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 LSI SAS3008
Host interface Not applicable PCIe 3.0 x8
Port interface 6 Gbps SATA
Number of ports 8
Port connectors 2x SATA 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
FastPath No
CacheCade No
For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the RAID adapters category:
https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/raid
Lenovo System x3550 M5
M1215
46C9114
PCIe low profile
12 Gbps SAS
8
2x Mini-SAS HD x4
(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 upgrades)
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 (47C8660)
2 GB flash (47C8664)
4 GB flash (47C8668)
Yes (with RAID 5 upgrades)
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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