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Chapter 2
Software and Hardware Requirements
The required hardware, firmware, and software levels for this feature are described below.
2.0.1
Supported Systems
IBM Power 8247-21L
IBM Power 8247-22L
IBM Power 8247-42L
2.0.2
Supported Storage Adapter Backplanes
#EL3T: PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID internal adapter 6Gb
#EL3V: PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID internal adapter 6Gb (Split Backplane)
#EJ0N: PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID internal adapter 6Gb (4U)
#EJ0S: PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID internal adapter 6Gb (4U) (Split Backplane)
#EJ0J: PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID adapter Quad Port 6Gb
#EJ0M: PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID adapter low profile Quad Port 6Gb
2.0.3
Supported Linux Operating System Releases & Configurations
Bare Metal Systems (indicated by #EC16):
– Ubuntu Server 16.04, or later
PowerKVM 3.1 Systems (indicated by #EC40) or PowerKVM 2.1 (#EC20)
– Not supported
Other environments, such as PowerVM (not PowerKVM, not Bare Metal)
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5, or later
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2, little endian, or later
– Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2, big endian, or later
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Single adapter configurations only, feature not supported for dual adapter, HA configurations
IBM Power Systems 57D7/57B4 Adapter Write Cache
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Version 1.3 dated May 19, 2016
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