5790-8204 - IBM i Model E8A PCI Expansion Drawer

IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#5790) PCI Expansion Drawer

(Refurbished Condition Only as of November 26, 2010)

The #5790 is a four EIA unit I/O expansion drawer that provides six full length ,64-bit, 3.3-V, 133 MHz hot-plug PCI-X slots and can ammodate up to six blind swap I/O adapters. The I/O Expanison drawer is attached to the system using a RIO-2 bus interface adapter. The #5790 includes redundant concurrently maintainable power and cooling and the blind swap PCI mechanism allows for PCI card servicing without removing the I/O expansion drawer

The #5790 mounts in a 19-inch rack using a #7307 Dual I/O Unit Enclosure or a #7311 Dual I/O Unit Enclosure. Two #5790 drawers can be mounted side by side in a single #7307 or #7311 and are not required to be attached to the same system

Attributes provided: 6 PCI-X slots for blind swap I/O adapters

Attributes required:

Rack space in a #7307 Dual I/O Unit Enclosure or a #7311 Dual I/ O Unit Enclosure.

One RIO-2 Remote I/O Loop Adapter, #6438

Two RIO-2 cables IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#3168 recommended)

Two SPCN cables IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#6006 recommended).

Two Power cable, drawer to IBM PDU IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#6459 recommended)

For 8204-E8A: IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#5790)

Minimum required: 0

Maximum allowed: 12 (Initial order maximum: 12)

OS level required: IBM i V5R4 with V5R4M5 Machine Code, or later.

Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both

CSU: Yes

Return parts MES: No