IBM Power Systems Series Site And Hardware Planning

Note: The YI cable must be routed along the right side of the rack frame.
SAS adapter to internal SAS disk slots
Figure 67 on page 136 illustrates connecting a SAS adapter to internal SAS disk slots through the system
external SAS port.
Note: Internal cable FC 3669 must be installed to enable this configuration.
Figure 66. System external SAS adapter port to a disk 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