C H A P T E R 1

HBA Overview

This chapter gives a general overview of the Sun StorageTek PCI-X Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) 8-Channel host bus adapter (HBA).

This chapter contains the following sections:

Features

Operating System Requirements

System Interoperability

Features

The Sun StorageTek PCI-X SAS 8-Channel HBA is a low-profile, single-slot expansion board that interfaces to a PCI-X 133-MHz bus.

An optional standard height mounting bracket is provided with each HBA as shown in FIGURE 1-1.

FIGURE 1-1 Sun StorageTek PCI-X SAS 8-Channel HBA

Figure shows the Sun StorageTek PCI-X 8-Channel SAS HBA.

The HBA includes the following features:

Includes eight independent SAS channels that support both SAS and SATA signaling.

Allows 3 Gb/s, full-duplex connections that are supported by all eight SAS channels.

Supports up to 122 SAS/SATA devices through the use of an expander box.

Includes field programmable 512-Kbyte flash ROM (contains BIOS, FCode, and firmware) for booting in a Sun SPARC or Sun x64/x86 processor-based host system.

Supports SSP, STP, and SMP as defined in the Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Specification, version 1.0.

Supports SATA as defined in the Serial ATA Specification, version 1.0.

Is Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) 6 compliant.

The PCI-X interface is compliant with the PCI-X Specification, revision 2.0, and it is backward compliant with previous versions of the PCI-X specifications. The HBA is keyed for 3.3 V PCI-X add-in card slots. The PCI-X to 3.0 Gbit/s SAS HBAs use either a standard PCI or a low-profile PCI mounting bracket. The HBA SAS interface is compatible with the ANSI Serial Attached SCSI Specification, revision 1.0 and the Serial ATA Specification, revision 1.0a.

Operating System Requirements

The Sun StorageTek PCI-X SAS 8-Channel HBA requires the minimum operating system levels listed in TABLE 1-1.

TABLE 1-1 Supported Operating System Versions
Operating System	Supported Versions (minimum)
Solaris 10 for x64/x86 and SPARC	Solaris 10, Update 2
Solaris 10 for x64/x86 and SPARC
Linux	Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 Update 3 and Update 4 x64
	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 8
	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 SP3 x64
VMware	ESX Server version 3.0.1
Microsoft Windows	Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition x64
	Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition x86 w/SP1
	Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition x86 w/SP1

System Interoperability

This section provides host platform, storage, and software support for the SAS HBA. This section contains the following topics:

Host Platform Support

Storage System Support

Software Support

Host Platform Support

TABLE 1-2 lists the host platforms supported by the SAS HBA.

TABLE 1-2 Host Platform Support
Platform	Supported OS
SPARC Servers and Workstations
Sun Fire V445 server	Solaris
Sun Fire V215 and V245servers	Solaris
Sun Fire V125 server	Solaris
Sun Fire V210, V240, V250, and Netra 240 servers	Solaris
Sun Fire V440 server	Solaris
Sun Fire V480, V490, V880, and V890 servers	Solaris
Sun Fire V1280 and E2900 servers	Solaris
Sun Fire 4800, 4810 and E4900 servers	Solaris
Sun Fire 6800 and E6900 servers	Solaris
Sun Fire 12K and E20K servers	Solaris
Sun Fire 15K and E25K servers	Solaris
Sun Fire 20K and 25K servers	Solaris
Sun Fire T2000 server	Solaris
Sun Ultra 45 workstation	Solaris
Sun Blade 2500 workstations	Solaris
Sun x64 Servers and Workstations
Sun Fire X4100, and X4200 servers	Solaris, Linux, and Windows
Sun Fire V40z server	Solaris, Linux, and Windows
Sun Ultra 40 workstation (x64)	Solaris, Linux, and Windows

Storage System Support

The SAS HBA supports the Sun StorageTek 2500 array.

Software Support

The SAS HBA supports the following software applications.

TABLE 1-3 Software Support
Software	Supported OS
Sun Cluster 3.x	Solaris
Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager 4.6	Solaris
Sun StorEdge Enterprise Backup Software 6.0B	Solaris, Linux, and Windows
VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) 3.5/4.0	Solaris
VERITAS File System 5.0	Solaris
VERITAS NetBackup 6.0	Solaris, Linux, and Windows