It does look to be compatible under Support.Dell.Com. I would try the update on the drives, as the controller looks to be current. What is the OS on the server? Another thing to check is what version, if installed, is your Open Manage Server Admin? As it being an older version can cause issues.
Hi, We tried to use SEAGATE ST9300653SS (firmware 0004) with RAID controller PERC 6/i (firmware 6.3.1-0003). Got the following errors in logs:  8018 (boot + 49s/DRIVE/WARN) - PD 02(e0x20/s2) is not a certified drive  8021 (boot + 49s/DRIVE/WARN) - PD 03(e0x20/s3) is not a certified drive At the same time looks like the HDD is compatible with Dell controllers, since I can see a firmware upgrade for the Segate HDD model available on Dell support WEB:  Could someone confirm, that this HDD firmware upgrade will help to make the HDD fully compatible with the RAID controller.    Vendor:               SEAGATE Product:              ST9300653SS     Revision:             0004User Capacity:        300,000,000,000 bytes [300 GB]Logical block size:   512 bytesLogical Unit id:      0x5000c50055205717Serial number:        6XN1NCQG0000N303ATA1Device type:          <31>Transport protocol:   SASLocal Time is:        Wed Sep 26 15:05:21 2012 EEST mfi0 Adapter:    Product Name: PERC 6/i Integrated   Serial Number: 1122334455667788        Firmware: 6.3.1-0003     RAID Levels: JBOD, RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, RAID6, RAID10, RAID50  Battery Backup: present           NVRAM: 32K  Onboard Memory: 256M  Minimum Stripe: 8k  Maximum Stripe: 1M mfi0 Firmware Package Version: 6.3.1-0003mfi0 Firmware Images:Name  Version            Date         Time      StatusAPP   1.22.32-1371       Sep 12 2011  19:29:24  activeBIOS  2.04.00                                   activeBCON  1.1-46-e_15-Rel    Mar  2 2008  14:06:08  activeCTLR  1.02-015B          Jan 27 2009  12:02:58  activePCLI  01.00-022:#%00005  Sep 18 2008  20:27:14  activeBTBL  1.00.00.01-0011    Nov 27 2007  18:29:20  active    -- Artem
Segate ST9300653SS HDD compatibility with PERC 6/i RAID controller