IBM System x3690 X5, At-A-Glance Manual

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IBM System x3690 X5 13
The following table lists the RAID controllers and other options used for internal disk storage of x3690 X5
server.
Table 13. RAID controllers for internal storage
Part number Description Maximum quantity
supported
44E8689 ServeRAID-BR10i SAS/SATA Controller 2
46M0831 ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller 2
46M0916 ServeRAID M5014 SAS/SATA Controller 4
46M0829 ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller 4
46M0969 ServeRAID B5015 SSD Controller 4
60Y0309 ServeRAID Expansion Adapter 1
46M0930 ServeRAID M5000 Series Advance Feature Key† 1 per one M5015 or M5014
81Y4426 ServeRAID M5000 Series Performance Accelerator Key† 1 per one M5015 or M5014
† Only one key is supported in each controller, either the Advance Feature Key or the Performance Accelerator Key.
The ServeRAID-BR10i SAS/SATA Controller has the following specifications:
Two internal x4 SFF-8087 connectors
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Supports RAID levels 0, 1, and 1E
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3 Gbps throughput per port
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Based on the LSI 1068e controller
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PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface
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Stripe size: 64 KB (fixed)
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For more information, see the at-a-glance guide
ServeRAID-BR10i SAS/SATA Controller , TIPS0737 at:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0737.html?Open
The ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller has the following specifications:
Two Mini-SAS internal connectors
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Supports RAID levels 0, 1, and 10
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Supports RAID levels 5 and 50 with optional ServeRAID M1000 Series Advanced Feature Key
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6 Gbps throughput per port
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Based on the LSI SAS2008 6 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC) controller
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PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface
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Configurable stripe size up to 64 KB
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For more information, see the at-a-glance guide
ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller for System x,
TIPS0740 at: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0740.html?Open