PowerEdge T610 Technical Guide 33
8.6 Intel I/O Controller Hub 9 (ICH9)
ICH9 is a highly integrated I/O controller, supporting the following functions:
• Six x1 PCIe Gen1 ports, with the capability of combining ports 1-4 as a x4 link (ports are
unused on T610)
• PCI Bus 32-bit Interface Rev 2.3 running at 33MT/s
• Up to six Serial ATA (SATA) ports with transfer rates up to 300MB/s (T610 features two SATA
port for optional internal optical drive or tape backup)
• Six UHCI and two EHCI (high-speed 2.0) USB host controllers, with up to twelve USB ports
• Eight external USB ports and two internal ports dedicated for Unmanaged Internal Persistent
Storage (UIPS)
• Power management interface (ACPI 3.0b compliant)
• Platform Environmental Control Interface (PECI)
• Intel Dynamic Power Mode Manager
• I/O interrupt controller
• SMBus 2.0 controller
• Low Pin Count (LPC) interface to Super I/O, Trusted Platform Module (TPM), and SuperVU
• Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support for up to two devices (T610 BIOS is connected to the
ICH9 using SPI)
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