Lenovo ServeRAID H1110 Product Manual

ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller

Product Guide (withdrawn product)

The ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller for System x offers a low-cost enterprise-grade RAID solution
for internal HDDs and integrates popular SAS technology into an organization's storage infrastructure.
Ideal for supporting four HDDs in a space-constrained server configuration, the ServeRAID H1110 comes
in a standard PCIe form factor, enabling it to support a wide array of servers. It features a PCI Express x4
Gen 2 host interface, MD0 form factor, and robust hardware RAID processing engine based on the LSI
SAS2004 RAID on Chip (ROC) controller. Figure 1 shows the adapter.

Figure 1. ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller for System x

Did you know?

6 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.

Hardware RAID offers better reliability, performance, and lower CPU utilization in server environments
compared to software RAID implementations.

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Part number information

Table 1. Ordering part number and feature code

Description Part number Feature code

ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller 81Y4492 A1XL

The ServeRAID H1110 option part number includes the following items:

One ServeRAID H1110 adapter card (without brackets)
One full-height (3U) bracket
One low-profile (2U) bracket
Documentation package

Specifications

The ServeRAID H1110 adapter has the following specifications:

Four internal 6 Gbps SAS/SATA ports

One x4 mini-SAS internal connector (SFF-8087)

6 Gbps throughput per port

Based on LSI SAS2004 6 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC) controller

x4 PCI Express 2.0 host interface

Supports RAID 0, 1, 1E, and 10

Connects to up to four SAS or SATA drives

SAS and SATA drives are supported, but the mixing of SAS and SATA in the same integrated
volume is not supported

Supports simple-swap SATA and hot-swap SAS and SATA drives

Supports up to two integrated volumes

Supports up to two global hot-spare drives

Supports drive sizes greater than 2 TB for RAID 0, 1E, and 10 (not RAID 1)

Fixed stripe size of 64 KB

Compliant with Disk Data Format (DDF)

S.M.A.R.T. support

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Features

The ServeRAID H1110 adapter has the following features:

Resynchronization with Concurrent Host I/O Operation:
Host's I/O operations are not halted when the volume is re-synchronized because of a hot-spare
activation or disk replacement, thereby avoiding downtime.

Online Capacity Expansion for Integrated Mirroring (RAID 1) volumes:
Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) allows the capacity of a two-drive integrated mirroring volume
(RAID 1) to be expanded by replacing existing physical disks with larger capacity disks without
disrupting volume operations.

Write Journaling for data integrity:
Write Journaling is used to verify that the disks in a mirrored volume are synchronized. It
automatically synchronizes potentially inconsistent data after the unexpected loss of electrical
power.

Background initialization for quick volume setup:
Background initialization allows host I/O operations on a newly created mirrored volume without
waiting for the process of copying data from the primary disks to secondary disks to complete.

Consistency Check for background data integrity:
Consistency Check verifies that all data on the primary and secondary disks in a mirrored volume
are identical.

Global Hot Spare support:
A hot spare rebuilds data from a failed drive in an integrated volume that supports data redundancy.
ServeRAID provides the ability to define a physical disk as a global hot spare to replace a failed
drive. A global hot spare allows any physical drive to be designated as a hot spare for all configured
integrated volumes.

Server support

The ServeRAID H1110 adapter is supported in the servers that are listed in the following tables.

Support for System x and dense servers with Xeon E5/E7 v4 and E3 v5 processors

Table 2. Support for System x and dense servers with Xeon E5/E7 v4 and E3 v5 processors

Part
number Description

81Y4492 ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller for IBM System x N N N N N N N

x3250 M6 (3943)

x3250 M6 (3633)

x3550 M5 (8869)

x3650 M5 (8871)

x3850 X6/x3950 X6 (6241, E7 v4)

nx360 M5 (5465, E5-2600 v4)

sd350 (5493)

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Support for servers with Intel Xeon v3 processors

Table 3. Support for servers with Intel Xeon v3 processors

Part
number Description

81Y4492 ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller Y Y N N N N N

Support for servers with Intel Xeon v2 processors

Table 4. Support for servers with Intel Xeon v2 processors

Part
number Description

81Y4492 ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller N Y Y Y N Y Y N N N N Y Y

Support for servers with Intel Xeon v1 processors

Table 5. Support for servers with Intel Xeon v1 processors

Part
number Description

81Y4492 ServeRAID H1110 SAS/SATA Controller Y Y Y N Y Y Y N N N N Y

x3100 M5 (5457)

x3250 M5 (5458)

x3500 M5 (5464)

x3550 M5 (5463)

x3650 M5 (5462)

x3850 X6/x3950 X6 (6241, E7 v3)

nx360 M5 (5465)

x3500 M4 (7383, E5-2600 v2)

x3530 M4 (7160, E5-2400 v2)

x3550 M4 (7914, E5-2600 v2)

x3630 M4 (7158, E5-2400 v2)

x3650 M4 (7915, E5-2600 v2)

x3650 M4 BD (5466)

x3650 M4 HD (5460)

x3750 M4 (8752)

x3750 M4 (8753)

x3850 X6/x3950 X6 (3837)

x3850 X6/x3950 X6 (6241, E7 v2)

dx360 M4 (E5-2600 v2)

nx360 M4 (5455)

x3100 M4 (2582)

x3250 M4 (2583)

x3300 M4 (7382)

x3500 M4 (7383, E5-2600)

x3530 M4 (7160, E5-2400)

x3550 M4 (7914, E5-2600)

x3630 M4 (7158, E5-2400)

x3650 M4 (7915, E5-2600)

x3690 X5 (7147)

x3750 M4 (8722)

x3850 X5 (7143)

dx360 M4 (7912, E5-2600)

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See ServerProven for the latest information about the System x servers that support each adapter:

http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/serverproven/xseries/controllers/matrix.shtml

Drive support

The ServeRAID H1110 adapter supports both simple-swap and hot-swap disk drives. The card supports
SAS and SATA disk drives. SATA solid state drives (SSDs) are also supported; however, this adapter is not
performance optimized for SSDs. The maximum quantity of drives supported by ServeRAID H1110 is four.

The following tables list currently available disk drives that can be used with the ServeRAID H1110 adapter
if they are supported in a particular server.

Table 5: 1.8-inch SSDs
Table 6: 2.5-inch hot-swap 6 Gb SAS/SATA HDDs
Table 7: 2.5-inch hot-swap 6 Gb SAS/SATA SSDs
Table 8: 3.5-inch hot-swap 6 Gb SAS/SATA HDDs
Table 9: 3.5-inch hot-swap 6 Gb SAS/SATA SSDs
Table 10: 3.5-inch simple-swap 6 Gb SAS/SATA HDDs
Table 11: 2.5-inch internal 6 Gb HDDs for NeXtScale

Table 6. 1.8-inch SSDs

Part
number Description

1.8-inch hot-swap SSDs - 6 Gb SATA - Enterprise Mainstream (3-5 DWPD)

00AJ335 120GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD N N N N N N N N N N N Y N N N

00AJ340 240GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD N N N N N N N N N N N Y N N N

00AJ345 480GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD N N N N N N N N N N N Y N N N

00AJ350 800GB SATA 1.8" MLC Enterprise Value SSD N N N N N N N N N N N Y N N N

1.8-inch hot-swap SSDs - 6 Gb SATA - Enterprise Entry (<3 DWPD)

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

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

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

x3100 M4 (2582)

x3250 M4 (2583)

x3300 M4 (7382)

x3530 M4 (7160, E5-2400)

x3550 M4 (7914, E5-2600)

x3630 M4 (7158, E5-2400)

dx360 M4 (7912, E5-2600)

x3530 M4 (7160, E5-2400 v2)

x3550 M4 (7914, E5-2600 v2)

x3630 M4 (7158, E5-2400 v2)

x3650 M4 BD (5466)

x3650 M4 HD (5460)

nx360 M4 (5455)

x3100 M5 (5457)

x3250 M5 (5458)

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