The 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
- Onboard data cache (DDR2 running at 800 MHz):
- ServeRAID M5015: 512 MB
- ServeRAID M5014: 256 MB
- Intelligent Li-Ion-based battery backup unit with up to 48 hours of data retention:
- ServeRAID M5015: Standard in the option part number
- ServeRAID M5014: Optional
- 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