PCIe1 SAS Tape/DVD Dual-port 3 Gb x8 Adapter (FC EJ1N and EJ1P; CCIN 57B3)
Learn about the specifications and operating system requirements for the feature code (FC) EJ1N and EJ1P adapters.
Overview
FC EJ1N and EJ1P are both the same adapter with different tail stock brackets. FC EJ1N is a low-profile adapter and FC EJ1P is a full-height adapter. FC EJ1N and EJ1P are functionally identical to FC 5901 and 5278, but designates to IBM configurator tools that the usages are only supported for tape and DVD, not disk.
The PCIe1 SAS Tape/DVD Dual-port 3 Gb x8 Adapter is a PCI Express (PCIe) generation 1 (Gen1), x8 adapter. The adapter is for high-performance, high-density, and serial attached SCSI (SAS) applications. It supports the attachment of SAS tape and DVD by using a pair of mini-SAS 4x connectors. The mini-SAS 4x connectors allow the adapter's eight physical links to be used in various narrow and wide-port configurations. The adapter can also be used for some external tape drive models, which are not supported on the newer and faster four-port 6 Gb PCIe3 adapters. The adapter does not have write cache.
The PCIe1 SAS Tape/DVD Dual-port 3 Gb x8 Adapter is a 64 bit, 3.3 V, bootable SAS adapter.
Externally attached devices are designed to run at a data rate of 1.5 Gbps for serial ATA (SATA) devices, and 3 Gbps for SAS devices.
Specifications
- Item
- Description
- Adapter FRU number
- 44V4852
- I/O bus architecture
- PCIe1 x8
- Slot requirement
- For details about slot priorities, maximums, and placement rules, see PCIe adapter placement rules and slot priorities and select the system you are working on.
- Cables
- SAS device attachment requires specific cables that are provided with the subsystem or device features being attached. See Serial attached SCSI cable planning.
- Voltage
- 3.3 V
- Form factor
- Short, low-profile (FC EJ1N)
- Attributes
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- Two external mini-SAS 4x connectors provide attachment of SAS and Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) device enclosures
- SAS Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP), Serial ATA Tunneling Protocol (STP), and Serial Management Protocol (SMP)
- Removable media device supported
- Concurrent firmware update
- 440-500 Mhz PowerPC® (PPC)
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.