Dell UCS-51 manual SAS 5/iR Features

SAS 5/iR Features

This section provides the specifications of Dell™ Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) 5/iR controller. The following table compares the specifications of the SAS 5/iR Adapter and SAS 5/iR Integrated.

Table 2-1. Specifications of SAS 5/iR

Specification	SAS 5/iR Adapter	SAS 5/iR Integrated
SAS technology	Yes	Yes
Support for x4, x8, or x16 PCI	Yes	Yes
Express Host Interface
Form Factor	Standard-Height, Half-Length PCI	N/A
	Adapter
I/O controller (IOC)	LSI SAS 1068	LSI SAS 1068
	Core Speed: 255 MHz	Core Speed: 255 MHz
Operating voltage requirements	+12V, +3.3V, +3.3Vaux	+12V, +3.3V, +3.3Vaux
Communication to the system	PCI-E lanes	System dependent
Communication to end devices	SAS Links	SAS Links
SAS Connectors	1 x4 Internal	1 x4 Internal
Lead Free	Yes	Yes
	Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server	Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
	and Windows Server® 2003 Family,	and Windows Server® 2003
	Windows XP, Windows Vista™,	Family, Windows XP,
Supported operating systems	Red Hat® Enterprise Linux	Windows Vista, Red Hat
	Versions 3, 4, and 5, SUSE® Linux	Enterprise Linux Versions 3, 4,
	Enterprise Server Versions 9 and 10.	and 5, SUSE Linux Enterprise
		Server Versions 9 and 10.
Windows Miniport Interface	Storport, SCSIport (Windows 2000	Storport, SCSIport (Windows
	and XP 32-bit only)	2000 and XP 32-bit only)
Supported drivers for Linux	Yes	Yes
Dell-compliant SAS and SATA	Yes	Yes
compatibility
Dell supported direct connected	Dell-compliant physical disks	Dell-compliant physical disks
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