Lenovo ServeRAID M5110 User Manual

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Benefits of the ServeRAID M5110 SAS/SATA Controller 1-111.6 Benefits of the ServeRAID M5110 SAS/SATA ControllerThis section provides a summary of the features and the benefits of theServeRAID M5110 SAS/SATA controller. It contains information on SASfeatures, SATA features, PCI performance, integration, usability, andflexibility.The controller offers the following features:• PCI Express x8 lane width• PCI Express performance up to 8 GT/s (1 GB/s) per lane• Two internal connectors• Support for RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50 in iMR mode• Support for RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60 in MR modeNote: To use RAID levels 5/50/6/60 with this controller, you needto install a Feature on Demand (FoD) upgrade and/or atransportable memory module (TMM). See Section 1.3.1,“Supported RAID Level Upgrades” for information aboutthese upgrades.• Advanced array configuration and management utilities• Online RAID level migration• Drive migration• Drive roaming• Media scan• No reboot necessary after expansion• More than 200 Qtags per array• User-specified rebuild rate• 32-Kbyte nonvolatile random access memory (NVRAM) for storingRAID system configuration information; the MegaRAID SAS firmwareis stored in flash ROM for easy upgrade.