5912-8205 - IBM i Series E4B, PCI-X DDR Dual - x4 SAS Adapter

IBM i Series 8205-E6B (#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 and 10 are supported. FC 5912 may also be used in a High Availability configuration using two adapters.

Highlights

Supports up to 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 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 8202-E4B: (#5912)

Minimum required: 0

Maximum allowed: 24 (Initial order maximum: 24)

OS level required:

AIX Version 5.3 supported

AIX Version 6.1 supported

AIX Version 7.1 supported

IBM i 6.1 supported

IBM i 7.1 supported

SUSE Linux supported

Red Hat Linux supported

Refer to Software Requirements for specific O/S levels supported

Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both

CSU: Yes

Return parts MES: No

Note:

Not supported in the CEC

System maximum of 24 in 4 x #5796