Supported Storage Controllers - Lenovo S3500 Product Manual

Supported storage controllers

The S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSDs require a supported disk controller. Tables 5 and 6 list the
System x, BladeCenter, and Flex System controllers that support the SSDs that are installed in a
supported server.
SSD Caching support: The S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSDs do not support MegaRAID
CacheCade feature of the supported IBM ServeRAID controllers.
Table 5. Controllers for System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale servers supported with the SSDs (Part 1)
Part number Description
Onboard ServeRAID M5210e SAS/SATA Controller
46C9110 ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller
Onboard ServeRAID M5110e SAS/SATA Controller
81Y4481 ServeRAID M5110 SAS/SATA Controller
81Y4448 ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller
81Y4492 ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller
90Y4304 ServeRAID M5016 SAS/SATA Controller
46M0829 ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller
46M0916 ServeRAID M5014 SAS/SATA Controller
46M0831 ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller
Onboard ServeRAID C105
Onboard ServeRAID C100
46M0912 IBM 6Gb Performance Optimized HBA
46C8988 N2115 SAS/SATA HBA
47C8675 N2215 SAS/SATA HBA
S3500 SATA MLC Enterprise Value SSDs for System x
N N N N N
N N N N Y
N N N N N
Y Y N N N
Y Y N N N
Y Y N N N
N N N N N
N N N N N
N N N N N
N N N N N
N N N N N
N N N N N
N N N N N
Y Y N N N
N N N N Y
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