Media Drawers - IBM Power 595 Technical Overview And Introduction

Table 2-33 Disk drive options
Feature Description
code
a
#3279 146.8 GB 15 K RPM Ultra320 SCSI Disk Drive Assembly
#3646 73 GB 15 K RPM SAS Disk Drive
#3647 146 GB 15 K RPM SAS Disk Drive
#3648 300 GB 15 K RPM SAS Disk Drive
#3676 69.7 GB 15 K RPM SAS Disk Drive
#3677 139.5 GB 15 K RPM SAS Disk Drive
#3678 283.7 GB 15 K RPM SAS Disk Drive
#4328 141.12 GB 15 K RPM Disk Unit (SCSI)
a. #5786 is supported only with IBM i. #5791 is supported only with AIX and Linux for Power. For IBM i, use 4328.

2.11 Media drawers

Tape and DVD support is provided though the use of a media drawer. As listed in Table 2-34,
two media drawers are available for the 595 server. Only one #5720 is supported per 595
system.
Table 2-34 Media drawers
Feature
#7214-1U2
a
#5720
a. #5720 DVD/Tape SAS External Storage Unit is not available when the battery backup feature
is ordered.
A DVD media device must be available to perform OS installation, maintenance, problem
determination, and service actions such as maintaining system firmware and I/O microcode.
Certain configurations can utilize an AIX NIM (Network Install Manager) server. The
installation and use of an AIX NIM server is a client responsibility. All Linux for Power only
systems must have a DVD media device available. The available tape and media devices are
listed in Table 2-35
Table 2-35 Available tape and DVD media devices
Feature
#5619
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Description
Media Drawer, 19-inch
DVD/Tape SAS External Storage Unit
Description
80/160 GB DAT160 SAS Tape Drive
Supported I/O Support
drawer(s)
#5786, #5791, —
#5797. #5798
#5886 —
#5886 —
#5886 —
#5886 —
#5886 —
#5886 —
#5786 —
Maximum Support
allowed
1
1
Maximum Support
allowed
1
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