Home / Shop
- Description
- Specifications
IBM feature #2766 is the PCI Fibre Channel Disk Controller for iSeries and eServer i5 systems, machine type 9406. It provides Fibre Channel attachment for external disk devices, supports point-to-point and arbitrated loop topologies, and is auto-sensing and fully enabled for 1 Gbps and 2 Gbps; OS/400 V5R2 is required for 2 Gbps. Each #2766 ships with a wrap connector, part number 05N6767. Transfer rate is up to 100 MB/s with OS/400 V5R1.
The #2766 succeeds the #6501 disk adapter as the Fibre Channel way to attach the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server (ESS). It is supported in most locations in the system units and expansion towers, but not under the embedded IOP in the system CEC, and it is supported on iSeries Models 270 and 8xx and on eServer i5 servers.
The controller requires a dedicated IOP: no other adapter is allowed on the IOP, and only one #2766, #2787 or #5760 is allowed with a #2847 IOP. One target with up to 32 logical units is supported per controller. The #2766 is not supported as a load source IOP, so the system cannot IPL through it, though remote load source mirroring is supported. IBM names the #2787 PCI-X Fibre Channel Disk Controller as its successor.
Related: IBM iSeries parts
| Feature code | #2766 |
| Description | PCI Fibre Channel Disk Controller |
| Machine type | 9406 (iSeries 270 and 8xx, eServer i5) |
| Fibre Channel speed | 1 Gbps and 2 Gbps, auto-sensing |
| Topologies | point-to-point, arbitrated loop |
| Transfer rate | up to 100 MB/s (OS/400 V5R1) |
| Operating system | OS/400 V5R1; V5R2 for 2 Gbps |
| IOP | dedicated, no other adapter on the IOP |
| Targets per controller | 1 target, up to 32 logical units |
| Wrap connector part number | 05N6767 |
| Successor | #2787 |