IBM ServeRAID, Quick Reference

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Feature comparison
The following three tables provide a comparison of features between the members of the ServeRAID family and other RAID
controllers sold by IBM.
RAID controller device driver downloads: http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?
lndocid=MIGR-65723&brandind=5000008
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ServeRAID 1-4 adapters
ServeRAID 5-7 adapters
ServeRAID 8-10 adapters
Feature
SR SR-II SR-3L SR-
3L
II*
SR-3H SR-3HB SR-4L SR-4Lx SR-4M SR-4Mx SR-4H
SCSI or SATA SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI
First available 1996 1997 1998 2000 1998 1999 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000
US
Announcement
Letter 196-134 197-256 198-232 100-101 198-232 199-152 100-099 101-146 100-099 101-146 100-099
Marketing part
number 70G8489 76H3584 01K7364 19K0564 01K7207 37L6086 37L6091 06P5740 37L6080 06P5736 37L6889
FRU part
number
(adapter only) 06H9334 76H3587 37L6083
01K7352
01K7352 01K7396 01K7396 09N9540 06P5741 37L7258 06P5737 37L6892
Useful links Drivers Drivers Drivers Drivers Drivers Drivers Guide
Drivers
Guide
Drivers
Guide
Drivers
Guide
Drivers
Guide
Drivers
Internal
connectors 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2
External
connectors
(std/max) 1/1 2/3 1/1 1/1 2/3 2/3 1/1 1/1 2/2 2/2 4/4
Cable for extra
external
connector None Optional
76H5400
None None Included Included None None None None None
External
connector type 68 pin VHDCI VHDCI VHDCI VHDCI VHDCI VHDCI VHDCI VHDCI VHDCI VHDCI
Cache 4 MB 4 MB 4 MB 4 MB 32 MB 32 MB 16 MB 32 MB 64 MB 64 MB 128 MB
Battery backup
for cache No Optional
76H5401
28L1003
No No Optional
28L1003
(Poseidon)
Yes
(Poseidon)
No No Yes Yes Yes
SCSI
channels /
SATA ports 3 3 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 2 4
Disks per
channel
(SCSI) or port
(SATA) 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 15 14 15
SCSI level SCSI
F/W Ultra Ultra2 Ultra2 Ultra2 Ultra2 Ultra160 Ultra160 Ultra160 Ultra160 Ultra160
PCI or PCI-X
or PCI Express PCI PCI PCI PCI PCI PCI PCI PCI PCI PCI PCI
PCI bus speed 33 MHz 33 MHz 33 MHz 33 MHz 33 MHz 33 MHz 33 MHz 66 MHz 33 MHz 66 MHz 33 MHz
PCI bus width 32 bit 32 bit 32 bit 32 bit 64 bit 64 bit 64 bit 64 bit 64 bit 64 bit 64 bit
PCI bus
voltage 5V 5V 5V 5V 5V 5V 3.3 or 5V 3.3 or
5V
3.3 or
5V 3.3 or
5V 3.3 or
5V