 32 32 32 32 NA 32 32 32 32 32
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 60 256 256 256 256 NA 256 256 256 256 256
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 6 4 4 4 4 NA 4 4 4 4 4
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 60 8 8 8 8 NA 8 8 8 8 8
NOTE:  When performing an Auto Configure RAID0 operation on PERC H830 hardware controller, the maximum number of physical disks supported is 192.
NOTE:  RAID 1 VD on SWRAID controller will enumerate for the attribute Stripe Element Size as NA.