IBM System x3250 M5 User Manual

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Table 8. RAID controllers, drive types, and internal drive bays (Part 2: Redundant PSU models)
RAID
controller
(Models with
hot-swap
power
supplies)
Drive type 4x 2.5-in.
hot-swap
8x 2.5-in.
hot-swap
4x 2.5-in.
simple-swap
8x 2.5-in.
simple-swap
4x 3.5-in.
hot-swap
4x 3.5-in.
simple-swap
SAS HDD No support No support No support No support No support No support
SATA HDD No support No support Yes No support No support No support
ServeRAID
C100
SATA SSD No support No support No support No support No support No support
SAS HDD Yes No support Yes No support No support No support
SATA HDD Yes No support Yes No support No support No support
ServeRAID
H1110
SATA SSD Yes No support Yes No support No support No support
SAS HDD Yes Yes Yes Yes No support No support
SATA HDD Yes Yes Yes Yes No support No support
ServeRAID
M1115
SATA SSD Yes Yes Yes Yes No support No support
SAS HDD Yes Yes Yes Yes No support No support
SATA HDD Yes Yes Yes Yes No support No support
N2115 HBA
SATA SSD Yes Yes Yes Yes No support No support
The ServeRAID C100 onboard controller has the following specifications:
Onboard SATA controller with IBM ServeRAID capabilities
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Four internal SATA ports with up to 6 Gbps throughput per port for HDD connectivity
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One internal 3 Gbps SATA port for SATA CD/DVD-ROM connectivity
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Five internal 7-pin L-shape SATA connectors
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Support for RAID levels 0, 1, and 10
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Support for SATA simple-swap hard drives (Solid-state drives and hot-swap drives are not

supported.)
Connection to up to four internal drives
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Support for up to two virtual drives
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Support for virtual drive sizes greater than 2 TB
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Fixed stripe unit size of 64 KB
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Support for MegaRAID Storage Manager management software
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The ServeRAID H1110 adapter has the following specifications:
Four internal 6 Gbps SAS/SATA ports
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One x4 mini-SAS internal connector (SFF-8087)
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Up to 6 Gbps throughput per port
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Based on the LSI SAS2004 6 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC) controller
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PCIe 2.0 x4 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 (SAS expanders are not supported.)
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IBM System x3250 M5 Specifications

General

Form Factor	1U rack
Memory Slots	4 DIMM slots
Processor	Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 series
Memory	Up to 32 GB UDIMM
Storage	Up to 4 x 3.5" or 8 x 2.5"
Power Supply	350W
Network Interface	Dual-port Gigabit Ethernet
Storage Bays	4 x 3.5" or 8 x 2.5"
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 10, 5
Expansion Slots	1 x PCIe 3.0 x16, 1 x PCIe 3.0 x8
Operating System Support	Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware