<p>IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#5887) - EXP24S SFF Gen2-bay Drawer</p>
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<p>The EXP24S SFF Gen2-bay Drawer is an expansion drawer with twenty-four 2.5-inch form factor SAS bays. #5887 supports up to 24 hot-swap SFF SAS Hard Disk Drives (HDD). It uses only 2 EIA of space in a 19-inch rack. The EXP24S includes redundant AC power supplies and two power cords. The EXP24S SFF bays use Gen-2 or SFF-2 SAS bays that are not compatible with CEC SFF Gen-1 SAS bays or with #5802/ 5803 SFF SAS bays.</p>
<p>With AIX/Linux/VIOS, the EXP24S can be ordered with four sets of 6 bays, two sets of 12 bays or one set of 24 bays (mode 4, 2 or 1). With IBM i the EXP24S can be ordered as one set of 24 bays (mode 1).</p>
<p>In mode 1 (one set of 24 bays) two EXP24S SAS connectors are used. In mode 2 ( two sets of 12 bays) four EXP24S SAS connectors are used. In mode 4 (four sets of 6 bays) four EXP24S SAS connectors are used.</p>
<p>The EXP24S SAS ports are attached to SAS controller(s) which can be a SAS PCI-X or PCIe adapter or pair of adapters. The EXP24S can also be attached to an imbedded SAS controller in a server with an imbedded SAS port. Attachment between the SAS controller and the EXP24S SAS ports is via the appropriate SAS Y or X cables.</p>
<p>Attributes provided: 24 SFF SAS bays, slot filler panels are provided for empty bays when initially shipped from IBM.</p>
<p>Attributes required:</p>
<p>Available SAS controller (PCI or imbedded server controller)</p>
<p>Power System server, POWER6 or later</p>
<p>Available 2U 19-inch rack space with 28-inch depth</p>
<p>Appropriate SAS cables for configuration mode selected</p>
<p>For 8204-E8A: IBM i Power 6, 8204 (#5887)</p>
<p>Minimum required: 0</p>
<p>Maximum allowed: 24 (Initial order maximum: 24)</p>
<p>OS level required:</p>
<p>AIX Version 7.1 with Service Pack 3, or later</p>
<p>AIX Version 6.1 with the 6100-06 Technology Level and Service Pack 5, or later</p>
<p>AIX Version 6.1 with the 6100-05 Technology Level and Service Pack 6, or later (planned availability: June 3, 2011)</p>
<p>AIX Version 6.1 with the 6100-04 Technology Level and Service Pack 10, or later (planned availability: June 3, 2011)</p>
<p>AIX Version 5.3 with the 5300-12 Technology Level and Service Pack 4, or later (planned availability: June 30, 2011)</p>
<p>AIX Version 5.3 with the 5300-11 Technology Level and Service Pack 7, or later (planned availability: June 30, 2011)</p>
<p>IBM i 6.1 with machine code 6.1.1, or later</p>
<p>IBM i 7.1, or later</p>
<p>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 for POWER, or later</p>
<p>Novel SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Service Pack 4, or later</p>
<p>Novel SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 1, or later</p>
<p>Please find the required driver update for SLES11 SP1 under the following URL:</p>
<p>http://drivers.suse.com/driver-process/pub/update/IBM/</p>
<p>Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both</p>
<p>CSU: Yes</p>
<p>Return parts MES: No</p>
<p>Note: VIOS support requires VIOS 2.2.0.12-FP24 SP02 or later</p>
