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A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS VER A02 Table 5-2 - Controller Families and Features: Part 3 SCSI Technology Host Bus Interface # Channels # internal connectors # External Connectors RAID Levels Supported Cluster Support? Cache Size Write Cache Options Read Cache Options BBU Battery Life Max # Logical Drives/Controller Max # Physical Drives/Logical Drive Vendor SCSI Chip RAID Processor PERC 3/DC PERC 3/QC PERC 3/Di PERC 2/QC Wide Ultra3 / Wide Ultra3 / Wide Ultra3 / U160 U160 U160 64-bit / 66 64-bit / 66 64-bit / 66 MHz PCI 2.2 MHz PCI 2.2 MHz PCI 2.2 (HBA) (HBA) (Embedded) 2 4 2 Wide Ultra 2 64-bit / 33 MHz PCI 2.1 (HBA) 4 2 x 68-pin HD 2 x 68-pin UHD 2 x 68-pin HD 4 x 68-pin UHD 2 x 68-pin HD (except 1650 & 2650 N/A) 2 x 68-pin HD 0, 1 or 2 x 68pin HD (server platform dependant) 4 x 68-pin UHD 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 0, 1, 5, 10 0, 1, 5, 10 yes 64 or 128MB DIMM off, writethrough, write-back read-ahead (default), off (selectable) 48-72 hours no 64 or 128MB DIMM off, writethrough, write-back read-ahead (default), off (selectable) 48-72 hours no 128MB DIMM off, writethrough, write-back read-ahead (default), off (selectable) 48-72 hours no 16 - 128 MB DIMM off, writethrough, write-back read-ahead (default), off (selectable) 48-72 hours 40 40 64 64 32 32 LSI (AMI) LSI (AMI) Qlogic 12160 2 X Qlogic 12160 Intel i960 Intel i960 64 64 Adaptec Adaptec 7899 Intel i960 OR GC80303 (server platform dependant) Adaptec 2 x Adaptec 7897N StrongARM SA110S Adaptec 39160 Wide Ultra3 / U160 64-bit / 66 MHz PCI 2.2 (HBA) 2 2 x 68-pin HD (LVD); 1x 50-pin Ultra 2 x 68-pin UHD (LVD) n/a no n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Adaptec Adaptec 7899 n/a (nonRAID) PAGE 38 11/17/2005

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A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR OPTIMIZING DELL™ SCSI SOLUTIONS
VER A02
PAGE 38
11/17/2005
Table
5-2 – Controller Families and Features: Part 3
PERC 3/DC
PERC 3/QC
PERC 3/Di
PERC 2/QC
Adaptec
39160
SCSI Technology
Wide Ultra3 /
U160
Wide Ultra3 /
U160
Wide Ultra3 /
U160
Wide Ultra 2
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
(Embedded)
64-bit / 33
MHz PCI 2.1
(HBA)
64-bit / 66
MHz PCI
2.2 (HBA)
# Channels
2
4
2
4
2
# internal
connectors
2 x 68-pin
HD
2 x 68-pin
HD
2 x 68-pin HD
(except 1650
& 2650
-
N/A)
2 x 68-pin
HD
2 x 68-pin
HD
(LVD); 1x
50-pin
Ultra
# External
Connectors
2 x 68-pin
UHD
4 x 68-pin
UHD
0, 1 or 2 x 68-
pin HD
(server
platform
dependant)
4 x 68-pin
UHD
2 x 68-pin
UHD
(LVD)
RAID Levels
Supported
0, 1, 5, 10, 50
0, 1, 5, 10, 50
0, 1, 5, 10
0, 1, 5, 10
n/a
Cluster Support?
yes
no
no
no
no
Cache Size
64 or 128MB
DIMM
64 or 128MB
DIMM
128MB DIMM
16 - 128 MB
DIMM
n/a
Write Cache
Options
off, write-
through,
write-back
off, write-
through,
write-back
off, write-
through,
write-back
off, write-
through,
write-back
n/a
Read Cache
Options
read-ahead
(default),
off
(selectable)
read-ahead
(default),
off
(selectable)
read-ahead
(default),
off
(selectable)
read-ahead
(default),
off
(selectable)
n/a
BBU Battery Life
48-72 hours
48-72 hours
48-72 hours
48-72 hours
n/a
Max # Logical
Drives/Controller
40
40
64
64
n/a
Max # Physical
Drives/Logical
Drive
32
32
64
64
n/a
Vendor
LSI (AMI)
LSI (AMI)
Adaptec
Adaptec
Adaptec
SCSI Chip
Qlogic 12160
2 X Qlogic
12160
Adaptec 7899
2 x Adaptec
7897N
Adaptec
7899
RAID Processor
Intel i960
Intel i960
Intel i960 OR
GC80303
(server
platform
dependant)
StrongARM
SA110S
n/a (non-
RAID)