Controllers For Internal Storage - Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 Product Manual

Controllers for internal storage

The following table lists the internal RAID controllers and the additional options that are used for the internal
disk storage of the TS150 server.
Table 6. Controllers for internal storage
Description
ThinkServer RAID 121i Controller
ThinkServer RAID 520i PCIe Adapter
ThinkServer RAID 520i RAID 5 Upgrade
# RAID 121i is an onboard hardware-assist RAID controller.
The RAID 121i is an onboard RAID controller that does not consume a PCIe slot. The RAID 520i adapter
is supported only in the PCIe slot 3.
Important: The RAID 121i controller is not supported by virtualization hypervisors, including VMware
vSphere (ESXi), Linux KVM, Xen, and Microsoft Hyper-V.
The following table summarizes features of supported internal storage controllers.
Table 7. Internal storage controller features and specifications summary
Feature
Part number
Form factor
Controller chip
Host interface
Port interface
Number of internal drive ports
Internal port connectors
Drive interface
Drive type
Non-hot-swap drive support
Hot-swap drive support
Optical drive support
Maximum number of drives
RAID levels
JBOD mode
Cache
Cache protection
FastPath
CacheCade Pro 2.0
* The RAID 121i is a hardware-assist, software RAID feature (Intel Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise [RSTe]) integrated into
the Intel C236 Platform Controller Hub (PCH).
** Up to four ports are used for SATA HDDs or SSDs, and the remaining two ports are used for optical drives; or up to five ports
are used for SATA HDDs or SSDs, and the remaining port is used for an optical drive.
Lenovo ThinkServer TS150 (Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5, Core i3, Pentium/Celeron G Series Processors)
RAID 121i RAID 520i
None 4XC0G88840
Onboard Low profile
Not applicable* LSI SAS3008
Not applicable* PCIe 3.0 x8
6 Gbps SATA 12 Gbps SAS
6** 8
6x L-shape SATA 2x Mini-SAS HD x4 (SFF-8643)
SATA SAS, SATA
HDD, SSD HDD, SSD
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes No
6** 8
0/1/10/5 0/1/10, Optional 5/50 (4XC0G88841)
Yes Yes
None None
None None
None None
None None
Maximum
Part number supported
None# 1
4XC0G88840 1
4XC0G88841 1
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