Lenovo thinkserver rd550 Product Manual page 20

SAS adapters for external storage
The following table lists SAS RAID controllers and HBAs for external storage attachments that are
supported by the RD550 server.
Table 17. RAID adapters and HBAs for external storage expansion
Description
External RAID adapters
Lenovo ThinkServer 9286CV-8e PCIe 6Gb 8 Port External SAS RAID Adapter by LSI
Lenovo ThinkServer RAID CacheCade Pro 2.0 Key (for 9286CV-8e)
External SAS HBAs
Lenovo ThinkServer 9300-8e PCIe 12Gb 8 Port External SAS Adapter by LSI
Lenovo ThinkServer 8885e PCIe 12Gb 8 port external SAS Adapter by PMC
The following table summarizes features of supported external drive controllers.
Table 18. External drive controller features and specifications summary
Feature
Part number
Form factor
Controller chip
Host interface
Port interface
Number of external SAS ports
External port connectors
Drive interface
Drive type
Maximum number of devices
Maximum number of expansion units
RAID levels
JBOD mode
Cache
Cache protection
CacheCade Pro
* In addition to eight external ports, the ThinkServer 8885e adapter has eight internal ports.
Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 (E5-2600 v3)
9286CV-8e 9300-8e
4XB0F28699 4XB0F28703
Low profile Low profile
LSI SAS2208 LSI SAS3008
PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
6 Gbps SAS 12 Gbps SAS
8 8
2x Mini-SAS 2x Mini-SAS HD
(SFF-8088) (SFF-8644)
SAS, SATA SAS, SATA
HDD, SSD HDD, SSD
240 1024
8 8
0/1/10/5/50/6/60 None
No Yes
1 GB None
CacheVault flash None
backup (included)
Optional None
(4XB0F28702)
Part number Maximum
supported
4XB0F28699 1
4XB0F28702 1
4XB0F28703 3
4XB0G88727 1
8885e*
4XB0G88727
Low profile
PMC PM8063
PCIe 3.0 x8
12 Gbps SAS
8
2x Mini-SAS HD
(SFF-8644)
SAS, SATA
HDD, SSD
256
8
None
Yes
1 GB
None
None
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