5912-8203 - PCI-X DDR Dual-8203 - x4 SAS Adapter

The IBM Power6 8203-E4A (#5912) PCI-X DDR Dual - x4 SAS Adapter

The PCI-X DDR Dual Connector x4 SAS Adapter is a low-profile short form factor adapter and is an excellent solution for high-performance applications. With proper cabling, multiple wide ports are used to provide redundant paths to each dual port SAS disk. The adapter manages SAS path redundancy and path switching should a SAS failure occur. RAID levels 0 (with mirroring) and 10 are supported. FC 5912 may also be used in a High Availability configuration using two adapters.

Highlights

Supports 48 SAS disks, when configured with four FC 5886 12S disk expansion drawers

Removable Media Device Supported

SAS speed = 3Gbs

SATA speed = 1.5Gbs

SAS Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP) , Serial ATA Tunneling Protocol (STP) and Serial Management Protocol (SMP)

RAID 0 (with mirroring) and 10

Dual controller supports mirrored RAID parity footprints

Concurrent Firmware Update

Attributes provided: Eight physical links via two mini SAS 4x connectors

Attributes required: One PCI-X 2.0 DDR slot

For 8203-E4A: The IBM Power6 8203-E4A (#5912)

Minimum required: 0

Maximum allowed: 58 (Initial order maximum: 58)

OS level required:

AIX 5L for POWER version 5.3 with the 5300-08 Technology Level

AIX Version 6.1 with the 6100-01 Technology Level

AIX 5L for POWER version 5.3 with the 5300-06 Technology Level and Service Pack 7

AIX 5L for POWER version 5.3 with the 5300-07 Technology Level and Service Pack 4

AIX Version 6.1 with the 6100-00 Technology Level and Service Pack 5

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: Maximum of two allowed in CEC under AIX, IBM i, or Linux.

System maximum of 58 under AIX or Linux; 36 under IBM i.