Supported adapters
The following table lists the adapters that the server supports:
Table 16. Supported adapters, slot in which to install the adapters, and information about the adapters.
Name of adapter
Suggested slot
installation sequence Notes
ServeRAID M5110
SAS/SATA Controller for
IBM System x
PCIe slots 1, 2, and 3
v Provides base RAID levels 0, 1, and 10:
– With the ServeRAID M5100 Series Zero Cache/RAID 5
Upgrade for IBM System x (Features On Demand
software RAID) enabled on this adapter, you also get
RAID levels 5 and 50 support.
v You can also install the following RAID cache cards on this
adapter to get RAID levels 5 and 50 support:
– ServeRAID M5100 Series 512 MB Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade
for IBM System x
– ServeRAID M5100 Series 512 MB Flash/RAID 5 Upgrade
for IBM System x
– ServeRAID M5100 Series 1 GB Flash/RAID 5 Upgrade for
IBM System x
Note: When any of these three cache cards is installed on
this adapter, you can enable the ServeRAID M5100 Series
RAID 6 Upgrade for IBM System x (Features On Demand
software RAID) to get RAID levels 6 and 60 support.
Optionally, the ServeRAID M5100 Series SSD Caching
Enabler for IBM System x (Features On Demand software
RAID) can be enabled to accelerate solid-state drive RAID
devices and reduce processing overhead associated with
caching or the ServeRAID M5100 Series Performance
Accelerator for IBM System x (Features On Demand software
RAID) can be enabled to allow HDD RAID array to have its
own SSD cache.
v A RAID cache card must be installed on this adapter to run
the MegaRAID firmware.
ServeRAID M1115
SAS/SATA Controller for
IBM System x
PCIe slots 1, 2, and 3
v Provides base RAID levels 0, 1, and 10:
– With the ServeRAID M1100 Series Zero Cache/RAID 5
Upgrade for IBM System x (Features On Demand
software RAID) enabled on this adapter, you also get
RAID level 5 and 50 support.
– Optionally, the ServeRAID M5100 Series SSD Caching
Enabler for IBM System x (Features On Demand software
RAID) can be enabled on this adapter to accelerate
solid-state drive RAID devices and reduce processing
overhead that is associated with caching.
v Does not support the following RAID cache cards:
– ServeRAID M5100 Series 512 MB Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade
for IBM System x
– ServeRAID M5100 Series 512 MB Flash/RAID 5 Upgrade
for IBM System x
– ServeRAID M5100 Series 1 GB Flash/RAID 5 Upgrade for
IBM System x
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