Dell Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapter 5i Integrated and 5E Adapter - Manual (Page 13)

SAS 5 HBA Features
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SAS 5 HBA Features
This section provides the specifications of the Dell™ Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) 5 Host Bus
Adapters (HBAs). The following table compares the specifications of the SAS 5/E Adapter and
SAS 5/i Integrated.
Table 2-1. Specification of SAS 5 HBAs
Specification SAS 5/E Adapter SAS 5/i Integrated
SAS technology Yes Yes
Support for x4, x8, or x16 Full-
Size PCI Express Host Interface
Yes Yes
Form Factor
Full-Size, Half-Length PCI
Adapter Full-Size, Half-Length PCI
Adapter
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 PCI-E lanes
Communication to end devices SAS Links SAS Links
Connectors 2 x4 External 1 x4 Internal
Lead Free Yes Yes
Supported operating systems
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2000
Server and Windows Server
®
2003 Family, Windows Vista™,
Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux
®
Versions 3, 4, and 5, SUSE
®
Linux Enterprise Server Versions
9 and 10.
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
and Windows Server
®
2003
Family, Windows Vista, Red Hat
Enterprise Linux Versions 3, 4,
and 5, SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server Versions 9 and 10.
Dell-compliant SAS and SATA
compatibility
Yes Yes
Dell-supported direct connected
end devices Dell-supported external storage
enclosure and Dell-supported
external tape devices.
Dell-compliant physical disks
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