ServeRAID M5110 and M5110e SAS/SATA Controllers for IBM System x
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Feature upgrade matrix
The ServeRAID M5110 and M5110e SAS/SATA controllers provide support for RAID 0, 1, and 10 as
standard "out-of-the-box" capabilities. Additional functional upgrades optionally are available to expand
the standard capabilities. Some upgrades do not depend on other upgrades and can be applied to
"out-of-the-box" controllers (we call them primary upgrades). Certain upgrades cannot be applied to
"out-of-the-box" controllers and require that other upgrades are enabled before applying these upgrades
(we call them secondary upgrades). There are two types of available upgrades: hardware (HW) and
Feature-on-Demand (FoD). Hardware upgrades contain physical parts (for example, cache module or
battery). FoD upgrades are software licenses. The following table lists the available primary upgrades,
their capabilities, and types.
Table 2. ServeRAID M5110 and M5110e primary upgrades and their features
Feature RAID 5, 50 SED
512 MB
DDR3
cache
1 GB
DDR3
cache
Flash-
backed
cache
Option description
Part
number
Type
ServeRAID M5100 Series Zero
Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade
81Y4544
FoD
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
ServeRAID M5100 Series 512MB
Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade
81Y4484
HW
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
ServeRAID M5100 Series 512MB
Flash/RAID 5 Upgrade
81Y4487
HW
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ServeRAID M5100 Series 1GB Flash/RAID
5 Upgrade
81Y4559
HW
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
The following table shows the secondary upgrades, their capabilities, types, and dependencies. The
primary feature upgrades, on which the secondary upgrades depend, are listed in their respective
columns. "Required" means that the primary upgrade listed in the column must be enabled before
enabling the secondary feature listed in that particular row.
Table 3. ServeRAID M5110 and M5110e secondary upgrades, their features, and dependencies
Option description
Zero
Cache/
RAID 5
512 MB
Cache/
RAID 5
512 MB
Flash/
RAID 5
1 GB
Flash/
RAID 5
Part number
81Y4544 81Y4484 81Y4487 81Y4559
Primary feature upgrades
Secondary feature upgrades
Type
FoD
HW
HW
HW
Feature
Option description
Part number
Type
Battery-backed cache
Battery Kit
81Y4508
HW
No
support
Required
No
support
No
support
RAID 6, 60
RAID 6 Upgrade
81Y4546
FoD
No
support
Required Require
d
Required
FastPath
SSD Performance
Accelerator
90Y4273
FoD
No
support
Required Require
d
Required
CacheCade Pro 2.0
SSD Caching Enabler
90Y4318
FoD
No
support
Required Require
d
Required
