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Apple Computer, Inc.


Xserve RAID Product Notes:

WHERE to BUY: Apple supports online, Retail, Reseller agents.

SERVICE:

Apple Computer Service & Support
Qlogic Fibre Channel Card Service & Support

SUPPORTED PLATFORMS:

Please Contact Vendor

TESTED PLATFORM:

SPARC: SB1000
X86:
X64: V40z
Please Contact Vendor

KNOWN ISSUES:

Complete Fibre channel support not available on Solaris 9 X86, for the xserver RAID product.

PACKAGES:

1) Solaris 10 Sparc - full install plus OEM support. Install the following patch 119130-14
2) Solaris 9 Sparc - full install plus OEM support. Install Sun San 4.4.8 Package.
3) Solaris 10 X86 - full install plus OEM support. Install the following patch 119131-14

INSTALLATION

  • Solaris 10 on sparc using Sun HBA card

    • Install OS – Test environment used Full install plus OEM support

    • Install Sun HBA card

    • Install the following patches

      • 119130-14

    • Set the “mpxio-disable” variable as appropriate in the /kernel/drv/*conf files for your implementation


  • Solaris 10 on x86 using Sun HBA card

    • Install OS – Test environment used Full install plus OEM support

    • Install Sun HBA card

    • Install the following patches

      • 119131-14

    • Set the “mpxio-disable” variable as appropriate in the /kernel/drv/*conf files for your implementation


  • Solaris 10 on sparc using QLogic HBA card

    • Install OS – Test environment used Full install plus OEM support

    • Install Sun HBA card

    • Install the following required packages

      • Qlogic driver from the Qlogic website – package QLA2300

    • Install the following optional software if desired

      • SANsurfer software from Qlogic

      • CLI package

    • Install the following patches

      • 119130-14

    • Set the “mpxio-disable” variable as appropriate in the /kernel/drv/*conf files for your implementation


  • Solaris 10 on x86 using QLogic Sun HBA card

    • Install OS – Test environment used Full install plus OEM support

    • Install the Qlogic HBA card

    • Install the following required packages

      • Qlogic driver from the Qlogic website – package QLA2300

    • Install the following optional software if desired

      • SANsurfer software from Qlogic

      • CLI package

    • Install the following patches

      • 119131-14


  • Solaris 9 on sparc using Sun HBA card

    • Install OS – Test environment used Full install plus OEM support

    • Install Sun San 4.4.8 package. Download this from the Sun site. This installs all packages and patches for Solaris 9

      • Packages for Solaris 9

        • SUNWcfcl

        • SUNWcfclr

        • SUNWcfclx

        • SUNWcfpl

        • SUNWcfplx

        • SUNWemlxs

        • SUNWemlxsx

        • SUNWemlxu

        • SUNWemlxux

        • SUNWfchba

        • SUNWfchbr

        • SUNWfchbx

        • SUNWfcsm

        • SUNWfcsmx

        • SUNWjfca

        • SUNWjfcau

        • SUNWjfcaux

        • SUNWjfcax

        • SUNWmdiu

        • SUNWsan

      • Patches for Solaris 9

        • 111847-08

        • 113046-01

        • 113049-01

        • 113039-12

        • 113040-17

        • 113041-10

        • 113042-13

        • 113043-12

        • 113044-05

        • 114476-06

        • 114477-03

        • 114478-07

        • 114878-10

        • 119914-07


  • Solaris 9 on sparc using QLogic HBA card

    • Install OS – Test environment used Full install plus OEM support

    • Install Sun San 4.4.8 package. Download this from the Sun site. This installs all packages and patches for Solaris 9

      • Packages for Solaris 9

        • SUNWcfcl

        • SUNWcfclr

        • SUNWcfclx

        • SUNWcfpl

        • SUNWcfplx

        • SUNWemlxs

        • SUNWemlxsx

        • SUNWemlxu

        • SUNWemlxux

        • SUNWfchba

        • SUNWfchbr

        • SUNWfchbx

        • SUNWfcsm

        • SUNWfcsmx

        • SUNWjfca

        • SUNWjfcau

        • SUNWjfcaux

        • SUNWjfcax

        • SUNWmdiu

        • SUNWsan

      • Patches for Solaris 9

        • 111847-08

        • 113046-01

        • 113049-01

        • 113039-12

        • 113040-17

        • 113041-10

        • 113042-13

        • 113043-12

        • 113044-05

        • 114476-06

        • 114477-03

        • 114478-07

        • 114878-10

        • 119914-07


USAGE:

1) Not required, but recommend letting all volumes build before using.

2) Controllers are not redundant. Each side of the array requires its own hot spare.

REFERENCES:

Apple Xserve RAID documentation.
HBA documentation.

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