Lenovo ServeRAID-MR10M SAS SATA Controller Owner’s Manual

Lenovo ServeRAID-MR10M SAS SATA Controller

Product Guide (withdrawn product)

The ServeRAID-MR10M SAS/SATA Controller is a high performance PCIe RAID Controller for external direct-attached storage, including IBM System Storage EXP3000. This RAID adapter provides investment protection by supporting SAS and SATA hard drive configurations, and providing performance enhancements enabled by a standard battery. The battery enables cached data protection during unexpected power outages when the controller is operating in its higher performance, write back mode.
Figure 1 shows the ServeRAID-MR10M SAS/SATA Controller.

Did you know?
This adapter is a high-performance RAID controller offering external SAS ports and a wide range of RAID features, and is suitable for most System x servers .

Part number information

Table 1. Part number and feature code

43W4339*

| 3559

Note: Part number 43W4339 has been withdrawn

Specifications

The ServeRAID MR10M has the following specifications:

• MD2 form factor card (2U low-profile height)
• Two SFF-8088 SAS x4 external connectors
• PCI Express x8 host interface
• SAS Controller: LSI 1078e
• 3 Gbps per port data transfer rate
• Supports SAS 3 Gbps and SATA 2
• 256 MB cache
• Li-Ion battery backup
• Maximum stripe size: 1024 KB
• RAID levels : RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60

Operating environment

The ServeRAID-MR10M SAS/SATA Controller is supported in the following environment:

Temperature:

• At 0 – 1000 m (0 – 3000 ft): 10 – 35° C (50 – 95° F)
• At 1000 – 2100 m (3000 – 7000 ft): 10 – 32° C (50 – 90° F)

Relative humidity: 20 – 80% (non-condensing)

Warranty

The ServeRAID-MR10M SAS/SATA Controller has a one-year limited warranty. When installed on a System x server, these cards assume your system’s base warranty and any IBM ServicePac upgrade. Batteries are consumables and therefore are not covered under the warranty.

Supported servers

The ServeRAID-MR10M Controller is supported on the IBM System x servers listed in Table 2.

Related publications

For more information refer to the following documents:

• ServeRAID MR10M User’s Guide
  http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-5074105

• ServeRAID software and drivers
  http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1SERV-RAID

• IBM Announcement Letter
  US: http://ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi- bin/ssialias?infotype=dd&subtype=ca&&htmlfid=897/ENUS107-594
  EMEA: http://ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?
  infotype=dd&subtype=ca&&htmlfid=877/ENUSZG08-0660

Related product families
Product families related to this document are the following:

• RAID Adapters

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References

• ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias
• Enterprise Business Server Solutions | IBM
• RAID Adapters > Lenovo Press
• ServeRAID-MR10M SAS/SATA Controller (Withdrawn) Product Guide (withdrawn product) > Lenovo Press
• Copyright and Trademark Information | Lenovo US | Lenovo US

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