Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 930-16i User Manual

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ThinkSystem RAID 930-16i 8GB Flash PCIe 12Gb/s Adapter Installation and User Guide
Version 1.0
Chapter 2: Overview
RAID Features
Chapter 2: Overview
The ThinkSystem RAID 930-16i 8GB Flash PCIe 12Gb/s adapter, based on the SAS3516 controller, is a high-performance
PCIe-to-SATA/SAS adapter. The adapter provides the following storage interface data transfer rates:
 SAS data transfer rates of 12Gb/s, 6Gb/s, and 3Gb/s per lane
 SATA data transfer rates at 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s per lane
The adapter negotiates between the speeds and the protocols to recognize and concurrently interface with any
supported storage devices.
The following list summarizes key features of the ThinkSystem RAID 930-16i 8GB Flash PCIe 12Gb/s adapter.
 Ports – 16 internal
 I/O processor – SAS3516
 Form factor – LP-MD2
 Storage interface connectors – Four SFF-8643 x4
 Host interface – x8 PCIe 3.1
 Storage interface – SAS, SATA
 Cache memory – 8GB 2133-MHz DDR4 SDRAM
 Cache protection – Yes
 Super capacitor – ThinkSystem RAID 930 Supercap
2.1 RAID Features
The following list includes some RAID features that the adapter supports. For a full description of the RAID features,
refer to the ThinkSystem Storage Adapter Software User Guide at http://support.lenovo.com.
 RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 6
 RAID spans 10, 50, and 60
 Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) online RAID Level Migration (RLM)
 Auto resume after loss of system power during array rebuild or reconstruction
 Single controller multipathing
 Load balancing
 Configurable stripe size up to 1MB
 Fast initialization for quick array setup
 Check consistency for background data integrity
 Solid state drive (SSD) support with SSD Guard™ technology
 Patrol read for media scanning and repairing
 64 logical drive support
 Dynamic data formatting (DDF) compliant configuration on disk (COD)
 Self-monitoring, analysis, and reporting technology (S.M.A.R.T.) support
 Global and dedicated hot spare with revertible hot spare support
 Automatic rebuild
 Enclosure affinity
 Emergency SATA hot spare for SAS arrays
 Enclosure management
 SCSI enclosure service (SES) (inband)

Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 930-16i Specifications

General

Brand	Lenovo
Model	ThinkSystem RAID 930-16i
Category	Adapter
Language	English