Lenovo ServeRAID C100 Integrated SATA Controllers with Software User Guide

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ServeRAID C100 and C105
Product Guide (withdrawn product)
The ServeRAID C100 and ServeRAID C105 are integrated SATA controllers with software RAID capabilities. They are a cost-effective way to provide reliability, performance, and fault-tolerant disk subsystem management to help safeguard your valuable data and enhance availability.
Figure 1 shows a screenshot from the configuration utility for ServeRAID C100 and C105 that displays information about the controller.

Figure 1. ServeRAID C100 and C105 configuration utility: Controller information
Did you know?
The ServeRAID C100 and C105 are integral function of the system planar. There is no additional hardware required. They can be enabled and disabled through the system Human Interface Infrastructure (HII) Configuration Utility, which is used to configure controllers, drive groups, and virtual drives, and to perform other configuration tasks in a pre-boot environment. Once enabled, the ServeRAID C100 and C105 take control of all devices that are connected to the planar SATA ports of the server, including the SATA optical drive, if present.

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Part number information
The ServeRAID C100 and C105 are integrated SATA controllers that come standard with supported servers and cannot be ordered separately. The following table provides the ordering part numbers and feature codes for the additional options.

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Table 1. Ordering part numbers and feature codes

Description

Part number

ServeRAID C100

Onboard

ServeRAID C105

Onboard

ServeRAID C100 Series RAID 5 Upgrade-FoD*

81Y4406

8-Pack ServeRAID C105 Controller Enabler**

90Y4349

* An FoD upgrade for ServeRAID C100 that enables support for RAID 5. ** An FoD upgrade for ServeRAID C105 that enables support for up to eight SATA HDDs.

The 8-pack Enabler and RAID 5 Upgrade option part numbers include the following items:

Upgrade authorization letter Feature Activation Instructions

Feature code Onboard Onboard A17U A2V7

Features
The ServeRAID C100 and C105 have the following standard features:
Auto-resume on array rebuild or array reconstruction after loss of system power Auto-resume uses non-volatile RAM (NVRAM) to save rebuild progress during a host reboot or power failure to automatically resume from the last checkpoint. Auto-resume ensures that data integrity is maintained throughout the process.
Fast initialization for quick array setup Fast initialization quickly writes zeroes to the first and last sectors of the virtual drive. This function allows you to immediately start writing data to the virtual drive while the initialization is running in the background.
Consistency check for background data integrity Consistency check verifies that all stripes in a virtual disk with a redundant RAID level are consistent. The consistency check will mirror data when an inconsistent stripe is detected for a RAID 1.
Extensive online configuration options and advanced monitoring and event notification Management tools provide convenience for the configuration of logical volumes and alerting when errors have occurred or are about to occur.
Global Hot Spare support A hot spare rebuilds data from all virtual disks within the disk group in which it is configured. ServeRAID provides the ability to define a physical disk as a hot spare to replace a failed drive. A global hot spare allows any physical drive to be designated as a hot spare for all drive groups that are defined on the controller.
Human Interface Infrastructure (HII) Configuration Utility for pre-boot array configuration and management HII Configuration Utility is a utility that allows you to configure drive groups and logical drives before installing or booting the operating system.
MegaRAID Storage Manager management software MegaRAID Storage Manager is an easy-to-use advanced RAID management application that is used across the entire family of ServeRAID controllers. It allows you to configure, monitor, and maintain drive groups, virtual drives, and advanced features with an intuitive GUI reducing administrative efforts and simplifying troubleshooting.

Technical specifications

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Technical specifications

The following table lists specifications for the ServeRAID C100 and C105 controllers.

Table 2. ServeRAID C100 and C105 specifications

Specification
Interface type Number of ports Port speed

C100 (M4 1socket servers)
SATA
Up to 6*
3 Gbps

Number of physical Up to 4 drives supported#

Number of virtual drives supported

Up to 8

Virtual drive size support

> 2 TB

Stripe unit size

64 KB fixed

RAID levels

0, 1, 10

SAS HDD support No

SATA HDD support Yes

SAS SSD support No

SATA SSD support No

Simple-swap

Yes

support

Hot-swap support No

Optical drive support Yes

Tape drive support Yes

Internal connector Up to six 7-pin

type

L-shape SATA

Supported servers x3100 M4, x3250 M4

C100 (M5 1socket servers) SATA Up to 6* 6 Gbps
Up to 4
Up to 8
> 2 TB
64 KB fixed 0, 1, 10, 5 No Yes No No Yes
No Yes Yes Up to six 7-pin L-shape SATA x3100 M5, x3250 M5

C100 (nx360 C105 (M4 2-

C100 (Blade

M4)

socket servers) servers)

SATA 4 2x 3 Gbps, 2x 6 Gbps Up to 4

SATA Up to 8** 3 Gbps
Up to 8**

SATA 2 3 Gbps
Up to 2

Up to 8

Up to 8

Up to 8

> 2 TB

> 2 TB

> 2 TB

64 KB fixed 0, 1, 10 No Yes No Yes Yes

64 KB fixed 0, 1, 10 No Yes No No Yes

64 KB fixed 0, 1, 10 No Yes No Yes Yes

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

1x Mini-SAS 2x Mini-SAS (SFF-8087) x4

nx360 M4

x3300 M4, x3530 M4, x3630 M4

Yes No No 2x Drive connectors x222

C105 (Blade servers)
SATA 2 3 Gbps
Up to 2
Up to 8
> 2 TB
64 KB fixed 0, 1, 10 No Yes No No No
Yes No No 2x Drive connectors HS23E, x220

* Up to four ports are used to connect hard drives, and up to two ports are used to connect optical or tape drives (server dependent). ** Eight HDD support requires optional 8-pack Enabler Features on Demand (FoD) upgrade, 90Y4349. # The maximum number of physical drives supported depends on the server model.  RAID 5 support requires optional C100 Series RAID 5 FoD upgrade, 81Y4406.

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Servers
The following table lists the support information for the ServeRAID C100 and C105 controllers and System x®, iDataPlex®, and NeXtScale servers.
Table 3. System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale compatibility (Part 1)

Part number Description Onboard ServeRAID C100 Onboard ServeRAID C105 81Y4406 ServeRAID C100 Series RAID 5 Upgrade 90Y4349 8-Pack ServeRAID C105 Controller Enabler
Table 3. System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale compatibility (Part 2)

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Table 3. System x, iDataPlex, and NeXtScale compatibility (Part 3)

Part number Description Onboard ServeRAID C100 Onboard ServeRAID C105 81Y4406 ServeRAID C100 Series RAID 5 Upgrade 90Y4349 8-Pack ServeRAID C105 Controller Enabler

Y Y NNNNNNNNNN N N Y N Y N Y NNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNN N N Y N Y N Y NNNNN

The following table lists the compatibility information for the ServeRAID C100 and C105 controllers and BladeCenter® and Flex System® servers.
Table 4. BladeCenter and Flex System compatibility

Part number Product description Onboard ServeRAID C100 Onboard ServeRAID C105 81Y4406 ServeRAID C100 Series RAID 5 Upgrade 90Y4349 8-Pack ServeRAID C105 Controller Enabler

N N N N N N N N N Y NNN N N N N N Y N N Y N NNN N N N N N N N N N N NNN N N N N N N N N N N NNN

See ServerProven® for the latest information about the System x servers that support each controller and upgrades: http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven/

Operating systems

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Operating systems
The ServeRAID C100 and C105 support the following operating systems:
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x86 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x86 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x86 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server Edition Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Edition Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server x64 Edition SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64/EM64T SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86
Notes:
Driver availability: No native (in-box) driver exists for Windows and Linux. You must download the drivers separately.
Hypervisor support: No support is available for VMware, Hyper-V, Xen, and KVM.
See the ServerProven website for the latest information about the specific versions and service levels supported and any other prerequisites: http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven/

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Drives
The ServeRAID C100 supports the SATA drives that are supported in the servers listed in Table 3. The maximum number of drives that can be connected to the controller is limited by the maximum number of internal drive bays for a supported server (either two or four). Supported simple-swap (SS) hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid-state drives (SSDs) and the ServeRAID C100-based servers with which they are supported are listed in the following table.
Table 5. ServeRAID C100: Supported drives

Part number

Description

1.8-inch SATA Enterprise SSDs

00W1120 100GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise SSD

49Y6119 200GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise SSD

1.8-inch SATA Enterprise Value SSDs

00AJ335 120GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD

00AJ340 240GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD

00AJ345 480GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD

00AJ350 800GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD

00AJ040 S3500 80GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD

00AJ045 S3500 240GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD

00AJ050 S3500 400GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD

00AJ455 S3500 800GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD

2.5-inch NL SATA SS HDDs

81Y9734 250GB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 2.5" SFF SS HDD

81Y9738 500GB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 2.5" SFF SS HDD

81Y9742 1TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 2.5" SFF SS HDD

2.5-inch NL SATA SS HDDs for x222

90Y8974 500GB 7.2K 6Gbps SATA 2.5'' G2SS HDD

90Y8979 1TB 7.2K 6Gbps SATA 2.5'' G2SS HDD

2.5-inch NL SATA NHS HDDs for NeXtScale

00AD030 250GB 7.2K 6Gbps SATA 2.5" HDD for NeXtScale

00AD035 500GB 7.2K 6Gbps SATA 2.5" HDD for NeXtScale

00AD040 1TB 7.2K 6Gbps SATA 2.5" HDD for NeXtScale

2.5-inch SATA NHS Enterprise SSDs for x222

90Y8994 100GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise SSD for x222

00AJ320 S3700 400GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise SSD for x222

00AJ325 S3700 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise SSD for x222

2.5-inch SATA NHS Enterprise Value SSDs for x222

00AJ415 120GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for x222

00AJ420 240GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for x222

00AJ425 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for x222

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Part number

Description

00AJ430 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for x222

00AJ330 S3500 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for x222

2.5-inch SATA NHS Enterprise Value SSDs for NeXtScale

00FN020 120GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for NeXtScale

00FN025 240GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for NeXtScale

00FN030 480GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for NeXtScale

00FN035 800GB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterprise Value SSD for NeXtScale

00FN293 S3500 1.6TB SATA 2.5" MLC Enterpr. Value SSD for NeXtScale

3.5-inch NL SATA SS HDDs

81Y9802 500GB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2SS HDD

81Y9806 1TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2SS HDD

00FN118 2TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2SS 512e HDD

81Y9810 2TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2SS HDD

00FN133 3TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2SS 512e HDD

81Y9814 3TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2SS HDD

81Y9778 3TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" SS HDD

00FN148 4TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2SS 512e HDD

49Y6190 4TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" SS HDD

00FN163 5TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2SS 512e HDD

00FN178 6TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2SS 512e HDD

3.5-inch NL SATA NHS HDDs for NeXtScale

00AD005 500GB 7.2K 6Gbps SATA 3.5" HDD for NeXtScale

00AD010 1TB 7.2K 6Gbps SATA 3.5" HDD for NeXtScale

00FN123 2TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" 512e HDD for NextScale

00AD015 2TB 7.2K 6Gbps SATA 3.5" HDD for NeXtScale

00FN138 3TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" 512e HDD for NextScale

00AD020 3TB 7.2K 6Gbps SATA 3.5" HDD for NeXtScale

00FN153 4TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" 512e HDD for NextScale

00AD025 4TB 7.2K 6Gbps SATA 3.5" HDD for NeXtScale

00FN168 5TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" 512e HDD for NextScale

00FN183 6TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" 512e HDD for NextScale

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The ServeRAID C105 supports SATA simple-swap and hot-swap hard drives that are supported in the servers listed in Table 3. The maximum number of drives that can be connected to the C105 controller is eight. Supported simple-swap (SS) and hot-swap (HS) SATA HDDs and the ServeRAID C105-based servers with which they are supported are listed in the following table.
Table 6. ServeRAID C105: Supported HDDs

Part number

Description

2.5-inch NL SATA HS HDDs

81Y9722 250GB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 2.5" SFF HS HDD

81Y9726 500GB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 2.5" SFF HS HDD

81Y9730 1TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 2.5" SFF HS HDD

2.5-inch NL SATA HS HDDs

81Y9734 250GB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 2.5" SFF SS HDD

81Y9738 500GB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 2.5" SFF SS HDD

81Y9742 1TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 2.5" SFF SS HDD

3.5-inch NL SATA HS HDDs

81Y9786 500GB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2HS HDD

81Y9790 1TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2HS HDD

00FN113 2TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2HS 512e HDD

81Y9794 2TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2HS HDD

00FN128 3TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2HS 512e HDD

81Y9798 3TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2HS HDD

00FN143 4TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2HS 512e HDD

49Y6002 4TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2HS HDD

00FN158 5TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2HS 512e HDD

00FN173 6TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2HS 512e HDD

3.5-inch NL SATA SS HDDs

81Y9802 500GB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2SS HDD

81Y9806 1TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2SS HDD

00FN118 2TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2SS 512e HDD

81Y9810 2TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2SS HDD

00FN133 3TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2SS 512e HDD

81Y9814 3TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2SS HDD

00FN148 4TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2SS 512e HDD

49Y6012 4TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2SS HDD

00FN163 5TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2SS 512e HDD

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Description 6TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SATA 3.5" G2SS 512e HDD

Related publications and links
For more information, see the following documents: User's Guide for ServeRAID C100 and C105 https://support.lenovo.com/docs/UM103372 ServeRAID software matrix: https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/serv-raid
Related product families
Product families related to this document are the following: RAID Adapters

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