Enclosures and expansion units

Enclosures and expansion units can be connected to POWER8® processor-based servers.

Use the following table to determine which enclosures and expansion units are supported on your server.
Table 1. Server support for the 5107-084 storage enclosure, 5147-024 storage enclosure, 5147-084 storage enclosure, 5887 disk drive enclosure, EMX0 PCIe Gen3 I/O expansion drawer, ESLL storage enclosure, or ESLS storage enclosure
Server Enclosure or expansion unit
5148-21L None
5148-22L
  • 5147-024 (Model 024) storage enclosure
  • 5147-084 (Model 084) storage enclosure
8001-12C 5107-084 (Model 084) storage enclosure
8001-22C 5107-084 (Model 084) storage enclosure
8247-21L1
  • 5887 disk drive enclosure
  • EMX0 PCIe Gen3 I/O expansion drawer
  • ESLL storage enclosure
  • ESLS storage enclosure
8247-22L1
  • 5887 disk drive enclosure
  • EMX0 PCIe Gen3 I/O expansion drawer
  • ESLL storage enclosure
  • ESLS storage enclosure
8247-42L1
  • 5887 disk drive enclosure
  • EMX0 PCIe Gen3 I/O expansion drawer
  • ESLL storage enclosure
  • ESLS storage enclosure
8284-21A The 8284-21A system must be running the AIX operating system to support the following enclosures:
  • ESLL storage enclosure
  • ESLS storage enclosure
Note: The 8284-21A system does not support the 5147-024 storage enclosure, 5887 disk drive enclosure, or the EMX0 PCIe Gen3 I/O expansion drawer.
8284-22A1
  • 5887 disk drive enclosure
  • EMX0 PCIe Gen3 I/O expansion drawer
  • ESLL storage enclosure
  • ESLS storage enclosure
8286-41A1
  • 5887 disk drive enclosure
  • EMX0 PCIe Gen3 I/O expansion drawer
  • ESLL storage enclosure
  • ESLS storage enclosure
8286-42A1
  • 5887 disk drive enclosure
  • EMX0 PCIe Gen3 I/O expansion drawer
  • ESLL storage enclosure
  • ESLS storage enclosure
8335-GCA None
8335-GTA None
8335-GTB None
8348-21C None
8408-44E
  • 5887 disk drive enclosure
  • EMX0 PCIe Gen3 I/O expansion drawer
  • ESLL storage enclosure
  • ESLS storage enclosure
8408-E8E
  • 5887 disk drive enclosure
  • EMX0 PCIe Gen3 I/O expansion drawer
  • ESLL storage enclosure
  • ESLS storage enclosure
9080-MHE
  • 5887 disk drive enclosure
  • EMX0 PCIe Gen3 I/O expansion drawer
  • ESLL storage enclosure
  • ESLS storage enclosure
9080-MME
  • 5887 disk drive enclosure
  • EMX0 PCIe Gen3 I/O expansion drawer
  • ESLL storage enclosure
  • ESLS storage enclosure
9119-MHE
  • 5887 disk drive enclosure
  • EMX0 PCIe Gen3 I/O expansion drawer
  • ESLL storage enclosure
  • ESLS storage enclosure
9119-MME
  • 5887 disk drive enclosure
  • EMX0 PCIe Gen3 I/O expansion drawer
  • ESLL storage enclosure
  • ESLS storage enclosure
  • 1The SAS port connectors are on the rear bulk head. The external SAS ports are used for expansion to an external SAS drawer.


Last updated: Mon, October 22, 2018