Dell PowerEdge 1550 Self-study Manual

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DCSE: PowerEdge 1550 Self-Study Version 0.3, 4 December, 2000Page 6 DellSystem ChipsetThe PowerEdge 1550 uses the ServerWorks Enterprise ServerSet™ III HE–SL chipset. The constituent chips of this chipset are:• NCB20HE-SL – North Bridge• OSB4 – South Bridge• CIOB20 – Champion IO BridgeThe features of this chipset are discussed in the technical appendix.Integrated SCSIThe PowerEdge 1550 uses an onboard Adaptec AIC-7899. This is thesame chip as used in the AHA ® -2940UW/OF and AHA-2944UW/OF HostControllers.The features of this chip are:• 64-bit, 66-MHz PCI support.• Dual independent SCSI busses.• Full Ultra160/m and Ultra3 SCSI Domain Validation and CRC support.• Enhanced Logical Unit Number (LUN) supports up to a maximum of 32LUNs.• Support for a combination of 16-bit Ultra160/m, Ultra3, Ultra2, Ultra, andstandard SCSI devices including disk drives, disk arrays, tape drives, CD-ROM and CD-R drives, jukeboxes, removable drives, scanners, andprinters.Microsoft® PC99 compliant.• Microsoft Cluster Server compatible.• PCI Hot-Plug compatible.• Fully compatible with the AIC-3860 for single-ended device connection.RAIDThe PowerEdge 1550 will support two RAID options: PERC 3/DCL atRTS and PERC 3/DC in Q1 ’01 in conjunction with support of externalstorage. PERC 3/DCL is a new short (vs. full length) RAID controller thatwill only be offered on the PowerEdge 1550. The PERC 3/DC will beoffered across the Dell product line.The “3” represents Ultra3 SCSI technology (160 MB/s), “DC” stands fordual channel, and “L” stands for light (vs. the standard DC controller).The primary differences between PERC 3/DCL and PERC 3/DC are thatthe standard PERC 3/DC will support more memory (128 MB vs. 64 MB),