3587-8204 - IBM i Model E8A 69GB 3.5 SAS Solid State Drive

IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#3587) 69GB 3.5" SAS Solid State Drive

(Refurbished Condition Only as of July 29, 2011)

The 69GB 3.5" SAS Solid State Drive (SSD) provides 69.7 GB of very high performance storage, much faster than spinning disk drives with their delays due to positioning the disk arm and waiting for the spinning disk to rotate under the arm. SSD also provide lower power utilization than spinning or hard disk drives (HDD). The drive is formatted to 69.7 GB and can be used by AIX, Linux IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#3586) and IBM i IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#3587). Both are identical drives, but have different feature codes to help the IBM configuration tools understand how the SSD is used.

Connector - standard SAS dual port

3Gb/sec SAS device (300 MB/sec)

528 bytes sectors Power System

Attributes provided: 69.7GB of formatted drive storage mounted in a 3.5" carrier

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

For 8204-E8A: IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#3587)

Minimum required: 0

Maximum allowed: 384 (Initial order maximum: 250)

OS level required:

IBM i 5.4.5 or later

No AIX support

No Linux support

Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both

CSU: Yes

Return parts MES: No

Note: Each #5886 supports up to eight #3587 SSD and the remaining 4 slots must remain empty. There is no support in the CEC