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.
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Specification
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SAS 5/iR Adapter
|
SAS 5/iR Integrated
|
|---|
SAS technology
| Yes
| Yes
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Support for x4, x8, or x16 PCI Express Host Interface
| Yes
| Yes
|
Form Factor
| Standard-Height, Half-Length PCI Adapter
| N/A
|
I/O controller (IOC)
| LSI SAS 1068
| LSI SAS 1068
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Core Speed: 255 MHz
| Core Speed: 255 MHz
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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
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SAS Connectors
| 1 x4 Internal
| 1 x4 Internal
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Lead Free
| Yes
| 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.
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Windows Miniport Interface
| Storport, SCSIport (Windows 2000 and XP 32-bit only)
| Storport, SCSIport (Windows 2000 and XP 32-bit only)
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Supported drivers for Linux
| Yes
| Yes
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Dell-compliant SAS and SATA compatibility
| Yes
| Yes
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Dell supported direct connected end devices
| Dell-compliant physical disks
| Dell-compliant physical disks
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Hot add / Hot remove of end devices
| Yes
| Yes
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SMART error support through management applications
| Yes
| Yes
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Hardware-based RAID
| RAID 0, RAID 1
| RAID 0, RAID 1
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Storage management software
| OpenManage Storage Services, SAS RAID Storage Manager
| OpenManage Storage Services, SAS RAID Storage Manager
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Support for internal tape drive
| Yes
| No
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