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Sun Cluster Open Storage Program

Sun Cluster 3 Systems Interoperability Matrix
IBM – Enterprise Storage Server family

Servers¹	Operating System	Sun Cluster Software^12,16	Max # Nodes	VM Software Options	Multi-Path Driver	Host Adapters	SAN Switches⁵	Storage
Sun Fire V210 V240 V250 280R V440 V480 V490 V880 V890 V1280 E2900 4800 4810 E4900 6800 E6900 12K 15K E20K E25K Sun Enterprise 220R 420R E250 E450 3x00-6x00⁴ 10K⁴ Netra 210 240 440 1290	Solaris 8 Solaris 9 Solaris 10	SC 3.0 5/02 SC 3.1 10/03 SC 3.1 4/04 SC 3.1 9/04 SC 3.1 8/05 SC 3.2 SC 3.2 2/08 SC 3.2 1/09	4¹⁰	SDS 4.2.1 Solaris SVM Veritas VxVM 3.5, 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 MP1¹⁶	Sun StorEdge Traffic SAN 4.4.2 to 4.4.12⁹ 4.4.13- 4.4.14¹⁵ SAN Driver in Solaris 10	Sun 6727A 6767A (SG-XPCI1FC-QF2) 6768A (SG-XPCI2FC-QF2) Sun 6799A SG-XPCI1FC-QL2 SG-XPCI2FC-QF2-Z SG-XPCI1FC-EM2 SG-XPCI2FC-EM2 SG-XPCI1FC-EM4-Z SG-XPCI2FC-EM4-Z SG-XPCI1FC-QF4 SG-XPCI2FC-QF4 "Native" HBAs supported: Qlogic¹¹ Emulex¹¹	Brocade SilkWorm 3200 3800 3900 12000 Cisco McData Sphereon 4300 4500 Intrepid 6064 6140 Qlogic Sun IBM^7,8 IBM TotalStorage San Switch F08 F16 F32 M12 M14	ESS Model 800^2,3 DS4000 Series¹⁴ DS4100_Series^13,14 DS4200 Series¹⁴ DS4300 Series¹⁴ DS4400 Series¹⁴ DS4500 Series¹⁴ DS4700 Series¹⁴ DS4800 Series¹⁴ DS5000 Series¹⁴ DS6000 Series DS8000 Series
Sun Fire V215 V245 V445 Sparc Enterprise T1000 T2000 T5120 T5140 T5220 T5240 T5440 M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000-32 M9000-64 Netra T2000 T5220 T5440 Sun Blade T6300 T6320 T6340	Solaris 9 9/05 HW¹⁷ Solaris 10	SC 3.1 8/05 SC 3.2 SC 3.2 2/08 SC 3.2 1/09	4	Solaris SVM Veritas VxVM 4.1, 5.0 MP1¹⁶	SAN driver bundled in OS for Solaris 10	SG-XPCI1FC-EM2 SG-XPCI2FC-EM2 SG-XPCIE1FC-EM4 SG-XPCIE2FC-EM4 SG-XPCI1FC-EM4-Z SG-XPCI2FC-EM4-Z SG-XPCI1FC-QF4 SG-XPCI2FC-QF4 SG-XPCIE1FC-QF4 SG-XPCIE2FC-QF4 SG-XPCI1FC-QL2 SG-XPCI2FC-QF2-Z SG-XPCIE2FC-EB4-Z SG-XPCIE2FC-QB4-Z SG-XPCIE2FCGBE-E-Z SG-XPCIE2FCGBE-Q-Z SG-XPCIE1FC-QF8-Z SG-XPCIE1FC-EM8-Z SG-XPCIE2FC-QF8-Z SG-XPCIE2FC-EM8-Z "Native" HBAs supported: Qlogic¹¹ Emulex¹¹	Same as above	ESS Model 800^2,3 DS4000 Series¹⁴ DS4100 Series^13,14 DS4200 Series¹⁴ DS4300 Series¹⁴ DS4400 Series¹⁴ DS4500 Series¹⁴ DS4700 Series¹⁴ DS4800 Series¹⁴ DS5000 Series¹⁴ DS6000 Series DS8000 Series XIV Storage System Model 2810 20
Sun Fire V20Z V40Z X2100 M2 X2200 M2 X4100 X4100 M2 X4140 X4140 M2 X4150 X4200 X4200 M2 X4240, x4250 x4170, x4270, x4275 X4440 X4450 X4540 X4600 X4600 M2 Sun Blade X6220, X6240, X6250 X6270 X6450 X8400, X8420 X8440 X8450 Netra X4200 M2, x4250 x4450	Solaris 10 X86 (64-bit)	SC 3.1 8/05 SC 3.2 SC 3.2 2/08 SC 3.2 1/09	4	Solaris SVM	SAN driver bundled in OS for Solaris 10	SG-XPCI1FC-QL2 SG-XPCI2FC-QF2 SG-XPCI2FC-QF2-Z SG-XPCI1FC-EM2 SG-XPCI2FC-EM2 SG-XPCI1FC-EM4 SG-XPCI2FC-EM4 SG-XPCI1FC-EM4-Z SG-XPCI2FC-EM4-Z SG-XPCIE1FC-EM4 SG-XPCIE2FC-EM4 SG-XPCIE1FC-QF4 SG-XPCIE2FC-QF4 SG-XPCI1FC-QF4 SG-XPCI2FC-QF4 SG-XPCIE2FC-EB4-Z SG-XPCIE2FC-QB4-Z SG-XPCIE20FC-NEM-Z SG-XPCIE2FCGBE-E-Z SG-XPCIE2FCGBE-Q-Z SG-XPCIE1FC-QF8-Z SG-XPCIE1FC-EM8-Z SG-XPCIE2FC-QF8-Z SG-XPCIE2FC-EM8-Z "Native" HBAs supported: Qlogic¹¹ Emulex¹¹	Same as above	ESS Model 800^2,3 DS4000 Series¹⁴ DS4300 Series¹⁴ DS4500 Series¹⁴ DS4700 Series¹⁴ DS4800 Series¹⁴ DS5000 Series¹⁴ DS6000 Series DS8000 Series XIV Storage System Model 2810²⁰
ALL SPARC and x64 servers listed above	Solaris¹⁶	SC 3.1 SC 3.2 SC 3.2 2/08	4	Solaris SVM	SAN driver bundled in OS for Solaris 10	Same as above¹⁹	Same as above	SVC 2145^19,21 v 4.2.1.0 or higher
Sun Fire X4200 M2¹⁸	Solaris 10 11/06 X86 (64-bit)	SC 3.2	8	Solaris SVM	SAN driver bundled in OS for Solaris 10	Sun branded HBAs only	Same as above	DS6000 Series DS8000 Series

¹ See the Sun System Handbook for minimum supported Solaris Operating System versions, HBAs and other supported options for list servers.

² Requires ESS LIC level 2.2.0, or later for Solaris 8 and ESS LIC 2.3.1, or later for Solaris 9.

³ For the "ESS interoperability matrix" and "ESS host systems attachment guide", see http://www.storage.ibm.com/disk/ess/ess800/supserver.htm.

⁴ E10K pci only.

⁵ For the latest Brocade, Cisco, McData, Qlogic and Sun switch offerings: http://www.sun.com/storagetek/networking.jsp

⁶ For the latest IBM switch offerings: http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/storage/disk/ds4000/interop-matrix.html

⁷ For the latest IBM switch offerings: http://www-900.ibm.com/storage/cn/pdf/ds8000-matrix.pdf (Page 39)

⁸ For the latest IBM switch offerings: http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/storage/disk/ds6000/interop.html

⁹ Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 are not supported in SAN 4.4.9

¹⁰ Firmware version 06.12.27.00 must be used for greater than 2 node configurations. Please contact your IBM field representative for further information.

¹¹ "Native" HBAs now supported by Solaris: http://www.sun.com/io_technologies/index.html
Non-Sun HBAs require that Sun drivers be utilized.

¹² Solaris 10 supported patch level is 120500-08 or lower.

¹³ Single path support only with MPXIO.

¹⁴ For Solaris 10 5/09 (Update 7) MPxIO settings in
/kernel/drv/scsi_vhci.conf file should be:
load-balance="round-robin";
auto-failback="disabled":
These settings are critical to avoid system interruption.

¹⁵ SAN 4.4.13 and later are supported on Solaris 9 only.

¹⁶ OS and Volume Manager support details, please refer to: http://wikis.sun.com/display/SunCluster/Release+Notes+Information.

¹⁷ Applies only to V215, V245, V445.
V215 and V245 require Solaris 9, 9/05 HW + 122300-10 patch + SAN 4.4.13

¹⁸ Unique 8 node support configuration for specific customer. Download Solaris 10 x64 patch 126107-03.

¹⁹ For details regarding the backend storage that is supported by IBM, please go to: https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/supportresources?taskind=3&brandind=5000033&familyind=5329743&typeind=0&modelind=0&osind=0. On this page you will find links for hardware and software matrices regarding individual SVC versions.

²⁰ Mininum microcode version 10.0.1 required.

²¹ SC 3.2 1/09 is not supported with SVC at this time.