Technical Support - IBM ServeRAID M5210 User Manual

ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller for IBM System x User's Guide
July 2014
Table 3 ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller
Multiple Virtual Disks per Controller
Multiple Arrays per Controller
Online Capacity Expansion
Dedicated and Global Hot Spares
Hot Swap Devices Supported
Non-Disk Devices Supported
Mixed Capacity Physical Disks Supported
Number of Internal Connectors
Hardware Exclusive OR (XOR) Assistance
Direct I/O
Architecture
NOTE In MR mode, the ServeRAID M5210 SAS\SATA controller supports cache policy, which includes
write-back, write-through, adaptive read ahead, non-read ahead, read ahead, cache I/O, and direct I/O
settings. However, in iMR mode, the controller does not support these cache policy settings. See
Section 1.2, "Integrated MegaRAID Mode and MegaRAID mode"
and iMR mode.
1.7

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Yes. Up to 64 virtual disks per controller
Yes. Up to 64 virtual disks per controller
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Two SFF-8643 4i internal mini-SAS HD connectors
Yes
Yes
Fusion-MPT
for more information about MR mode
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Appendix A:
Chapter 1: Overview
Technical Support