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Table 14. Comparison of internal storage controllers
Feature 430-8i 430-16i RAID 530-8i RAID 730-8i* RAID 930-8i
RAID 930-
16i
1610-4P
NVMe
Adapter type HBA HBA RAID
controller
RAID
controller
RAID
controller
RAID
controller
NVMe switch
Part number 7Y37A01088 7Y37A01089 7Y37A01082 7Y37A01083 7Y37A01084 7Y37A01085 7Y37A01081
Form factor PCIe low
profile
PCIe low
profile
PCIe HHHL PCIe low
profile
PCIe HHHL PCIe HHHL PCIe HHHL
Controller chip LSI SAS3408 LSI SAS3416 LSI SAS3408 LSI SAS3108 LSI SAS3508 LSI SAS3516 Broadcom
PEX9733
Broadcom
equivalent
HBA 9400-8i HBA 9400-
16i
MegaRAID
9440-8i
MegaRAID
9361-8i
MegaRAID
9460-8i
MegaRAID
9460-16i
P310W-4P
Host interface PCIe 3.0x8 PCIe 3.0x8 PCIe 3.0x8 PCIe 3.0x8 PCIe 3.0x8 PCIe 3.0x8 PCIe 3.0x8
Port interface 12 Gb SAS 12 Gb SAS 12 Gb SAS 12 Gb SAS 12 Gb SAS 12 Gb SAS PCIe NVMe
Number of
ports
8 16 8 8 8 16 4
Port
connectors
2x Mini-SAS
HD x4 (SFF-
8643)
4x Mini-SAS
HD x4 (SFF-
8643)
2x Mini-SAS
HD x4 (SFF-
8643)
2x Mini-SAS
HD x4 (SFF-
8643)
2x Mini-SAS
HD x4 (SFF-
8643)
4x Mini-SAS
HD x4 (SFF-
8643)
4x Mini-SAS
HD x4 (SFF-
8643)
Drive interface SAS, SATA SAS, SATA SAS, SATA SAS, SATA SAS, SATA SAS, SATA NVMe
Drive type HDD, SSD,
SED*
HDD, SSD,
SED*
HDD, SED,
SSD
HDD, SSD HDD, SED,
SSD
HDD, SED,
SSD
SSD
Hot-swap
drives
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Max devices 8 16 8 8 8 16 4
RAID levels No RAID No RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50 0, 1, 10, 5, 50 0, 1, 10, 5,
50, 6, 60
0, 1, 10, 5,
50, 6, 60
None
JBOD mode Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cache No No None 1GB
(Standard)
2GB
(Standard)
4GB
(Standard)
None
CacheVault
cache
protection
No No No No Yes (Flash) Yes (Flash) No
Performance
Accelerator
(FastPath)
No No Yes No Yes Yes No
SSD Caching
(CacheCade
Pro 2.0)
No No No No No No No
SED support* Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
* SAS HBAs support SEDs (self-encrypting drives) by using software on the server and simply passing
SED commands through the HBA to the drives. SED support by RAID controllers is provided using the
built-in MegaRAID SafeStore functionality of the adapter.
For more information about the adapters see the product guides in the RAID adapters or HBA sections of
the Lenovo Press web site:
https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/raid
https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/hba
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