Specifications: Dell™ PowerEdge™
Expandable RAID Controller 2
General | Functional | Physical | Electrical | Environmental | Regulatory
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NOTE: These specifications are provided by the manufacturer for
information purposes only and do not constitute an extension of Dell's warranty to you.
Dell's warranty is contained in the end-user documentation. |
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| Manufacturer |
Adaptec |
| Model number |
PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 2 |
| Maximum number of adapters per server |
two (one in PowerEdge 2300) |
| SCSI device electrical interface |
low-voltage differential or single-ended; four channels (two
shared internal/external) |
| SCSI logic |
Adaptec 7897 |
| Hardware XOR assistance? |
yes |
| Removable cache memory module? |
yes |
| SCSI bus termination |
active; single-ended or low-voltage differential |
| Auxiliary termpower source? |
no |
| SCSI device types |
synchronous or asynchronous; disk only |
| Processor |
StrongARM SA110S RISC, 233 MHz |
| DIMM system memory? |
yes (16 MB to 128 MB) |
| Host interface |
64-bit, 33 MHz (32-bit compatible, 33 MHz)
PCI 2.1-compatible; hot-plug PCI ready |
| Interface protocol |
Bus master DMA |
| BIOS |
PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 2 |
| Cache memory |
16 MB (expandable to 128 MB) ECC-protected battery-backed DRAM |
| Cache function |
read and write caching |
| Container (array) support |
up to 64 containers per controller; 64 partitions maximum per
container |
| Device support |
up to 60 SCSI devices/controller (15 per channel); supports
RAID array as boot device |
| Expand capacity online? |
yes |
| Hot spare? |
yes |
| Upgradable flash firmware? |
yes |
| Hot swappable? |
yes |
| Mixed capacity drives supported? |
yes |
| Nondisk device support? |
no |
| SCSI controller |
Fast, Wide, Ultra and Ultra2/Wide support |
| SCSI connectors |
four 68-pin external (two are shared internally) high-density connectors
for SCSI devices |
| RAID levels supported |
RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and Volume set |
| Online RAID level migration? |
yes |
| User-specified rebuild rate? |
yes |
| Reboot needed after expansion? |
no |
| Support for drives larger than 8 GB? |
yes |
| Number of 16-bit internal connectors |
two |
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| Host bus data-transfer rate |
up to 266 MB/sec (host burst data) |
| SCSI device data-transfer rate |
up to 80 MB/sec (burst synchronous) per channel |
| Maximum size of I/O requests |
limited by operating system |
| Maximum queue tags per physical drive |
211 |
| Chunk sizes |
8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, or 64 KB |
| Support for SNMP? |
yes |
| Performance monitor? |
yes |
| Remote control and monitoring? |
yes |
| Event broadcast and event alert |
yes |
| Drive Roaming |
yes |
| Support for concurrent multiple stripe sizes? |
yes |
| Microsoft� Windows NT� Server support
via GUI client? |
yes |
| DMI support? |
yes |
| Support for SMART? |
yes |
| Drive failure detection? |
automatic |
| Drive rebuild using hot spares? |
automatic |
| Parity generation and checking? |
hardware |
| GUI |
yes |
| Management utility |
yes |
| Boot-up configuration via BIOS utility? |
yes, BIOS Container Configuration utility |
| Online read, write, and cache policy
switching? |
yes |
| Internet and Intranet support via TCP/IP? |
yes |
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| Height |
10.67 cm (4.2 inches) |
| Length |
31.191 cm (12.283 inches) |
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| Operating voltage |
5.0 � 0.25% V |
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| Temperature |
0� to 50�C (32� to 122�F), operating
-40� to 64�C (-40� to 147.2�F), storage |
| Humidity |
20% to 90%, noncondensing |
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