Oracle^® Solaris Cluster 4 Compatibility Guide

Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance on Ethernet Requirements

Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Configuration Requirements

The following ZFS storage appliances can be used by Oracle Solaris Cluster:

Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance models:

• Oracle ZFS Storage ZS3-2 (single-controller and dual-controller configurations)

• Oracle ZFS Storage ZS3-4 (single-controller and dual-controller configurations)

• Oracle ZFS Storage ZS4-4 (single-controller and dual-controller configurations)

• Oracle ZFS Storage ZS5-2 (single-controller and dual-controller configurations)

• Oracle ZFS Storage ZS5-4 (single-controller and dual-controller configurations)

• Oracle ZFS Storage ZS7-2 (single-controller and dual-controller configurations)

Sun ZFS Storage Appliance models:

• Sun ZFS Storage 7120

• Sun ZFS Storage 7320 (single-controller and dual-controller configurations)

• Sun ZFS Storage 7420 (single-controller and dual-controller configurations)

Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System models:

• Sun Storage 7110

• Sun Storage 7210

• Sun Storage 7310 (single-controller and dual-controller configurations)

• Sun Storage 7410 (single-controller and dual-controller configurations)

The Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance (Ethernet) can be used as an iSCSI block device or as an NFS NAS device.

• See the Oracle Solaris Cluster With Network-Attached Storage Device Manual for the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance configuration requirements.

Node Connectivity Limits

A maximum of eight nodes can be connected to any one iSCSI LUN.

RAID Requirements

There are no Oracle Solaris Cluster specific requirements.

Software, Firmware, and Patches

Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance (Ethernet) support starts with Sun ZFS Storage Software 2010.Q3.3.

See the following table for supported Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance software releases.

Table 79  Oracle Solaris Cluster 4: Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Software for Ethernet-Connected Storage

Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Software Release Name Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.4 Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3b Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.2b Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1c Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.0d 2013.1.8.x Y Ye 2013.1.7.x Y Ye 2013.1.6.x Y Y 2013.1.5.x Y Y 2013.1.4.x Y Y 2013.1.3.x Y 2013.1.2.x Y Y 2013.1.1.x Y Y 2013.1.0.x Y Y 2011.1.9.xa Y Y 2011.1.8.x Y Y 2011.1.7.x Y Y 2011.1.6.x Y Y 2011.1.5.x Y Y Y

• a – NFS only

• b – With Oracle Solaris 11.2 or 11.3

• c – With Oracle Solaris 11.2 only

• d – With Oracle Solaris 11.0 only

• e – Starting with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3 SRU 8

See the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance documents for Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance requirements.

Oracle Virtual Networking

Oracle Virtual Networking is supported. See Oracle Virtual Networking on Oracle Solaris Cluster for information.

Supported models:

• Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance: ZS3-2, ZS3-4

• Sun ZFS Storage Appliance: 7120, 7320, 7420

Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Server Support

Oracle Solaris Cluster supports any server qualified as a cluster node, with any Oracle Solaris Cluster qualified FC HBA supported by that server and Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance, provided the requirements for Oracle Solaris Cluster release, Oracle Solaris release, patches, and others are met.