Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller S300 - Manual (Page 14)

14 Overview
Platform Requirements for the PERC S100 Controller and PERC S300
Controller
Table 2-2. Platform Requirements — PERC S100 Controller or PERC S300 Controller
Component Requirements
Processor
x86, 32-bit compatible processor greater than 500 MHz.
Memory 512 MB or greater.
Physical
disk
At least one Hard Disk Drives (HDD) or Solid State Disk (SSD) Drives.
NOTE: The PERC S100 controller supports cabled configurations of up to
4 SATA HDD or 4 SATA SSD physical disks. The PERC S300 controller
supports cabled or hot-swap configurations of up to 8 SATA or SAS HDD
physical disks.
• SATA-II HDD physical disks can be used with a PERC S100 adapter or
a PERC S300 adapter.
• SATA-II SSD physical disks can be used only with a PERC S100
adapter.
• SAS HDD physical disks can be used only with a PERC S300 adapter.
Ports • The S300 Adapter has two 8470-type internal SAS connectors on the
adapter card. Each mini-SAS connector supports 4 SAS/SATA ports.
• The S300 Modular typically plugs into a backplane that has a single
8470-type SAS connector (except for PERC S300 adapters on an R210
or T110, whose cables plug directly into the physical disks).
Available
slots
The PERC S300 Adapter and PERC S300 Modular cards plug into
8-lane Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCI-E) slots.
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