IBM 750 manual DVD-ROM Sata

•Feature number 8340 must be selected and supports only SFF disks or SSD; 3.5- inch drives are not supported with feature 8340:

–Feature number 1878 must be selected.

–One of feature numbers 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1888, 1890, or

1909 must be selected (no disks/SSD are required if feature number 0837 is selected).

–If connection of a feature 5886 EXP12S drawer is desired using the external SAS port on feature 8340, feature number 3668 or 3669 is required.

–If tape device feature 5619 is installed in the half-high media bay, feature 3656 must be selected.

–If a tape device feature 5746 or 5661 is installed in the half-high media bay, feature 3657 must be selected.

•Split DASD backplane support requirements:

–High-function DASD backplane (#8340, or follow-on).

–SAS Cable, DASD Backplane (Split) to Rear Bulkhead (#3669). Feature 3669 replaces feature 3668 in this configuration.

–SAS Adapter (#5900, #5901, #5912, or follow-on).

–External SAS cable.

–SAS Cable feature 3669 is not available with feature 2145 (IBM i).

•Solid State Drive (SSDs)(#1890, #1909, #3586, #3587) support restrictions:

–SFF features 1890 and 1909 are supported in the Power 750 CEC.

–3.5-inch features 3586 and 3587 are not supported in the Power 750 CEC.

–SSDs and disk drives (HDDs) are not allowed to mirror each other.

–SSDs are not supported by features 5900, 5901, 5902, and 5912.

–A maximum of eight per feature 5886 drawer is allowed. No mixing of SSDs and HDDs is allowed in a feature 5886. A maximum of one feature 5886 EXP12S drawer containing SSDs attached to a single controller or pair of controllers is allowed. A feature 5886 containing SSD drives cannot be connected to other feature 5886s. A feature 5886 containing SSD drives cannot be attached to the CEC external SAS port on the Power 750.

–In a Power 750 with a split backplane, SSDs and HDDs may be placed in either "split" but no mixing of SSDs and HDDs within a split is allowed. IBM i does not support split DASD mode.

–In a Power 750 without a split backplane, SSDs and HDDs may be mixed in any combination. However, they cannot be in the same RAID array.

•DASD/Data Protection -- if IBM i (#2145) is selected, one of the following is required:

–Disk mirroring (default) -- requires feature 0040, 0043, or 0308

–SAN boot (#0837)

–RAID -- requires feature 5679 and either feature 0041 or 0047

–Mixed Data Protection (#0296)

Figure	3. Storage device features
			Orderable Supported
	Maximum		feature	feature
Device	quantity	Bay	number	number

DVD-ROM	(SATA)	1	Slim	5743
DVD-RAM	(SATA)	1	Slim	5762
80/160GB DAT160 Tape-SAS		1	Half high	5619
800GB/1.6TB LTO4 Tape-SAS		1	Half high	5746
DAT320	160/320GB Tape-SAS	1	Half high	5661
Internal Docking Station
for Removable Disk Drive		1	Half high	1103

Note: The DAT320 160/320GB Tape-SAS (#5661) is planned to be supported by the IBM i operating system on March 16, 2010.

IBM United States Hardware Announcement 110-009

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