SAS Connectivity Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter
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Part number information
The part number to order this card is shown in Table 1.
Table 1: Ordering part number and feature code
Description
Part number
Feature code
SAS Connectivity Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter
43W4068
1041
The part number includes the following items:
One SAS Connectivity Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter
z
The Documentation CD that contains the
SAS Connectivity Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter
z
Installation and User’s Guide
The
IBM Important Notices document
z
Features
SAS Connectivity Card (CIOv) has the following features:
CIOv form factor
z
Provides external connections for the two SAS ports of blade server's onboard LSI 1064e disk
z
storage controller
Support for two full-duplex SAS ports at 3 Gbps maximum per channel
z
Support for SAS, SSP, and SMP protocols
z
Operating environment
The expansion card is supported in this environment:
Temperature:
z
10 to 35°C (50 to 95°F) at 0 to 914 m (0 to 3,000 ft)
z
10 to 32°C (50 to 90°F) at 914 to 2,133 m (3,000 to 7,000 ft)
z
Relative humidity: 8% to 80%
z
Maximum altitude: 2,133 m (7,000 ft)
z
Supported servers and I/O modules
The SAS Connectivity Card (CIOv) is supported in the IBM BladeCenter servers listed in Table 2.
Table 2. Supported servers
Expansion card
Part
number
SAS Connectivity Card
(CIOv)
43W4068
N
N
N
Y
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Y
Y
N
N
See IBM ServerProven for the latest information on the expansion cards supported by each blade server
type:
http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/
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