Use the tables in this topic to compare the features of the various PCI Express (PCIe) SAS RAID cards for IBM® i. There are also images of adapters for you to view.
Features | 2B4C | 574E | 57B3 | 57B7 |
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Description | PCIe x4 Internal 3 Gb SAS RAID adapter | PCIe x8 Ext Dual-x4 3 Gb SAS RAID adapter | PCIe x8 Ext Dual-x4 3 Gb SAS adapter | PCIe x1 Auxiliary Cache adapter |
Form factor | Planar unique PCIe | PCIe x8 | PCIe x8 | Planar Auxiliary Cache |
Physical links | 6 (two 2x wide ports to shared SAS drives and one 2x wide port to 57CB) | 8 (two mini SAS 4x connectors) | 8 (two mini SAS 4x connectors) | 2 |
RAID levels supported | RAID 5, RAID 6, system mirroring | RAID 5, RAID 6, system mirroring | RAID 51, RAID 61, system mirroring | |
Write cache size | 175 MB | 380 MB | 175 MB | |
Read cache size | ||||
Cache battery pack technology | Lithium ion | Lithium ion | Lithium ion | |
Cache battery concurrent maintenance | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Cache data present LED | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Removable cache card | No | Yes | No | No |
Auxiliary write cache (AWC) support | No | No | No | Yes |
Dual storage IOA configuration | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Requires dual storage IOA configuration | Yes | Yes | No | No |
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Features | 57C7 | 57CB | 57CD | 57CF |
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Description | PCI Express x8 Planar 3 Gb SAS adapter (disk/media backplane) | PCIe x4 Planar 3 Gb SAS RAID adapter | PCIe SAS RAID and SSD adapter 3 Gb x8 | PCI Express x8 planar 3 Gb SAS RAID adapter (with 175 MB Cache RAID - Dual IOA Enablement card) |
Form factor | Planar | Planar cache enablement | Double-wide PCIe x8 with 1 to 4 integrated SSDs | Planar and Enablement card |
Physical links | 8 | 8 (two 2x wide ports to shared SAS drives and one 2x wide port to 2B4F, one physical link to DVD, and optionally one physical link to tape drive) | 4 (one direct SAS physical link to each integrated SSD) | 8 |
RAID levels supported | RAID 51, RAID 61, system mirroring | RAID 5, RAID 6, system mirroring | RAID 5, RAID 6, system mirroring | RAID 5, RAID 6, system mirroring |
Write cache size | 175 MB | 175 MB | ||
Read cache size | ||||
Cache battery pack technology | Lithium ion | Lithium ion | ||
Cache battery concurrent maintenance | No | No | No | Yes |
Cache data present LED | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Removable cache card | No | No | No | No |
Auxiliary write cache (AWC) support | No | No | No | No |
Dual storage IOA configuration | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Requires dual storage IOA configuration | No | Yes | No | Yes |
520-byte virtual disk support | No | No | No | No |
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