IBM Power Systems Series Site And Hardware Planning

5. Two PCIe3 SAS adapters with HD narrow connectors to one 5887 enclosure via a mode 1 connection.
v No cascading allowed.
v Two HD AA narrow cables are required.
Figure 88. Mode 2 connection of a 5887 enclosure by using HD connectors to two pairs of PCIe2 SAS adapters
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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