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IBM feature #5720 is the DVD/Tape SAS External Storage Unit for the IBM Power 595 (9119-FHA). It is a 24-inch rack-mounted media drawer with two media bays, and each bay takes a tape drive or one or two DVD devices. One tape drive and two DVD devices is the most a single drawer can hold.
A single SAS controller, feature #5912, drives every device in the drawer, and that controller sits in an internal I/O drawer, feature #5791, #5797 or #5798. The 595 supports one #5720 per system, with AIX and Linux support and no IBM i support, and the drawer is not available when the battery backup feature is ordered.
The drawer mounts in the system (CEC) rack at position U12 or U34, with U34 as the default. Position U12 is below the processor books and removes one I/O drawer position from the system rack; feature #8449 moves the drawer to U12 during the system build. In a 595 configuration the 24-inch media drawer #5720 comes with #5798 availability, in place of the 19-inch 7214-1U2 media drawer used before #5798 and #5720 became available.
Related part: 7214-1U2 IBM System Storage 7214 Tape and Optical Storage Device Enclosure
| Feature code | #5720 |
| Description | DVD/Tape SAS External Storage Unit |
| Machine type | 9119-FHA (IBM Power 595) |
| Form | 24-inch rack-mounted media drawer |
| Media bays | two |
| Devices per drawer | one tape drive and up to two DVD devices |
| Controller | SAS controller #5912 |
| Controller location | internal I/O drawer #5791, #5797 or #5798 |
| Rack position | U34 (default) or U12 |
| Maximum per system | 1 |
| OS support | AIX, Linux (not IBM i) |