IBM DS3500 - HS21 SAS Expansion Card Device Driver; SAS Connectivity Modules

SAS configuration guide for Windows on IBM BladeCenter.fm Draft Document for Review March 28, 2011
558 IBM System Storage DS3500: Introduction and Implementation Guide
Figure 18-6 SAS Expansion Card - LSI Logic Config Utility adapter confirmation
18.2.4 HS21 SAS Expansion Card device driver
In this example, we use the SAS Expansion Card device driver that is part of the Windows
Server 2008 installation. The SAS Expansion Card is installed and Windows Server 2008
recognizes the hardware and applies the appropriate device driver. At the time of writing, the
latest SAS Expansion Card device driver for Windows Server 2008 was available from below
IBM website:
http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5077094&brandi
nd=5000020
18.2.5 SAS Connectivity Modules
You must install the IBM BladeCenter SAS Connectivity modules only in BladeCenter
I/O module bay 3 and I/O module bay 4 of the following supported BladeCenter units:
򐂰 BladeCenter Type 8677
򐂰 BladeCenter Types 8720 and 8730
򐂰 BladeCenter Type 8740
򐂰 BladeCenter Type 8750
򐂰 BladeCenter Type 8852
򐂰 BladeCenter Type 8886
Installing a connectivity module in I/O module bay 3 or I/O module bay 4 provides connectivity
to the SAS expansion card(s) installed in the blade servers in your BladeCenter unit. Installing
two connectivity modules allows you to have two connections to the SAS expansion cards
installed in the blade servers.