IBM 59E0 00E9906 ESDA 283GB 15K RPM SAS SFF-3 Disk Drive iSeries 00E9912
The IBM ESDA 283GB 15K RPM SAS SFF-3 Disk Drive is for IBM i iSeries systems, has 59E0 CCIN and 00E9906 part number, uses a Small Form Factor (SFF) Gen-3 carrier/tray and is installed in SFF-3 SAS bays. IBM 59E0 00E9906 ESDA 283GB 15K RPM SAS SFF-3 Disk Drive is formatted for 528 byte sectors, but can be reformatted to 512 byte sectors for Power Linux systems, providing 300GB capacity. The IBM ELDB 300GB 15K RPM SAS SFF-3 Disk Drive for Power Linux systems with part number 00E9912 is identical to the IBM ESDA disk drive and has the same 59E0 CCIN.
The IBM ESDA and ELDB cannot be installed in the IBM EXP24S SFF Gen2-bay Drawer because of physical difference of carrier/tray, and cannot be combined in the same array as a drive of the same capacity, but using different sector size.
IBM 59E0 00E9906 ESDA System Requirements:
IBM i 7.1 TR8 and 7.2 or later supported