IBM 8202-E4B Manual page 18

Table 1. Solid-state drive rules for the IBM AIX, IBM i, or Linux operating system for a system, enclosure, or
expansion unit
System, enclosure, or expansion unit Adapter
8202-E4B, 8202-E4C, 8202-E4D,
8205-E6B, 8205-E6C, or 8205-E6D
5802 and 5877
5886
2
Disk drives or solid-state drives
v FC 5631 (Split disks enablement
adapter)
FC 5903 (PCIe 380 MB Cache Dual x4
3 Gb SAS RAID Adapter)
v FC 5904 (PCI-X DDR 1.5 GB Cache
SAS RAID Adapter)
v FC 5906 and FC 5908 (PCI-X DDR
1.5 GB Cache SAS RAID Adapter)
v FC 5903 (PCIe 380 MB Cache Dual
- x4 3 Gb SAS RAID Adapter)
Mixing rules
v SSD and HDD cannot be mixed in
the same RAID array or mirroring
group.
v SSDs and HDDs can be connected
to the 5886 from the external SAS
port.
v 5631 can be used to split disks
v SSD and HDD cannot be mixed on
a pair of 5903 adapters.
v A maximum of 9 SSDs are
supported on a pair of 5903
adapters.
v SSDs and HDDs can be mixed in
this drive enclosure.
v A maximum of 24 drives are
supported in this enclosure.
v SSDs and HDDs can be attached to
the SAS Controller PCI or PCI-X
adapters. Also, can be attached to
the embedded SAS controller in a
system with an embedded SAS
port.