
IBM ServeRAID Quick Reference - Archive 16
ServeRAID-6i+ Controller
Part number: 13N2190 (2004) and 39R8793 (2006)
Year of first availability
US Announcement Letter: 104-078
Features:
Innovative design works with the onboard SCSI chipset of selected xSeries servers
Wide-bandwidth, high-speed 64-bit, 133 MHz 1 PCI-X controller
128 MB of ECC write-back cache with battery backup with up to 48 hour battery life
Support for mixed environments of Ultra320 and Ultra160 SCSI HDDs
Support for RAID levels 0, 00, 1, 10, 5, 50, and IBM exclusive 1E, 5EE, and 1E0
Support for up to 8 logical drives composed of 16 physical drives
Logical drive migration and auto synchronization support
Support for stripe unit sizes of 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, or 64 KB
Up to 28 physical drives supported per controller
Support for hot- and cold-swapping of HDDs
FlashCopy support; Application for tape backup, software application test, and image rollout
Visual identifiers:
No internal or external SCSI connectors (uses the server's onboard SCSI)
Two notches in the PCI connector (versus four notches in the ServeRAID-5i)
Notes:
The 6i and 6i+ are physically identical adapters. The only difference is that the 6i+ is flashed at the
factory to V7.0 firmware to support the x206 and x306. A ServeRAID-6i+ is supported in servers that
support the ServeRAID-6i.
The battery shown in the photo is not a production-level battery.
Figure 15. ServeRAID-6i+
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