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84 IBM Power 750 and 760 Technical Overview and Introduction
Table 2-24 lists the SAS ports associated to the disk bays with the mode selector switch 4.
Table 2-24 SAS connection mappings using mode switch 4
For more detailed information about cabling and other switch modes, see the Power Systems
Enclosures and expansion units documentation:
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/powersys/v3r1m5/topic/ipham/ipham.pdf
General rule for the 12X I/O drawer configuration
To optimize performance and distribute workload, use as many multiple GX++ buses as
possible. Figure 2-22 shows several examples of a 12X I/O drawer configuration for the
Power 750 and Power 760 servers:
Figure 2-22 12X IO Drawer configuration
12X I/O Drawer PCIe loop
The I/O drawers are connected to the adapters in the Power 750 and Power 760 system
unit with data transfer cables such as the 12X DDR cables for the FC 5802 and FC 5877
I/O drawers.
The first 12X I/O drawer that is attached in any I/O drawer loop requires two data transfer
cables. Each additional drawer, up to the maximum allowed in the loop, requires one
additional data transfer cable. Consider the following information:
򐂰 A 12X I/O loop starts at a system unit adapter port 0 and attaches to port 0 of an I/O
drawer.
򐂰 The I/O drawer attaches from port 1 of the current unit to port 0 of the next I/O drawer.
򐂰 Port 1 of the last I/O drawer on the 12X I/O loop connects to port 1 of the system unit
adapter to complete the loop.
SAS connector location code Mappings Number of bays
P4-T1 P3-D1 to P3-D5 5 bays
P4-T2 P3-D6 to P3-D9 4 bays
P4-T3 P3-D10 to P3-D14 5 bays
P4-T4 P3-D15 to P3-D18 4 bays
PCIe
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760
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760
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760
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One PCIe I/O Drawer
Two PCIe I/O Drawers
Three PCIe I/O Drawer
Four PCIe I/O Drawer
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760
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