5923-8204 - IBM i Model E8A Non-paired PCIe SAS RAID Indicator

IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#5923) Non-paired PCIe SAS RAID Indicator

Feature 5923 must be added for every instance of a non-paired SAS RAID adapter #5903. It identifies a specific high availability configuration supported by AIX or Linux which has one #5903 on one system and the paired #5903 located on a second system. IBM i does not support paired adapter on different servers.

Attributes provided: SAS RAID adapter firmware disables write cache until a second SAS RAID adapter is recognized.

Attributes required: Every #5923 requires a SAS RAID adapter IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#5903) on both this server and on another server that will pair up the SAS RAID adapter and enable the onboard caches to function.

For 8204-E8A: IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#5923)

Minimum required: 0

Maximum allowed: 41 (Initial order maximum: 41)

OS level required: none

Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both

CSU: Yes

Return parts MES: Does not apply