Sas 5/ir features – Dell Serial Attached SCSI 5iR Integrated and Adapter User Manual

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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

Support for x4, x8, or x16 PCI
Express Host Interface

Yes

Form Factor

Standard-Height, Half-Length PCI
Adapter

N/A

I/O controller (IOC)

LSI SAS 1068

Core Speed: 255 MHz

Operating voltage requirements

+12V, +3.3V, +3.3Vaux

Communication to the system

PCI-E lanes

System dependent

Communication to end devices

SAS Links

SAS Connectors

1 x4 Internal

Lead Free

Yes

Supported operating systems

Microsoft

Windows

2000 Server

and Windows Server

2003 Family,

Windows XP, 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 XP,
Windows Vista, 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

Dell-compliant SAS and SATA
compatibility

Yes

Dell supported direct connected
end devices

Dell-compliant physical disks

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