Chapter 3. IBM System x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 99
For more information, see ServeRAID M5025 SAS/SATA Controller for IBM System x,
TIPS0739, at the following website:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0739.html?Open
ServeRAID M1015 Controller
The ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller has the following specifications:
Eight internal 6 Gbps SAS/SATA ports
SAS and SATA drives support (but not in the same RAID volume)
SSD support
Two mini-SAS internal connectors (SFF-8087)
Throughput of 6 Gbps per port
LSI SAS2008 6 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC) controller
x8 PCI Express 2.0 host interface
RAID levels 0, 1, and 10 support (RAID levels 5 and 50 with optional ServeRAID M1000
Series Advanced Feature Key)
Connection of up to 32 SAS or SATA drives
Up to 16 logical volumes
LUN sizes up to 64 TB
Configurable stripe size up to 64 KB
Compliant with Disk Data Format (DDF) configuration on disk (COD)
S.M.A.R.T. support
RAID-5, RAID-50, and self-encrypting drives (SED) technology are optional upgrades to the
ServeRAID M1015 adapter with the addition of the ServeRAID M1000 Series Advanced
Feature Key, part number 46M0832, feature code 9749.
For more information, see ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller for System x, TIPS0740,
which is available at the following website:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0740.html?Open
IBM 6Gb SSD Host Bus Adapter
The IBM 6Gb SSD Host Bus Adapter is an ideal host bus adapter (HBA) to connect to
high-performance SSDs. With two x4 SFF-8087 connectors and a high performance
PowerPC I/O processor, this HBA can support the bandwidth that SSDs can generate.
The IBM 6Gb SSD Host Bus Adapter has the following high-level specifications:
PCI Express 2.0 host interface
Six Gbps per port data transfer rate
MD2 small form factor
PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface
High performance I/O Processor: PowerPC 440 at 533MHz
UEFI support
Performance: Performance Accelerator Key uses the same features as the Advanced
Feature Key. However, it also includes performance enhancements to enable SSD support
in a mixed HDD environment.
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