PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID internal adapter 6 Gb (FC EJ1C and FC EJ1E; CCIN 57D7)
Learn about the specifications and operating system requirements for the PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID internal adapter 6Gb (CCIN 57D7) that is integrated with the storage backplane (FC EJ1C) in the 9009-41A, 9009-41G, 9009-42A, 9009-42G, 9223-42H, or 9223-42S. Adding of another PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID internal adapter 6Gb (FC EJ1E) enables the storage backplane to be configured as a split storage backplane in the 9009-41A, 9009-41G, 9009-42A, 9009-42G, 9223-42H, or 9223-42S.
Overview
The PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID internal adapter 6 Gb is an internal PCI Express generation-3 (PCIe3), serial-attached SCSI (SAS) Random Array of Independent Disks (RAID) adapter that is integrated in the 9009-41A, 9009-41G, 9009-42A, 9009-42G, 9223-42H, or 9223-42S. The PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID internal adapter 6 Gb is part of a composite feature of the storage backplane FC EJ1C. The adapter contains the SAS RAID controller. The PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID internal adapter 6 Gb is preinstalled in the dedicated internal PCIe3, x8 slot P1-C49 in the 9009-41A, 9009-41G, 9009-42A, 9009-42G, 9223-42H, or 9223-42S. The internal adapter has a data read or write speed of 6 Gbps. The PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID internal adapter 6 Gb does not have a write cache.
This configuration of the storage backplane in the 9009-41A, 9009-41G, 9009-42A, 9009-42G, 9223-42H, or 9223-42S with one PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID internal adapter 6 Gb supports 12 numbers of 2.5 inches, small form-factor (SFF) hard disk drives (HDDs), or solid-state drives (SSDs). FC EJ1C also supports a slim DVD bay. The PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID internal adapter 6 Gb supports the drives to be used as just-a-bunch of disks (JBOD) or as a RAID. The supported RAID is RAID 0, 5, 6, and 10. Two mini-SAS HD cables connect the PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID internal adapter 6 Gb to the two SAS ports on the storage backplane. This configuration with one PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID internal adapter 6 Gb does not split the disks in the storage backplane.
To enable the split storage backplane, another PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID internal adapter 6 Gb (FC EJ1E) must be installed in the other dedicated internal PCIe3 x8 slot P1-C50. The same backplane as in FC EJ1C is used in the split storage backplane configuration. The two mini-SAS HD cables connect each of the PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID internal adapter 6 Gb to the two SAS ports on the storage backplane. The 12 drives are then split into two sets of six drives (HDDs or SSDs), each controlled by one PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID internal adapter 6 Gb. The split storage backplane configuration supports the drives to be used as just-a-bunch of disks (JBOD) or as a RAID. The supported RAID is RAID 0, 5, 6, and 10. The PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID internal adapter 6 Gb in slot P1-C49 controls the slim DVD bay. The split storage backplane does not support the mixing of HDDs and SSDs in the same RAID set.
Specifications
- Item
- Description
- Adapter FRU number
- 01LK399
- I/O bus architecture
- PCIe3 x8
- Slot requirement
- Internal PCIe3 slot with x16 connector and x8 bus signaling per adapter.
- Cables
- Two mini-SAS HD cables that are supplied with the adapter.
- Voltage
- 12 V
Operating system or partition requirements
- The latest version of enabling libraries and utilities can be downloaded from the Fix Central website.
- Power Systems Prerequisites website.
- IBM System Storage Interoperation Center (SSIC) website.
- The latest version of the device driver or IBM® Power® RAID adapter utilities (iprutils) can be downloaded from the IBM Service and Productivity Tools website.
- For information about important notices for Linux on IBM Power Systems, see the Linux® on IBM website.