Controllers for internal storage
The following table lists the RAID controllers and additional options that are used for internal disk storage
of the x3500 M5 server.
Table 10. RAID controllers and HBAs for internal storage
Part
number
Feature
code
Description
Maximum
supported
Standard models
where used
12 Gb Controllers
46C9114 A45W
ServeRAID M1215 SAS/SATA Controller
2
A2x, B2x, C2x, C3x, C4x,
D2x
46C9110 A3YZ
ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller
2
G2x, G3x, H2x, J2x
47C8675 A3YY
N2215 SAS/SATA HBA
2
-
Hardware upgrades for the M5210
47C8656 A3Z0
ServeRAID M5200 Series 1GB Cache/RAID 5
Upgrade
2
-
47C8660 A3Z1
ServeRAID M5200 Series 1GB Flash/RAID 5
Upgrade
2
G2x, G3x
47C8664 A3Z2
ServeRAID M5200 Series 2GB Flash/RAID 5
Upgrade
2
H2x, J2x
47C8668 A3Z3
ServeRAID M5200 Series 4GB Flash/RAID 5
Upgrade
2
-
Feature on Demand upgrades for the M1215†
00AE930 A5H5
ServeRAID M1200 Zero Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade
1†
-
Feature on Demand upgrades for the M5210†
47C8708 A3Z6
ServeRAID M5200 Series Zero Cache/RAID 5
Upgrade
1†
-
47C8706 A3Z5
ServeRAID M5200 Series RAID 6 Upgrade
1†*
-
47C8710 A3Z7
ServeRAID M5200 Series Performance Accelerator 1†*
-
47C8712 A3Z8
ServeRAID M5200 Series SSD Caching Enabler
1†*
-
* Requires cache memory upgrade (47C8656, 47C8660, 47C8664 or 47C8668).
† Features on Demand (FoD) upgrades for ServeRAID adapters are applied system-wide; that is, one FoD
upgrade is required to activate the feature on all RAID controllers of the same type installed in the server.
The ServeRAID M1215 SAS/SATA Controller has the following specifications:
Eight internal 12 Gbps SAS/SATA ports
Up to 12 Gbps throughput per port
Two internal mini-SAS HD connectors (SFF-8643)
Supports connections to SAS/SATA HDDs and SSDs
LSI SAS3008 12 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC) controller
Support for RAID levels 0, 1, and 10 standard; support for RAID 5, 50 with optional FoD upgrade
Zero Controller Cache, no battery/flash backup
Optional support for self-encrypting drives (SEDs) with MegaRAID SafeStore (with RAID 5 upgrade)
Fixed stripe size of 64 KB
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