v Two external mini SAS 4x connectors provide attachment of SAS and Serial Advanced
Technology Attachment (SATA) device enclosures
v SAS Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP), Serial ATA Tunneling Protocol (STP), and Serial Management
Protocol (SMP)
v RAID 0, 5, 6, 10
The write performance of RAID 5 and RAID 6 can be poor on adapters that do not provide
write cache. Consider using an adapter that provides write cache when using RAID 5 or RAID
6.
v Concurrent firmware update
v Removable media device supported (Removable media is not supported in multi-initiator and
high availability configurations)
v Removable media device supported
v 440 - 500 Mhz PowerPC (PPC)
v Support for multi-initiator and high availability configurations
For details about slot priorities and placement rules, see the PCI adapter placement topic collection for
your system.
Operating system or partition requirements
If you are installing a new feature, ensure that you have the software that is required to support the new
feature and that you determine whether there are any prerequisites for this feature and attaching devices.
To check for the prerequisites, see IBM Prerequisite website (www-912.ibm.com/e_dir/eServerPrereq.nsf).
The adapter is supported on the following versions of the operating systems:
v AIX
– AIX Version 7.1, or later.
– AIX Version 6.1, or later.
– AIX Version 5.3, or later.
v Linux
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 for POWER, or later.
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 1, or later.
v IBM i
– IBM i 7.1, or later.
– IBM i 6.1, or later.
This adapter requires the following device drivers:
v AIX: devices.pci.1410bd02 device driver package
v Linux:
– iprutils version 2.4.1 and ipr driver version 2.0.11.6 (or newer) for RHEL4 kernels
– iprutils version 2.4.1 and ipr driver version 2.2.0.2 (or newer) for RHEL5 kernels
– iprutils version 2.4.1 and ipr driver version 2.2.0.2 (or newer) for SLES10 kernels
Related tasks:
“Installing the AIX device driver software” on page 224
Learn how to install the AIX device driver software for a PCI adapter.
“Verifying the AIX device driver software” on page 225
Learn how to verify the AIX device driver is installed for a PCI adapter.
Installing PCI adapters
Related reference:
IBM Prerequisite website
Managing PCI adapters 179
To Next Page
Loading...
Need help?
General