Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 5350-8i Adapter User Guide

Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 5350-8i Adapter

The ThinkSystem RAID 5350-8i adapter is an entry-level 12 Gb SAS/SATA internal RAID adapter manufactured by Lenovo that offers a cost-effective RAID solution for small to medium-business customers. This cacheless adapter supports RAID levels 0/1/10/5 and includes support for Lenovo management tools. The ThinkSystem RAID 5350-8i supports up to eight internal SAS and SATA drives and is shown in the following figure.

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The ThinkSystem RAID 5350-8i combines uncompromised HBA functionality with basic RAID support in hardware using the PM8222 SmartIOC 2100 controller. The adapter provides high levels of storage performance and scalability. The 8-port adapter can achieve up to 1.5M IOPS (random read using 4KB blocks). Rigorous testing of the ThinkSystem RAID adapters by Lenovo through the ServerProven program ensures a high degree of confidence in storage subsystem compatibility and reliability. Providing additional peace of mind, the controller is covered under the Lenovo warranty.

Part number information

The following table provides the ordering part numbers for the adapter.

Ordering information

The part number includes

• RAID adapter with 3U full-height bracket attached
• 2U low-profile bracket

Technical specifications

The ThinkSystem RAID 5350 Series internal RAID adapters have the following specifications

• PCIe 3.0 x8 host interface
• 12 Gbps SAS/SATA RAID controller, based on the Microsemi Adaptec SmartHBA 2100-8i
• Cacheless (not upgradeable)
• Connectivity for up to 8 internal SAS or SATA drives,
• Support for intermixing SAS and SATA HDDs and SSDs. Mixing SAS and SATA drives in the same array is not supported. Mixing of HDDs and SSDs in the same array is not supported.
• Support for intermixing of 12 Gbps and 6 Gbps drives.
• Support for RAID 0, 1, 10, and 5
• Support for JBOD (non-RAID, known as “raw” or “HBA mode” in Adaptec parlance) drive state
• Support for up to 8 virtual drives
• Support for logical drive sizes greater than 2 TB.
• Configurable stripe size from 16 KB up to 1 MB
• Supports 512e, 512n and 4K sector formatted drives
• S.M.A.R.T. support
• Performance of up to 1.7M random read IOPS with extremely low-latency 4 KB I/Os

The following table lists the specifications of the RAID 5350 adapter.

Specifications

To compare these adapters to others in the ThinkSystem portfolio, see the ThinkSystem RAID Adapter and HBA Reference: https://lenovopress.com/lp1288 -thinksystem-raid-adapter-and-hba-reference

Features

Smart Storage, Connectivity and Hardware RAID

Today’s data centers and enterprises need storage solutions that can keep pace with rapid data expansion. The RAID 5350 Series is the newest product in the Smart Storage solutions family, forged through the convergence of SAS/SATA protocol controller expertise, more than 30 years of Microchip board innovation and the Smart Storage stack. The RAID 5350 Series, combines the capabilities of a full-featured HBA like the 4350 SAS/SATA HBA series with those of a basic RAID adapter using hardware RAID. With an optimal mix of resiliency, efficiency, and ease of use, it adds the robustness of true host- offloading hardware RAID, offers open-source driver compatibility and comes with a full set of storage management tools. The RAID 5350 Series offers the flexibility of internal and external connectivity in a low-profile/MD2 form factor.

Resiliency, Efficiency and Data Availability

The RAID 5350-8i is an ideal solution for server-based storage systems that require maximum bandwidth and I/O connectivity, low-power consumption, high reliability, plus options for data availability. The Smart Software stack even allows a combination of RAID and raw devices. This is useful in SDS environments where hardware RAID significantly increases OS boot reliability, but full HBA features and performance are otherwise needed. The RAID 5350-8i also provides enhanced enclosure management capabilities to both RAID and raw devices, and enables enclosure services by providing a virtual SEP to software stacks if needed. The RAID 5350-8i offers over 40 percent power savings compared to prior generations and significant power advantages versus competing solutions, giving it the lowest Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for an HBA/basic RAID solution. It delivers a robust and scalable solution that can handle the toughest system workloads and configurations, from an array of high-performance SSDs to high-capacity HDDs.

Maximum Performance

The RAID 5350 Series provides the highest levels of storage performance and scalability for next generation data centers. The RAID 5350 provides connectivity to large numbers of storage devices, including HDDs and, SSDs. These storage devices can aggregate the performance of devices to the limits of the PCIe Gen3 host bus at 6.6 Gbps, and achieve up to 1.7M IOPS and 60 percent higher IOPS performance with SATA devices without additional overhead or latency.

Entry-Level RAID Functionality

The RAID 5350 combines uncompromised HBA functionality with basic RAID support in hardware using the PM8222 SmartIOC 2100 silicon. Robust RAID support is the same for all platforms and operating systems, providing a consistent user experience. Metadata compatibility with RAID 9350 Series products allows customers to upgrade to a full-featured hardware RAID solution with caching for acceleration if needed. The RAID 5350-8i supports up to 8 HDDs or SSDs in RAID configurations using RAID levels 0, 1, 10, or even RAID 5, and can simultaneously use RAID arrays and raw devices in mixed mode (default).

Consistency Check

Consistency check automatically checks your logical drives for bad or inconsistent data, and then fixes any problems. Enabling consistency check ensures that you can recover data if a drive fails. The scanning process checks physical drives in fault-tolerant logical drives for bad sectors. It also verifies the consistency of parity data, if applicable.

Unified Storage Management Utilities

maxView provides both server and remote administration, including proactive failure notification, and supports all 4350, 5350 and 9350 Series products. This browser-based tool suite supports all standard browsers and is also available as an offline USB boot image. maxView adapter management components include the max view GUI, an ARCCONF command-line tool, and an event monitor for logging and email alerts. Support for Lenovo system management tools is listed in the following table.

Support for key management features

Function

| ****

Lenovo XClarity Controller

| ****

Lenovo XClarity Provisioning Manager

| Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI (out- of-band)| Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI (in- band)| ****

Lenovo XClarity Administrator

| Bare Metal Update / Bootable Media Creator
---|---|---|---|---|---|---
Adapter FRU Inventory Details| Supported| Supported| Supported| Supported| Supported| No support
Disk Inventory Details| Supported| Supported| Supported| Supported| Supported| No support
RAID

Configuration

| Support planned for 4Q/2022| Supported| Support planned for 4Q/2022| Supported| Support planned for 1Q/2023| No support
Firmware Update| Supported| No support| Supported| Supported| Supported| Supported
Monitoring/ Events/ Log Capture| Supported| Supported| Supported| Supported| Supported*| No support

No capture of the controller firmware log.

Server support

The following tables list the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.

Server support (Part 1 of 2)

Part Number

|

Description

|

Edge

| 1S

Intel V2

|

2S Intel V2

|

AMD

|

Dense V2

|

4S V2

|

8S

---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---
SE350 (7Z46 / 7D1X)| SE450 (7D8T)| ST50 V2 (7D8K / 7D8J)| ST250 V2 (7D8G / 7D8F)| SR250 V2 (7D7R / 7D7Q)| ST650 V2 (7Z75 / 7Z74)| SR630 V2 (7Z70 / 7Z71)| SR650 V2 (7Z72 / 7Z73)| SR670 V2 (7Z22 / 7Z23)| SR635 (7Y98 / 7Y99)| SR655 (7Y00 / 7Z01)| SR645 (7D2Y / 7D2X)| SR665 (7D2W / 7D2V)| SD630 V2 (7D1K)| SD650 V2 (7D1M)| SD650-N V2 (7D1N)| SN550 V2 (7Z69)| SR850 V2 (7D31 / 7D32)| SR860 V2 (7Z59 / 7Z60)| SR950 (7X11 / 7X12)
4Y37A72482| ThinkSystem RAID 5350-8i PCIe 12Gb Adapter| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| N| N| Y1| Y1| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| N

• Supported in the SR645 and SR665 only with an EPYC 7003 “Milan” processor. Not supported with an EPYC 7002 “Rome” processor.

Server support (Part 2 of 2)

Part Number

|

Description

| 1S Intel V1| 2S Intel V1| Dense V1| 4S V1
---|---|---|---|---|---
ST50 (7Y48 / 7Y50)| ST250 (7Y45 / 7Y46)| SR150 (7Y54)| SR250 (7Y52 / 7Y51)| ST550 (7X09 / 7X10)| SR530 (7X07 / 7X08)| SR550 (7X03 / 7X04)| SR570 (7Y02 / 7Y03)| SR590 (7X98 / 7X99)| SR630 (7X01 / 7X02)| SR650 (7X05 / 7X06)| SR670 (7Y36 / 7Y37)| SD530 (7X21)| SD650 (7X58)| SN550 (7X16)| SN850 (7X15)| SR850 (7X18 / 7X19)| SR850P (7D2F / 2D2G)| SR860 (7X69 / 7X70)
4Y37A72482| ThinkSystem RAID 5350-8i PCIe 12Gb Adapter| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N

Note: The use of both an Intel E810 network adapter and an X350 HBA/RAID adapter (9350, 5350 and 4350) is currently not supported in ThinkSystem servers. Planned support for this combination of adapters is 4Q/2022 (22C).

Operating system support

The following table lists the supported operating systems for the adapter.

Table 6. Operating system support for ThinkSystem RAID 5350-8i PCIe 12Gb Adapter, 4Y37A72482 (Part 1 of 2)

Operating systems

| SR250 V2| ST250 V2| ST50 V2| SR630 V2| SR650 V2| SR670 V2| SR850 V2| SR860 V2| ST650 V2| SR645| SR665| SR530 (Gen 2)| SR550 (Gen 2)| SR570 (Gen 2)| SR590 (Gen 2)| SR630 (Gen 2)| SR650 (Gen 2)| ST550 (Gen 2)
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---
Microsoft Windows Server 2016| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y 1| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Microsoft Windows Server 2019| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y 1| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Microsoft Windows Server 2022| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y 1| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y 1| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y 1| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y 1| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y 1| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y 1| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y 1| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y 1| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y 1| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y 1| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| N| N| Y| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS| N| N| N| Y| Y| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y 1| Y 1| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| N
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U2| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U3| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| N| N| Y| Y 1| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U1| N| N| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| N| Y 1| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U2| N| N| N| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y 1| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U3| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y 1| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y 1| Y 1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y

• Not support with EPYC 7002 processors

Operating system support for ThinkSystem RAID 5350-8i PCIe 12Gb Adapter, 4Y37A72482 (Part 2 of 2)

Operating systems

| SR530 (Gen 1)| SR550 (Gen 1)| SR570 (Gen 1)| SR590 (Gen 1)| SR630 (Gen 1)| SR650 (Gen 1)| ST550 (Gen 1)
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---
Microsoft Windows Server 2016| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Microsoft Windows Server 2019| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Microsoft Windows Server 2022| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS| N| N| N| N| N| N| N
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS| N| N| N| N| Y| Y| N
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U2| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 6.7 U3| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U1| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U2| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0 U3| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y| Y

Warranty

The adapters carry a 1-year limited warranty. When installed in a supported ThinkSystem server, the adapter assumes the server’s base warranty and any warranty upgrades.

Physical specification

The adapters have the following dimensions

• Height: 64 mm (2.5 inches)
• Length: 167 mm (6.6 inches)

Operating environment

The ThinkSystem RAID 5350-8i adapter is supported in the following environment:

• Operating
  • Temperature: 0°C to 55°C (32°F to 131°F)
  • Relative humidity: 20% to 80% (non-condensing)
  • Altitude: Up to 3,000 meters

Agency approvals

The ThinkSystem RAID 5350 adapters have the following agency approvals:

• FCC Part 15 Class A
• Australia/New Zealand (AS/NZS 3548)
• Canada (ICES-003 Class B)
• Europe (EN55032/EN55024)
• Japan VCCI
• Korea KCC
• RoHS compliant
• EN/IEC/UL 60950
• USA (FCC 47 CFR part 15 Subpart B class B)

Related publications and links

For more information, see the following documents

Product publications

• Adapter Hardware Installation Guide
• Adapter Software User Guide

Lenovo ThinkSystem product publications

• http://thinksystem.lenovofiles.com/help/index.jsp

ServerProven hardware compatibility

• http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven

Lenovo RAID Management Tools and Resources

• https://lenovopress.com/lp0579-lenovo-raid-management-tools-and-resources

Lenovo RAID Introduction

• https://lenovopress.com/lp0578-lenovo-raid-introduction

Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID Adapter and HBA Reference

• https://lenovopress.com/lp1288-thinksystem-raid-adapter-and-hba-reference

Related product families

Product families related to this document are the following

• RAID Adapters

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References

• Lenovo Documentation
• Lenovo RAID Introduction > Lenovo Press
• Lenovo RAID Management Tools and Resources (withdrawn product) > Lenovo Press
• Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID Adapter and HBA Reference > Lenovo Press
• ThinkSystem RAID 5350-8i Adapters Product Guide > Lenovo Press
• RAID Adapters > Lenovo Press
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