Internal Storage; Dvd - IBM Power Systems E870 Technical Overview And Introduction

5137ch02.fm
Ability to configure adapter as coprocessor or accelerator
Support for smart card applications using Europay, MasterCard and Visa
Cryptographic key generation and random number generation
PIN processing: generation, verification, translation
Encrypt and Decrypt using AES and DES keys
See the following site for the most recent firmware and software updates:
http://www.ibm.com/security/cryptocards/
Table 2-29 lists the cryptographic adapter that is available for the server.
Table 2-29 Available cryptographic adapters
Feature
Code
EJ28

2.8 Internal Storage

The system nodes for Power E870 and Power E880 do not allow for physical storage. All
storage must be provided externally via I/O expansion drawers or SAN. At the time of writing,
the only external I/O expansion drawer that can be used in Power E870 and Power E880 is
EXP24S, attached via SAS ports to a SAS PCIe adapter installed either in a system node
drawer or in a PCIe expansion slot located in an I/O expansion drawer.
The control unit has a DVD drive which is connected to an external USB port on the rear of
the unit. In order to use the DVD drive, at least on PCIe USB adapter must be installed and
connected via an USB cable to the DVD drive.

2.8.1 DVD

There is one DVD media bay per system, located on the front of the control unit. This media
bay allows for a DVD (#EU13) to be installed on the control unit and it enables the USB port
on the rear of the control unit.
The USB port must be connect via an USB cable to a USB PCIe adapter, installed in one of
the available PCIe slots on the system nodes or I/O expansion drawers. A diagram of the DVD
connection can be seen on Figure 2-23 on page 77.
The basic rules for DVD drives on these system are:
Include DVD drive with #EC13
Include the PCI USB adapter #EC45
Include a USB cable male-male with the proper length. As a suggestion, #EBK4 is a 1.6m
cable that allows enough length for the adapters on the first two system nodes to be
connected to the USB DVD port.
This architecture allows for a more flexible infrastructure where the DVD drive is completely
independent of another components and can be freely moved between partition.
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IBM Power Systems E870 and E880 Technical Overview and Introduction
CCIN Description
PCIe Crypto Coprocessor Gen3 BSC
4765-001
Draft Document for Review October 14, 2014 10:19 am
Placement
I/O drawer
OS support
AIX, IBM i,
Linux