The following table summarizes the features and specifications of supported RAID controllers.
Table 8. RAID controller features and specifications summary
Feature
AnyRAID
110i RAID 110i
AnyRAID
510i RAID 520i
AnyRAID
720i AnyRAID 720ix RAID 720i
Part number None None 4XC0G88837 4XC0G88850 4XC0G88838 4XC0G88839 4XC0G88849
Form factor AnyRAID
(passthru)
Embedded AnyRAID PCIe Low
profile
AnyRAID AnyRAID PCIe Low
profile
Controller chip Intel PCH Intel PCH LSI SAS2008 LSI SAS3008 LSI SAS3108 LSI SAS3108 LSI SAS3108
Host interface Not
applicable
Not
applicable
PCIe 2.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Port interface 6 Gbps SATA 6 Gbps SATA 6 Gbps SAS 12 Gbps SAS 12 Gbps SAS 12 Gbps SAS 12 Gbps SAS
Drive interface SATA SATA SAS, SATA SAS, SATA SAS, SATA SAS, SATA SAS, SATA
Includes SAS
expander
No No No No No Yes No
Drive type HDD, SSD HDD, SSD HDD, SSD HDD, SSD HDD, SSD HDD, SSD HDD, SSD
Number of drives 8* 8* 8 8 8 32 8
RAID levels 0/1/10
Optional 5
(4XB0F28690)
0/1/10
Optional 5
(4XB0F28690)
0/1/10
Optional 5/50
(4XB0F28692)
0/1/10
Optional 5/50
(4XC0G88841)
0/1/10/5/50
Optional 6/60
with cache
upgrade
0/1/10/5/50/6/60 0/1/10/5/50
Optional
6/60
with cache
upgrade
JBOD mode Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (without
cache)
Yes (with 1GB
no-backup
cache)
Yes (without
cache)
Cache No support No support No support No support Optional Required Optional
Cache options None None None None
1 GB non-backed (4XB0F28695)
1 GB flash-backed (4XB0F28696)
2 GB flash-backed (4XB0F28697)
4 GB flash-backed (4XB0F28698)
FastPath No No No No Yes (with flash-backed cache)
CacheCade 2.0 No No No No Yes (with flash-backed cache)
Internal
tape drive
support
No No No No No Yes No
M.2 support No No No No No Yes No
* Up to 6 drives can be configured in a RAID array, and the remaining two drives operate in JBOD mode.
The following table summarizes the available RAID controller upgrades for the supported controllers.