PERC 5/E Overview
The Dell PERC 5/E is used to connect PowerEdge servers to the PowerVault MD1000. The “E” in PERC 5/E stands for “External” because the PERC 5/E supports only external disks. The MD1000 is a Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) disk enclosure and is discussed in detail in a separate sourcebook.
PERC 5/E utilizes high performance SAS 3 Gb/s technology to connect to the MD1000, and the latest generation of host interface technology, PCI-Express (PCI-E). The PERC 5/E is managed by Dell’s Open Manage Server Administrator Storage Management Services (OMSS) and can be configured using the Ctrl-R BIOS utility.