LSI SAS 9305-16e 12 Gb/s Host Bus Adapter in the IBM Elastic Storage Server (FC ESA5)
Learn about the specifications and operating system requirements for the feature code (FC) ESA5 adapter in the IBM® Elastic Storage Server.
Overview
The LSI 9305-16e 12 Gb/s Host Bus Adapter is a PCI Express (PCIe) generation 3 (Gen3), SAS 4-port 12 Gb/s Adapter. The LSI 9305-16e 12 Gb/s Host Bus Adapter is a single-chip low-profile adapter that provides up to 16 direct external drive connections or full scalability using expanders. The adapter is capable of over 1.5 million input/output operations per second (IOPS) and delivers the performance and scalability that is needed for critical applications. For a graphic of the adapter, see Figure 1.
Figure 1. LSI 9305-16e 12 Gb/s Host Bus Adapter
Specifications
- Item
- Description
- Adapter FRU number
- 01DH561 (Designed to comply with RoHS requirement)
- I/O bus architecture
- PCIe3 x8
- Slot requirement
- One PCIe x8 slot
- Three FC ESA5 adapters are required for 5148-22L systems
- FC ESA5 is installed in slots P1-C2, P1-C3, and P1-C11
- Cables
- 3 M 12 Gb/s SAS cables with universal key
- Supported Systems
- IBM Elastic Storage
Server
- 5148-22L and 8247-22L
- Voltage
- 3.3 V, 12 V
- Form factor
- Short, with full-height tailstock
- Maximum number
- A maximum of three FC ESA5 adapters in the IBM Elastic Storage Server
- Attributes provided
- Connects up to 1024 SAS and SATA devices with 16 external 12 Gb/s SAS ports
- Provides maximum connectivity and performance for external JBOD and external RAID enclosures
- Capable of achieving more than 1.5 million IOPS for performance-sensitive applications
Operating system or partition requirements
This adapter is supported for the following versions of operating systems:
- Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2, little-endian, or later, with mpt3sas driver update provided from Red Hat 6, or later
- For support details, see the Linux Alert website.
- Other Environments
- Bare Metal Systems (indicated by FC EC16): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2, little-endian, or later, with mpt3sas driver update provided from Red Hat
- PowerKVM 3.1 Systems (indicated by FC EC40): Not Supported
- KVM for POWER (indicated by FC EC70): Not Supported