System specifications 90
SAS controller board
Item Description
Model LSI SAS SC40Ge PCI Express to 4-Port Serial Attached SCSI Controller
Form factor Half-height, half length
Dimensions
Height
Depth
63.5 mm (2.5 in)
167.6 mm (6.6 in)
Interface type PCI Express x8 line with x8 slot
Supported devices Hard drive, disk array (RAID)
Controller interface
• SAS – 1.5 Gb/s and 3.0 Gb/s
• SATA – 1.5 Gb/s SATA
Data transfer rate 2 GB/s
Number of channels One internal x4 SAS connector with four sideband lines
RAID support
• RAID 0 – minimum of two drives, maximum of four drives
• RAID 1 – two drives plus one spare
NOTE: SAS spare is associated with the SAS drive volume; SATA spare is
associated with the SATA drive volume.
OS support
• Windows Server 2003
• Linux Red Hat 4 and 5
• SuSE Enterprise Edition Linux 10 update 1
• Novell Netware 6.5 SP6
Operating conditions
Temperature
Humidity (non-condensing)
0
–60°C (32–140°F)
5
–90% RH