Datasheet

IBM Flex System x240 Compute Node 14
The following figure shows how the ServeRAID M5115 and Flash and SSD Expansion Kits are installed in
the server to support eight 1.8-inch solid-state drives (row 4 of the preceding table).
Figure 5. ServeRAID M5115 with Flash and SSD Expansion Kits installed
The eight SSDs are installed in the following locations:
Four in the front of the system in place of the two 2.5-inch drive bays
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Two in a tray above one the memory banks for CPU 1
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Two in a tray above one the memory banks for CPU 2
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The ServeRAID M5115 controller has the following specifications:
Eight internal 6 Gbps SAS/SATA ports
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PCI Express 3.0 x8 host interface
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6 Gbps throughput per port
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800 MHz dual-core IBM PowerPC® processor with LSI SAS2208 6 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC)
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controller
Support for RAID levels 0, 1, 10, 5, 50 standard; support for RAID 6 and 60 with optional upgrade
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using 90Y4411
Optional onboard 1 GB data cache (DDR3 running at 1333 MHz) with optional flash backup
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(MegaRAID CacheVault technology) as part of the Enablement Kit 90Y4342.
Support for SAS and SATA HDDs and SSDs
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Support for intermixing SAS and SATA HDDs and SSDs; mixing different types of drives in the same
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array (drive group) not recommended
Optional support for SSD performance acceleration with MegaRAID FastPath and SSD caching with
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MegaRAID CacheCade Pro 2.0 (90Y4447)
Support for up to 64 virtual drives, up to 128 drive groups, up to 16 virtual drives per one drive group,
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and up to 32 physical drives per one drive group