Media Drawer, 19-Inch (7214-1U2); Dvd/Tape Sas External Storage Unit (#5720) - IBM Power 595 Technical Overview And Introduction

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2.11.1 Media drawer, 19-inch (7214-1U2)

The Media Drawer, 19-inch is a rack mounted media drawer with two media bays as shown in

figure Figure 2-43

Figure 2-43 19" Media Drawer, 19-inch (7214-1U2)

The first bay in the 7214-1U2 media drawer supports a tape drive. The second bay can

support either a tape device, or two slim-line DVD devices. Media devices and is connected

by a single SAS controller (#5912) that drives all of the devices in the media drawer, or other

drawers. The SAS controller must be placed into a PCI Expansion Drawer (#5790). The

7214-1U2 media drawer must be mounted in a 19-inch rack w/1U of available space. Up to

two SAS tape drives can be configured in this media drawer.

The DVD/Tape SAS External Storage is a 24-inch rack mounted media drawer with two media

bays as shown in figure Figure 2-44.

Figure 2-44 DVD/Tape SAS External Storage Unit (#5720)

Each bay supports a tape drive or DVD (one or two) media device. A maximum of one tape

drive and two DVD devices is allowed per drawer. The media drawer is connected using a

single SAS controller (#5912) that drives all of the devices in the media drawer. The SAS

controller must be placed into an internal I/O drawer (#5791, #5797, or #5798).

The #5720 media drawer is mounted in the systems (CEC) rack at position U12 or U34. Rack

location U34 is the default. If it is mounted in the U12 location (below the processor books),

one I/O drawer position in the system rack will be eliminated. To move the drawer to U12

during the system build, order #8449.

Description

Half High 800 GB / 1.6 TB LTO4 SAS Tape Drive

Slimline DVD-ROM Drive

IBM 4.7 GB Slimline DVD-RAM Drive

Tape

DVD

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