IBM 5887, Installing

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Support for PCIe storage enclosures, as shown in the following figure, is as follows:
– The card installed in the C1 slot can contain one PCIe cable port, and the card installed in the C8
slot can contain one PCIe cable port.
– The server cannot support both PCIe cable ports and 12X DDR cable ports at the same time.
– The server contains a SAS port.
Model 8231-E2D connector locations
Learn about connector locations.
The 8231-E2D server provides cable connector locations for the following enclosures:
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Support for expansion units, as shown in the following figure, is as follows:
– The C1 slot must contain the system power control network (SPCN) card, and the C8 slot must
contain the card with two 12X double data rate (DDR) cable ports.
Note: Installing the 12X DDR cable ports at this location causes both the C8 and C6 slot space to be
occupied.
– The server cannot support both 12X DDR cable ports and PCIe cable ports at the same time.
– The server contains a serial-attached SCSI (SAS) port.
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Support for disk drive enclosures, as shown in the following figure, is as follows:
– The server contains a SAS port.
Figure 66. Model 8231-E2C connections for expansion units and disk drive enclosures
Figure 67. Model 8231-E2C connections for PCIe storage enclosures
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Power Systems: Installing the 5887 disk drive enclosure