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IBM ServeRAID Adapter Quick Reference 26
ServeRAID B5015 specifications
The ServeRAID B5015 SSD Controller has the following specifications:
RAID 1 and 5 support
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Hot-spare support with automatic rebuild capability
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Background data scrubbing
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6 Gbps per SAS port
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PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface
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PCI MD2 low profile form factor
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Two x4 internal (SFF-8087) connectors
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SAS controller: PMC-Sierra PM8013 maxSAS 6 Gbps SAS RoC controller
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Up to 8 disk drives per RAID adapter
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Performance optimized for SSDs
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Three multi-threading MIPS processing cores
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High performance contention-free architecture
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Up to four ServeRAID B5015 adapters supported in a system
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Maximum stripe size: 1024 KB
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Support for up to 4 arrays/logical volumes
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Resources
For more information, see the following documents:
ServeRAID B5015 SSD Controller for IBM System x Product Guide
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http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0763.html
ServeRAID B5015 Installation Guide (download the unpack the ISO file)
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http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-5085047
ServeRAID B5015 drivers, maxRAID software, and utilities
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http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-5085047
IBM US Announcement Letter
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http://ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=dd&subtype=ca&&htmlfid=897/ENUS110-113