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Feature upgrade matrix
The ServeRAID M5120 SAS/SATA Controller ships standard without a cache. One of the available cache
upgrades listed in the following table is required for the M5120 adapter operations, and it must be
purchased together with the controller. Additional functional upgrades optionally are available to expand
the capabilities of M5120.
There are two types of upgrades available: hardware (HW) and Feature-on-Demand (FoD). Hardware
upgrades contain physical parts (for example, cache module or battery), whereas FoD upgrades are
software licenses. The following table lists cache upgrades available and their capabilities and types.
Table 2. ServeRAID M5120 cache upgrades and their features
Option description
ServeRAID M5100 Series 512MB
Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade
ServeRAID M5100 Series 512MB
Flash/RAID 5 Upgrade
ServeRAID M5100 Series 1GB Flash/RAID
5 Upgrade
ServeRAID M5100 Series 2GB Flash/RAID
5 Upgrade
Zero Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade: ServeRAID M5100 Series Zero Cache/RAID 5 Upgrade (81Y4544) is not
supported on the M5120 adapter.
The following table shows additional upgrades, their capabilities, types, and compatibility with cache
upgrades. In the table below, "Required" means that the cache upgrade listed in the column must be
enabled before enabling the additional feature listed in that particular row.
Table 3. ServeRAID M5120 additional upgrades, their features, and compatibility
Additional
feature upgrades
Feature
Option description
Battery-backed
Battery Kit
cache
RAID 6, 60
RAID 6 Upgrade
FastPath
SSD Performance
Accelerator
CacheCade
SSD Caching
Enabler
Server support
ServeRAID M5120 SAS/SATA Controller (withdrawn product)
Feature RAID
Part
number
81Y4484 HW
81Y4487 HW
81Y4559 HW
47C8670 HW
Cache
Option
upgrades
description
Part number 81Y4484
Upgrade type HW
Part
Type
number
81Y4508
HW
81Y4546
FoD
90Y4273
FoD
90Y4318
FoD
SED
512 MB
5, 50
DDR3
cache
Type
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
512 MB
512 MB
Cache/
Flash/
RAID 5
RAID 5
81Y4487
HW
Required
No support
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
1 GB
2 GB
Flash-
DDR3
DDR3
backed
cache
cache
cache
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
1 GB
2 GB
Flash/
Flash/
RAID 5
RAID 5
81Y4559
47C8670
HW
HW
No support
No support
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
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