Lenovo ServeRAID M5120, User Manual

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1-14 Overview
Step 6. Connect the SAS cables to the physical disks in the second
system.
Step 7. Determine the SAS target requirements.
Step 8. Perform a safety check.
a. Make sure that all of the cables are attached correctly.
b. Make sure that the RAID controller is installed correctly.
c. Close the cabinet of the host system.
Step 9. Reconnect the power cords to the system.
Step 10. Turn on the power to the system.
The controller detects the RAID configuration from the
configuration data on the drives.
1.7 Hardware Specifications
You can install your ServeRAID-M5120 controller in a computer with a
mainboard that has a PCI Express slot.
Table 1.3 describes the hardware
configuration features of the controller.
Table 1.3 ServeRAID M5120 SAS/SATA Controller Specifications
Specification ServeRAID M5120 SAS/SATA Controller
RAID Levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60
Devices (Drives Plus
Expanders) Supported
per Port Up to 128
Ports Eight external
Data Transfer Rate Up to 6 Gb/s per phy
Bus PCI Express 3.0
Cache Function No
Multiple Virtual Disks
per Controller Yes. Up to 64 virtual disks per controller.
Multiple Arrays per
Controller Yes. Up to 128 arrays per controller
Online Capacity
Expansion Yes
Dedicated and Global
Hot Spares Yes