Operating System Support; N2125 Sas/Sata Hba For Ibm System X Hba Characteristics; Flash; Led - IBM N2125 Hardware User's Manual

N2125 SAS/SATA HBA for IBM System x Hardware User's Guide
March 2013
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Operating System Support

The HBA supports the following operating systems: Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server (SLES), and VMware.
Refer to: http://www.ibm.com/systems/info/x86servers/serverproven/compat/us/xseries/controllers/matrix.html
for details on the software versions and device driver support.
5 N2125 SAS/SATA HBA for IBM System x Characteristics
5.1

Flash

The HBA has integrated Flash ROM for the firmware and BIOS. The HBA provides one 4 M x 16-bit Flash ROM for
storing the firmware and the BIOS.
5.2

LED

The HBA heartbeat LED, CR1, flashes green to indicate that the HBA is capable of general activity.
5.3

Physical Characteristics

The HBA is a 167.6-mm x 68.6-mm (6.6-in. x 2.7-in.), low-profile board. The component height on the top and bottom
of the HBA is in accordance with the PCIe specification. The following figure shows the board layout.
Figure 1 HBA Board Layout
EC1: PCIe x8-lane board edge connector
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CR1: Heartbeat LED
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J10, J11: SFF-8088, mini-SAS, external connectors
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