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IBM AS400 iSeries 3586-8204 - IBM i Model E8A 69GB 3.5 SAS Solid State Drive SSD  .. Product #: 3586-8204

3586-8204 - IBM i Model E8A 69GB 3.5 SAS Solid State Drive SSD

Brand: IBM AS400 iSeries
Model Number: 3586-8204
Tags: power6 ssd

IBM i Power 6 3586-8204 69GB 3.5" SAS Solid State Drive SSD are only available in used or refurbished condition as of July 29, 2011.

The IBM 3586 69GB 3.5" SAS Solid State Drive (SSD) provides 69.7 GB of high performance storage (3Gb/sec or 300MB/sec), much faster than spinning hard disk drives. IBM 3586 69GB 3.5" SAS Solid State Drive also provide lower power utilization than spinning or hard disk drives (HDD). The 3586 SSD drive is formatted to 69.7 GB and can be used by AIX & Linux Power systems. The IBM 3586 69GB 3.5" SAS Solid State Drive (#3586) and (#3587) for the iSeries are identical SSD drives, but have different feature codes for IBM configuration tools.

The IBM 3586 & 3587 69GB 3.5 SAS Solid State Drive (SSD) are also supported in the following IBM Power7, Power6 & Power5 systems: 8202-E4B, 8202-E4C, 8202-E4D, 8205-E6B, 8205-E6C, 8205-E6D, 8231-E1C, 8231-E1D, 8231-E2B, 8231-E2C, 8231-E2D, 8233-E8B, 8286-41A, 8286-42A, 8408-E8D, 9109-RMD, 9117-MMB, 9117-MMC, 9117-MMD, 9179-MHB, 9179-MHC, 9179-MHD

Attributes required: One 3.5-inch SAS drive bay slot in the #5886 EXP 12S SAS Disk Drawer or 8234-EMA/9117-MMA CEC

The maximum 3586 69GB SAS Solid State Drives for an IBM Power6 8204-E8A (#3586) is 384.

OS level required: 

AIX 5.3 with the 5300-07 Technology Level and Service Pack 9, or later
AIX 5.3 with the 5300-08 Technology Level and Service Pack 7, or later
AIX 5.3 with the 5300-09 Technology Level and Service Pack 4, or later
AIX 5.3 with the 5300-10 Technology Level, or later
AIX 6.1 with the 6100-00 Technology Level and Service Pack 9, or later
AIX 6.1 with the 6100-01 Technology Level and Service Pack 5, or later
AIX 6.1 with the 6100-02 Technology Level and Service Pack 4, or later
AIX 6.1 with the 6100-03 Technology Level, or later

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, Service Pack 2 or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4.7 or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5.2 or later
Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both

Note: Each #5886 supports up to eight #3586 SSD and the remaining 4 slots must remain empty. There is no support in the CEC.