46C9111 Lenovo ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Raid Controller

Lenovo / IBM ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller (NO Bracket )12GB/S RAID ON CHIP FRU: 46C9111

• Brand: Lenovo
• Part #: 46C9111
• Includes:-
• ServeRAID M5200 Series 2GB Flash/RAID 5 Upgrade (FRU: 47C8664,47C8665)
•  IBM Battery Backup for M5210 RAID Controller Card (Part #: LSi 49571-16)
• Specs:-
•   ::  LSI SAS3108 12 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC) controller.
•   ::  PCI low profile, half-length - MD2 form factor (M5210)
•   ::  Eight internal 12 Gbps SAS/SATA ports (support for 12, 6, or 3 Gbps SAS speeds and 6 or 3 Gbps SATA speeds). Up to 12 Gbps throughput per port.
•   ::  Two internal x4 HD Mini-SAS connectors (SFF-8643).
•   ::  PCI Express 3.0 x8 host interface.
•   ::  Support for RAID 0, 1, and 10 standard; support for RAID 5, 50, 6, and 60 with optional upgrades.
•   ::  Optional onboard data cache (DDR3 running at 1866 MHz) with the choice of the following backup:
•   ::  1 GB (no battery backup)
•   ::  1 GB, 2 GB, or 4 GB with flash backup
•   ::  Support for SAS and SATA HDDs and SSDs.
•   ::  Support for intermixing SAS and SATA HDDs and SSDs. Mixing different types of drives in the same array is not supported.
•   ::  Support for intermixing of 12 Gbps and 6 Gbps drives
•   ::  Connections to up to 32 internal drives, depending on the server model.
•   ::  Optional support for self-encrypting drives (SEDs) with MegaRAID SafeStore.
•   ::  Optional support for SSD performance acceleration with MegaRAID FastPath and SSD caching with MegaRAID CacheCade.
•   ::  Support for up to 64 virtual disks, up to 128 arrays, up to 16 virtual disks per array, and up to 32 physical drives per array.
•   ::  Support for logical drive sizes greater than 2 TB.
•   ::  Support for Integrated MegaRAID (iMR) mode (no cache memory upgrades installed) or MegaRAID (MR) mode (requires 1 GB, 2 GB, or 4 GB cache memory upgrade).
•   ::  iMR mode supports (no cache memory upgrades installed) the following features:
•   ::  RAID 0, 1, and 10, and, optionally, 5 and 50
•   ::  Fixed stripe unit size of 64 KB
•   ::  Self-encrypting drives with optional Zero Cache/RAID 5 upgrade
•   ::  Both RAID and JBOD (pass-thru mode with system drives) configurations
•   ::  Up to 16 drives are supported in a RAID configuration.
•   ::  Up to 63 drives are supported in a JBOD configuration. (JBOD drives can be used as bootable drives.)
•   ::  MR mode supports (1 GB, 2 GB, or 4 GB cache memory upgrade required):
•   ::  RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, and 50 and, optionally, 6 and 60 (Non-RAID is not supported.)
•   ::  Configurable stripe unit size from 64 KB up to 1 MB
•   ::  Self-encrypting drives
•   ::  Optional SSD performance features (FastPath and CacheCade)
•   ::  Compliant with Disk Data Format (DDF) configuration on disk (CoD).
•   ::  S.M.A.R.T. support.
•   ::  MegaRAID Storage Manager management software.
• Condition: New
• Warranty: 1 (one) year Tekmart Africa warranty
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Key points to note on these 46C9111 Lenovo M5210 controllers:-

The ServeRAID M5210 and M5210e SAS/SATA Controllers are high performance 12 Gb SAS controllers for internal disk storage. They are part of the ServeRAID M Series family that offers a complete server storage solution consisting of RAID controllers, cache/flash modules, energy packs, and software feature upgrades in an ultra-flexible offerings structure. These products are optimized to deliver the performance that is demanded by the ever-growing I/O requirements of today's enterprises. The M5210 is a low profile PCIe adapter, and the M5210e is integrated in servers such as the x3750 M4 and x3650 M4 HD. The two controllers share a common set of upgrades, simplifying inventory management.

The following figure shows the ServeRAID M5210 Controller with an optional cache installed.

Figure 1. ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller (with an optional cache installed)

The ServeRAID M5210 and M5210e SAS/SATA Controllers are optimized for high-performance, internal data storage, with a 12 Gbps SAS controller featuring a DDR3 1866 MHz cache memory interface and PCIe 3.0 host interface.

They are designed around several base solutions with upgrades that are rich with features to satisfy a wide range of storage needs while minimizing parts-on-the-floor upgrades.

Upgrade features, such as support for RAID 6 and 60, performance optimization, and caching with solid-state drives (SSDs) no longer require a hardware key. They are implemented through Features-on-Demand (FoD) software licenses.

Feature upgrade matrix

The ServeRAID M5210 and M5210e provide support for RAID 0, 1, and 10 as standard capabilities. Additional optional functional upgrades are available to expand the standard capabilities.

Some upgrades do not depend on other upgrades and can be applied to standard controllers (we call them primary upgrades).

Certain upgrades cannot be applied to standard controllers and require that other upgrades are enabled before applying these upgrades (we call them secondary upgrades).

There are two types of available upgrades: hardware (HW) and Feature on Demand (FoD). Hardware upgrades contain physical parts (for example, cache module or supercapacitor). FoD upgrades are software licenses. The following table lists the available primary upgrades, their capabilities, and types.

Table 2. ServeRAID M5210 and M5210e primary upgrades and their features

The following table shows the secondary upgrades, their capabilities, types, and dependencies. The primary feature upgrades, on which the secondary upgrades depend, are listed in their respective columns. "Required" means that the primary upgrade that is listed in the column must be enabled before enabling the secondary feature that is listed in that particular row.

Table 3. ServeRAID M5210 and M5210e secondary upgrades, their features, and dependencies

Note: All ServeRAID Feature on Demand upgrades are system-wide. One FoD upgrade part number will enable the feature on all ServeRAID M5200-series adapters (M5210, M5210e, M5215, M5225) installed in the server. In the case of the x3950 X6, if you have partitioning enabled, then the FoD upgrade will enabled the feature on all M5200-series adapters installed in that partition; the other partition will require a separate FoD upgrade.