PCI-X DDR Dual-Channel Ultra320 SCSI RAID Adapter (FC 5737, 5776; CCIN 571B)

The PCI-X DDR Dual-Channel Ultra320 SCSI RAID Adapter is a high-performance SCSI adapter for Peripheral Component Interconnect-X (PCI-X) and PCI systems. The adapter provides RAID 0, 5, 6, or 10 capability, 90 MB of write cache, and can address up to 30 16-bit SCSI physical disk drives on two independent SCSI buses. The adapter uses and supports low voltage differential (LVD) drivers and receivers only. Each SCSI bus can either be internal (on systems that support internal SCSI devices or backplane attachments) or external, but not both. Internally attached Ultra320 devices run at a data rate of up to 320 MBps on systems that have internal backplanes that are capable of supporting Ultra320 speeds.

Figure 1. PCI-X DDR Dual-Channel Ultra320 SCSI RAID Adapter

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SCSI port 0

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SCSI port 1

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SCSI port 0

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SCSI port 1

PCI-X DDR dual-channel Ultra320 SCSI RAID Adapter specifications

Item

Description

FRU number

FC 5737 or 5776 is 42R4855^* or 39J5024^**

^* Designed to comply with RoHS requirement.
^** Not designed to comply with the RoHS requirement.

I/O bus architecture

PCI 2.2 compliant

Slot requirement

One available 3.3 volt PCI or PCI-X slot

Maximum number

For the maximum adapters supported, see the PCI adapter placement topic collection for your system.

Operating system or partition requirements

AIX® Version 5.2 with the 5200-07 Technology Level, or later

AIX 5L™ Version 5.3 with the 5300-03 Technology Level, or later

Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4, Update 2 or newer

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 2 or newer

IBM® i V5R3 or later

If you are installing a new feature, ensure that you have the software that is required to support the new feature and that you determine whether there are any prerequisites for this feature and attaching devices. To check for the prerequisites, see IBM Prerequisite website .

Required software or drivers

AIX - devices.pci.1410be02 device driver package

Linux - ipr driver Version 2.0.10.3 (or later) for SLES 9 kernels, Version 2.0.11.1 (or later) for RHEL4 kernels, or Version 2.0.13 (or later) for kernel.org kernels (kernel version 2.6.12 or later)

Tools

None

Cables

Attachment cables are shipped with the attaching subsystem or device.

For details about slot priorities and placement rules, see the PCI adapter placement topic collection for your system.

Using and maintaining the adapter

For information about replacing the cache battery, see Replacing the cache battery pack on the 571B adapter.

For information about using and maintaining the adapter, see the PCI-X SCSI RAID controller reference guide for AIX or PCI-X SCSI RAID controller reference guide for Linux. The guides can be found in the Reference information topic collection.