| The ServeRAID M5025 adapter card has the following specifications: |
| Eight external 6 Gbps SAS 2.0 ports implemented via two four-lane (x4) connectors |
| Two mini-SAS external connectors (SFF-8088) |
| 6 Gbps throughput per SAS port |
| 800 MHz PowerPC processor with LSI SAS2108 6 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC) controller |
| PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface |
| 512 MB onboard data cache (DDR2 running at 800 MHz) |
| Intelligent lithium polymer battery backup unit standard with up to 48 hours of data retention |
| 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 240 SAS or SATA drives |
| Up to 9 daisy-chained enclosures per port |
| 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 |
