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Solaris Cluster Open Hardware Program

Sun Cluster and HP X64 ProLiant Servers Interoperability Matrix
HP Servers¹	Operating System	Cluster Software	Max # Nodes	VM Software	Multi-Path Driver	Host Adapters⁷	SAN Switches	HP Storage	HP Storage Array Firmware⁶	Network Interface Controller (NIC)⁹
BL280c G6 BL460c BL460c G6 BL465c BL465c G6 BL480c BL490c G6 BL680c BL685c BL685c G6 DL320 G6 DL360 G5 DL360 G6 DL365 G5 DL370 G6 DL380 G5 DL380 G6 DL385 DL385 G2 DL385 G5 DL385 G6 DL580 G5 DL585 DL585 G2 DL585 G5 DL585 G6 DL785 G5 DL785 G6 ML370 G5	Solaris 10 x86 (64 bit) 11/06 - 5/09	SC 3.1 8/2005 SC 3.2 - SC 3.2 1/09²	4	Solaris SVM	SAN driver bundled in OS for Solaris 10	SG-XPCIE1FC-EM4 SG-XPCIE2FC-EM4 SG-XPCIE1FC-QF4 SG-XPCIE2FC-QF4 SG-XPCI1FC-EM2 SG-XPCI2FC-EM2 SG-XPCI1FC-EM4-Z SG-XPCI2FC-EM4-Z SG-XPCI1FC-QF2 SG-XPCI2FC-QF2 SG-XPCI1FC-QF4 SG-XPCI2FC-QF4 "Native" HBAs supported: Emulex³ QLogic³ HP⁸	Brocade⁴ SilkWorm 3200 3800 3900 12000 McData⁴ Sphereon 4300 4500 Intrepid 6064 6140 Qlogic⁴ Cisco⁴ Sun⁴ HP⁵	EVA 3000 Series 5000 Series EVA 4000 Series 6000 Series 8000 Series EVA 4100 6100 8100 EVA 4400 XP128/XP1024 XP10000/XP12000 XP20000/XP24000 MSA 2312fc 2324fc	EVA 3000 - 4.001 5000 - 4.001 EVA 4x00 - 5.100 6x00 - 5.100 8x00 - 5.100 EVA 4100 - 6.110 6100 - 6.110 8100 - 6.110 EVA 4400 - 9.000 XP128/XP1024 21.14.14.00/00 XP10000/XP12000 50.05.06.00/00 60.01.31.00/00 XP2000/XP24000 60.01.68.00/00 MSA2312fc-M110R20 MSA2324fc-M110R20	NC370x NC371x NC373x NC374x NC380x NC7782 NC7170 X4445 7280A-2 7281A-2

BL280c G6 BL460c BL460c G6 BL465c BL465c G6 BL480c BL490c G6 BL680c BL685c BL685c G6 DL320 G6 DL360 G5 DL360 G6 DL365 G5 DL370 G6 DL380 G5 DL380 G6 DL385 DL385 G2 DL385 G5 DL385 G6 DL580 G5 DL585 DL585 G2 DL585 G5 DL585 G6 DL785 G5 DL785 G6 ML370 G5	Solaris 10 x86 (64 bit) 11/06 - 5/09	SC 3.2 - SC 3.2 1/09²	4	Solaris SVM	SAN driver bundled in OS for Solaris 10	All Network Interface Cards (NICs) supported with Solaris 10	None	iSCSI Arrays: MSA2312i- M110R20 MSA2324i- M110R20	MSA2312i- M110R20 MSA2324i- M110R20	NC370x NC371x NC373x NC374x NC380x NC7782 NC7170 X4445 7280A-2 7281A-2

DL320 G6 DL360 G5 DL360 G6 DL365 G5 DL370 G6 DL380 G5 DL380 G6 DL385 DL385 G2 DL385 G6 DL585 DL585 G2 DL585 G5 DL585 G6 DL785 G6	Solaris 10 x86 (64 bit) 11/06 - 5/09	SC 3.2 - SC 3.2 1/09²	4	Solaris SVM	SAN driver bundled in OS for Solaris 10	SG-XPCI8SAS-E-Z SG-XPCIE8SAS-E-Z	None	SAS Arrays: MSA2312sa MSA2324sa	MSA2312sa-M110R20 MSA2324sa-M110R20	NC370x NC371x NC373x NC374x NC380x NC7782 NC7170 X4445 7280A-2 7281A-2

¹ See HP website for more information on ProLiant servers: http://www.hp.com/go/solaris and http://www.hp.com/wwsolutions/solaris

² OS and Volume Manager support details, please refer to: http://wikis.sun.com/display/SunCluster/Release+Notes+Information
SC 3.2 Solaris support for Solaris 10 8/07 (Update 4) requires patch S10x86 / 126107-01.

³ "Native" HBAs supported by Solaris: http://www.sun.com/io_technologies/index.html

⁴ For the latest Brocade, McData, Qlogic and Sun switch offerings: http://www.sun.com/storagetek/networking.jsp

⁵ For a complete list of HP switch offerings, please go to: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure/switches.html

⁶ Minimum firmware requirement to enable Sun Cluster.

⁷ HP ships ProLiant servers with the option for PCI-X or PCI-E HBAs. PCI-E version is default unless specified on order by customer.

⁸ For a list of HP's HBA offerrings, please go to: http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/589799-0-0-0-121.html and select the option tab.

⁹ The embedded NC532i and NC326i adapters cannot be used as transport adapters.