Hi, On Mon, 18 Oct 2010, markw wrote:
> Wondering what the drive capacity limitations are on a PE 1950 with perc > 5i controller? Can it handle the newer 2.5" 600GB SAS drives, or am I > going to be stuck with a 300GB limit? Firmware release is 5.2.2-0072. > I don't see anything in the release notes for the firmware, and it > appears that dell does a max of 4x300gb drives in these things. I have got 600 GB drives for 1950, but only after special help by Mr. Heinz ([email protected]). It will be out of the system warranty by formal reasons, but it works with PERC5/i. Viele Gruesse Eberhard Moenkeberg ([email protected], [email protected]) -- Eberhard Moenkeberg Arbeitsgruppe IT-Infrastruktur E-Mail: [email protected] Tel.: +49 (0)551 201-1551 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gesellschaft fuer wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Goettingen (GWDG) Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Goettingen URL: http://www.gwdg.de E-Mail: [email protected] Tel.: +49 (0)551 201-1510 Fax: +49 (0)551 201-2150 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Prof. Dr. Oswald Haan und Dr. Paul Suren Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Dipl.-Kfm. Markus Hoppe Sitz der Gesellschaft: Goettingen Registergericht: Goettingen Handelsregister-Nr. B 598 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
