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Overview
The Dell™ PowerEdge™ Expandable RAID Controller (PERC) 6 family of
controllers and the Dell Cost-Effective RAID Controller (CERC) 6/i offer
redundant array of independent disks (RAID) control capabilities. The PERC 6
and CERC 6/i Serial Attached SCSI(SAS) RAID controllers support
Dell-qualified SAS and SATA devices. The controllers are designed to provide
reliability, high performance, and fault-tolerant disk subsystem management.
Scope of the User’s Guide
This user’s guide for the PERC 6 and CERC 6/i controllers documents the
following topics:
• Overview
• About PERC 6 and CERC 6/i controllers
• Hardware installation and configuration
• Driver installation
• RAID configuration and management
• Troubleshooting
PERC 6 and CERC 6/i Controller Descriptions
The following list describes each type of controller:
• The PERC 6/E adapter with two external x4 SAS ports and a transportable
battery backup unit (TBBU)
• The PERC 6/i adapter with two internal x4 SAS ports with or without a
battery backup unit, depending on the system
• The PERC 6/i Integrated controller with two internal x4 SAS ports and a
battery backup unit
• The CERC 6/i modular storage controller with one internal x4 SAS port
and no battery backup unit
NOTE: The CERC 6/i modular storage controller is a custom form-factor card for
PowerEdge M-Series Modular systems.
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