<p>IBM Power7 8202-E4B (#5630) - Storage Backplane -- 8 SFF Bays/175MB RAID/Dual IOA</p>
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<p>This feature provides a storage backplane which supports eight SFF (Small Form Factor) storage HDDs or SSDs with paired dual controller support, dual 175MB Cache RAID, RAID-5/6 enablement and an external SAS port. The backplane supports connection for a slimline SATA DVD and a half high tape bay for either a tape drive or USB removable disk. No PCI slot is used for the internal controllers. This feature is required by IBM i to natively use the internal storage (HDDs/SSDs and media) and the system SAS port.</p>
<p>Attributes provided: Storage backplane</p>
<p>Attributes required: None</p>
<p>For 8202-E4B: (#5630)</p>
<p>Minimum required: 0</p>
<p>Maximum allowed: 1 (Initial order maximum: 1)</p>
<p>OS level required:</p>
<p>AIX Version 5.3 supported</p>
<p>AIX Version 6.1 supported</p>
<p>AIX Version 7.1 supported</p>
<p>IBM i 6.1 supported</p>
<p>IBM i 7.1 supported</p>
<p>SUSE Linux supported</p>
<p>Red Hat Linux supported</p>
<p>Refer to Software Requirements for specific O/S levels supported</p>
<p>Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both</p>
<p>CSU: Yes</p>
<p>Return parts MES: No</p>
<p>Note:</p>
<p>Either #5618 or #5630 required.</p>
