5886-8203 - IBM Power6 E4A EXP 12S

The IBM Power6 8203-E4A (#5886) EXP 12S

EXP 12S is an Expansion Drawer with 12 SAS Storage Slots. #5886 Supports up to 12 hot-swap SAS Disk Drives in mega-pack carriers. SAS Enclosure includes Redundant AC power supplies and two Service Managers. EXP 12S takes up a 2 EIA space in a 19-inch rack. The enclosure attaches to p6 servers via the appropriate external SAS cables.

Attributes provided: 12 disk bays and up to 11 slot filler panels.

Attributes required:

Available SAS Port

System P POWER6 Server

Available 2U Rack Space

At least one SAS drive per #5886 above System p POWER6 base disk requirement

For 8203-E4A: The IBM Power6 8203-E4A (#5886)

Minimum required: 0

Maximum allowed: 24 (Initial order maximum: 24)

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: System Maximum of 24 is achievable with SAS adapters in remote I/O drawers. Four #5886 can be supported per #5900. Two #5886 per SAS Adapter is recommended for redundant configurations.