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Sun Cluster Open Storage Program

Sun Cluster 3 and NEC iStorage Systems Interoperability Matrix

Servers¹	Operating System¹	Cluster Software	Max # Nodes	VM Software⁵	Multi-Path Driver²	Host Adapters⁹	SAN Switches⁴	iStorage
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 3x00-6x00³ 10K³ Netra 20 210 240 440 1290	Solaris 8 Solaris 9 Solaris 10 1/06 or later	SC 3.1 10/03 SC 3.1 4/04 SC 3.1 9/04 SC 3.1 8/05 SC 3.2⁶ SC 3.2 2/08⁶	2	SVM Veritas VxVM 3.5, 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 MP1⁶ Veritas VxFS 3.5, 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 MP1	Sun StorEdge Traffic SAN 4.4. to 4.4.11 - 4.4.15⁷	Sun 6727A 6767A (SG-XPCI1FC-QF2) 6768A (SG-XPCI2FC-QF2) 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	Brocade 200E 3200 3250 4100 5000 SAN Sun Storage Switch 4.4.X Cisco MDS 9216i Multi-Layer Fabric 9506 Multi-Layer Director 9509 Multi-Layer Director McData QLogic	S1400 S2400 S2800 S1500 S2500 S2900¹⁰ S4900¹⁰ D3¹⁰ D8¹⁰
Sun Fire V215 V245 V445 T1000 T2000 Sparc Enterprise T1000 T2000 M3000¹² M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000-32 M9000-64 T5120 T5140 T5220 T5240 T5440 Netra T2000 T5220 T5440 Sun Blade T6300 T6320 T6340	Solaris 9 9/05 HW¹¹ Solaris 10 11/06 or later	SC 3.1 8/05 SC 3.2⁶ SC 3.2 2/08⁶	2	Solaris SVM Veritas VxVM 4.1, 5.0 MP1⁶	SAN driver bundled in OS for Solaris 10	SG-XPCI1FC-EM2 SG-XPCI2FC-EM2 SG-XPCI1FC-EM4 SG-XPCI2FC-EM4 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-QB4-Z SG-XPCIE2FC-EB4-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	Same as above	Same as above

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

² SAN 4.4.X is available from Sun Download Center for Solaris 9.

³ PCI configs only.

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

⁵ SVM, VxFS not supported together.

⁶ SC 3.2 Solaris support: Solaris 9, 9/05 (Sparc only), Solaris 10 11/06 + patches, Solaris 10 8/07, Solaris 10 5/08 (please see SunSolve Document id: 237505 when using Solaris 10 5/08), and Solaris 10 10/08 (please refer to SunAlert 245626 on SunSolve when installing S10 10/08).
IF using VxVM 5.0 MP1, SC 3.2 requires *Patch Id:* 122058-09, available on SunSolve.

⁷ SAN 4.4.13 and later are supported on Solaris 9 only.

⁸ Sun Fire V215 and Sun Fire V245 require Solaris 9, 9/05 HW +patch 122300-10 and SAN 4.4.13. Solaris 9 supports PCI-X configurations only.

⁹ For detailed information on supported HBAs with specific servers, please refer to: www.sun.com/servers/index.jsp

¹⁰ S2900, S4900, D3 and D8 are supported on Solaris 10 11/06 or later and SC 3.1 8/05 and SC 3.2.

¹¹ Applies only to V215, V245, V445.
V215 and V245 require Solaris 9, 9/05 HW + 122300-10 patch and SAN 4.4.13.

¹² M3000 server is supported on Solaris 10 10/08 only at this time.