Datasheet

ServeRAID M5120 SAS/SATA Controller for IBM System x 7
Feature upgrade matrix
The ServeRAID M5120 SAS/SATA Controller ships standard without a cache. One of the available cache
upgrades listed in the following table is required for the M5120 adapter operations, and it must be
purchased together with the controller. Additional functional upgrades optionally are available to expand
the capabilities of M5120.
There are two types of upgrades available: hardware (HW) and Feature-on-Demand (FoD). Hardware
upgrades contain physical parts (for example, cache module or battery), whereas FoD upgrades are
software licenses. The following table lists cache upgrades available and their capabilities and types.
Table 2. ServeRAID M5120 cache upgrades and their features
Feature RAID 5,
50
SED 512 MB
DDR3
cache
1 GB
DDR3
cache
2 GB
DDR3
cache
Flash-
backed
cache
Option description Part number Type
ServeRAID M5100 Series
512MB Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade
81Y4484 HW Yes Yes Yes No No No
ServeRAID M5100 Series
512MB Flash/RAID 5 Upgrade
81Y4487 HW Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
ServeRAID M5100 Series 1GB
Flash/RAID 5 Upgrade
81Y4559 HW Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
ServeRAID M5100 Series 2GB
Flash/RAID 5 Upgrade
47C8670 HW Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
Zero Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade: ServeRAID M5100 Series Zero Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade (81Y4544) is not
supported on the M5120 adapter.
The following table shows additional upgrades, their capabilities, types, and compatibility with cache
upgrades. In the table below, "Required" means that the cache upgrade listed in the column must be
enabled before enabling the additional feature listed in that particular row.
Table 3. ServeRAID M5120 additional upgrades, their features, and compatibility
Option
description
512 MB
Cache/
RAID 5
512 MB
Flash/
RAID 5
1 GB
Flash/
RAID 5
2 GB
Flash/
RAID 5
Part number 81Y4484 81Y4487 81Y4559 47C8670
Cache
upgrades
Additional
feature upgrades
Upgrade type HW HW HW HW
Feature Option description Part
number
Type
Battery-backed
cache
Battery Kit 81Y4508 HW Required No support No support No support
RAID 6, 60 RAID 6 Upgrade 81Y4546 FoD Required Required Required Required
FastPath SSD Performance
Accelerator
90Y4273 FoD Required Required Required Required
CacheCade SSD Caching
Enabler
90Y4318 FoD Required Required Required Required