Specifications
Item Description
Adapter FRU number
00E7167 (Designed to comply with RoHS requirement)
Connector plug part number
00FW784 (The connector plug is installed in an empty port and prevents damage to that port
whenever a cable for the adjacent port connectors is plugged-in or removed.)
I/O bus architecture
PCIe 3.0 but compatible to PCIe 2.0 or PCIe 1.0 slots.
Slot requirement
One available PCIe x8 slot per adapter.
Cables
Specific X, YO, AA, or AT SAS cable features with new narrow HD connectors are used to attach
to the other adapter or disk expansion drawers.
SAS device attachment requires specific cables that are provided with the subsystem or device
features that are being attached. Special cabling is required for multi-initiator and high
availability configurations. Specific AE1 or YE1 SAS cable features are required for SAS Tape
attachment. See Serial attached SCSI cable planning.
Voltage
3.3 V
Form factor
Short, low-profile but packaged for full-height installations.
Maximum number
For the maximum adapters supported, see the PCI adapter placement topic collection for your
system.
Attributes
v Four external mini SAS HD 4x connectors provide attachment of SAS device enclosures
v SAS Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP) and Serial Management Protocol (SMP)
v RAID 0, 5, 6, or 10 with hot-spare capability. System level mirroring through the operating
system is also supported. JBOD functionality (512 byte) is supported in a single controller
configuration only.
v Concurrent firmware update
v Removable media device (SAS Tape) are supported in a single controller configuration only
and cannot be combined with disk devices attached to the same adapter. Removable media is
not supported in multi-initiator and high availability (dual storage IOA) configurations
v Support for multi-initiator and high availability or single controller configurations
Operating system or partition requirements
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.
To check for the prerequisites, see IBM Prerequisite website (www-912.ibm.com/e_dir/eServerPrereq.nsf).
The adapter is supported on the following versions of the operating systems:
v AIX
– AIX Version 7.1, or later.
– AIX Version 6.1, or later.
v Linux
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4, or later.
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 3, or later.
– The latest version of iprutils can be downloaded from IBM Service and Productivity Tools website
(http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/lopdiags/home.html).
v IBM i
66 Power Systems: Managing PCI adapters for the IBM Power 710 Express or the IBM Power 730 Express
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