IBM 59FD 00FX876 00FX874 146GB 15k SAS SFF-3 Disk Drive ESDU ESDT ELDT

IBM 59FD 00FX876 00FX874 146GB 15k SAS SFF-3 Disk Drive ESDU ESDT ELDT

The IBM 59FD 146GB 15k RPM SAS SFF-3 Disk Drive has 00FX876 00FX874 49Y7432 00FX870 00FX867 part numbers and can have ESDU (IBM i), ESDT (AIX and Linux) and ELDT (Linux) feature codes, depending on the OS type and have the correct firmware. The IBM 59FD 146GB 15k RPM SAS SFF-3 Disk Drive has a 2.5-inch Small Form Factor (SFF) Gen-3 carrier tray for SFF-3 SAS bays of a IBM Power system unit. The IBM 59FD 146GB 15k RPM SAS SFF-3 Disk Drive is formatted for 512 byte sectors, and can be reformatted to 528 byte sectors for 139 GB capacity. The IBM ESDU, ESDT and ELDT are all identical disk drives and report with the same 59FD CCIN.

The IBM ESDT 59FD 00FX876 cannot be installed in the IBM EXP24S SFF Gen2-bay Drawer because of physical difference of carrier/tray.

Note: IBM 4k drives cannot be reformatted to 5xx drives (or vice versa). IBM is transitioning away from manufacturing SAS Hard Disk Drives (HDD) and Solid State Drives (SSD) formatted with 512 and 528 byte sector (5xx), and instead will only be providing 4K byte sector drives. Although most AIX and Linux applications will not experience issues since data access to the SAS drives is via a file system, companies should confirm with their application provider to ensure compatibility with using SSD or HDD with 4K byte sectors. AIX and Linux applications that require direct access to the raw data on the SSD or HDD, may require 512 and 528 byte sector (5xx) sectors drives.