Dell Platform Requirements for PERC S300 and S100 Controllers

Platform Requirements for the PERC S100 Controller and PERC S300 Controller

Table 2-2. Platform Requirements — PERC S100 Controller or PERC S300 Controller

Component	Requirements
Processor	x86, 32-bit compatible processor greater than 500 MHz.
Memory	512 MB or greater.
Physical	At least one Hard Disk Drives (HDD) or Solid State Disk (SSD) Drives.
disk	NOTE: The PERC S100 controller supports cabled configurations of up to
	4 SATA HDD or 4 SATA SSD physical disks. The PERC S300 controller
	supports cabled or hot-swap configurations of up to 8 SATA or SAS HDD
	physical disks.

•SATA-II HDD physical disks can be used with a PERC S100 adapter or a PERC S300 adapter.

•SATA-II SSD physical disks can be used only with a PERC S100 adapter.

•SAS HDD physical disks can be used only with a PERC S300 adapter.

Ports	• The S300 Adapter has two 8470-type internal SAS connectors on the
	adapter card. Each mini-SAS connector supports 4 SAS/SATA ports.
	• The S300 Modular typically plugs into a backplane that has a single
	8470-type SAS connector (except for PERC S300 adapters on an R210
	or T110, whose cables plug directly into the physical disks).
Available	The PERC S300 Adapter and PERC S300 Modular cards plug into
slots	8-lane Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCI-E) slots.

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