Dell J4588 PERC 4/SC Single-Channel U320 LVD SCSI PCI-X RAID Controller

Dell J4588 PERC 4/SC Single-Channel U320 LVD SCSI PCI-X RAID Controller

Dell Part Number: J4588, 0J4588

Alternate Part Number(s): C4372, 1U295

The PERC 4 RAID controller is a high-performance, intelligent Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) host adapter with RAID control capabilities. It provides reliable fault-tolerant disk subsystem management and is an ideal RAID solution with Dell PowerEdge systems. The RAID controller offers a cost-effective way to implement RAID in a server.

Possible Applications

Use to connect Dell PowerVault 220S/221S external Direct-Attached Storage Arrays to Dell PowerEdge Servers with a PCI-X riser slot.

Specifications

• RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50
• SCSI channels 1
• Array interface to host PCI-X Rev 2.2
• Storage interface SCSI U320
• Cache memory size 64 MB SDRAM
• Cache function Write-back, write-through, adaptive read-ahead, non read-ahead, read-ahead
• Cache battery backup No
• Number of logical drives and arrays supported Up to 40 logical drives and 32 arrays per controller
• Maximum logical drive size supported 2 TB for all RAID levels (0, 1, 5, 10, and 50)
• Online capacity expansion Yes
• Hot spares Yes
• Flashable firmware Yes
• Hot swap devices supported Yes
• Non-disk devices supported NOTE: PERC 4 does not support any non-disk devices except backplanes. Only SAF-TE and SES
• Mixed capacity hard drives Yes
• Number of 16-bit internal connectors 1
• Number of 16-bit external connectors 1
• Cluster support No