Cables
When you attach 5886 EXP 12S Disk Drawer, at least one of the following SAS (X) cables must be
used: 3661, 3662 or 3663.
SAS device attachment requires specific cables that are provided with the subsystem or device
features being attached. Special cabling is required for multi-initiator and high availability
configurations. See Serial attached SCSI cable planning.
Voltage
3.3 V
Form factor
Short
Maximum number
For the maximum adapters supported, see the PCI adapter placement topic collection for your
system.
Attributes
v 48 SAS disk dives supported when the adapter is configured with four 5886 EXP 12S Disk
Drawers
v 42 SAS disk drives supported when the adapter is configured with a 19-inch PCIe 12X I/O
Drawer and two 5886 EXP 12S Disk Drawers (18 SFF disk drives plus up to 24 SAS disk
drives)
v SAS speed: 3 Gbps
v SAS Serial-SCSI Protocol (SSP) and Serial Management Protocol (SMP) are supported
v 380 MB of non-volatile fast write cache can increase disk subsystem performance
v Dual controller supports mirrored-write cache data and mirrored-RAID parity footprints
v Concurrent firmware update supported
v Eight physical links from two mini SAS 4x connectors are provided
v Concurrent replaceable cache battery pack
v Removable media devices are not supported
For details about slot priorities and placement rules, see the PCI adapter placement topic collection for
your system.
Operating system or partition requirements
This adapter is supported for the following versions of the operating systems:
v AIX:
– AIX 5L Version 5.3 with the 5300-07 Technology Level and Service Pack 8, or later
– AIX 5L Version 5.3 with the 5300-08 Technology Level and Service Pack 6, or later
– AIX Version 5.3 with the 5300-09 Technology Level and Service Pack 2, or later
– AIX Version 5.3 with the 5300-10 Technology Level, or later
– AIX 6.1 and Service Pack 8, or later
– AIX Version 6.1 with the 6100-01 Technology Level and Service Pack 4, or later
– AIX Version 6.1 with the 6100-02 Technology Level and Service Pack 3, or later
– AIX Version 6.1 with the 6100-03 Technology Level, or later
v Linux:
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 4, with update 7, or later
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 5, with update 2, or later
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, with service pack 2, or later
v IBM i
– IBM i 6.1.1 and Resave A, or later, is required for Dual Storage IOA support.
If you are installing a new feature, ensure that you have the software that is required to support the new
feature and that you determine whether there are any prerequisites for this feature and attaching devices.
176 Power Systems: Managing PCI adapters for the IBM Power 710 Express or the IBM Power 730 Express
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