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The ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller has the following specifications:
Eight internal 12 Gbps SAS/SATA ports
Two x4 HD mini-SAS internal connectors (SFF-8643)
Supports connections to SAS/SATA drives and SAS Expanders
Supports RAID levels 0, 1, and 10
Supports RAID levels 5 and 50 with optional M5200 Series RAID 5 upgrades
Supports RAID 6 and 60 with the optional M5200 Series RAID 6 Upgrade
Supports 1 GB non-backed cache or 1 GB or 2 GB flash-backed cache
Up to 12 Gbps throughput per port
PCIe 3.0 x8 host interface
Based on the LSI SAS3108 12 Gbps ROC controller
The IBM N2215 SAS/SATA HBA has the following specifications:
Eight internal 12 Gbps SAS/SATA ports
Two x4 HD mini-SAS internal connectors (SFF-8643)
Supports connections to SAS/SATA HDDs and SATA SSDs
Optimized for SSD performance
No RAID support
Up to 12 Gbps throughput per port
PCIe 3.0 x8 host interface
Based on the LSI SAS3008 12 Gbps controller
For more information, see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the RAID adapters
category:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/systemx?Open&page=pg&cat=raid
3.10.4 Disk drive options
Table 3-12 lists hard drive options for the internal storage of the x3850 X6 and x3950 X6.
Table 3-12 Disk drive options for internal disk storage
Part
number
Feature
code
Description Maximum
supported
x3850 X6
Maximum
supported
x3950 X6
1.8" SATA HS Enterprise SSDs
41Y8366 A4FS S3700 200GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise SSD 16 32
41Y8371 A4FT S3700 400GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise SSD 16 32
1.8" SATA HS Enterprise Value SSDs
00AJ335 A56V IBM 120GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD 16 32
00AJ340 A56W IBM 240GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD 16 32
00AJ345 A56X IBM 480GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD 16 32
00AJ350 A56Y IBM 800GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD 16 32
00AJ455 A58U S3500 800GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD 16 32
2.5" SAS HS SSDs
00AJ207 A4UA IBM 200GB SAS 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise SSD 8 16
00AJ212 A4UB IBM 400GB SAS 2.5" MLC G3HS Enterprise SSD 8 16