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System x3250 M5 18
Controllers for internal storage
The following table lists the internal RAID controllers, HBAs, and the additional options that are used for
the internal disk storage of the x3250 M5 server.
Table 7. RAID controllers for internal storage
Part
number
Feature
code
Description Maximum
supported
Standard
models
where used
Adapters
None# A17T ServeRAID C100 for System x 1 A2x, B2x
81Y4406 A17U ServeRAID C100 Series RAID 5 Upgrade for System x-FoD 1 -
81Y4492 A1XL ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller for System x 1 C2x, C4x, F2x
81Y4448 A1MZ ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller for System x 1 G2x
46C8988 A3MW N2115 SAS/SATA HBA for System x 1 -
ServeRAID M1100 upgrades
81Y4542 A1X1 ServeRAID M1100 Series Zero Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade 1 -
ServeRAID M5110 upgrades
81Y4481 A347 ServeRAID M5110 SAS/SATA Controller for System x 1 -
81Y4544 A1X2 ServeRAID M5100 Series Zero Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade 1 -
81Y4484 A1J3 ServeRAID M5100 Series 512MB Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade 1 -
81Y4487 A1J4 ServeRAID M5100 Series 512MB Flash/RAID 5 Upgrade 1 -
81Y4559 A1WY ServeRAID M5100 Series 1GB Flash/RAID 5 Upgrade 1 -
81Y4508 A22E ServeRAID M5100 Series Battery Kit for System x 1* -
81Y4546 A1X3 ServeRAID M5100 Series RAID 6 Upgrade for System x 1† -
90Y4273 A2MC ServeRAID M5100 Series Performance Accelerator for
System x
1 -
90Y4318 A2MD ServeRAID M5100 Series SSD Caching Enabler for System x 1 -
# The C100 is an onboard ServeRAID controller.
* The ServeRAID M5100 Series Battery Kit (81Y4508) is supported only with ServeRAID M5100 Series 512MB
Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade (81Y4484).
† The ServeRAID M5100 Series RAID 6 Upgrade (81Y4546) requires RAID 5 Upgrade with caches (81Y4484,
81Y4487, or 81Y4559).
The C100 is an onboard ServeRAID, and it does not consume a PCIe slot. The H1110 RAID adapter is
supported in a dedicated PCIe slot (slot 1). All other hardware RAID adapters and HBAs are supported
only in PCIe slot 2.