Subscribe to this informationPCI-X DDR External Dual – x4 Port SAS Adapter (FC 5900; CCIN 572A)
Learn about the specifications and operating system requirements for the feature code (FC) 5900 adapter.
Overview
The Peripheral Component Interconnect-X (PCI-X) DDR External Dual – x4 Port SAS Adapter is a low-profile adapter for high-performance and high-density, serial-attached SCSI (SAS) applications. The adapter provides two mini SAS 4x connectors, which allow the eight physical links to be used in various narrow and wide-port configurations. The adapter is a 64-bit, 3.3 V, bootable SAS adapter that provides RAID 0, 5, 6, and 10 capability. Some RAID level support is operating system dependent. The adapter provides RAID 0, RAID 5, RAID 6 and RAID 10 for systems running the AIX® or Linux operating system. Under the IBM® i operating system, mirroring and data spreading is provided by the operating system and RAID 5 and RAID 6 is provided by the adapter.
The adapter does not have write cache. (The write performance of RAID level 5 and RAID level 6 may be poor on adapters which do not provide write cache. Consider using an adapter which provides write cache when using RAID level 5 or RAID level 6.)
For details about slot priorities and placement rules, see the PCI adapter placement topic collection for your system.
Specifications
- Item
- Description
- Adapter FRU number
- FC 5900: 44V3296*
- * Designed to comply with RoHS requirement.
- I/O bus architecture
- PCI-X DDR
- Slot requirement
- One available PCI-X slot
- Cables
- SAS device attachment requires specific cables that are provided with the subsystem or device features being attached. Special cabling is required for multi-initiator and high availability configurations. See Serial attached SCSI cable planning.
- Voltage
- 3.3 V
- Form factor
- Short, low-profile
- Maximum number
- For the maximum adapters supported, see the PCI adapter placement topic collection for your system.
- Attributes provided
- Two external mini SAS 4x connectors provide attachment of SAS and SATA device enclosures
- SAS Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP), Serial ATA Tunneling Protocol (STP), and Serial Management Protocol (SMP)
- RAID 0, 5, 6, 10
The write performance of RAID level 5 and RAID level 6 may be poor on adapters which do not provide write cache. Consider using an adapter which provides write cache when using RAID level 5 or RAID level 6.
- Concurrent firmware update
- Removable media device supported (Removable media is not supported in multi-initiator and high availability configurations)
- 440 - 500 Mhz PowerPC® (PPC)
- Support for multi-initiator and high availability configurations
Operating system or partition requirements
- AIX
- AIX 6.1
- AIX 5.3, with Service Pack 4, or later
- Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 5, with update 1, or later
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, with Service Pack 1, or later
- AIX Version 6.1 with the 6100-01 Technology Level, or later
- AIX 5L™ Version 5.3 with the 5300-08 Technology Level, or later
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 4, with update 7, or later
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 5, with update 2, or later
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, with service pack 2, or later
- AIX: devices.pci.1410bd02 device driver package
- Linux:
- Version 2.0.11.5, or later, for RHEL 4 kernels
- Version 2.2.0.1, or later, for RHEL 5 kernels
- Version 2.2.0.1, or later, for SLES 10 kernels
- Version 2.3.0, or later, for kernel.org kernels (kernel version 2.6.20, or later)
If you are installing a new feature, ensure that you have the software that is required to support the new feature and that you determine whether there are any prerequisites for this feature and attaching devices. To check for the prerequisites, see IBM Prerequisite website .
