System Interoperability
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:
Chassis Support
The Converged Network Adapter can be installed in the following chassis:
Sun Blade 6000 Modular System
Sun Blade 6048 Chassis
Host Platform Support
The Converged Network Adapter is supported by the platforms listed in Table 3. For a list of the operating system versions that are supported by the adapter, see Table 2. For up-to-date information, see your system Product Notes and web pages.
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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:
StorageTek 2540
StorageTek 6140
Sun Storage 6180 Disk Controller
StorageTek 6540
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:
StorageTek 9980/9985/9985V System
StorageTek 9990/9990V System
Tape Storage Support
The Converged Network Adapter supports connecting to, using a supported switch, the following tape storage devices:
StorageTek SL24 tape autoloader
StorageTek SL48 tape library
StorageTek SL500 modular library
StorageTek SL3000 modular library
StorageTek SL8500 modular library
StorageTek L1400 tape library
StorageTek T10000A and T10000B tape drives
StorageTek 9840C and 9840D tape drives
IBM LTO3 and LTO4 tape drives
Quantum DLT-S4 tape drive
Unified Storage Support
The Converged Network Adapter supports connecting to, using a supported switch, the following disk system storage:
Sun Storage 7110
Sun Storage 7210
Sun Storage 7310
Sun Storage 7410
Switch Support
The Converged Network Adapter supports connecting to the following Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) switches:
Brocade 8000 (FCoE top-of-rack [ToR] switch)
Caution - When operating with Oracle's Solaris 10 10/09 OS, logging in to 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.
Brocade FCoE10-24 Blade for DCX
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, diagnostics, and applications listed in Table 4, Table 5, and Table 6.
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Boot Support
The Converged Network Adapter supports the following 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
Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.9 and 6.4
VMware ESX/ESXi 5.0 and 5.1
Windows Server 2008 R2 including SP1
Windows Server 2012