IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#5912) PCI-X DDR Dual - x4 SAS Adapter</p><p>The PCI-X DDR Dual Connector x4 SAS Adapter is a low-profile short form factor adapter and is an excellent solution for high-performance applications. With proper cabling, multiple wide ports are used to provide redundant paths to each dual port SAS disk. The adapter manages SAS path redundancy and path switching should a SAS failure occur. RAID levels 0 (with mirroring) and 10 are supported. FC 5912 may also be used in a High Availability configuration using two adapters.</p><p>Highlights</p><p>Supports 48 SAS disks, when configured with four FC 5886 12S disk expansion drawers</p><p>Removable Media Device Supported</p><p>SAS speed = 3Gbs</p><p>SATA speed = 1.5Gbs</p><p>SAS Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP) , Serial ATA Tunneling Protocol (STP) and Serial Management Protocol (SMP)</p><p>RAID 0 (with mirroring) and 10</p><p>Dual controller supports mirrored RAID parity footprints</p><p>Concurrent Firmware Update</p><p>Attributes provided: Eight physical links via two mini SAS 4x connectors</p><p>Attributes required: One PCI-X 2.0 DDR slot</p><p>For 8204-E8A: IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#5912)</p><p>Minimum required: 0</p><p>Maximum allowed: 58 (Initial order maximum: 58)</p><p>OS level required:</p><p>AIX 5L for POWER version 5.3 with the 5300-08 Technology Level</p><p>AIX Version 6.1 with the 6100-01 Technology Level</p><p>AIX 5L for POWER version 5.3 with the 5300-06 Technology Level and Service Pack 7</p><p>AIX 5L for POWER version 5.3 with the 5300-07 Technology Level and Service Pack 4</p><p>AIX Version 6.1 with the 6100-00 Technology Level and Service Pack 5</p><p>IBM i V5R4 with V5R4M5 machine code, or later</p><p>SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for POWER Systems, or later.</p><p>Red Hat Enterprise Linux for POWER, version 4.6, or later.</p><p>Red Hat Enterprise Linux for POWER, version 5.1, or later.</p><p>Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both</p><p>CSU: Yes</p><p>Return parts MES: No</p><p>Note: Maximum of two allowed in CEC under AIX, IBM i, or Linux.</p><p>System maximum of 58 under AIX or Linux; 36 under IBM i.
