Compatibilty with Dell hardware

Hi all,

We want to build a open-e machine on dell hardware.

Our config:

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PowerEdge R510 Rack Chassis, Up to 12x 3.5" Hot Plug HDDs, Supports 750W
Hot Swap PSUs, LED Diags, C2, TPM 1 € 5.945,81 € 5.945,81
Intel Xeon E5506 Processor (2.13GHz, 4C, 4M Cache, 4.80 GT/s QPI, 80W TDP), DDR3-800MHz
R510-12HD EMEA1 Ship Docs No Power Cord (English/French/German/Spanish/Russian/Hebrew)
PE R510 Rack Bezel
12GB Memory for 1CPU (3x4GB Dual Rank LV UDIMMs) 1333MHz
No Additional Processor (Heat Sink for 1 Processor Only)
2x 300GB SAS 6Gbps 15k 3.5" HD Hot Plug
10x 2TB Near Line SAS 6Gbps 7.2k 3.5" Additional HD Hot Plug
PERC H700 Integrated RAID Controller, 1GB NV Cache, For 12x HDD Chassis
UEFI BIOS Setting
No Optical Drive
Redundant Power Supply (2 PSU) 750W, For 8x and 12x Hot Plug HDD Chassis
2x Rack Power Distribution Unit Power Cord
2x Intel X520 DA2 10GbE Dual Port SFP+ Server Adapter, Optical, PCIe x8
Intel PRO 1000PT GbE Single Port Server Adapter, Cu, PCIe x1
iDRAC6 Enterprise
No Operating System
PE R510 Electronic System Documentation and OpenManage DVD
You have chosen not to take the Dell PowerEdge installation service
Sliding Ready Rack Rails with Cable Management Arm
C50 Hot Swap 12HD - R1/R5 for PERC H700, Exactly 2 Primary + 3-10 Additional SAS/SATA/SSD Hot Plug Drives
PowerEdge Order - Netherlands
Base Warranty
3Yr Basic Warranty - Next Business Day - Minimum Warranty
Declined Proactive Maintenance

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We want to start with this system and buy this same machine within 6 months to create a HA solution.

The system will bind to our servers over iSCSI.

Is open-e compatibly with the hardware is specified above?
Is the hardware fast enough to create a HA solution?

Please feel free to take a look on our Hardware Compatibility List:

http://www.open-e.com/service-and-su...tibility-list/

It is very difficult to answer your question since we do not not the purpose of your server.
Hardware looks decent, although I imagine you would like to have some redundancy on RAID to keep your data safe in case of disk failure, then 2 disks will not get you desired performance probably, especially to feed those 2x10gbps NICs.

The list doesn't give the answer for the H700.

There is a total of 12 disk in this system
2x 300sas in raid 1
10x 2TB in raid 5/6/10 (will be deside after testen the solutions.)

Are there other people on the forum running Open-e currently on a H700 dell raid controller?


Another question. Where do you guys boot open-e from. USB or small Raid1?

And what if the USB crashes or get corrupt? Will the system continue working or will it stop?

Does it give an email when USB crashes or do you have to find out yourself if the USB is still working?

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Originally Posted by Lanlogic

The list doesn't give the answer for the H700.

There is a total of 12 disk in this system
2x 300sas in raid 1
10x 2TB in raid 5/6/10 (will be deside after testen the solutions.)

Are there other people on the forum running Open-e currently on a H700 dell raid controller?


Another question. Where do you guys boot open-e from. USB or small Raid1?

And what if the USB crashes or get corrupt? Will the system continue working or will it stop?

Does it give an email when USB crashes or do you have to find out yourself if the USB is still working?

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The following PERC controllers will work:
PERC H200 - mpt2sas, will work
pci_ids 1000 0072 1028 1f1d 'PERC H200 Adapter'
pci_ids 1000 0072 1028 1f1e 'PERC H200 Integrated'
pci_ids 1000 0072 1028 1f1f 'PERC H200 Modular'
pci_ids 1000 0072 1028 1f20 'PERC H200 Embedded'

PERC H700/H800 - megaraid_sas, will work
pci_ids 1000 0079 1028 1f15 'PERC H800 Adapter'
pci_ids 1000 0079 1028 1f16 'PERC H700 Adapter'
pci_ids 1000 0079 1028 1f17 'PERC H700 Integrated'
pci_ids 1000 0079 1028 1f18 'PERC H700 Modular'
pci_ids 1000 0079 1028 1f1a 'PERC H800 Proto Adapter'
pci_ids 1000 0079 1028 1f1b 'PERC H700 Integrated'

PERC 6/i, 6/E - megaraid_sas, will work
pci_ids 1000 0060 1028 1f0a 'PERC 6/E Adapter RAID Controller'
pci_ids 1000 0060 1028 1f0b 'PERC 6/i Adapter RAID Controller'
pci_ids 1000 0060 1028 1f0c 'PERC 6/i Integrated RAID Controller'
pci_ids 1000 0060 1028 1f0d 'PERC 6/i Integrated RAID Controller'
pci_ids 1000 0060 1028 1f11 'CERC 6/i Integrated RAID Controller'



It is recommended to install DSS V6 to a small 2GB partition on the RAID, or a separate hard drive in the chassis.
Should this drive fail, the system will halt, but is easily reinstalled.

And it is possible to get notifications of any IO errors in the system.

I've installed open-e to a USB flash drive. If i disconnect the flashdrive i get no errors by mail. is it possible to change the error open-e has to mail?

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Originally Posted by Lanlogic

I've installed open-e to a USB flash drive. If i disconnect the flashdrive i get no errors by mail. is it possible to change the error open-e has to mail?

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No, this can not be changed.
FYI: we no longer recommend USB in case it a short term solution. They typically fail in about 3 years.
A RAID install is going to be your best solution. This way the controller will actually report I/O errors.

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Originally Posted by Gr-R

It is recommended to install DSS V6 to a small 2GB partition on the RAID, or a separate hard drive in the chassis.
Should this drive fail, the system will halt, but is easily reinstalled.

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Is open-e able to be installed on the same Logical Volume as the datastore is? My raid controller can only create or remove raid array's. How can i create a 2GB partion on my RAID and install OPEN-E to it?

If open-e ins't able to be installed on the same Logical Volume we only can put in 2 disks for OS and use the rest of the Disk in another RAID array for datastore.

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Is open-e able to be installed on the same Logical Volume as the datastore is? My raid controller can only create or remove raid array's. How can i create a 2GB partion on my RAID and install OPEN-E to it?

If open-e ins't able to be installed on the same Logical Volume we only can put in 2 disks for OS and use the rest of the Disk in another RAID array for datastore.

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During RAID setup you can divide your physical drives in 2 volumes - one 2gb for DSS V6 and rest of it for volume group. I'm sure you will find all necessary information on how to do it in your controller's manual.

So lets say i put 12 2TB disk in my machine
Put al those disk in RAID6 (20TB Disk capacity)

I'm able to create a partion of 2GB voor OS and the rest of the 20478GB for storage?

I've never seen this option within an RAID controller. It would be nice if the H700 from dell is able to create this setup.

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Originally Posted by Lanlogic

So lets say i put 12 2TB disk in my machine
Put al those disk in RAID6 (20TB Disk capacity)

I'm able to create a partion of 2GB voor OS and the rest of the 20478GB for storage?

I've never seen this option within an RAID controller. It would be nice if the H700 from dell is able to create this setup.

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http://support.dell.com/support/edoc....htm#wp1062557

Best would be to read it all but best part starts at - Creating Virtual Disks paragraph :)

Next week i got a H700 to test with.

I get back here if i got more question ;)