
IBM ServeRAID Quick Reference - Archive 20
ServeRAID 8i SAS controller
Part number: 13N2227 (2005), 39R8729 (2005)
Year of first availability: 2005
US Announcement Letter:
Part 13N2227: 105-125 (announced with the x366)
Part 39R8729: 105-414 (announced with x206m)
Features:
RAID 0, 1, 5, 1E, 00, 10, 50, 1E0, 5EE
Zero Channel RAID (ZCR) controller
Half-length adapter
Dedicated PCI-X 64-bit ZCR slot at 133 MHz
Supports independent and adjustable stripe sizes of 256 KB and 512 KB
256 MB cache
600 MHz processor
Supports Logical Drive Migration, Global Hot Spare, Copyback, and FlashCopy
Battery backup
Visual identifiers:
Blue circuit board
The card will either have a blue handle attached (for use with x260, x366, x460) or a PCI bracket
attached (for use with x206m and x306m)
No connectors for disks
Battery attached
The two part numbers are identical electronics - the difference is the level of firmware installed at the
factory. Packaging is also different as follows:
Part 13N2227: Has the blue handle attached by default, with the PCI bracket in the box
Part 39R8729: Has the PCI bracket attached by default, with the blue handle in the box
A note about the two part numbers and firmware: 13N2227 was introduced with the x366 and may have
V8.00 or later firmware. 39R8729 was introduced with the x206m and ships with V8.15 or later firmware.
39R8729 will replace 13N2227. The cards are interchangeable, but a ServeRAID-8i installed in the
x206m and x306m must have V8.15 firmware or later. A card with firmware earlier than V8.15 will not
function in an x206m or x306m. In addition, you cannot upgrade the firmware of the card to V8.15 while it
is installed in an x206m or x306m if it has older firmware . You must upgrade the firmware in another
system.
Figure 18. ServeRAID-8i
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