Lenovo System x3250 M5 Product Manual page 25

Table 20. External storage adapter specifications
Feature N2125
Adapter type SAS HBA
Part number 46C9010
Form factor Low profile
Controller chip LSI SAS2308
Host interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Port interface 6 Gbps SAS
Number of external 8
ports
External port 2x Mini-SAS
connectors (SFF-8088)
Drive interface SAS, SATA
Drive type HDD, SSD
Maximum number of 1024
devices
RAID levels None
JBOD mode Yes
Cache None
CacheVault cache None
protection
FastPath None
CacheCade Pro 2.0 None
Cache upgrade required: The ServeRAID M5120 SAS/SATA Controller ships standard without a cache.
One of the available cache upgrades (81Y4487, 81Y4559, or 47C8670) is required for the M5120 adapter
operations, and it must be purchased together with the controller.
For more information about the adapters, see these Lenovo Press Product Guides:
N2125: http://lenovopress.com/tips1062
N2225: https://lenovopress.com/tips1175
ServeRAID M5120:
ServeRAID M5225:
Fibre Channel host bus adapters
Lenovo System x3250 M5
N2225
SAS HBA
00AE912
Low profile
LSI SAS3008
PCIe 3.0 x8
12 Gbps SAS
8
2x Mini-SAS HD
(SFF-8644)
SAS, SATA
HDD, SSD
1024
None
Yes
None
None
None
None
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M5120
RAID adapter
81Y4478
Low profile
LSI SAS2208
PCIe 3.0 x8
6 Gbps SAS
8
2x Mini-SAS (SFF-8088)
SAS, SATA
HDD, SED, SSD
240
0/1/10;
Optional 5/50 and 6/60
No
512MB Cache/RAID 5
(81Y4484)
512MB Flash/RAID 5
(81Y4487)
1GB Flash/RAID 5
(81Y4559)
Flash (with cache
upgrades)
Optional (90Y4273)
Optional (90Y4318)
M5225-2GB
RAID adapter
00AE938
Low profile
LSI SAS3108
PCIe 3.0 x8
12 Gbps SAS
8
2x Mini-SAS HD
(SFF-8644)
SAS, SATA
HDD, SED, SSD
240
0/1/10/5/50
No
2 GB (included)
Flash (included)
Not supported
with x3250 M5
Not supported
with x3250 M5
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