5679-8203 - SAS RAID Enablement

The IBM Power6 8203-E4A (#5679) SAS RAID Enablement

The SAS RAID Enablement feature provides the internal SAS enclosure with 0, 5, 6 and 10 RAID function and Auxiliary cache via backplane pluggable daughter cards. The daughter cards contain the RAID function and a 175MByte of Write Cache. The Auxiliary daughter card plugs into a special slot on the planar and provides battery power pack and redundant 175MByte write cache memory for the daughter card. Concurrent maintenance of the RAID daughter card and the Auxiliary daughter card is not supported; however, concurrent maintenance of the battery pack is supported.

A SAS DASD/Media Backplane #8345 in combination with FC 5679 provide one external RAID enabled SAS port.

Attributes provided: RAID 0, 5, 6, and 10; Write Cache with battery backup

Attributes required: SAS DASD/Media Backplane #8345

For 8203-E4A: The IBM Power6 8203-E4A (#5679)

Minimum required: 0

Maximum allowed: 1 (Initial order maximum: 1)

OS level required: AIX 5.3 with the 5300-07 Technology Level or later. AIX 6.1 or later. IBM i V5R4 with V5R4M5 machine code, or later. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for POWER Systems, or later. Red Hat Enterprise Linux for POWER, version 4.6, or later. Red Hat Enterprise Linux for POWER, version 5.1, or later.

Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both

CSU: Yes

Return parts MES: No

Note: CEC and system maximum of 1 under AIX, IBM i, or Linux.