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The following table lists drive types and internal drive bay configurations supported by the RAID
controllers (SAS HDDs include both SAS and NL SAS HDDs, and SATA HDDs include both SATA and NL
SATA HDDs).
Table 9. Drive types and internal drive bay configurations supported by the RAID controllers
RAID controller Drive type
ServeRAID C105 SAS HDD
SATA HDD
SATA SSD
ServeRAID H1110 SAS HDD
SATA HDD
SATA SSD
ServeRAID M1115 SAS HDD
SATA HDD
SATA SSD
ServeRAID M5110 SAS HDD
SATA HDD
SATA SSD
6Gb Performance SAS HDD
Optimized HBA
SATA HDD
SATA SSD
* Requires an FoD upgrade for ServeRAID C105 that supports eight SATA HDDs (8-pack SATA Enabler, part
number 90Y4349).
The ServeRAID C105 onboard controller has the following specifications:
Supports up to eight (up to four standard, with an additional four with optional 8-pack enabler,

90Y4349) SATA HDDs (SAS not supported)
Supports hot-swap and simple-swap drives

Support for RAID 0 and RAID 1 (non-RAID is not supported.)

Up to 3 Gbps throughput per port

Support for up to two volumes

Support for virtual drive sizes greater than 2 TB

Fixed stripe unit size of 64 KB

Support for MegaRAID Storage Manager management software

The ServeRAID H1110 adapter has the following specifications:
Four internal 6 Gbps SAS/SATA ports

One x4 mini-SAS internal connector (SFF-8087)

Up to 6 Gbps throughput per port

Based on the LSI SAS2004 6 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC) controller

PCIe 2.0 x4 host interface

Supports RAID 0, 1, 1E, and 10

Connects to up to four SAS or SATA drives (SAS expanders are not supported.)
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IBM System x3530 M4 (E5-2400)
4x 2.5-in. 8x 2.5-in.
hot-swap hot-swap
No support No support
Yes Yes*
No support No support
Yes No support
Yes No support
Yes No support
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
8x 2.5-in. 4x 3.5-in.
simple-swap hot-swap
No support No support
Yes* Yes
No support No support
No support Yes
No support Yes
No support No support
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes No support
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes No support
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes No support
4x 3.5-in.
simple-swap
No support
Yes
No support
Yes
Yes
No support
Yes
Yes
No support
Yes
Yes
No support
Yes
Yes
No support
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