The ServeRAID M5015 adapter cards have the following specifications:
Eight internal 6Gbps SAS/SATA ports
OptionalTwo 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
Onboard data cache (DDR2 running at 800 MHz):
ServeRAID M5015: 512 MB
Intelligent Li-Ion-based battery backup unit with up to 48 hours of data retention:
ServeRAID M5015: Standard in the option part number
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)
SMART support