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SATA 150 Storage Adapter Characteristics

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3.1.2

MegaRAID SATA 150-4

The MegaRAID SATA 150-4 is an intelligent RAID controller that
provides four Serial ATA ports and supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5,
and RAID 10 arrays. The SATA 150-4 does the following:

Supports four Serial ATA channels:

Uses differential signaling

Transfers data in frames

Supports Serial ATA power management

Complies with the PCI 2.2 Specification

Supports up to a 64-bit/66 MHz PCI interface:

Functions in a 64-bit PCI slot

Functions at 66 MHz or 33 MHz

Supports 3.3 V and 5.0 V PCI signaling

Is backward compatible with previous versions of the PCI
specification

The MegaRAID configuration utility and the WebBIOS utility provide
RAID management and configuration support before the operating
system boots. The MegaRAID Manager tool and the Power Console Plus
tool provide RAID management and configuration support after the

J6

I

2

C connector, used as the interface for the

controller to communicate with a storage
enclosure processor

Open

J7-J12

Port connectors (see

Figure 3.1

for details)

Optional

J13

Enables Mode 0 Select

Open

J14

Enables 3.3 V load sharing from motherboard

Optional

J15

Battery backup daughter card connector

Optional

J16, J17,

JP1

Reserved for internal use

Table 3.2

SATA 150-6 Connector and Jumper Description (Cont.)

Jumpers

and

Connectors

Description

Setting