The SAS6/iR Integrated SAS Controller Card from Dell is designed to connect internal physical drives in servers, and WorkStations. The SAS6/iR utilizes high performance SAS 3 Gbps technology to connect to the physical drives. It supports two internal x4 SAS connectors, each containing four ports for a total bandwidth of 12 Gbps, per connector.
This card also supports for RAID levels 0 (Integrated Striping) and 1 (Integrated Mirror). It features Integrated ARM I/O processor for processing RAID operations. In the integrated striping the SAS6/iR can support up to 10 physical disks.
Incorporated with Global Hot Spare feature, it can support a maximum of 2 global hot spares one for each virtual disk. This product has been tested and validated on Dell systems. It is supported by Dell Technical Support when used with a Dell system.<br><br><b>Highlights</b><br><br>- Provides a maximum speed of 3 Gbps half-duplex for each port and a maximum speed of 6 Gbps for full-duplex<br>- Features enhanced
| RAID levels | 0, 1 |
| Host interface | PCI Express x8 |
| Internal ports | 2 |
| Ports quantity | 2 |
| Channels quantity | 2 channels |
| Built-in processor | ARM |
| S.M.A.R.T. support | Yes |
| Compatible products | PowerEdge M710 PowerEdge M805 PowerEdge M905 PowerEdge R410 |
| Number of devices supported | 10 |
| Supported storage drive interfaces | SAS, Serial ATA |
| Sustained data transfer rate (native) | 300 MB/s |
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