Lenovo 7Y37A01084 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s
- CIe 3.0 x8 host interface
- 12 Gbps SAS/SATA RAID controllers, based on the Broadcom MegaRAID 9460 adapter family
- 2GB or 4GB of integrated flash-backed cache
- Connectivity for up to 2, 8, 16 or 24 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, 5, 50, 6 and 60 standard (The 930-4i supports only RAID 0, 1 in the SN550 and RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 in the SN850 because those blade servers only support two and four drives respectively)
- Support for JBOD (non-RAID) drive state
- Support for up to 64 virtual disks, up to 128 arrays, up to 16 virtual disks per array
- Support for logical drive sizes greater than 2 TB
- Configurable stripe size from 64 KB up to 1 MB
- Supports 512e, 512n and 4K sector formatted drives
- Compliant with Disk Data Format (DDF) configuration on disk (CoD)
- S.M.A.R.T. support
- Configuration through
- XClarity Provisioning Manager UEFI interface
- XClarity Controller web interface
- XClarity Administrator Configuration Patterns
- StorCLI command-line interface
- LSI Storage Authority (LSA) GUI interface
- UEFI Human Interface Infrastructure (HII)
The ThinkSystem RAID 930 family of internal 12 Gbps SAS RAID controllers are high-performance RAID-on-chip (ROC) adapters. These adapters support RAID levels 0/1/10/5/50/6/60, and include an extensive list of RAS and management features.
This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the ThinkSystem RAID 930-4i, 8i, 16i and 24i adapters and their key features, specifications, and compatibility. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the adapters and consider their use in IT solutions.
| Ports & interfaces | |
|---|---|
| External SAS ports | 8 |
| Internal mini-SAS HD ports | 2 |
| PCI Express slots version | 3.0 |
| Host interface | PCI Express x8 |
| Supported storage drive interfaces | SAS, Serial ATA III |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Certification | FCC Part 15 Class AAustralia/New Zealand (AS/NZS CISPR 22)Canada (ICES-003 Class B)Europe (EN55022/EN55024)Japan (VCCI V-3)Korea (RRA no 2013-24 & 25)RoHS compliantEN/IEC/UL 60950Taiwan (CNS 13438)USA (FCC 47 CFR part 15 Subpart B class B)WEEE |
| Hot-swap | Yes |
| S.M.A.R.T. support | Yes |
| Number of devices supported | 8 |
| Online Capacity Expansion | Yes |
| Chipset | LSI SAS3508 |
| SSD support | Yes |
| Data transfer rate | 12000 Gbit/s |
| RAID Level Migration | Yes |
| RAID levels | 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60 |
| System requirements | |
|---|---|
| Compatible operating systems | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 EditionRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0VMware vSphere ESXi 6.5 |
| Server operating systems supported | Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016 |
| Linux operating systems supported | SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 |
| Operational conditions | |
|---|---|
| Storage relative humidity (H-H) | 5 – 95% |
| Operating relative humidity (H-H) | 20 – 90% |
| Storage temperature (T-T) | -40 – 70 °C |
| Operating temperature (T-T) | 10 – 55 °C |
| Logistics data | |
|---|---|
| Harmonized System (HS) code | 84733080 |
| Other features | |
|---|---|
| PCI Card form factor | Full-height (low-profile) |
