IBM System x3100 M4 Product Guide

IBM System x3100 M4 13
Based on LSI SAS2004 6 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC) controller
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PCIe x4 Gen 3 host interface
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Supports RAID 0, 1, 1E, and 10
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Connects to up to four SAS or SATA drives
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The ServeRAID BR10il v2 SAS/SATA Controller has the following specifications:
One Mini-SAS internal connector
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Supports RAID levels 0, 1, and 1E
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3 Gbps throughput per port
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Based on the LSI 1064E controller
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PCI Express 2.0 x4 host interface
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Stripe size: 64 KB (fixed)
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The ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller has the following specifications:
Two Mini-SAS internal connectors
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Supports RAID levels 0, 1, and 10
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Supports RAID levels 5 and 50 with optional ServeRAID M1000 Series Advanced Feature Key
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6 Gbps throughput per port
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Based on the LSI SAS2008 6 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC) controller
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PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface
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Configurable stripe size up to 64 KB
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The ServeRAID M5014 SAS/SATA Controller has the following specifications:
Two Mini-SAS internal connectors
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Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50
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6 Gbps throughput per port
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PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface
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Based on the LSI SAS2108 6 Gbps ROC controller
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256 MB of onboard cache
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The ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller has the following specifications:
Two Mini-SAS internal connectors
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Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50
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Supports RAID 6 and 60 with the optional M5000 Advanced Feature Key
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Performance optimization for SSD drives with optional M5000 Series Performance Accelerator Key
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6 Gbps throughput per port
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PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface
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Based on the LSI SAS2108 6 Gbps ROC controller
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512 MB of onboard cache
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Standard Intelligent Li-Ion-based battery backup unit with up to 48 hours of data retention
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For more information, see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the RAID adapters category:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/systemx?Open&page=pg&cat=raid

IBM System x3100 M4 Specifications

General

Memory	Up to 32 GB DDR3 ECC UDIMM
Memory Slots	4 DIMM slots
Form Factor	Tower
Chipset	Intel C202
Processor Sockets	1
Processor	Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2 series, Intel Pentium series, Intel Celeron series
Storage	Up to 4x 3.5-inch
Power Supply	350W
Hard Drive Bays	4 x 3.5"
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 10
Network Interface	Gigabit Ethernet
Expansion Slots	1 x PCIe 3.0 x16, 1 x PCIe 2.0 x4
Operating System Support	Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server