Internal Storage - IBM Power 720 Overview

Support for smart card applications using Europay, MasterCard and Visa
Cryptographic key generation and random number generation
PIN processing: generation, verification, translation
Encrypt/Decrypt using AES and DES keys
See the following site for the latest firmware and software updates:
http://www.ibm.com/security/cryptocards/
Table 2-21 lists the cryptographic adapters that are available for the server.
Table 2-21 Available cryptographic adapters
Feature
code
4807
4808

2.8 Internal storage

The Power 720 and Power 740 servers use an integrated SAS and SATA controller connected
through a PCIe bus to the P7IOC chip (Figure 2-18 on page 76). The SAS and SATA
controller used in the server's system unit has two sets of four SAS and SATA channels,
which give Power 720 and Power 740 the combined total of eight SAS busses. Each channel
can support either SAS or SATA operation. The SAS controller is connected to a direct
attached storage device (DASD) backplane and supports three or six small form factor (SFF)
disk drive bays depending on the backplane option.
One of the following options must be selected as the backplane:
FC 5618 provides a backplane that supports up to six SFF SAS HDDs/SSDs, a SATA
DVD, and a half-high tape drive for either a tape drive or USB removable disk. This feature
does not provide RAID 5, RAID 6, a write cache, or an external SAS port. Split backplane
functionality (3x3) is supported with the additional feature FC EJ02.
Remember:
Feature FC EJ01 is a higher-function backplane that supports up to eight SFF SAS
HDDs/SSDs, a SATA DVD, a half-high tape drive for either a tape drive or USB removable
disk, Dual 175 MB Write Cache RAID, and one external SAS port. FC EJ01 supports
RAID 5 and RAID 6. No split backplane is available for this feature.
Remember: FC EJ01 is required by IBM i to natively use the internal storage (HDDs or
SSDs, and media) and the system SAS port.
CCIN Adapter description
4765 PCIe Crypto Coprocessor no
BSC 4765-001
4765 PCIe Crypto Coprocessor
Gen3 BSC 4765-001
No additional PCIe SAS adapter is required for split backplane functionality.
FC 5618 is not supported with IBM i.
Slot Size
PCIe Full height
PCIe Full height
Chapter 2. Architecture and technical overview
OS
support
AIX, IBM i
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