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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
Express Host Interface Yes Yes
Form Fact or Standard-Height, Half-Length PCI
Adapter System dependent
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
Supported operating systems
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003
Family, Windows® XP, Windows
Vista™ Business 32BIT and Business
64BIT, RedHat® Enterprise Linux®
Versions 4 and 5, SUSE® Linux
Enterprise Server Version 10.
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Family, Windows XP,
WindowsVista 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
32-bit only)
Storport, SCSIport (Windows XP
32-bit only)
Supported drivers for Linux Yes Yes
Dell-compliant SAS and SATA
compatibility Yes Yes
Dell supported direct connected
end devices
Dell-compliant physical disks Dell-compliant physical disks
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