#5736 PCI-X Disk/Tape Controller with IOP 571A
The #5736 provides a PCI-X Disk/Tape SCSI Controller with zero write cache
and without RAID support. Disk mirroring support is supported through i5/OS. A
maximum of six disk drives are supported on the #5736. Removable media
devices (tape, optical libraries, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, or DVD-RAM) are also 150 i5 Handbook
supported. The #5736 has two U320 buses each with a bus data rate of up to
320MBs. Each SCSI bus can be either internal (using an internal port) or
external (using an external port), but not both. There are four physical ports on
the #5736, two internal and two external. Internal devices connect to the internal
ports (1 or 2). External devices connect to the external ports (1 or 2) and use an
LVD (Low Voltage Differential) interface and VHDCI connectors. A #1850 VHDCI
to P Converter Cable is available to connect to external devices with type P
connectors
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The #0647, #5736, #5766 and #5775 are physically the same adapter card but
have different feature numbers to indicate to IBM configurator tools that an IOP is
or is not being used in the configuration.
#5736 should be the choice over #5702/#5712 or #5705/#5715 controllers for
systems running V5R3, or later