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IBM ServeRAID Adapter Quick Reference 1

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IBM ServeRAID Adapter Quick Reference

The ServeRAID M Series family offers a complete server storage solution consisting of RAID controllers,

cache/flash modules, energy packs, and software feature upgrades in an ultra-flexible offerings structure.

These products are optimized to deliver the performance that is demanded by the ever-growing I/O

requirements of today's enterprises. With data transfer rates of up to 6 Gbps per port and PCI Express 3.0

host interface, the ServeRAID family bring users new features and improved performance, while

continuing to support all the benefits of the previous generation.

Looking for older adapters? You can find reference information for older ServeRAID controllers, all the way back

to the 1996-vintage ServeRAID I adapter, in the

ServeRAID Adapter Quick Reference - Archive

available at

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0784.html.

This document provides a summary of the features and specifications of each of the ServeRAID

controllers and SAS HBAs that we currently offer for sale.

Introduction

Whether you are protecting your storage network, enterprise databases, or application network, the IBM®

System x® ServeRAID family of SAS/SATA Controllers and Host Bus Adapters delivers benefits to fit

your requirements. IBM offers the choice of integrated single–port or dual–port RAID controllers.

Combining these controllers with internal disk drives or external storage expansion unit increases storage

capabilities.

Table 1. Adapter positioning

Host Bus Adapters Basic RAID (emphasis on

cost)

Enterprise RAID

(emphasis on

performance)

6 Gbps SAS IBM 6Gb Performance Optimized

HBA

IBM 6Gb SAS HBA

ServeRAID M1115

ServeRAID H1135

ServeRAID H1110

ServeRAID M1015

ServeRAID M5120

ServeRAID M5115

ServeRAID M5110

ServeRAID M5110e

ServeRAID M5025

ServeRAID M5016

ServeRAID M5015

ServeRAID M5014

ServeRAID B5015 SSD

3 Gbps SAS ServeRAID BR10il v2 ServeRAID MR10ie (CIOv)

3 Gbps SATA ServeRAID C105

ServeRAID C100

Summary of content (46 pages)

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I BM ® IBM ServeRAID Adapter Quick Reference The ServeRAID M Series family offers a complete server storage solution consisting of RAID controllers, cache/flash modules, energy packs, and software feature upgrades in an ultra-flexible offerings structure. These products are optimized to deliver the performance that is demanded by the ever-growing I/O requirements of today's enterprises. With data transfer rates of up to 6 Gbps per port and PCI Express 3.
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ServeRAID M5120 SAS/SATA Controller The ServeRAID M5120 SAS/SATA Controller is a part of the IBM ServeRAID M Series family. The M5120 comes as a small form factor PCIe adapter, and it shares a common set of ServeRAID M Series upgrades available for the entire family, simplifying inventory management. This controller is optimized for high-performance external data storage with integration of dual-core chip architecture, DDR3 1333 MHz cache memory, and PCIe 3.0 host interface.
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ServeRAID M5120 specifications The ServeRAID M5120 SAS/SATA Controller has the following specifications:  PCI Low Profile, Half-length - MD2 form factor  Eight external 6 Gbps SAS/SATA ports  Two external Mini-SAS connectors (SFF-8088)  6 Gbps throughput per port  800 MHz dual-core IBM PowerPC® processor with LSI SAS2208 6 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC) controller  PCI Express 3.
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Resources For more information, see the following documents:  ServeRAID M5120 SAS/SATA Controller for IBM System x Product Guide http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0858.html  ServeRAID M5120 SAS/SATA Controller Installation Guide http://www.ibm.com/support  IBM US Announcement Letter for ServeRAID M5120 http://ibm.
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ServeRAID M5110 and M5110e SAS/SATA Controllers The ServeRAID M5110 and M5110e SAS/SATA controllers are part of the IBM ServeRAID M Series family. While M5110 comes as a small form factor PCIe adapter, M5110e comes integrated with the IBM System x3650 M4 server. These controllers are optimized for high-performance, internal data storage with integration of the dual-core chip architecture, DDR3 1333 MHz cache memory, and PCIe 3.0 host interface.
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ServeRAID M5110 and M5110e specifications The ServeRAID M5110 and M5110e SAS/SATA controllers have the following specifications:  PCI Low Profile, Half-length - MD2 form factor (M5110) or onboard chip (M5110e)  Eight internal 6 Gbps SAS/SATA ports  Two internal Mini-SAS connectors (SFF-8087)  6 Gbps throughput per port  800 MHz dual-core IBM PowerPC processor with LSI SAS2208 6 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC) controller  PCI Express 3.
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ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller The ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller is a part of the IBM ServeRAID M Series family. The M1115 comes as a small form factor PCIe adapter, and it offers a low-cost RAID 0/1/10 solution that can be upgraded to a cacheless RAID 5 with a Features-on-Demand license upgrade. With increased demand for performance and advanced features, the M1115 provides a seamless migration path to the full-featured RAID controllers, such as the ServeRAID M5110.
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ServeRAID M1115 specifications The ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller has the following specifications:  PCI Low Profile, Half-length - MD2 form factor  Eight internal 6 Gbps SAS/SATA ports  Two internal Mini-SAS connectors (SFF-8087)  6 Gbps throughput per port  533 MHz IBM PowerPC processor with LSI SAS2008 6 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC) controller  PCI Express 2.
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Feature upgrade matrix for M1100 and M5100 series The following table shows feature upgrade matrix for ServeRAID M1100 and M5100 series SAS/SATA controllers. Table 6.
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ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller The ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller for IBM System x offers a low-cost enterprise-grade RAID solution for internal HDDs and integrates popular SAS technology into an organization's storage infrastructure. Ideal for supporting four HDDs in a space-constrained server configuration, the ServeRAID H1110 comes in a standard PCIe form factor, enabling it to support a wide array of servers.
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ServeRAID H1110 specifications The ServeRAID H1110 adapter has the following specifications:  Four internal 6 Gbps SAS/SATA ports  One x4 mini-SAS internal connector (SFF-8087)  6 Gbps throughput per port  Based on LSI SAS2004 6 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC) controller  x4 PCI Express 2.
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ServeRAID M5025 SAS/SATA Controller The ServeRAID M5025 SAS/SATA Controller for IBM System x is the next-generation 6 Gbps SAS 2.0 external RAID controller. This adapter has two external mini-SAS connectors that can control up to 240 devices and supports global and dedicated hot-spare drives. The ServeRAID M5025 controller delivers a full 6 Gbps SAS 2.0 RAID solution with the performance advantages of an extended cache and a standard battery backup unit.
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ServeRAID M5025 specifications The ServeRAID M5025 adapter card has the following specifications:  Eight external 6 Gbps SAS 2.0 ports implemented through two four-lane (x4) connectors  Two mini-SAS external connectors (SFF-8088)  6 Gbps throughput per SAS port  800 MHz PowerPC processor with LSI SAS2108 6 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC) controller  PCI Express 2.
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Resources For more information, see the following documents:  ServeRAID M5025 SAS/SATA Controller for IBM System x Product Guide http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0739.html  ServeRAID M5025 SAS/SATA Controller Installation Guide http://www.ibm.com/support  ServeRAID software and drivers http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1SERV-RAID  IBM US Announcement Letter for the ServeRAID M5025 http://ibm.
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ServeRAID M5016 SAS/SATA Controller The ServeRAID M5016 SAS/SATA Controller offers an enterprise grade RAID solution for internal HDDs and integrates popular 6 Gbps SAS technology into an organization's storage infrastructure. In addition, M5016 comes with Flash-Backed cache offload, allowing clients to have extended-life cached data protection in their storage subsystem in the event of an unexpected power outage.
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ServeRAID M5016 specifications The ServeRAID M5016 adapter card has the following specifications:  Eight internal 6 Gbps SAS/SATA ports  Two Mini-SAS internal connectors (SFF-8087)  6 Gbps throughput per port  800 MHz dual-core PowerPC processor with LSI SAS2208 6 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC) controller  PCI Express x8 Gen 2 host interface  1 GB of onboard data cache (DDR3 running at 1333 MHz)  CacheVault technology to protect data in cache in case of critical power or server failure  Supp
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ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller The ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller for IBM System x is the next-generation 6 Gbps SAS 2.0 RAID controllers. The adapter has two internal mini-SAS connectors that can control up to 32 devices and supports global and dedicated hot-spare drives. The ServeRAID M5015 controller delivers a full RAID 6 Gbps SAS 2.0 solution with 512 MB of cache and a standard battery backup unit (standard when ordering the option part number).
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Included components:  The ServeRAID M5015 option part number 46M0829 includes the M5000 battery; however, the feature code 0093 does not contain the battery. Order feature code 5744 if you want to include the battery in the server configuration.  The ServeRAID M5000 Series Battery Kit option part number includes a battery but does not include the remote mount cable.
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Figure 8. ServeRAID M5000 Series Advanced Feature Key attached to the ServeRAID M5015 Controller Resources For more information, see the following documents:  ServeRAID M5015 and M5014 SAS/SATA Controllers for IBM System x Product Guide http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0738.html  ServeRAID M5015 and M5014 User's Guide http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-5083652  ServeRAID software and drivers http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.
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ServeRAID M5014 SAS/SATA Controller The ServeRAID M5014 SAS/SATA Controller for IBM System x is a 6 Gbps SAS 2.0 RAID controller. The adapter has two internal mini-SAS connectors to control up to 32 devices and support global and dedicated hot-spare drives. The ServeRAID M5014 controller delivers a full RAID 6 Gbps SAS 2.0 solution with 256 MB of cache and an optional battery.
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ServeRAID M5014 specifications The ServeRAID M5014 adapter card has the following specifications:  Eight internal 6 Gbps SAS/SATA ports  Two Mini-SAS internal connectors (SFF-8087)  6 Gbps throughput per port  800 MHz PowerPC processor with LSI SAS2108 6 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC) controller  x8 PCI Express 2.
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ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller The ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller for IBM System x is an entry-level 6 Gbps SAS 2.0 PCI Express 2.0 RAID controller. The adapter has two internal mini-SAS connectors to drive up to 32 devices and supports the same base RAID 0, 1, and 10 feature set and drivers as the M5000 series controllers.
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 Connects to up to 32 SAS or SATA drives  Supports up to 16 logical volumes  Supports LUN sizes up to 64 TB  Configurable stripe size up to 64 KB  Compliant with Disk Data Format (DDF) configuration on disk (COD)  S.M.A.R.T.
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Resources For more information, see the following documents:  ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller for IBM System x Product Guide http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0740.html  ServeRAID M1015 User's Guide http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-5083720  ServeRAID software and drivers http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1SERV-RAID  IBM US Announcement Letter http://ibm.
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ServeRAID B5015 SSD Controller Today's business-critical servers require more protection, performance, and manageability than ever. An enterprise-grade RAID solution needs to provide the greatest level of data protection, the highest performance, and easy-to-use management tools. The ServeRAID B5015 SSD Controller combines the PM8013 maxSAS RAID-on-Chip (RoC) controller and the RAID stack from PMC-Sierra to accommodate the most rigorous server environments and to support high-performing SSDs. Figure 12.
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ServeRAID B5015 specifications The ServeRAID B5015 SSD Controller has the following specifications:                RAID 1 and 5 support Hot-spare support with automatic rebuild capability Background data scrubbing 6 Gbps per SAS port PCI Express 2.
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ServeRAID BR10il SAS/SATA Controller v2 The ServeRAID-BR10il SAS/SATA Controller v2 (BR10il v2) offers a low-cost, enterprise-grade RAID solution for internal HDDs and integrates SAS technology into an organization's storage infrastructure. This controller supports RAID levels 0, 1, and 1E.
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Resources For more information, see the following documents:  ServeRAID BR10 software and drivers http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-65666  IBM US Announcement Letter http://ibm.
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ServeRAID C100 and C105 The IBM ServeRAID C100 and ServeRAID C105 are integrated SATA controllers with software RAID capabilities. They are a cost-effective way to provide reliability, performance, and fault-tolerant disk subsystem management to help safeguard your valuable data and enhance availability. The following figure shows a screenshot from the configuration utility for ServeRAID C100/C105 that displays information about the controller. Figure 14.
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ServeRAID C100 and C105 specifications The ServeRAID C100 and C105 have the following features and specifications:  Onboard SATA controller with software RAID capabilities  RAID levels 0, 1, and 10 support  Support for up to eight virtual drives  Support for virtual drive sizes greater than 2 TB  Fixed stripe unit size of 64 KB  Support for MegaRAID Storage Manager management software  ServeRAID C100 features:   Six internal SATA ports with up to 3 Gbps throughput per port  Six i
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IBM 6Gb SAS HBA The IBM 6Gb SAS HBA is an economical storage enabler to attach RAID-capable external storage enclosures and provide 3 Gbps or 6 Gbps tape storage connectivity for data archiving applications to achieve a higher level of performance.
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Resources For more information, see the following documents:  IBM 6Gb SAS HBA for IBM System x Product Guide http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0776.html  IBM 6Gb SAS HBA drivers and utilities http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-5084922  IBM US Announcement Letter http://ibm.
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IBM 6Gb Performance Optimized HBA The IBM 6Gb Performance Optimized HBA is an ideal host bus adapter to connect to high-performance solid state drives. With a PCI Express 2.0 x8 interface, two SAS x4 SFF-8087 connectors, and a high performance PowerPC I/O processor, this HBA can support the bandwidth that solid state drives can generate. Figure 16. IBM 6Gb Performance Optimized HBA Table 18.
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Resources For more information, see the following documents:  IBM 6Gb Performance Optimized HBA for IBM System x Product Guide http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0744.html  IBM 6Gb Performance Optimized HBA drivers and utilities http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-5084922  IBM US Announcement Letter http://ibm.
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ServeRAID M5115 SAS/SATA Controller The ServeRAID M5115 SAS/SATA Controller is a high-performance offering for IBM Flex System™ compute nodes. It enables a high-performance RAID solution composed of combinations of SAS or SATA drives or high-throughput solid-state drives (SSDs).
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ServeRAID M5115 specifications The ServeRAID M5115 has the following specifications:  Eight internal 6 Gbps SAS/SATA ports  PCI Express 3.
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These features are described as follows:  RAID 6 Upgrade (90Y4410) Adds support for RAID 6 and RAID 60. This is a Feature on Demand license.  Performance Accelerator (90Y4412) The Performance Accelerator for IBM Flex System (implemented using the LSI MegaRAID FastPath software) provides high-performance I/O acceleration for SSD-based virtual drives by using an extremely low-latency I/O path to increase the maximum I/O per second (IOPS) capability of the controller.
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ServeRAID H1135 SAS/SATA Controller The IBM ServeRAID H1135 controller enables you to use RAID technology to manage hard disk drive configurations and integrate Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) technology into your storage infrastructure. You can install the optional IBM ServeRAID H1135 controller in an IBM Flex System x220 compute node or an IBM BladeCenter® HS23E blade server. The following table provides the ordering part numbers and feature codes. Table 21.
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Resources For more information, see the following documents:  ServeRAID H1135 SAS/SATA Controller Installation and User Guide http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5088601  System x RAID products home page http://www.ibm.com/systems/storage/product/systemx/scsi_raid.html  IBM ServeRAID software matrix http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-RAID  IBM US Announcement Letter http://ibm.
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ServeRAID MR10ie (CIOv) SAS/SATA Controller The ServeRAID-MR10ie Controller is a high-performance PCIe RAID Controller expansion card for BladeCenter for on-board and external Direct Attached Storage RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, and 60. This expansion card form factor (CIOv) with battery backed memory cache, utilizes an LSI 1078 controller for support with up to 26 disk drives. Option includes battery backup module (BBU) that installs in blade server DIMM socket.
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Supported servers The following tables list supported IBM System x, iDataPlex, BladeCenter and Flex System servers. Table 23.
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Table 24. Supported IBM iDataPlex servers Server dx320 N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N dx340 N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N dx360 N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N dx360 M2 N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N dx360 M3 N N N N Y N N N N Y N Y N N Y N dx360 M4 N N N Y Y N N N N N N N N Y Y N Table 25.
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Feature comparison The following tables compare features of the ServeRAID controllers. Table 27. Feature comparison: ServeRAID controllers for System x and iDataPlex servers Feature Port interface Port speed, Gbps Number of ports SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SATA SATA SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS SAS 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 6 6 8 8 8 8 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 4 8 8 PCIe spec 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 N/A N/A 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 2.
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Table 28. Feature comparison: ServeRAID controllers for BladeCenter and Flex System servers Feature Port interface Port speed, Gbps Number of ports SAS SAS SATA SAS 6 6 3 3 8 4 8 8 PCIe spec 3.0 2.0 N/A 1.0 PCIe lanes x8 x4 N/A x4 Int. connectors 2 0 2 2 Ext.
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Notices This information was developed for products and services offered in the U.S.A. IBM may not offer the products, services, or features discussed in this document in other countries. Consult your local IBM representative for information on the products and services currently available in your area. Any reference to an IBM product, program, or service is not intended to state or imply that only that IBM product, program, or service may be used.
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