Internal Drive Options - Lenovo System x3650 M4 BD Product Manual

Based on the LSI SAS2308 6 Gbps controller
The ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller has the following specifications:
Eight internal 12 Gbps SAS/SATA ports
Up to 12 Gbps throughput per port
Two x4 HD mini-SAS internal connectors (SFF-8643)
Supports connections to SAS/SATA drives and SAS Expanders
Supports RAID 0, 1, and 10
Supports RAID 5 and 50 with optional M5200 Series RAID 5 upgrades
Supports RAID 6 and 60 with the optional M5200 Series RAID 6 upgrade
Supports 1 GB non-backed cache or 1 GB or 2 GB flash-backed cache
PCIe 3.0 x8 host interface
Based on the LSI SAS3108 12 Gbps ROC controller
The N2215 SAS/SATA HBA has the following specifications:
Eight internal 12 Gbps SAS/SATA ports
Up to 12 Gbps throughput per port
Two x4 HD mini-SAS internal connectors (SFF-8643)
Supports connections to SAS/SATA HDDs and SATA SSDs
Optimized for SSD performance
No RAID support
PCIe 3.0 x8 host interface
Based on the LSI SAS3008 12 Gbps controller
The ServeRAID M1215 SAS/SATA Controller has the following specifications:
Eight internal 12 Gbps SAS/SATA ports
Up to 12 Gbps throughput per port
Two internal mini-SAS HD connectors (SFF-8643)
LSI SAS3008 12 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC) controller
Support for RAID levels 0, 1, and 10 standard; support for RAID 5, 50 with optional FoD upgrade
Zero Controller Cache, no battery/flash backup
Optional support for self-encrypting drives (SEDs) with MegaRAID SafeStore (with RAID 5 upgrade)
Fixed stripe size of 64 KB
For more information, see the list of Lenovo Press Product Guides in the RAID adapters category:
http://lenovopress.com/systemx/raid

Internal drive options

The following table lists the hard disk drive options for the internal disk storage of the x3650 M4 BD server.
Table 10. Disk drive options for internal disk storage
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