IBM System x3550 M4 16
RAID controllers
The following table lists the RAID controllers and the additional options used for the internal disk storage
of the x3550 M4 server.
Table 8. RAID controllers for internal storage
Part
number
Feature
code
Description Maximum
supported
Standard models
where used
81Y4492 A1XL ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller 1 A2x, C4x
81Y4448 A1MZ ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller 1 B2x, C2x
81Y4542 A1X1 ServeRAID M1100 Series Zero Cache/RAID
5 Upgrade
1 -
81Y4481 A347 ServeRAID M5110 SAS/SATA Controller 1 D2x, F2x, G2x, 52x,
H2x, 62x, J2x, L2x,
32x, DDx, M2x
81Y4544 A1X2 ServeRAID M5100 Series Zero Cache/RAID
5 Upgrade
1 -
81Y4484 A1J3 ServeRAID M5100 Series 512MB
Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade
1 DDx
81Y4487 A1J4 ServeRAID M5100 Series 512MB
Flash/RAID 5 Upgrade
1 D2x, F2x
81Y4559 A1WY ServeRAID M5100 Series 1GB Flash/RAID
5 Upgrade
1 G2x, H2x, J2x, L2x,
52x, 62x
81Y4508 A22E ServeRAID M5100 Series Battery Kit 1* DDx
81Y4546 A1X3 ServeRAID M5100 Series RAID 6 Upgrade 1† -
90Y4273 A2MC ServeRAID M5100 Series Performance
Accelerator
1 -
90Y4318 A2MD ServeRAID M5100 Series SSD Caching
Enabler
1 -
46M0912 3876 IBM 6Gb Performance Optimized HBA 1 -
* The ServeRAID M5100 Series Battery Kit (81Y4508) is only supported with ServeRAID M5100 Series 512MB
Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade (81Y4484).
† The ServeRAID M5100 Series RAID 6 Upgrade (81Y4546) requires RAID 5 Upgrade with caches (81Y4484,
81Y4487, or 81Y4559 only).
The RAID controller is installed into a dedicated PCIe slot.
The ServeRAID H1110 adapter has the following specifications:
Four internal 6 Gbps SAS/SATA ports
One x4 mini-SAS internal connector (SFF-8087)
6 Gbps throughput per port
Based on LSI SAS2004 6 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC) controller
PCIe x4 Gen 3 host interface
Supports RAID 0, 1, 1E, and 10
Connects to up to four SAS or SATA drives