Owner's manual

16 SAS 6/iR Features
SAS Connectors 2 x4 Internal 2 x4 Internal connectors on
all systems, with two
exceptions: 4 x1 on
Precision workstations with
controller integrated on the
motherboard, no SAS
connector on the controller
for the blades (I/O is routed
though the PCI connector)
Lead Free Yes Yes
Supported operating
systems
Microsoft
®
Windows Server
®
2003 Family, Windows
®
XP,
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Family, Windows Vista™,
Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux
®
Versions 4 and 5, SUSE
®
Linux Enterprise Server Version 10.
Dell-compliant SAS and
SATA compatibility
Yes Yes
Dell supported direct
connected end devices
Dell-compliant physical
disks
Dell-compliant physical
disks
SMART error support
through management
applications
Yes Yes
Backplane supported
systems
Yes Yes
Hardware-based RAID RAID 0, RAID 1 RAID 0, RAID 1
Maximum number of
virtual disks
22
Table 3-1. Specifications of SAS 6/iR (continued)
Specification SAS 6/iR Adapter SAS 6/iR Integrated
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