Lenovo System x3550 M5 Product Manual page 17

The following table summarizes features of supported drive controllers.
Table 10. Drive controller features and specifications summary
Feature Integrated
6 Gb SATA
non-RAID)
Part number None
Form factor Onboard
Controller chip Not
applicable
Host interface Not
applicable
Port interface 6 Gbps
SATA
Number of ports 8
Port connectors 2x SATA x4 2x Mini-SAS HD x4
Drive interface SATA
Drive type HDD
Drive form factor SFF, LFF
Hot-swap drives No
Max devices 8
RAID levels None
JBOD mode Yes
Cache None
SafeStore No
Performance No
Accelerator
(FastPath)
SSD Caching No
(CacheCade Pro
2.0)
For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the RAID adapters category:
https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/raid
Lenovo System x3550 M5 (E5-2600 v3)
M1215
46C9114
PCIe low profile
LSI SAS3008
PCIe 3.0 x8
12 Gbps SAS
8
(SFF-8643)
SAS, SATA
HDD, SSD, SED
SFF, LFF
Yes
32 (RAID); 64 (JBOD)
0/1/10;
Optional 5/50 (00AE930)
Yes
None
Yes (with RAID 5 FoD
upgrade)
No
No
M5210
46C9110
PCIe low profile
LSI SAS3108
PCIe 3.0 x8
12 Gbps SAS
8
2x Mini-SAS HD x4
(SFF-8643)
SAS, SATA
HDD, SSD, SED
SFF, LFF
Yes
240
0/1/10; Optional 5/50
(RAID 5 FoD, 47C8708,
or cache upgrades);
Optional 6/60 (47C8706)
Yes (without cache)
1 GB no backup (47C8656)
1 GB flash backup (47C8660)
2 GB flash backup (47C8664)
4 GB flash backup (47C8668)
Yes (with RAID 5 FoD or any cache
upgrade)
Optional (47C8710)
Optional (47C8712)
N2215
47C8675
PCIe low profile
LSI SAS3008
PCIe 3.0 x8
12 Gbps SAS
8
2x Mini-SAS
HD x4
(SFF-8643)
SAS, SATA
HDD, SSD
SFF, LFF
Yes
1024
None
Yes
None
No
No
No
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