IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#5796) PCI-DDR 12X Expansion Drawer
The #5796 is a four EIA unit I/O expansion drawer providing six full length, 64 bit, 3.3 volt, 266MHz PCI-X DDR slots. Blind swap cassettes are used to insert or remove the PCI-X cards. The #5796 is attached to a system using a GX Dual Port 12X Channel Attach adpater in a 12X loop. Either a 12X Short Run adapter (6446) or 12X Long Run adapter (6457) must be selected on each #5796. Up to four #5796 can be attached on the same 12X loop using a mixture of Short Run and Long Run adapters.
The #5796 includes redundant hot-swap power and cooling. The blind swap PCI mechanism allows for PCI card concurrent maintenance without removing the I/O expansion drawer. The #5796 mounts in a 19-inch rack using a #7314 I/O Drawer Mounting Enclosure. Two #5796 drawers can be mounted side by side in a single #7314 using a total of four EIA. The #5796 are not required to be attached to the same system. Each #5796 requires two power cords
When placed in an IBM i partition, these PCI-X DDR slots support only smart IOAs and do not support an IOP or an IOA which requires an IOP.
Attributes provided: 6 PCI-X DDR slots for blind swap I/O adapters
Attributes required: Rack space in a #7314 I/O Drawer Mounting Enclusure. 12X cable(s). 12X Short Run or Long Run card, and SPCN cable(s).
For 8204-E8A: IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#5796)
Minimum required: 0
Maximum allowed: 8 (Initial order maximum: 8)
OS level required: IBM i V5R4 with V5R4M5 Machine Code, or later. AIX 5.3 with the 5300-07 Technology Level or later. AIX 5.3 with the 5300-06 Technology Level with Service Pack 4 or later. AIX 6.1 or later SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for POWER Systems, or later. Red Hat Enterprise Linux for POWER, Version 4.5 or later. Red Hat Enterprise Linux for POWER, version 5.1 or later.
Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both
CSU: Yes
Return parts MES: No
