System Interoperability

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This section provides information about selected platforms and storage that are compatible with the heterogeneous FC network design of the HBA. This section contains the following topics:

Host Platform Support

The HBA is supported by the platforms listed in the table in this section. For up-to-date information, see your system Product Notes and web pages.

For information about supported OS/technology versions, see Figure 2, Table 2, Supported Operating System/Technology Versions.

Table 4 Host Platform Support

Platform	Supported OS/Technology
Oracle's SPARC Servers
Fujitsu M10-1, M10-4, and M10-4S	Oracle Solaris
Fujitsu M10 PCI Expansion Unit	Oracle Solaris
SPARC T4-1 and T4-2	Oracle Solaris
SPARC T5-2, T5-4, and T5-8	Oracle Solaris
SPARC T7-1, T7-2, and T7-4	Oracle Solaris
SPARC M5-32 and M6-32	Oracle Solaris
SPARC M7-8 and M7-16	Oracle Solaris
SPARC 7-2 and 7-2L	Oracle Solaris
Oracle SuperCluster M6-32	Oracle Solaris
Oracle's x86 Servers
Sun Server X4-2, X4-2L, X4-4, and X4-8	Oracle Solaris, Windows, Linux, VMware
Oracle Server X5-2, X5-2L, X5-4, and X5-8	Oracle Solaris, Windows, Linux, VMware
Oracle Server X6-2 and X6-2L	Oracle Solaris, Windows, Linux, VMware
Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine X4-4 and X5-4	Oracle Solaris, Windows, Linux, VMware
Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance X4, X5, and X6	Oracle Solaris, Windows, Linux, VMware
Oracle's Telco Servers
Netra SPARC T4-1	Oracle Solaris
Netra SPARC S7-2	Oracle Solaris
Netra X4270 M3	Oracle Solaris, Windows, Linux, VMware
Netra Server X3-2 and X5-2	Oracle Solaris, Windows, Linux, VMware

Storage Support

This section lists the supported arrays and tape storage that can connect to the HBA through a supported switch (see Switch Support). This section contains the following topics:

Array Support

The HBA supports connecting, through a supported switch, to the following arrays:

Oracle's Sun Storage 2540 M2
Oracle's Sun Storage 6140
Oracle's Sun Storage 6180
Oracle's Sun Storage 6190
Oracle's Sun Storage 6540
Oracle's Sun Storage 6590
Oracle's StorageTek 6580/6780 with 8 Gb/s FC Host Interface cards

Storage System Support

The HBA supports connecting, through a supported switch, to the following storage systems:

Oracle's Pillar Axiom 600 storage system
Oracle's StorageTek 9980/9985/9985V storage system
Oracle's StorageTek 9990/9990V storage system

Tape Storage Support

The HBA supports connecting, through a supported switch, to the following tape storage:

Oracle's StorageTek SL24 Tape Autoloader
Oracle's StorageTek SL48 Tape Library
Oracle's StorageTek SL500 Modular Library
Oracle's StorageTek L1400 Tape Library
Oracle's StorageTek SL3000 Modular Library
Oracle's StorageTek SL8500 Modular Library
Oracle's StorageTek Virtual Tape Library: VTL Value and VTL Value Plus
Oracle's StorageTek T10000B/ T10000C
Oracle's StorageTek 9840C tape drive
Oracle's StorageTek 9940B tape drive
Oracle's StorageTek 9840D tape drive
IBM LTO4
IBM LTO5

Unified Storage

The HBA supports connecting, through a supported switch, to the following unified storage:

Oracle's Sun Storage 7110, 7210, 7310, 7410 System (Target mode only)
Oracle's Sun ZFS Storage 7120, 7320, 7420, 7720 System

Switch Support

Note - For technical support issues with any switches, refer to the product documentation or contact the switch manufacturer.

The HBA supports connecting to any 16 Gb/s Fibre Channel (FC) switch from any vendor that follows standard FC specifications, and follows 10GbE NIC/FCoE specifications, with the following considerations:

Direct Access Storage for FC is supported with COMSTAR.
FC-AL is not supported at 16 Gb/s or faster.

Note - This documentation lists switches that are specifically not supported by the HBA, when applicable.

Note - The HBA has been verified to function with Cisco 5xxx 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.