Controllers For Internal Storage - Lenovo thinkserver rd550 Product Manual

Controllers for internal storage

The following table lists the RAID controllers and the additional options used for the internal storage of the
RD550 server.
Table 7. RAID controller options for internal storage
Description
Lenovo ThinkServer RAID 110i RAID 5 Upgrade
Lenovo ThinkServer RAID 510i AnyRAID Adapter
Lenovo ThinkServer RAID 510i RAID 5/50 Upgrade
Lenovo ThinkServer RAID 720i AnyRAID Adapter
Lenovo ThinkServer RAID 720ix AnyRAID Adapter with Expander
Lenovo ThinkServer RAID 720i 1GB Modular DRAM Upgrade
Lenovo ThinkServer RAID 720i 1GB Modular Flash and Supercapacitor Upgrade
Lenovo ThinkServer RAID 720i 2GB Modular Flash and Supercapacitor Upgrade
Lenovo ThinkServer RAID 720i 4GB Modular Flash and Supercapacitor Upgrade
The following table summarizes features of supported drive controllers.
Table 8. Drive controller features and specifications summary
Feature RAID 110i
Part number None
Form factor Onboard
Controller chip Not applicable
Host interface Not applicable
Port interface 6 Gbps SATA
Drive interface SATA
Drive type HDD, SSD
Drive form factor SFF, LFF, M.2
Number of drives 8*
RAID levels 0/1/10, Optional 5
(4XB0F28690)
JBOD mode Yes
Cache None
FastPath No
CacheCade Pro No
* Up to 6 drives can be configured in a RAID array, and the remaining two drives operate in JBOD mode.
** Includes SAS Expander.
Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 (E5-2600 v3)
RAID 510i RAID 720i
4XB0F28691 4XB0F28693
AnyRAID AnyRAID
LSI SAS2008 LSI SAS3108
PCIe 2.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
6 Gbps SAS 12 Gbps SAS
SAS, SATA SAS, SATA
HDD, SSD HDD, SSD
SFF, LFF, M.2 SFF, LFF, M.2
8 8
0/1/10, Optional 5/50 0/1/10/5/50, Optional
(4XB0F28692) 6/60 w/ cache upgrade
Yes Yes (without cache)
None 1 GB non-backed
(4XB0F28695)
1 GB flash-backed
(4XB0F28696)
2 GB flash-backed
(4XB0F28697)
4 GB flash-backed
(4XB0F28698)
No Yes (with flash backup) Yes (with flash backup)
No Yes (with flash backup) Yes (with flash backup)
Part number Maximum
supported
4XB0F28690 1
4XB0F28691 1
4XB0F28692 1
4XB0F28693 1
4XB0F28694 1
4XB0F28695 1
4XB0F28696 1
4XB0F28697 1
4XB0F28698 1
RAID 720ix
4XB0F28694
AnyRAID
LSI SAS3108
PCIe 3.0 x8
12 Gbps SAS
SAS, SATA
HDD, SSD
SFF, M.2
26**
0/1/10/5/50/6/60
(cache upgrade required)
Yes (w/ non-backed cache)
1 GB non-backed
(4XB0F28695)
1 GB flash-backed
(4XB0F28696)
2 GB flash-backed
(4XB0F28697)
4 GB flash-backed
(4XB0F28698)
12