IBM x3200 M3 Product Manual

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IBM System x3200 M3 29The RAID controllers listed in the following table are supported with external expansion enclosures.Table 17. RAID controllers for external storage expansion enclosuresPartnumberDescription Maximum quantitysupported46M0830 ServeRAID M5025 SAS/SATA Controller 146M0930 ServeRAID M5000 Series Advance Feature Key* 1 per one M502581Y4426 ServeRAID M5000 Series Performance Accelerator Key* 1 per one M5025* Note: The Advanced Feature Key and Performance Accelerator Key cannot be used at the same time. Only onekey can be installed onto a RAID controller.The ServeRAID M5025 SAS/SATA Controller has the following specifications:Two Mini-SAS external 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 ROC controller512 MB of onboard cacheIntelligent Li-Ion-based battery backup unit with up to 48 hours of data retentionSupports connectivity to the EXP3000, EXP2512, and EXP2524 storage expansion enclosuresFor more information, see theServeRAID M5025 SAS/SATA Controller for IBM System x at-a-glanceguide: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0739.html?OpenThe external SAS cables listed in the following table are supported with external expansion enclosuresand M5025 RAID controllers.Table 18. External SAS cables for external storage expansion enclosuresPartnumberDescription Maximum quantity supported perenclosure*39R6531 IBM 3 m SAS Cable 139R6529 IBM 1 m SAS Cable 1* Note: The EXP3000 enclosures can be chained with each other. In such a case, one cable is used to connect firstEXP3000 to the RAID controller, and every consecutive EXP unit is connected to the previous one by one cable.