Supported Disk Shelf Combinations and HBAs

Disk shelves are supported by specific HBAs in the controller, and can be combined in certain configurations within a system. Use the following table to determine the HBA type required by each disk shelf model.

Table 1  Required HBA per Disk Shelf Model

Disk Shelf Model Required HBA DE3-24P All-Flash SAS-3 4x4 port HBA DE3-24 Disk Shelf SAS-3 4x4 port HBA or SAS-2 4x4 port HBA DE2-24 Disk Shelf SAS-3 4x4 port HBA, SAS-2 4x4 port HBA or SAS-2 2x4 port HBA Sun Disk Shelf SAS-2 4x4 port HBA or SAS-2 2x4 port HBA DE2-24 and Sun Disk Shelf together SAS-2 4x4 port HBA SAS-2 2x4 port HBA for only Sun ZFS Storage 7120

The following table describes the disk shelf models that can be used together for each controller configuration, as of software release OS8.7.0. See Cabinet and Cabling Guidelines for disk shelf intermixing guidelines and all-flash disk shelf usage. To understand which controllers support which HBA types, see Maximum Disk Shelves per Controller Configuration.

Table 2  Supported Disk Shelves per Controller Configuration

Controller Configuration DE3-24P All-Flash All DE3 Disk Shelves (except All-Flash) All DE2 Disk Shelves DE3 and DE2 Disk Shelves DE2 and Sun Disk Shelves ZS5-4 with SAS-3 4x4 port HBAs Yes Yes Yes Yes No ZS5-4 with SAS-2 4x4 port HBAs No Yes Yes Yes No ZS5-2 with SAS-3 4x4 port HBAs Yes Yes Yes Yes No ZS5-2 with SAS-2 4x4 port HBAs No Yes Yes Yes No ZS4-4 with SAS-3 4x4 port HBAs Yes Yes Yes Yes No ZS4-4 with SAS-2 4x4 port HBAs No Yes Yes Yes No ZS3-4 with SAS-2 4x4 port HBAs No Yes Yes Yes Yes ZS3-2 with SAS-3 4x4 port HBAs No Yes Yes Yes No ZS3-2 with SAS-2 4x4 port HBAs No Yes Yes Yes Yes 7420 with SAS-2 4x4 port HBAs No No Yes No Yes 7420 with SAS-2 2x4 port HBAs No No Yes No No 7320 with SAS-2 4x4 port HBAs No No Yes No Yes 7320 with SAS-2 2x4 port HBAs No No Yes No No 7120 with SAS-2 2x4 port HBAs No No Yes No Yes