This chapter provides a basic overview of Oracle’s eight-port, internal Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA (referred to as Sun StorageTek SAS RAID Internal HBA in this document), which uses Adaptec technology. This chapter describes the various operating systems, host platforms, storage, and infrastructure configurations that support the HBA.
The chapter contains the following sections:
Kit Contents
- Sun StorageTek SAS RAID Internal HBA
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- 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 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID Internal HBA (SG-XPCIESAS-R-INT-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 (For more information, see the Sun StorageTek RAID Manager Software User’s Guide.)
- Disk drive hot-plugging (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-Spare (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 Internal HBA is a SAS RAID HBA with these features.
FIGURE 1-1 Sun StorageTek SAS RAID Internal HBA Component Layout
The following table lists the features of the HBA.
TABLE 1-1 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, internal
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Two mini SAS x4 (SFF-8087)
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RAID levels
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0, 1, 1E, 10, 5, 5EE, 50,6, 60, JBOD
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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
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Automatic failover
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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 the following operating system and technology versions.
TABLE 1-2 Supported Operating System and Technology Versions
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Operating System/Technology
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Supported Versions
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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 or the 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 servers that are compatible with the Sun StorageTek SAS RAID Internal HBA. This section contains the following subsections:
Host Platform Support
The HBA is supported by a computer that meets the following criteria:
- 1 GB of RAM, at minimum
- Available compatible PCI Express x8 slot
- 100 MB of free disk drive space
Server Support
TABLE 1-3 lists the servers that the HBA supports.
TABLE 1-3 Server Support
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Server
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Supported OS/Technology
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SPARC Servers
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Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 server
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Solaris
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Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 server
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Solaris
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Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 server
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Solaris
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Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 server
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Solaris
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Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 server
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Solaris
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Sun SPARC Enterprise M3000 server
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Solaris
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Sun Fire T1000 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 X2250 server
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Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
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Sun Fire X4140 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 X4440 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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Software Support
TABLE 1-4 lists the software applications that the HBA supports.
TABLE 1-4 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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| Sun StorageTek SAS RAID HBA Installation Guide
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820-1847-20
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