IBM Redbooks ServeRAID-MR10i, User Manual

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Summary of the ServeRAID-MR10i SAS/SATA Controller Characteristics 1-9
The ServeRAID-MR10i controller uses Fusion-MPT™ architecture for all
major operating systems, thinner drivers, and better performance.
1.6 Summary of the ServeRAID-MR10i SAS/SATA Controller
Characteristics
This section provides a summary of the features and benefits of the
ServeRAID-MR10i SAS/SATA controller. It contains information on SAS
features, SATA II features, PCI performance, integration, usability, and
flexibility.
The ServeRAID-MR10i controller includes the following features:
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PCI Express x8 lane width
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PCI Express performance up to 2.5 Gbits/s per lane
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Support for 128-, 256-, or 512-Mbyte DDR2 667 MHz on-board
SDRAM intelligent battery backed module
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Two internal connectors
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Support for RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60
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Advanced array configuration and management utilities
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Online RAID level migration
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Drive migration
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Drive roaming
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Media scan
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No reboot necessary after expansion
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More than 200 Qtags per array
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Hardware clustering support on the board
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User-specified rebuild rate
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32-Kbyte nonvolatile random access memory (NVRAM) for storing
RAID system configuration information; the MegaRAID SAS firmware
is stored in flash ROM for easy upgrade.