Array Performance Features - IBM ServeRAID M5210 User Manual

ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller for IBM System x User's Guide
July 2014
Table 3 Controller Specifications
Specification
PCI Express Bus Data
Transfer Rate
Serial Port
SAS Controller(s)
SAS Bus Speed
SAS Ports
Size of Flash ROM for
Firmware
Nonvolatile Random
Access Memory
(NVRAM)
3.2.2

Array Performance Features

Table 4 shows the array performance features for the ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA controller.
Table 4 Array Performance Features
Specification
PCI Express Host Data Transfer
Rate
Drive Data Transfer Rate
Maximum Scatter/Gathers
Maximum Size of I/O Requests
Maximum Queue Tags per Drive As many as the drive can accept
Stripe Sizes
Maximum Number of Concurrent
Commands
ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA
· Up to 8 GT/s (1 GB/s) per lane
· x8 lane width
· Up to 2 GB/s per direction for SAS x4 cards
(4 GB/s total)
3-pin RS232-compatible connector (for manufacturing
use only)
One LSISAS3108 Single SAS controller
12 Gb/s
Two SAS connectors with four SAS ports each
8 Mbytes
32 Kbytes for storing RAID configuration
ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller
8 GT/s (1 GB/s) per lane
12.0 Gb/s per lane
26 elements
6.4 Mbytes in 64 Kbyte stripes
8, 16, 32, or 64 Kbyte
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Chapter 3: ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller Characteristics
Characteristics of the ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller