Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller S100 - Manual (Page 29)

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Specifications
Table 3-2 compares the specifications of the PERC S100 adapter and PERC
S300 adapter.
Table 3-2. Specifications for the PERC S100 adapter and PERC S300 adapter
Specification PERC S100 adapter PERC S300 adapter
SAS technology No Yes
SATA technology Yes Yes
eSATA technology Yes No
SSD technology Yes No
Support for x8 PCI-E Host Interface No Yes
I/O Controller Intel ICH10R or
Intel Ibex Peak chipsets
or Intel Cougar Point
chipsets
Dell 3Gb/s SAS
Adapter
Communication to the system Integrated PCI-E lanes
Communication to end devices SATA links SAS/SATA links
SAS connectors No Two 4-port connectors
on all systems
SATA connectors Discrete on the
motherboard
Two 4-port connectors
on all systems
Lead-free Yes Yes
Supported operating systems Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Family,
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Family,
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Dell-compliant SATA compatibility Yes Yes
Dell-compliant SAS compatibility No 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 No Yes
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