PERC 6 with SATA drives larger than 2TB

[mtmazzitello]

I have several systems with various versions or the PERC 6 RAID controller - 6i and 6/E both integrated and as expansion cards.

Is there any way to get them to recognize the full capacity of a SATA hard drive larger than 2TB? I have some 3TB SATA drives but all of the PERC 6 controllers only recognize them as 2TB capacity. I have the latest firmware, BIOS, and drivers.

I found this article about the H700 & H800 controllers, but it says nothing about any of the PREC controllers:
http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/HDD+Support+for+2.5TB,+3TB+Drives+and+Beyond

Any help or advice or a link to anything from Dell stating whether or not this is even on their radar would be appreciated.

 

[Hawkeye22]

I have the latest firmware, BIOS, and drivers.

If none of these resolved the problem, then you are probably out of luck, sorry.

 

[somefella]

I have the same issue with my perc 6e and drives larger than 2TB.

I found this page:

http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/w/wiki/2837.aspx

which indicates that the H700, H800, and maybe H200 support 3TB drives. I hope DELL adds this support to the PERC 6 line as well, for drives in excess of 2TB.

 

[mtmazzitello]

Yes I did buy a H800 some time ago and have verified that it does recognize the full 3TB of the drives that I have in my Power Vault.

No luck yet with Perc 6 yet, it still recognizes the drives but thinks they are 2T even if the drive itself is larger. Maybe they will come out with a firmware or something for these.