Lenovo ThinkSystem SR860 - SAS Adapters for External Storage

SAS adapters for external storage
The following table lists SAS HBAs and RAID adapters supported by SR860 server for use with external
storage.
Table 28. Adapters for external storage
Part
number
Feature
code Description
Slots
supported
Maximum
supported
SAS HBAs
7Y37A01090 AUNR ThinkSystem 430-8e SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA 1-7, 10, 11, 13-15 10
7Y37A01091 AUNN ThinkSystem 430-16e SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA 1-7, 10, 11, 13-15 10
External RAID adapters
7Y37A01087 AUNQ ThinkSystem RAID 930-8e 4GB Flash PCIe 12Gb
Adapter
1-7, 10, 11, 13-15 4
For more information, see the list of Lenovo Press Product Guides in the Host bus adapters and RAID
adapters categories:
https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/hba
https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/raid
The following table compares the specifications of the external SAS HBAs and RAID adapters.
Table 29. Comparison of external storage adapters
Feature 430-8e 430-16e 930-8e
Adapter type HBA HBA External RAID
Part number 7Y37A01090 7Y37A01091 7Y37A01087
Controller chip LSI SAS3408 LSI SAS3416 LSI SAS3508
Broadcom equivalent HBA 9400-8e HBA 9400-16e MegaRAID 9480-8e
Host interface PCIe 3.0x8 PCIe 3.0x8 PCIe 3.0x8
Port interface 12 Gb SAS 12 Gb SAS 12 Gb SAS
Number of ports 8 16 8
Port connectors 2x Mini-SAS HD
SFF8644
4x Mini-SAS HD
SFF8644
2x Mini-SAS HD
SFF8644
Drive interface SAS/SATA SAS/SATA SAS,SATA
Drive type HDD/SSD/SED* HDD/SSD/SED* HDD,SED,SSD
Hot-swap drives Yes Yes Yes
Maximum devices 512 (planned: 1024) 512 (planned: 1024) 64 (planned: 216)
RAID levels None None 0/1/10/5/50/6/60
JBOD mode Yes Yes Yes
Cache None None 4GB (Standard)
CacheVault cache protection None None Yes (Flash)
Performance Accelerator
(FastPath)
No No Yes
SSD Caching (CacheCade Pro
2.0)
No No No
SED support* Yes Yes Yes
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