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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
Express Host Interface Yes Yes
Form Fact or Standard-Height, Half-Length PCI
Adapter N/A
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
Supported operating systems
Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server
and Windows Server® 2003 Family,
Windows XP, Windows Vista™,
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux
Versions3, 4, and 5, SUSE® Linux
Enterprise Server Versions 9 and 10.
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
and Windows Server® 2003
Family, Windows XP,
WindowsVista, Red Hat
Enterprise Linux Versions 3, 4,
and 5, SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server Versions 9 and 10.
Windows Miniport Interface Storport, SCSIport (Windows 2000
and XP 32-bit only)
Storport, SCSIport (Windows
2000 and 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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