IBM ServeRAID M5210 User Manual

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ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller for IBM System x User’s Guide
July 2014
Chapter 1: Overview
Technical Support
1.7 Technical Support
For information about the technical support available for this product, see Appendix A:
Multiple Virtual Disks per Controller Yes. Up to 64 virtual disks per controller
Multiple Arrays per Controller Yes. Up to 64 virtual disks per controller
Online Capacity Expansion Yes
Dedicated and Global Hot Spares Yes
Hot Swap Devices Supported Yes
Non-Disk Devices Supported Yes
Mixed Capacity Physical Disks Supported Yes
Number of Internal Connectors Two SFF-8643 4i internal mini-SAS HD connectors
Hardware Exclusive OR (XOR) Assistance Yes
Direct I/O Yes
Architecture Fusion-MPT
NOTE In MR mode, the ServeRAID M5210 SAS\SATA controller supports cache policy, which includes
write-back, write-through, adaptive read ahead, non-read ahead, read ahead, cache I/O, and direct I/O
settings. However, in iMR mode, the controller does not support these cache policy settings. See
Section 1.2, “Integrated MegaRAID Mode and MegaRAID mode” for more information about MR mode
and iMR mode.
Table 3 ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller

IBM ServeRAID M5210 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	ServeRAID M5210
Category	Controller
Language	English