5743-8203 - SATA Slimline DVD-ROM Drive

The IBM Power6 8203-E4A (#5743) SATA Slimline DVD-ROM Drive

The 8X/24X(max) Slimline SATA DVD-ROM Drive is an internal tray loading DVD-ROM drive providing up to 3600KB/sec MAX (CD-ROM) and 10.3MB/sec MAX (DVD-ROM) data transfer rates. It is a 12.7mm Slimline form factor multi-session capable, DVD-ROM drive which provides state of the art performance and supports reading DVD-RAM and a multitude of other optical media discs. This drive also reads Type II (removable from cartridge) DVD-RAM discs. System boot and install functions are supported with CD-ROM, DVD and DVD-RAM media.

Characteristics

Low Profile 12.7mm

SATA Interface

Industry standard Slimline SATA connectors

Supports 8cm and 12cm disk

Tray Loading

CD/DVD-ROM/RAM Read 24X/8X/5X

Buffer size 2MB

1 Laser Diode 2 wavelenghts for CD/DVD

Power +5V/1.8A

Limitations

DVD video is not supported.

DVD-ROM only reads CD-type formatted media with AIX 5.1 or later.

Attributes provided: SATA DVD-ROM Drive

Attributes required: 1 Slimline media bay

For 8203-E4A: The IBM Power6 8203-E4A (#5743)

Minimum required: 0

Maximum allowed: 1 (Initial order maximum: 1)

OS level required:

AIX 5.3 with the 5300-07 Technology Level and Service Pack 9, or later

AIX 5.3 with the 5300-08 Technology Level and Service Pack 7, or later

AIX 5.3 with the 5300-09 Technology Level and Service Pack 4, or later

AIX 5.3 with the 5300-10 Technology Level, or later

AIX 6.1 with the 6100-00 Technology Level and Service Pack 9, or later

AIX 6.1 with the 6100-01 Technology Level and Service Pack 5, or later

AIX 6.1 with the 6100-02 Technology Level and Service Pack 4, or later

AIX 6.1 with the 6100-03 Technology Level, or later

IBM i 5.4.5 or later

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 2 for POWER Systems, or later

Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4.7 or later

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 or later

Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both

CSU: Yes

Return parts MES: No

Note: A maximum of one (1) is allowed in the CEC.