IBM Power Systems Series Site And Hardware Planning

7. Two PCIe3 SAS adapters with HD narrow connectors to three 5887 enclosures via a mode 1
connection.
v No cascading allowed.
v One HD AA narrow cable is required.
Figure 90. Mode 1 connection of two 5887 enclosures to two PCIe3 SAS adapters with HD narrow connectors.
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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