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Four single FC EJ0J or FC EJ0M adapters to one 5887 enclosure via a mode 4 connection.
v 5887 enclosure with four sets of six disk drives (HDDs or SSDs).
v Connection using two HD SAS X narrow connector cables to connect to the 5887 enclosure.
v Supported only on AIX and Linux systems.
Note: See Figure 94 on page 164 for examples of the following types of connections:
v The cable that plugs into independent SAS adapter 1 (C) contains a label with the P1 identifier.
This adapter does not have access to any other independent adapter and has access only to drive
bays D1 - D6.
v The cable that plugs into independent SAS adapter 2 (D) contains a label with the P2 identifier.
This adapter does not have access to any other independent adapter and has access only to drive
bays D7 - D12.
Figure 93. Mode 2 connection of a 5887 enclosure to two pairs of PCIe3 SAS adapters with HD narrow connectors.
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