| RAID levels |
0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60 |
0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60 |
0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60 |
0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60 |
0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60 |
| Non–RAID |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Host bus type |
16-lane, PCIe Gen4 |
16-lane, PCIe Gen4 |
16-lane, PCIe Gen4 |
16-lane, PCIe Gen4 |
16-lane, PCIe Gen5 |
| Side-band Management |
I2C, PCIe VDM |
I2C, PCIe VDM |
I2C, PCIe VDM |
I2C, PCIe VDM |
I2C, PCIe VDM |
| Enclosures per port |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
4 |
Not applicable |
| Processor |
Broadcom RAID-on-chip, SAS4116W chipset |
Broadcom RAID-on-chip, SAS5132W chipset |
| Energy Pack Power Backup unit |
Yes-Battery |
Yes-Battery |
Yes-Battery |
Yes-Battery |
Yes-Supercapacitor |
| Local Key Management security |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Secure enterprise key manager security |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Controller queue depth |
8,192 |
8,192 |
8,192 |
8,192 |
8,192 |
| Nonvolatile cache |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Cache memory |
8 GB DDR4 3200 MT/s cache |
Integrated RAID cache |
| Cache function |
Write-back, read-ahead, write-through, always write-back, no read-ahead |
Write-back, write-through, always write-back, no read-ahead |
| Max number of complex VDs |
64 |
64 |
64 |
64 |
16 |
| Max number of simple VDs |
240 |
240 |
240 |
240 |
64 |
| Max number of disk groups |
64 |
64 |
64 |
64 |
32 |
| Max number of VDs per disk group |
16 |
16 |
16 |
16 |
8 |
| Max number of hot spare devices |
64 |
64 |
64 |
64 |
8 |
| Hot-swap devices supported |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Auto-Configure behavior (Primary and Execute once) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Hardware XOR engine |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Online capacity expansion |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Dedicated and global hot spare |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Supported Drive Types |
22.5 Gbps SAS, 12 Gbps SAS, and 6 Gbps SATA/SAS. Gen3 (8 GT/s) and Gen4 (16 GT/s) NVMe |
22.5 Gbps SAS, 12 Gbps SAS |
Gen3 (8 GT/s), Gen4 (16 GT/s), and Gen5 (32 GT/s) NVMe |
| VD strip element size |
Both 64 KB and 256 KB allowed on a hard drive. Only 64 KB allowed on an SSD. |
64 KB |
| NVMe PCIe support |
Gen 4 |
Gen 4 |
Gen 4 |
Gen 4 |
Gen 5 |
| Configuration maximum SAS/SATA hard drives support |
- Without SAS Expander: 16 drives per controller
- With SAS Expander: Limited by platform offerings
|
Limited by platform: 8 drives per controller |
240 SAS drives |
Not supported |
| Configuration maximum NVMe hard drives support |
- Without PCIe Switch Expander: 8 drives per controller
- With PCIe Switch Expander: Limited by platform offerings
|
Limited by platform: 8 drives per controller |
Not supported |
16 drives per controller |
| Controller maximum hard drives supported |
|
240 SAS |
32 NVMe |
| Drive sector size supported |
512B, 512e, and 4Kn |
512B, 512e, and 4Kn |
512B, 512e, and 4Kn |
512B, 512e, and 4Kn |
512B, 512e, and 4Kn |
| Storage Boot Support |
UEFI-only |
UEFI-only |
UEFI-only |
No boot support |
UEFI-only |