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IBM Power 770 and 780 (9117-MMD, 9179-MHD) Technical Overview and Introduction
2.8.13 Cryptographic Coprocessor
The Cryptographic Coprocessor cards provide both cryptographic coprocessor and
cryptographic accelerator functions in a single card.
The IBM PCIe Cryptographic Coprocessor adapter highlights the following features:
򐂰 Integrated Dual processors that operate in parallel for higher reliability
򐂰 Supports IBM Common Cryptographic Architecture or PKCS#11 standard
򐂰 Ability to configure adapter as coprocessor or accelerator
򐂰 Support for smart card applications using Europay, MasterCard and Visa
򐂰 Cryptographic key generation and random number generation
򐂰 PIN processing: generation, verification, translation
򐂰 Encrypt and Decrypt using AES and DES keys
See the following site for the most recent firmware and software updates:
http://www.ibm.com/security/cryptocards/
Table 2-23 on page 85 lists the cryptographic adapter that is available for the server.
Table 2-21 Available cryptographic adapters
2.9 Internal storage
Serial-attached SCSI (SAS) drives the Power 770 and Power 780 internal disk subsystem.
SAS provides enhancements over parallel SCSI with its point-to-point high frequency
connections. SAS physical links are a set of four wires used as two differential signal pairs.
One differential signal transmits in one direction. The other differential signal transmits in the
opposite direction. Data can be transmitted in both directions simultaneously.
The Power 770 and Power 780 CEC enclosures have an extremely flexible and powerful
backplane for supporting hard disk drives (HDD) or solid-state drives (SSD). The six small
form factor (SFF) bays can be configured in three ways to match your business needs. Two
integrated SAS controllers can be optionally augmented with a 175 MB Cache RAID - Dual
IOA Enablement Card (Figure 2-19 on page 80). These two controllers provide redundancy
and additional flexibility. The optional 175 MB Cache RAID - Dual IOA Enablement Card
enables dual 175 MB write cache and provides dual batteries for protection of that write
cache.
There are two PCIe integrated SAS controllers under the POWER7 I/O chip and also the SAS
controller that is directly connected to the DVD media bay (Figure 2-19 on page 80).
Feature
code CCIN Adapter description Slot Size OS
support
4808 4765 PCIe Crypto Coprocessor with GEN3
Blindswap Cassette 4765-001 PCIe Full height AIX,
IBM i
4809 4765 PCIe Crypto Coprocessor with GEN4
Blindswap Cassette 4765-001 PCIe Full height AIX,
IBM i