1909-8204 - IBM i Model E8A 69GB SFF SAS Solid State Drive

(Refurbished Condition Only as of July 29, 2011)

The 69GB SFF 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 (#1890) and IBM i IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#1909). 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: 69.7 GB of formatted drive storage mounted in a SFF carrier

Attributes required: One SFF SAS drive bay in the 8203-E4A or 8204-E8A CEC or available SFF SAS bay in #5802 or #5803. SAS Disk and SSD on same backplane is not supported.

For 8204-E8A: IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#1909)

Minimum required: 0

Maximum allowed: 80 (Initial order maximum: 80)

OS level required:

IBM i 6.1 or later (supported in CEC)

IBM i 6.1.1 or later (supported in CEC and in #5802)

AIX - Not Supported

Linux - Not Supported

Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both

CSU: Yes

Return parts MES: No

Note: A Max of 8 supported in CEC IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#8346) and may not be mixed on same backplane with SAS SFF disk. Up to 18 supported in each #5802 and may not mix with SFF SAS disk. VIOS attachment requires VIOS 2.1.2.0 or later supported. IBM i system Max is 80.