Lenovo System x3250 M5 Product Manual page 20

Table 8. RAID controllers, drive types, and internal drive bays (Part 2: Redundant PSU models)
RAID Drive type
controller
(Models with
hot-swap
power
supplies)
ServeRAID SAS HDD
C100
SATA HDD No support No support Yes
SATA SSD
ServeRAID SAS HDD
H1110
SATA HDD Yes
SATA SSD
ServeRAID SAS HDD
M1115
SATA HDD Yes
SATA SSD
ServeRAID SAS HDD
M5110
SATA HDD Yes
SATA SSD
N2115 HBA SAS HDD
SATA HDD Yes
SATA SSD
The ServeRAID C100 onboard controller has the following specifications:
Onboard SATA controller with ServeRAID capabilities

Four internal SATA ports with up to 6 Gbps throughput per port for HDD connectivity

One internal 3 Gbps SATA port for SATA CD/DVD-ROM connectivity

Five internal 7-pin L-shape SATA connectors

Support for RAID levels 0, 1, and 10

Support for SATA simple-swap hard drives (Solid-state drives and hot-swap drives are not

supported.)
Connection to up to four internal drives

Support for up to two virtual drives

Support for virtual drive sizes greater than 2 TB

Fixed stripe unit size of 64 KB

Support for MegaRAID Storage Manager management software

System x3250 M5
4x 2.5-in. 8x 2.5-in.
hot-swap hot-swap
No support No support No support
No support No support No support
Yes No support Yes
No support Yes
Yes No support Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
4x 2.5-in. 8x 2.5-in.
simple-swap simple-swap
No support
No support
No support
No support
No support
No support
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
4x 3.5-in. 4x 3.5-in.
hot-swap simple-swap
No support No support
No support No support
No support No support
No support No support
No support No support
No support No support
No support No support
No support No support
No support No support
No support No support
No support No support
No support No support
No support No support
No support No support
No support No support
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