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Dell PERC 12 H965i Front RAID Controller

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Spec Sheet 4

Table 1. Technical specifications of PERC 12 cards
Feature PERC H965i Adapter PERC H965i Front PERC H965i MX PERC H965e Adapter
RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Non–RAID Yes Yes Yes Yes
Enclosures per port Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable 4
Processor Broadcom RAID-on-chip, SAS4116W chipset Broadcom RAID-on-chip, SAS4116W chipset Broadcom RAID-on-chip, SAS4116W chipset Broadcom RAID-on-chip, SAS4116W chipset
Battery (Energy Pack) backup unit Yes Yes Yes Yes
Local Key Management security Yes Yes Yes Yes
Secure enterprise key manager security Yes Yes No Yes
Controller queue depth 8,192 8,192 8,192 8,192
Non-volatile cache Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cache memory 8 GB DDR4 3200 MT/s cache 8 GB DDR4 3200 MT/s cache 8 GB DDR4 3200 MT/s cache 8 GB DDR4 3200 MT/s cache
Cache function Write-back, write-through, always write-back, no read-ahead Write-back, write-through, always write-back, no read-ahead Write-back, write-through, always write-back, no read-ahead Write-back, write-through, always write-back, no read-ahead
Max no of VDs in RAID mode 240 240 240 240
Max no of disk groups 64 64 64 64
Max no of VDs per disk group 16 16 16 16
Hot-swap devices supported Yes Yes Yes Yes
Auto-Configure behavior (Primary and Execute once) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hardware XOR engine Yes Yes Yes Yes
Online capacity expansion Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dedicated and global hot-spare Yes Yes Yes Yes
Supported Drive Types 22.5 Gbps SAS, 12 Gbps SAS, and 6 Gbps SATA/SAS. Gen3 (8 GT/s) and Gen4 (16 GT/s) NVMe 22.5 Gbps SAS, 12 Gbps SAS, and 6 Gbps SATA/SAS. Gen3 (8 GT/s) and Gen4 (16 GT/s) NVMe 22.5 Gbps SAS, 12 Gbps SAS, and 6 Gbps SATA/SAS. Gen3 (8 GT/s) and Gen4 (16 GT/s) NVMe 22.5 Gbps SAS, 12 Gbps SAS
VD strip element size 64 KB, 256 KB 64 KB, 256 KB 64 KB, 256 KB 64 KB, 256 KB
PCIe support Gen 4 Gen 4 Gen 4 Gen 4
Configuration maximum SAS/SATA physical disks support
  • Without SAS Expander: 16 drives per controller
  • With SAS Expander: Limited by platform offerings
  • Without SAS Expander: 16 drives per controller
  • With SAS Expander: Limited by platform offerings
Limited by platform: 8 drives per controller 240 SAS drives
Configuration maximum NVMe physical drives support
  • Without PCIe Switch Expander: 8 drives per controller
  • With PCIe Switch Expander: Limited by platform offerings
  • Without PCIe Switch Expander: 8 drives per controller
  • With PCIe Switch Expander: Limited by platform offerings
Limited by platform: 8 drives per controller Not supported
Controller maximum physical disks supported
  • 240 SAS/SATA
  • 24 NVMe
  • 240 SAS/SATA
  • 24 NVMe
  • 240 SAS/SATA
  • 24 NVMe
240 SAS
Drive sector size supported 512B, 512e, and 4Kn 512B, 512e, and 4Kn 512B, 512e, and 4Kn 512B, 512e, and 4Kn
Storage Boot Support UEFI-only UEFI-only UEFI-only No boot support


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