This chapter provides an overview of the eight-port, external Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA (referred to in this document as Sun StorageTek SAS RAID External HBA), which uses Adaptec® technology. The chapter describes the various operating systems, host platforms, and infrastructure configurations that support the HBA.
The chapter contains the following sections:
Kit Contents
- Sun StorageTek SAS RAID External HBA
- Full-height bracket
- Battery backup (BBU) module and installation hardware
- Sun StorageTek RAID Driver CD
- Sun StorageTek RAID Manager CD (which contains the HBA documentation)
- Live CD
HBA Features
The external Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA (SG-XPCIESAS-R-EXT-Z) has the following features:
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- Flash ROM to update the HBA firmware and BIOS using the BIOS Configuration Utility or the Sun StorageTek RAID Manager graphical user interface (GUI) (see the Sun StorageTek RAID Manager Software User’s Guide)
- Disk drive hot-swapping (See the HDD hot-plug guidelines in Understanding Hot-Plug Limitations and Conditions Within the BIOS RAID Configuration Utility)
- Event logging and broadcasting including email and SNMP messages
- The Sun StorageTek RAID Manager GUI, a BIOS-based utility, and a command-line interface for creating and managing RAID arrays
- Support for disk drive enclosures with SES2 enclosure management hardware
- A battery backup module
Array-Level Features
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- Support for RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 10, 5, 5EE, 50, 6, 60, simple volume, spanned volume, and RAID volume
- Support for hot-spares (global and dedicated)
- Support for automatic failover, so arrays are automatically rebuilt when a failed disk drive is replaced (applies to redundant arrays in SES2- or SAF-TE-enabled disk drive enclosures only)
- Optimized disk utilization, which ensures that the full capacity of all disk drives can be used, even if the disk drives vary in size
- Online capacity expansion, so you can increase the capacity of an array without recreating it
- Support for array migration from one RAID level to another
Advanced Data Protection Suite
- Copyback Hot-Spare--You can use this feature to move data from a hot-spare back to its original location after a failed disk drive is replaced.
- Striped Mirror (RAID 1E)--A RAID 1 Enhanced array is similar to a RAID 1 array except that data is both mirrored and striped, and more disk drives can be included.
- Hot Space (RAID 5EE)--A RAID 5EE array is similar to a RAID 5 array except that it includes a distributed spare and must be built from a minimum of four disk drives.
- Dual Drive Failure Protection (RAID 6)--A RAID 6 array is similar to a RAID 5 array except that it includes two independent sets of parity data instead of one.
- Dual Drive Failure Protection (RAID 60)--A RAID 60 array is similar to a RAID 50 array except that it includes four independent sets of parity data instead of two.
Component Layout
The Sun StorageTek SAS RAID External HBA is a SAS RAID HBA with these features.
FIGURE 1-1 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID External HBA Component Layout
TABLE 1-1 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID External HBA Features
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Feature
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Specification
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Form Factor
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Low-profile MD2
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Bus compatibility
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PCIe
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PCIe bus width
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x8
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PCIe bus speed
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2.5 Gb/s
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PHYs
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8
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Standard cache
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256 MB DDR2
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Connectors, external
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Two mini-SAS x4 (SFF-8088)
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RAID levels
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0, 1, 1E, 10, 5, 5EE, 50, 6, 60, JBOD
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Maximum number of volumes
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24
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Simple Volume
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Disk Drives
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SATA, SATA II, SAS
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Maximum number of disk drives
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8 (or up to 100 with expanders)
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Hot-spares
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Enclosure Support
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I2C and SGPIO (Serial General Purpose Output)
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Automatic Failover
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Onboard speaker
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Audible alarm
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Battery Backup Module
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ABM-800
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Operating System and Technology Requirements
This HBA supports, at a minimum, the following operating system and technology versions.
TABLE 1-2 Supported Operating System Versions
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Operating System/Technology
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Supported Versions (minimum)
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Solaris 10 OS for the x64 and x86 (32-bit and 64-bit) platforms
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- Solaris 10 10/08 (s10u6)
- Solaris 10 5/08 (s10u5)
- Solaris 10 8/07 (s10u4)
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Solaris 10 OS for the SPARC (64-bit) platform
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Solaris 10 10/08 (s10u6)
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Linux OS
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- RHEL 5 Server, 32-bit and 64-bit
- RHEL 5 Advanced Platform, 32-bit and 64-bit
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 ES, 32-bit and 64-bit
- RHEL 4 AS Update 5, 32-bit and 64-bit
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- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9, SP4
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VMware® Technology
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ESX Server version 3.0.2, Update 1 (driver support only; storage management must be done through the command-line interface and BIOS utility. For more information, see the Uniform Command-Line Interface User’s Guide at: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/stortek.raid.hba#hic
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Microsoft Windows OS
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- Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition, 32-bit or 64-bit
- Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition, 32-bit or 64-bit
- Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, 32-bit or 64-bit
- Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, 32-bit or 64-bit
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System Interoperability
This section provides information about selected platforms and storage systems that are compatible with the HBA. This section contains the following subsections:
Host Platform Support
The HBA is supported by the following platforms:
- 1 GB of RAM, at minimum
- Available compatible PCI-Express x8 slot
- 100 MB of free disk drive space
Server Support
TABLE 1-1 lists the servers that the HBA supports.
TABLE 1-1 Supported Servers
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Server
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Supported OS/Technology
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SPARC Servers
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Sun Fire V445 server
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Solaris
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Sun Fire V215 and V245 servers
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Solaris
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Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 servers
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Solaris
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Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 server
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Solaris
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Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000 FF1,FF2
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Solaris
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Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 servers 32-bit, 64-bit
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Solaris
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Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 and T5220 servers
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Solaris
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Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 servers
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Solaris
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Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server
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Solaris
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Sun Ultra U45 server
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Solaris
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x64 Servers
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Sun Fire X2100 M2 server
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Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
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Sun Fire X2200 M2 server
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Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
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Sun Fire X2250 server
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Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
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Sun Fire X4150 server
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Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
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Sun Fire X4240 server
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Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
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Sun Fire X4250 server
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Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
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Sun Fire X4450 server
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Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
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Sun Fire X4540 server
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Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
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Sun Fire X4600 and X4600 M2 servers
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Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
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Sun Fire X4100 M2 and X4200 M2 servers
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Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
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Storage System Support
The HBA supports the following storage systems:
- Sun Storage J4200
- Sun Storage J4400
- Sun Storage J4500
Software Support
TABLE 1-3 lists the software applications that are supported by this HBA.
TABLE 1-3 Software Support
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Software
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Supported OS
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VERITAS Software Foundation 5.0
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Solaris
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Sun StorEdge Enterprise Backup Software 6.0B/7.0/7.1
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Solaris, Linux, and Windows
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VERITAS NetBackup 6.0
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Solaris, Linux, and Windows
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ZFS
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Solaris, Linux, and Windows
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| Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide Eight-Port, External HBA
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820-1260-15
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