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battery back-up (vs. no battery back-up), and have cluster support (vs. no
cluster support). The table below lists the features of each.
Feature PERC 3/DCL PERC 3/DC
PCI 64-bit/66MHz 64-bit/66MHz
SCSI 2 channel Ultra3 SCSI 2 channel Ultra3 SCSI
Connectors 2 total: 1 internal 2 total: 1 int./1 ext. or 2 ext.
Cluster Capable No Yes
Cache 64 MB 128MB
ECC Cache Yes Yes
Battery Backup No Yes
Backup Time N/A 48-72 hours
S.M.A.R.T. Yes Yes
Online Capacity Expansion
& RAID Level Migration
Yes Yes
RAID Levels Supported 0, 1, 5 0, 1, 5
OS Driver Support Windows 2000 Server,
Windows 2000 Advanced
Server, MS NT 4.0, Red Hat
Linux 6.2 and 7
Windows 2000 Server,
Windows 2000 Advanced
Server, MS NT 4.0, Red Hat
Linux 6.2 and 7
Compatibility Data compatible with PERC
2/SC, PERC 2/DC, PERC
3/DC, and PERC 3/QC
Data compatible with PERC
2/SC, PERC 2/DC, PERC
3/DC, and PERC 3/QC
The PERC 3/DCL has other capabilities that are discussed in the technical
appendix.
Integrated Network Interface
The Integrated Intel EtherExpress Pro/100+ (82559) supports:
• Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) 1.20A based power
management.
• Wake on Magic Packet.
• Wake on interesting packet.
• Advanced System Management Bus (SMB) based manageability.
• Wired for Management (WfM) 2.0 compliance.
• IP checksum assist.
• PCI 2.2 compliance.
• Microsoft PC 98, PC 99, and Server 99 compliance.