RE: S824 questions

[Sue Baker <smbaker@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"Steinmetz, Paul"
<PSteinmetz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote on
Tue, 01 Dec 2015 06:27:30 GMT: 

> For item 1, I'm not sure I asked the question correctly.
> Are the integrated Dual SAS adapters  automatically included
> with the EJ0P backplane? Or are they an optional feature to be
> ordered. 

EJOP is the paired adapters containing write cache plus the 
appropriate hardware in the CEC to have 18 SFF3 + 8 1.8" SSD 
bays.

>  I'm planning on using 2  - EJ0L PCIe3 12GB Cache RAID SAS
>  Adapter instead of the integrated DUAL SAS adapters to
>  control CEC SSD drives (not the SSD cage), or is this not
>  possible? 

This is not possible.

> I thought I read that if your app has high I/O, one should opt
> for the EJOL instead of the integrated  SAS. 

That was true for P7 and earlier systems.