• PowerEdge M640p
• PowerEdge FC640
Supported physical disks
The PERC S140 controller supports the following physical disk types:
• SATA hard disk drive (HDD)
• SATA solid state drive (SSD)
• NVMe PCIe SSDs including NVMe PCIe SSD 2.5 - inch small form factor and NVMe PCIe SSD adapter.
NOTE: Only Dell - complaint NVMe PCIe SSDs are supported. For information on PowerEdge NVMe 2.5 - inch SFF and
PowerEdge NVMe PCIe SSD adapter, see the Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD user's guide at dell.com/manuals.
NOTE: Mixing drives of dierent speeds (7,200 rpm, 10,000 rpm, or 15,000 rpm) and bandwidth (3 Gbps or 6 Gbps) while
maintaining the same drive type (SATA) and technology (HDD or SSD) is supported.
NOTE: Mixing NVMe PCIe SSDs and SATA drives is not supported in a single RAID virtual disk.
Management applications for the PERC S140
Management applications enable you to manage and congure the RAID subsystem, create and manage multiple disk groups, control and
monitor multiple RAID systems, and provide online maintenance. Management applications for PERC S140 include:
• BIOS Conguration Utility — This is also known as Ctrl+R, and is a storage management application that congures and maintains
RAID disk groups and virtual disks. See BIOS Conguration Utility.
• Unied Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) RAID Conguration Utility. This storage management application is integrated into the
System BIOS, accessible through the F2 key. See UEFI RAID conguration utility. RAID congurations on NVMe PCIe SSDs are only
supported through the UEFI RAID conguration utility.
NOTE
: Ensure that the RAID mode is enabled for NVMe PCIe SSDs. See Setting the NVMe PCIe SSDs to RAID mode
• OpenManage Storage Management-This application enables you to perform controller and enclosure functions for all supported RAID
controllers and enclosures from a single graphical or command-line interface without using controller BIOS utilities. For more
information, see the OpenManage Storage Management User's Guide at dell.com/openmanagemanuals.
• Lifecycle Controller-This is a management application for PERC. For more information, see the Lifecycle Controller User’s Guide at
dell.com/esmmanuals.
• iDRAC
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