Dell PERC 4/DC - Manual (Page 47)

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Overview
Dell™ PowerEdge™ Expandable RAID Controller 4/SC and 4/DC User's Guide
Overview of PERC 4/SC and 4/DC
Documentation
Overview of PERC 4/SC and 4/DC
The PERC 4 RAID controller is a high-performance, intelligent peripheral component interconnect (PCI)-to-small computer system interface (SCSI) host adapter
with RAID control capabilities. It provides reliability, high performance, fault-tolerant disk subsystem management, and is an ideal RAID solution for internal
storage in Dell's workgroup, departmental, and enterprise systems. The RAID controller offers a cost-effective way to implement RAID in a server.
PERC 4 controllers are available with one or two SCSI channels:
l PERC 4/SC (single channel) provides one SCSI channel.
l PERC 4/DC (dual channel) provides two SCSI channels.
Your RAID controller supports a low-voltage differential (LVD) SCSI bus.Using LVD, you can use cables up to 12 meters long. Throughput on each SCSI channel
can be as high as 320 MB/sec.
Documentation
The technical documentation set includes:
l PERC 4 RAID Controller User's Guide
l CERC and PERC RAID Controllers Operating System Driver Installation Guide
PERC 4 RAID Controller User's Guide
The PERC 4 RAID Controller User's Guide contains information about installation of the RAID controller, general introductory information about RAID, RAID system
planning, configuration information, and software utility programs.
CERC and PERC RAID Controllers Operating System Driver Installation Guide
This manual provides all the information you need to install the appropriate operating system software drivers.
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