IBM System x3250 M3 Product Manual

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IBM System x3250 M3 14The ServeRAID M5014 SAS/SATA Controller has the following specifications:Two Mini-SAS internal connectorsSupports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50Supports RAID 6 and 60 with the optional M5000 Advanced Feature KeyPerformance optimization for SSD drives with optional M5000 Series Performance Accelerator Key6 Gbps throughput per portPCI Express 2.0 x8 host interfaceBased on the LSI SAS2108 6 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC) controller256 MB of onboard cacheOptional Intelligent Li-Ion-based battery backup unit with the ServeRAID M5000 Series Battery KitThe ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller has the following specifications:Two Mini-SAS internal connectorsSupports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50Supports RAID 6 and 60 with the optional M5000 Advanced Feature KeyPerformance optimization for SSD drives with optional M5000 Series Performance Accelerator Key6 Gbps throughput per portPCI Express 2.0 x8 host interfaceBased on the LSI SAS2108 6 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC) controller512 MB of onboard cacheStandard Intelligent Li-Ion-based battery backup unit with up to 48 hours of data retentionFor more information, see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the RAID adapters category:http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/systemx?Open&page=pg&cat=raidInternal backup unitsThe server does not support internal tape drive options.Optical drivesThe server supports the optical drive options listed in the following table.Table 7. Optical drivesPartnumberFeaturecodeDescription MaximumsupportedModelswhere used46M0901 4161 IBM UltraSlim Enhanced SATA DVD-ROM 1 -46M0902 4163 UltraSlim Enhanced SATA Multi-Burner 1 -None* 4162 UltraSlim Enhanced SATA CD-RW / DVD-ROM Combo 1 -* This optical drive is for CTO orders only.