The Dell PERC 5/E RAID Controller Card is designed for performance - data protection - and scalability. The SAS 5/E Adapter from Dell™ are Non-RAID adapters that can communicate to Dell compliant SAS and SATA II drives. The SAS 5/E Adapter is intended to communicate to future direct attached storage array products such as the MD3000 (Pitbull) via 2 x4 external connectors.