Part Number Information; Features And Specifications; Warranty - IBM 6 Gb SAS Host Bus Adapter Product Manual

Part number information

Table 1 shows the part number to order these HBAs.
Table 1. Part number and feature code for ordering
Description
IBM 6Gb SAS HBA
Part number 46M0907 includes the following items:
One 6 Gb SAS Host Bus Adapter with 3U bracket attached
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2U bracket
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Quick Install Guide
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Documentation CD
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IBM Important Notices document
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Features and specifications

The IBM 6 Gb SAS Host Bus Adapter has the following specifications:
SAS Controller: LSI SAS2008
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Eight SAS/SATA ports (four external, four internal)
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Up to 6 Gbps per port data transfer rate
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Four internal SATA x1 connectors
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One external SAS x4 connector (SFF-8088)
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PCI Express x8 2.0 host interface
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MD2 small form factor
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High performance I/O Processor: PowerPC 440 @ 533 MHz
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uEFI support
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RAID levels : None (uses RAID as provided by external disk enclosures)
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Maximum endpoint devices: 512
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Power consumption: 13.5 W
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The IBM 6 Gb SAS Host Bus Adapter has the following key features:
Connection to supported internal and external tape drives
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Connection to supported external storage controllers
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Power management support
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Support for SSP, SMP, STP and SATA protocols - flexible to optimize costs
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Environmentally friendly due to low power consumption
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LSI Fusion-MPT architecture drives more than 290,000 I/Os per second
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End-to-End CRC with Advanced Error Reporting
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T-10 Protection Model for early detection of and recovery from data corruption
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Spread Spectrum Clocking for EMI reductions
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Warranty

One-year limited warranty. When installed in a supported IBM System x® server, these cards assume
your system's base warranty and any IBM ServicePac upgrade.
IBM 6 Gb SAS Host Bus Adapter for System x
Part number Feature code
46M0907 3875
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