Lenovo ServeRAID M5015 Product Manual

SafeStore local key management provides the necessary management and protection of SEDsusing a simple pass phrase, security key identifier, and security key file that can be set and appliedto all SEDs assigned to a ServeRAID adapter. This removes the complexity of managing each SED’sunique encryption key, and essentially relieves the administrator from most of the daily tasks ofsecuring data.Note: To use the SED services of the ServeRAID M5000 Series Advanced Feature Key, you must use self-encrypting drives as listed in "Supported disk drives" below.Figure 3 shows the ServeRAID M5000 Series Advanced Feature Key attached to the ServeRAID M5015controller.Figure 3. ServeRAID M5000 Series Advanced Feature KeyThe ServeRAID M5000 Series Battery Remote Mount Cable is a 24-inch cable and enables the battery tobe installed separately from the adapter.The ServeRAID M5000 Series Performance Accelerator Key adds the following performance and dataprotection enhancements to the standard ServeRAID products:MegaRAID FastPath: An I/O accelerator that doubles the I/O operations per second (IOPS) on solid-state drives (SSDs)MegaRAID CacheCade: A data-tiering enabler to support hybrid environments of SSDs and HDDs,realizing higher levels of performanceMegaRAID Recovery: A data recovery feature that works both in pre-boot and OS environments andprovides snapshot capabilities for file-level and volume-level data restorationLSI SafeStore: Utility for enabling encryption and storing drive keys for self-encrypting drives (SEDs)RAID 6 and 60 support: Additional RAID levels for added data protectionServeRAID M5015 and M5014 SAS/SATA Controllers 5