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IBM 6 Gb SAS Host Bus Adapter for System x

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Summary of Contents for 6 Gb SAS Host Bus Adapter

Page 1: ...nd can handle medium to large capacity server storage applications by connecting an 8 lane PCI Express adapter with one external x4 SFF 8088 connector and four internal SATA connectors The IBM 6 Gb SAS Host Bus Adapter is shown in Figure 1 with the 3U bracket removed Figure 1 IBM 6Gb SAS Host Bus Adapter Did you know 6 Gbps SAS 2 0 technology has been introduced to address data off load bottleneck...

Page 2: ...ce MD2 small form factor High performance I O Processor PowerPC 440 533 MHz uEFI support RAID levels None uses RAID as provided by external disk enclosures Maximum endpoint devices 512 Power consumption 13 5 W The IBM 6 Gb SAS Host Bus Adapter has the following key features Connection to supported internal and external tape drives Connection to supported external storage controllers Power manageme...

Page 3: ...ble 2 Server compatibility part 1 M5 systems with v3 processors Part number Description 46M0907 IBM 6Gb SAS HBA Y N N N N Table 2 Server compatibility part 2 M4 and X6 systems with v2 processors Part number Description 46M0907 IBM 6Gb SAS HBA Y Y Y Y Y N N N N Y N Table 2 Server compatibility part 3 M4 and X5 systems with v1 processors Part number Description 46M0907 IBM 6Gb SAS HBA Y Y Y Y Y Y Y ...

Page 4: ...eration 5 SAS Tape Drive 49Y9898 IBM Half High LTO Ultrium Gen 6 Internal SAS Tape Drive 00D8924 IBM DDS Gen 5 SATA Tape Drive 43W8480 IBM GoVault Internal Dock 42D8771 Internal tape drives are connected to the IBM 6 Gb SAS HBA using the internal SAS or SATA cable supplied with the tape drive The adapter supports connectivity to the following 6 Gbps SAS external storage systems IBM System Storage ...

Page 5: ...gh LTO 4 SAS Tape Drive 3572S4R Half High LTO 5 SAS Tape Drive 3572S5R Half High LTO 6 SAS Tape Drive 3572S6R IBM System Storage TS3100 Tape Library 35732UL driveless with these items Ultrium 3 Half High SAS Drive V2 Ultrium 4 Half High SAS Drive V2 Ultrium 4 SAS Drive Ultrium 5 Half High SAS Drive Ultrium 5 SAS Drive Ultrium 6 Half High SAS Drive IBM System Storage TS3200 Tape Library 35734UL dri...

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