Oracle Solaris contains several self-identifying drivers for SAS-1, SAS-2, and SAS-3 controllers. These SAS drivers enumerate all the supported targets automatically and do not require manual configuration.
Systems running the Oracle Solaris OS can boot from a SAS device or from a SATA device connected to a SAS controller.
Oracle Solaris also supports SAS expanders and SMP protocols. For more information about the hardware compatibility for SPARC and x86 platforms, see Oracle Hardware Compatibility List. For more information about supported disk controllers, see https://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/hcl/data/s11ga/components/views/disk_controller_all_results.techtype.page1.html
This chapter provides information about the SAS devices discovery and displaying their configuration information.
It contains the following main topics: