System Specifications and Requirements

This section describes the following system specifications:

Current and Legacy Systems
Supported Hosts, HBAs, and OSs
Supported Disk Management Software

Current and Legacy Systems

Two versions of the Sun Storage F5100 flash array exist: the current system and the legacy system. Legacy systems support SAS1 HBAs and current systems support SAS1 and SAS2 HBAs. For specific HBA support, see Supported Hosts, HBAs, and OSs.

You can determine the system version by the manufacturing date and serial number. Systems manufactured after 12/14/2010 are current systems and have a serial number that starts with “1049BD”, or greater, which appears in this format:

1049BDXXXX or greater

Legacy systems serial numbers start with any combination less than “1049BD”.

The system serial number (SysSN) is located on the front of the system, left side.

Note - At this time, upgrading a legacy Sun Storage F5100 flash array to a current Sun Storage F5100 flash array is not supported.

Supported Hosts, HBAs, and OSs

The following sections describe which combinations of hardware, software, and firmware are supported with the Sun Storage F5100 flash array.

Supported SPARC Configurations

Supported SPARC Servers	Supported HBAs	Sun Storage F5100 System	Supported Operating Systems
Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000 Sun SPARC Enterprise M8000 Sun SPARC Enterprise M9000 Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440	SG-XPCIE8SAS-E-Z SG-SAS6-EXT-Z	Current or legacy Current	Oracle Solaris 10 5/08 SPARC (64-bit) plus patches Oracle Solaris 10 5/09 SPARC (64-bit) plus patches
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240	SG-XPCIE8SAS-E-Z	Current or legacy	Oracle Solaris 10 5/08 SPARC (64-bit) plus patches Oracle Solaris 10 5/09 SPARC (64-bit) plus patches
Sun SPARC Enterprise T3-1 Sun SPARC Enterprise T3-2	SG-SAS6-EXT-Z	Current	Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 SPARC (64-bit) plus patches
Sun SPARC Enterprise T3-1B Sun SPARC Enterprise T3-4	SG-SAS6-EM-Z	Current	Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 SPARC (64-bit) plus patches

Supported Oracle x86 Configurations

Third-party servers are not supported.

Supported x86 Servers	Supported HBAs	Sun Storage F5100 System	Supported Operating Systems
Sun Fire X2100 Sun Fire X2100 M2 Sun Fire X2200 Sun Fire X2200 M2 Sun Fire X2250 Sun Fire X2270 Sun Fire X4100 M2 Sun Fire X4140 Sun Fire X4150 Sun Fire X4200 M2 Sun Fire X4240 Sun Fire X4250 Sun Fire X4440 Sun Fire X4450 Sun Fire X4600 Sun Fire X4600 M2	SG-XPCIE8SAS-E-Z	Current or legacy	Oracle Solaris 10 5/08 x86 (64-bit) plus patches Oracle Linux 5.5 (64-bit) Oracle Linux 5.4 (64-bit) SUSE 11 (64-bit) SUSE 10 SP3 (64-bit) RHEL5.5 (64-bit) RHEL5.4 (64-bit) Windows 2008 SP2 (64-bit) Windows 2008 R2 (64-bit)
Sun Fire X4640 Sun Fire X4275	SG-SAS6-EXT-Z	Current	Oracle Solaris 10 5/08 x86 (64-bit) plus patches Oracle Linux 5.5 (64-bit) Oracle Linux 5.4 (64-bit) SUSE 11 (64-bit) SUSE 10 SP3 (64-bit) RHEL5.5 (64-bit) RHEL5.4 (64-bit) Windows 2008 SP2 (64-bit) Windows 2008 R2 (64-bit)
Sun Fire X4170 Sun Fire X4270 Sun Fire X4540	SG-SAS6-EXT-Z SG-XPCIE8SAS-E-Z	Current or legacy	Oracle Solaris 10 5/08 x86 (64-bit) plus patches Oracle Linux 5.5 (64-bit) Oracle Linux 5.4 (64-bit) SUSE 11 (64-bit) SUSE 10 SP3 (64-bit) RHEL5.5 (64-bit) RHEL5.4 (64-bit) Windows 2008 SP2 (64-bit) Windows 2008 R2 (64-bit)
Sun Fire X4170 M2 Sun Fire X4270 M2	SG-SAS6-EXT-Z	Current	Oracle Solaris 10 9/08 x86 (64-bit) plus patches Oracle Linux 5.5 (64-bit) Oracle Linux 5.4 (64-bit) SUSE 11 (64-bit) SUSE 10 SP3 (64-bit) RHEL5.5 (64-bit) RHEL5.4 (64-bit) Windows 2008 SP2 (64-bit) Windows 2008 R2 (64-bit)
Sun Fire X6220 Sun Fire X6240 Sun Fire X6250 Sun Fire X6270 Sun Fire X6275 Sun Fire X6440 Sun Fire X6450	PCIE8SAS-EB-Z	Current or legacy	Oracle Solaris 10 5/08 x86 (64-bit) plus patches Oracle Linux 5.5 (64-bit) Oracle Linux 5.4 (64-bit) SUSE 11 (64-bit) SUSE 10 SP3 (64-bit) RHEL5.5 (64-bit) RHEL5.4 (64-bit) Windows 2008 SP2 (64-bit) Windows 2008 R2 (64-bit)
Sun Fire X6270 M2 Sun Fire X4800	SG-SAS6-EM-Z	Current or legacy	Oracle Solaris 10 5/08 x86 (64-bit) plus patches Oracle Linux 5.5 (64-bit) Oracle Linux 5.4 (64-bit) SUSE 11 (64-bit) SUSE 10 SP3 (64-bit) RHEL5.5 (64-bit) RHEL5.4 (64-bit) Windows 2008 SP2 (64-bit) Windows 2008 R2 (64-bit)
Sun Fire X4470	SG-SAS6-EXT-Z	Current	Oracle Solaris 10 9/08 x86 (64-bit) plus patches Oracle Linux 5.5 (64-bit) Oracle Linux 5.4 (64-bit) SUSE 11 (64-bit) SUSE 10 SP3 (64-bit) RHEL5.5 (64-bit) RHEL5.4 (64-bit) Windows 2008 SP2 (64-bit) Windows 2008 R2 (64-bit)

Supported HBA Firmware

The following table describes the supported firmware version for each HBA, and which HBA works in which Sun Storage F5100 system (current or legacy).

Download HBA firmware at http://www.lsi.com/support/sun

Note - Before you connect your flash array to a SGX-SAS6-EXT-Z or SGX-SAS6-EM-Z HBA, you must install CAM 6.7 and apply the latest CAM patches for your host OS. The patches are required to ensure proper support for this configuration and may be found at https://support.oracle.com/CSP/ui/flash.html.

Sun Storage F5100 System	Supported HBAs	Description	Required Firmware Version
Current	SGX-SAS6-EXT-Z	Oracle’s Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe HBA provides 6 Gbyte/sec SAS performance and supports up to 40 Fmods on the array.	MPTFW-05.00.17.00, or greater
	SGX-SAS6-EM-Z	Oracle’s Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe Express Module HBA provides 6 Gbyte/sec SAS performance and supports up to 40 Fmods on the array.	MPTFW-05.00.17.00, or greater
	SG-XPCIE8SAS-E-Z	Sun StorageTek PCIe SAS host bus adapter that provides 2x4 lanes of 3 Gbyte/second SAS performance and supports up to 20 FMods on the array.	MPTFW-01.29.06.00-IT, or greater
	SG-XPCIE8SAS-EB-Z	Sun StorageTek SAS ExpressModule HBA for Sun Blade Servers. Provides 2x4 lanes of PCIe 3Gb/s per ports. Supports up to 20 FMods on the array.	MPTFW-01.29.06.00-IT, or greater
Legacy	SG-XPCIE8SAS-E-Z	Sun StorageTek PCIe SAS host bus adapter that provides 2x4 lanes of 3 Gbyte/second SAS performance and supports up to 20 FMods on the array.	MPTFW-01.29.06.00-IT, or greater
	SG-XPCIE8SAS-EB-Z	Sun StorageTek SAS ExpressModule HBA for Sun Blade Servers. Provides 2x4 lanes of PCIe 3Gb/s per ports. Supports up to 20 FMods on the array.	MPTFW-01.29.06.00-IT, or greater

Supported System Firmware

Firmware	Legacy Systems	Current Systems
SAS expander firmware	LSI FW 05.03.73.00	LSI FW 05.04.05
Flash Module firmware	MP1F	D129
FPGA firmware	2.2	2.4

Note - CAM 6.7 provides the latest SAS expander firmware and the latest Flash Module firmware.

Required Patches

The following patch identifiers represent the minimum level of the patches that must be installed. Use the following table to locate the appropriate patches for your system.

Legacy Systems Required Patches	Current Systems Required Patches
Oracle Solaris Performance Patch HBA Firmware Patch Windows 2003 Patch Persistent Log Message Patch	HBA Firmware Patch Persistent Log Message Patch

Oracle Solaris Performance Patch

Download and install the following mandatory performance patch on your Oracle Solaris host:

For Oracle Solaris 10 SPARC U4-U7, 138881-01 or later with MPT patch 141736-05
For Oracle Solaris 10 x86 U4-U7, 138881-01 or later with MPT patch 141737-05

Available for download from the following web site:

https://support.oracle.com/CSP/ui/flash.html

Note - To enable maximum throughput from the MPT driver, add mpt_doneq_thread_n_prop=8; to /kernel/drv/mpt.conf and reboot the system.

Note - Refer to the CAM software release notes to identify the Oracle Solaris patches required by the CAM software.

HBA Firmware Patch

You must update your HBA firmware to support Oracle’s Sun Storage F5100 flash array. For the supported HBAs firmware versions, see Supported HBA Firmware.

HBA firmware is available for download from the following web site:

http://www.lsi.com/support/sun

Windows 2003 Patch

On Windows 2003 platforms, you must install the Windows 2003 SP2 HotFix (KB943545) patch. You will be unable to register the storage device using the CAM software until you install this patch.

The patch is available for download from the following web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943545/en-us

If you are unable to access this web site, contact your Oracle Account Representative for assistance.

Persistent Log Message Patch

If you are experiencing persistent log messages such as command slot is full, and other problems associated with known issue 6807120 (Known Issues ), download the appropriate patch, listed in the following section, Oracle Solaris Performance Patch.

Supported Disk Management Software

The following software is supported for use with the Sun Storage F5100 flash array.

Table 1-1 Supported Disk Management Software for Current Systems

Software	Description
Oracle’s Sun Storage Common Array Manager 6.7 with patch: 145965-03 CAM 6.7.0 Firmware Release 5.4.5 for F5100 (for Oracle Solaris) 145966-03 CAM 6.7.0 Firmware Release 5.4.5 for F5100 (for Windows) 144861-01 Windows platform fix 145967-03 CAM 6.7.0 Firmware Release 5.4.5 for F5100 (for Linux RHEL SuSE)	Enclosure management software

Table 1-2 Supported Disk Management Software for Legacy Systems

Software	Description
Oracle’s StorageTek Common Array Manager 6.5.0 with patch: 141581-01 (for Windows) No patches are needed for Oracle Solaris or Linux	Enclosure management software
Oracle’s StorageTek Common Array Manager 6.4.1 with patch: 141484-01, or higher (for Oracle Solaris) 141485-01 (for Windows) 141486-01 (for Linux)	Enclosure management software

To download the software, and find more information about the CAM software, refer to the following web site:

http://www.oracle.com/us/products/servers-storage/storage/disk-storage/031603.html

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