SAS 6/iR Features

This section provides the specifications of Dell™ Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) 6/iR controller. The following table compares the specifications of the SAS 6/iR Adapter and SAS 6/iR Integrated.

Table 2-1. Specifications of SAS 6/iR

Specification

SAS 6/iR Adapter

SAS 6/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

System dependent

Adapter

 

 

 

 

 

I/O controller (IOC)

LSI SAS 1068e

LSI SAS 1068e

 

 

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

2 x4 Internal

System dependent

 

 

 

Lead Free

Yes

Yes

Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003

Family, Windows® XP, Windows Vista™ Business 32BIT and Business

Supported operating systems 64BIT, Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® Versions 4 and 5, SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server Version 10.

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Family, Windows XP, Windows Vista Business 32BIT and Business 64BIT, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Versions 4 and 5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 10.

Windows Miniport Interface

Storport, SCSIport (Windows XP

Storport, SCSIport (Windows XP

 

32-bit only)

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

end devices

 

 

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