System Interoperability

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This section provides information about platforms, storage systems, switches, and software that are compatible with the heterogeneous Fibre Channel and Ethernet network design of the Converged Network Adapter. This section contains the following topics:

Host Platform Support

The adapter is supported by the platforms listed in Table 3. For up-to-date information, see your Oracle server release notes and web pages.

Table 3 Host Platform Support

Platform	Supported OS/Technology
Oracle SPARC Servers
Netra SPARC T3-1	Oracle Solaris
SPARC M5-32	Oracle Solaris
SPARC T3-1	Oracle Solaris
SPARC T3-2	Oracle Solaris
SPARC T4-1	Oracle Solaris
SPARC T4-2	Oracle Solaris
SPARC T5-2	Oracle Solaris
SPARC Enterprise M3000	Oracle Solaris
SPARC Enterprise M4000	Oracle Solaris
SPARC Enterprise M5000	Oracle Solaris
SPARC Enterprise M8000	Oracle Solaris
SPARC Enterprise M9000	Oracle Solaris
Oracle x86 Servers
Sun Blade X4-2B	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
Sun Fire X2200 M2	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
Sun Fire X2250	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
Sun Fire X2270	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
Sun Fire X4140	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, , and Windows
Sun Fire X4150	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
Sun Fire X4170	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
Sun Fire X4170 M2	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
Sun Fire X4170 M3	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
Sun Fire X4240	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
Sun Fire X4250	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
Sun Fire X4270	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
Sun Fire X4270 M2	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
Sun Fire X4270 M3	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
Sun Fire X4275	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
Sun Fire X4440	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
Sun Fire X4450	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
Sun Fire X4470	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
Sun Fire X4470 M2	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
Sun Fire X4640	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
Sun Server X2-4	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
Sun Server X3-2	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
Sun Server X3-2L	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
Sun Server X4-2	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
Sun Server X4-2L	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
Fujitsu M10 Servers
Fujitsu M10-1	Oracle Solaris
Fujitsu M10-4	Oracle Solaris
Fujitsu M10-4S	Oracle Solaris

Storage Support

This section lists the arrays, disk systems, and tape storage devices supported by the Converged Network Adapter. This section provides the following topics:

Array Support

The Converged Network Adapter supports connecting to, using a supported switch, the following arrays:

Sun StorageTek 2540
Sun StorageTek 6140
Sun StorageTek 6180
Sun StorageTek 6540
Sun StorageTek 6580/6780 with 8Gb Fibre Channel host interface cards

Disk System Support

The Converged Network Adapter supports connecting to, using a supported switch, the following disk system storage:

Sun StorageTek 9980/9985/9985V System
Sun StorageTek 9990/9990V System

Tape Storage Support

The Converged Network Adapter supports connecting to, using a supported switch, the following tape storage devices:

Sun StorageTek SL24 tape autoloader
Sun StorageTek SL48 tape library
Sun StorageTek SL500 modular library
Sun StorageTek SL3000 modular library
Sun StorageTek SL8500 modular library
Sun StorageTek L1400 tape library
Sun StorageTek T10000A and T10000B tape drives
Sun StorageTek 9840C and 9840D tape drives
Sun StorageTek LTO-5 tape drive
IBM LTO3 and LTO4 tape drives
Quantum DLT-S4 tape drive

Switch Support

The Converged Network Adapter supports connecting to the following Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) switches:

Brocade Elara 8000 (FCoE top-of-rack [ToR] switch)

Caution - When operating with the Oracle Solaris 10 10/09 OS, logging into a Brocade Elara 8000 switch requires VLAN 1002 configuration for that port. This is not a requirement in later versions of the Oracle Solaris OS.

Cisco Nexus 5548 Series (FCoE ToR switch)
Cisco Nexus 5010 (FCoE ToR switch)
Cisco Nexus 5020 (FCoE ToR switch)

Note - The Converged Network Adapter has been verified to function with Cisco 5xxx FCoE switches; however, Oracle Services does not support customers with questions or issues about these switches. Direct all inquiries about the use of Cisco 5xxx switches to Cisco Systems.

Note - When used strictly as a NIC, the Converged Network Adapter supports the use of any 10 GbE SFP+ Ethernet switch. However, to implement FCoE functionality with the Converged Network Adapter, you must use only the FCoE switches specified in this section.

Note - Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) cannot be used on the same port as FCoE or iSCSI.

Software Support

The Converged Network Adapter supports the software utilities and applications listed in Table 4 and Table 5.

Table 4 Supported Converged Network Adapter Utilities

Software	Supported OS
Converged Network Adapter firmware update utility	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
Converged Network Adapter configuration and management utility	Oracle Solaris, Linux, VMware, and Windows
Converged Network Adapter installation wizard	Windows
Oracle Solaris `fcinfo` utility compatibility	Oracle Solaris

Table 5 Other Supported Software Applications

Software	Supported OS
VERITAS Storage Foundation (VxSF) 5.0	Oracle Solaris
VERITAS NetBackup 6.5	Oracle Solaris
Sun StorageTek Enterprise Backup Software (EBS) 7.2/7.3/7.4	Oracle Solaris, Linux, and Windows
Support for native multi-pathing	Oracle Solaris, Linux, and Windows

Boot Support

The Converged Network Adapter supports the following minimum boot types:

Oracle Solaris 10 01/13 for the x86 and SPARC environments
Oracle Solaris 11.1 for the x86 and SPARC environments
Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) boot capable (for x86 systems)
RHEL 5.9 and 6.4
SLES 11 SP2
VMware ESX/ESXi 5.0 and 5.1
Windows Server 2008, R2 including SP1
Windows Server 2012