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The following table summarizes features of supported storage controllers.
Table 12. Storage controller features and specifications summary
Feature
Part number
Form factor
Controller chip
Host interface
Port interface
Number of ports
Port connectors
Drive interface
Drive type
Drive form factor
Hot-swap drives
Max devices
RAID levels
JBOD mode
Cache
SED support (SafeStore)
Performance Accelerator (FastPath) No
SSD Caching (CacheCade Pro 2.0)
For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the RAID adapters category:
https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/raid
The following table lists supported combinations of the storage controllers and drive types for the System x3650 M5
drive bay configurations.
Table 13. Storage controllers, drive types, and internal drive bays
Drive bay configuration
Front drive bays
8/16/24x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA
hot-swap (front)
8/12x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA
hot-swap (front)
4/8x 2.5-inch NVMe PCIe
hot-swap (front)
Lenovo System x3650 M5 (E5-2600 v4)
M1215
46C9114
PCIe low profile
LSI SAS3008
PCIe 3.0 x8
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 FoD upgrade) Yes (with RAID 5 FoD upgrade
No
Drive type
Storage SAS
Controller HDD
M1215 Yes
M5210 Yes
N2215 Yes
M1215 Yes
M5210 Yes
N2215 Yes
PCIe SSD No
Extender
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)
or any cache upgrade)
Optional (47C8710)
Optional (47C8712)
NL SAS NL SATA SAS
HDD HDD SED
Yes Yes Yes*
Yes Yes Yes**
Yes Yes No
Yes Yes No
Yes Yes No
Yes Yes No
No No No
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
SAS SATA PCIe
SSD SSD SSD
Yes Yes No
Yes Yes No
Yes Yes No
No Yes No
No Yes No
No Yes No
No No Yes
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