3586-8205 IBM i Series E4B, 69GB 3.5 SAS Solid State Driv

(No Longer Available as of July 29, 2011)

The 69GB 3.5" SAS Solid State Drive (SSD) provides 69.7 GB of very high performance storage, much faster than spinning disk drives with their delays due to positioning the disk arm and waiting for the spinning disk to rotate under the arm. SSD also provide lower power utilization than spinning or hard disk drives (HDD). The drive is formatted to 69.7 GB and can be used by AIX, Linux (#3586) and IBM i (#3587). Both are identical drives, but have different feature codes to help the IBM configuration tools understand how the SSD is used.

Connector - standard SAS dual port

3Gb/sec SAS device (300 MB/sec)

528 bytes sectors Power System

Attributes provided: 69.7GB of formatted drive storage mounted in a 3.5-inch carrier

Attributes required: One 3.5-inch SAS drive bay slot in the #5886 EXP 12S SAS Disk Drawer or 8234-EMA/9117-MMA CEC

For 8202-E4B: (#3586)

Minimum required: 0

Maximum allowed: 192 (Initial order maximum: 192)

OS level required:

AIX Version 5.3 supported

AIX Version 6.1 supported

AIX Version 7.1 supported

SUSE Linux supported

Red Hat Linux supported

Refer to Software Requirements for specific O/S levels supported

Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both

CSU: Yes

Return parts MES: No

Note:

Not supported in CEC.

System maximum of 192 in 24 x #5886

Maximum of 8 SSDs per #5886