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A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 Table 5-2 - Controller Families and Features: Part 2 PERC 4/SC SCSI Technology Host Bus Interface Wide Ultra320 64-bit / 66 MHz PCI 2.2 (HBA) # Channels 1 # internal connectors # External Connectors RAID Levels Supported Cluster Support? Cache Size (DIMM) Write Cache Options Read Cache Options BBU Battery Life Max # Logical Drives/Controller Max # Physical Drives/Logical Drive Vendor SCSI Chip 2 x 68-pin HD 1 x 68-pin UHD 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 no 64 MB off, writethrough, write-back read-ahead (default), off (selectable) no BBU 40 32 LSI LSI 53C1020 RAID Processor Intel GC80302 PERC 4/DC Wide Ultra320 64-bit / 66 MHz PCI 2.2 (HBA) 2 2 x 68-pin HD 2 x 68-pin UHD 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 yes 128MB off, writethrough, write-back read-ahead (default), off (selectable) 48-72 hours 40 32 LSI LSI 53C1030 Intel GC80303 PERC 3/SC Wide Ultra3 / U160 64-bit / 66 MHz PCI 2.2 (HBA) 1 1 x 68-pin HD 1 x 68-pin UHD 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 no 64 or 128MB off, writethrough, write-back read-ahead (default), off (selectable) no BBU 40 32 LSI (AMI) Qlogic 12160 Intel i960 PERC 3/DCL Wide Ultra3 / U160 64-bit / 66 MHz PCI 2.2 (HBA) 2 2 x 68-pin HD 2 x 68-pin UHD 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 No 64 or 128MB off, writethrough, write-back read-ahead (default), off (selectable) no BBU 40 32 LSI (AMI) Qlogic 12160 Intel i960 PAGE 37 11/17/2005

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A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS
VER A02
PAGE 37
11/17/2005
Table
5-2 – Controller Families and Features: Part 2
PERC 4/SC
PERC 4/DC
PERC 3/SC
PERC 3/DCL
SCSI
Technology
Wide Ultra320
Wide Ultra320
Wide Ultra3 /
U160
Wide Ultra3 /
U160
Host Bus
Interface
64-bit / 66 MHz
PCI 2.2 (HBA)
64-bit / 66 MHz
PCI 2.2 (HBA)
64-bit / 66 MHz
PCI 2.2 (HBA)
64-bit / 66 MHz
PCI 2.2 (HBA)
# Channels
1
2
1
2
# internal
connectors
2 x 68-pin HD
2 x 68-pin HD
1 x 68-pin HD
2 x 68-pin HD
# External
Connectors
1 x 68-pin UHD
2 x 68-pin UHD
1 x 68-pin UHD
2 x 68-pin UHD
RAID Levels
Supported
0, 1, 5, 10, 50
0, 1, 5, 10, 50
0, 1, 5, 10, 50
0, 1, 5, 10, 50
Cluster
Support?
no
yes
no
No
Cache Size
(DIMM)
64 MB
128MB
64 or 128MB
64 or 128MB
Write Cache
Options
off, write-
through,
write-back
off, write-
through,
write-back
off, write-
through,
write-back
off, write-
through,
write-back
Read Cache
Options
read-ahead
(default),
off
(selectable)
read-ahead
(default),
off
(selectable)
read-ahead
(default),
off
(selectable)
read-ahead
(default),
off
(selectable)
BBU Battery Life
no BBU
48-72 hours
no BBU
no BBU
Max # Logical
Drives/Controller
40
40
40
40
Max # Physical
Drives/Logical
Drive
32
32
32
32
Vendor
LSI
LSI
LSI (AMI)
LSI (AMI)
SCSI Chip
LSI 53C1020
LSI 53C1030
Qlogic 12160
Qlogic 12160
RAID Processor
Intel GC80302
Intel GC80303
Intel i960
Intel i960