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Specifications

Table3-2 compares the specifications of the PERC S100 adapter and PERC

S300 adapter.

Table 3-2. Specifications for the PERC S100 adapter and PERC S300 adapter
Specification PERC S100 adapter PERC S300 adapter
SAS technology No Yes
SATA t ech nol og y Yes Yes
eSATA technology Yes No
SSD technology Yes No
Support for x8 PCI-E Host Interface No Yes
I/O Controller Intel ICH10R or
Intel Ibex Peak chipsets
or Intel Cougar Point
chipsets
Dell 3Gb/s SAS
Adapter
Communication to the system Integrated PCI-E lanes
Communication to end devices SATA links SAS/SATA links
SAS connectors No Two 4-port connectors
on all systems
SATA connectors Discrete on the
motherboard
Two 4 - po rt co nn ec t or s
on all systems
Lead-free Yes Yes
Supported operating systems Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Family,
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Family,
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Dell-compliant SATA compatibility Yes Yes
Dell-compliant SAS compatibility No Yes
Dell-supported direct-connected
end devices
Dell-compliant
physical disks
Dell-compliant
physical disks
*SMART error support through
management applications
Yes Yes
Backplane supported systems No Yes
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