IBM Power Systems Series Site And Hardware Planning

SAS adapter to expansion drawer combinations
Figure 65 on page 134 illustrates connecting a SAS adapter to both a disk expansion drawer and a media
expansion drawer on separate adapter ports. It is also possible to cascade a second disk expansion
drawer (see Figure 62 on page 131).
Figure 64. SAS adapter to a media expansion drawer
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IBM Power Systems Series Specifications

General

Virtualization	PowerVM
Architecture	POWER
Operating System	AIX, IBM i, Linux
Use Case	Enterprise workloads, cloud
Form Factor	Rack-mount
I/O	PCIe
Power Supply	Redundant power supplies available
Management	HMC (Hardware Management Console)
Processor	IBM POWER processors (POWER9, POWER10, etc.)
Storage	Supports various storage options including SSDs and HDDs