The SAS 5i PCI Express Integrated RAID Adapter from Dell^™ is used to connect internal hard drives in PowerEdge^™ Servers. SAS 5/iR utilizes high performance SAS 3 Gb/s technology to connect to the hard drives, and the latest generation of host interface technology, PCI Express (PCI-E). The SAS 5/iR supports only internal disks and provides integrated capability for RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10 and 50. The SAS 5/iR is managed by two different management utilities, depending on host platform. This product has been tested and validated on Dell systems. It is supported by Dell Technical Support when used with a Dell system.

This controller has two SFF-8484 internal connectors.

Compatibility

Dell PowerEdge 1900, 1950, 2900, 2950 servers