2054-8205 - IBM i Series E4B, PCIe RAID & SSD SAS Adapter 3Gb

IBM i Series 8205-E6B (#2054) - PCIe RAID & SSD SAS Adapter 3Gb

PCIe RAID & SSD SAS Adapter 3GB is a double-wide, short, PCIE-8x, Solid State Drive (SSD) module controller. Each adapter has four slots and each slot can hold a SSD feature modules. Two feature SDD modules are available. #1995 for AIX/Linux and #1996 for IBM i Initial orders require a minimum of 1 SSD feature module and can be increased to 2 or 4 modules. 3 SSD modules on one adapter is not supported. SSD modules must be either all #1995 or all #1996. There are no external ports and no cables of any type attach/connect to PCIe RAID & SSD SAS Adapter.

The PCIe adapter provides RAID 0, 5 or 6 is for AIX and Linux for SSD modules on the PCIe adapter. It provides RAID 5 or 6 for IBM i. Mirroring is supported on all OS types. If RAID 0 is used, the modules must be mirrored. The PCIe RAID & SSD SAS Adapter does not provide write cache.

SSD modules can not be added/removed/replaced until the PCIe adapter is removed from the PCIe slot.

Though the electronics are identical and there is one CCIN (57CD), there are three feature codes for the adapter: #2053 Low Profile non-cassette for use in CECs with low profile slots, #2054 non-cassette with tail stock for a full regular height PCIe slot, and #2055 with Blind Swap Cassette for use in #5802 or #5877 PCIe I/ O drawers. There are also #4367 and #4377 which are packages shipping five PCIe adapters and twenty SSD modules.

Attributes provided: PCIe RAID & SSD SAS Adapter 3Gb with 4 SSD slots

Attributes required: Two adjacent PCIe slots, each #2053 requires 1, 2 or 4 SSD #1995 or #1996

For 8202-E4B: (#2054)

Minimum required: 0

Maximum allowed: 2 (Initial order maximum: 2)

OS level required:

AIX Version 5.3 supported

AIX Version 6.1 supported

AIX Version 7.1 supported

IBM i 7.1 supported

SUSE Linux supported

Red Hat Linux supported

Refer to Software Requirements for specific O/S levels supported

IBM i 6.1 with 6.1.1 machine code or later on May 20, 2011

Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both

CSU: Yes

Return parts MES: No

Note: Assignment of adapter to the VIOS requires VIOS 2.2 or later.