IBM i Series 8205-E6B (#5630) - Storage Backplane -- 8 SFF Bays/175MB RAID/Dual IOA
This feature provides a storage backplane which supports eight SFF (Small Form Factor) storage HDDs or SSDs with paired dual controller support, dual 175MB Cache RAID, RAID-5/6 enablement and an external SAS port. The backplane supports connection for a slimline SATA DVD and a half high tape bay for either a tape drive or USB removable disk. No PCI slot is used for the internal controllers. This feature is required by IBM i to natively use the internal storage (HDDs/SSDs and media) and the system SAS port.
Attributes provided: Storage backplane
Attributes required: None
For 8202-E4B: (#5630)
Minimum required: 0
Maximum allowed: 1 (Initial order maximum: 1)
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:
Either #5618 or #5630 required.
