5802-8204 - IBM i Model E8A 12X I/O Drawer PCIe, SFF disk

IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#5802) 12X I/O Drawer PCIe, SFF disk

This feature provides a 4U high I/O drawer containing ten PCIe slots and eighteen SAS hot-swap Small Form Factor disk bays. This drawer attaches to the central electronics complex via 12X DDR cables IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#1862, #1864, or #1865). When SFF Disk are installed, they are driven by at least one SAS PCIe adapter and SAS AT cable IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#3688). Using a mode switch the 18 SFF slots can be configured as one group of 18 slots (AIX/Linux) or two groups or 9 slots (AIX/IBM i/Linux) or four groups of 4 or 5 slots (AIX/Linux).

Note: 2 per 12X loop.

Attributes provided: 10 PCIe Slots, 18 SFF SAS disk bays

Attributes required: Available 12X connection ports.

For 8204-E8A: IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#5802)

Minimum required: 0

Maximum allowed: 4 (Initial order maximum: 4)

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 6.1, 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