46M0916, IBM ServeRAID M5014 SAS/SATA Controller. ServeRAID M5014 SAS/SATA Controllers for IBM System x are the next-generation 6 Gbps SAS 2.0 RAID controllers. The adapters have two internal mini-SAS connectors to control up to 32 devices and support global and dedicated hot-spare drives. The ServeRAID M5014 controller delivers a full RAID 6 Gbps SAS 2.0 solution. With the attachment of the ServeRAID M5000 Advanced Feature Key, the ServeRAID M5014 offer the option of RAID 6, RAID 60, and SED Encryption Key management. Gbps SAS 2.0 technology has been introduced to address data off-load bottlenecks in the direct-access storage environment. This new throughput doubles the transfer rate of the previous generation. SAS 2.0 is designed for backward compatibility with 3 Gbps SAS as well as with 3 Gbps SATA hard drives.
Self-encrypting drives are based on a new technology that helps prevent data from being accessed without authorization. These drives adhere to the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) Enterprise Security Subsystem Class specification and are National Security Agency qualified to provide government-grade encryption. With self-encrypting drives (SEDs), if a drive is removed from its storage system or the server that it is housed in, the data on that drive is encrypted and useless to anyone who attempts to access it without the appropriate security authorization.
The ServeRAID M5015 and ServeRAID M5014 adapter cards have the following specifications:
Eight internal 6 Gbps SAS/SATA ports
Two Mini-SAS internal connectors (SFF-8087)
6 Gbps throughput per port
800 MHz PowerPC processor with LSI SAS2108 6 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC) controller
x8 PCI Express 2.0 host interface
Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50 (RAID 6 and 60 support with the optional M5000 Advanced Feature Key)
Connects to up to 32 SAS or SATA drives
SAS and SATA drives are supported, but the mixing of SAS and SATA in the same RAID array is not supported
Supports up to 64 logical volumes
Supports LUN sizes up to 64 TB
Configurable stripe size up to 1 MB
Compliant with Disk Data Format (DDF) configuration on disk (COD)
S.M.A.R.T. support
