Overview Features Tech Specs Perspectives Support Get It System Requirements QFS delivers maximum scalability, data management, and throughput, optimizing the data path across your infrastructure and enabling the convergence of SAN and NAS technologies. With nearly raw device access to information and data consolidation for read/write file sharing, QFS helps to boost productivity and eliminate administrative overhead. Specifications Hardware All Sun SPARC architecture servers and workstations All Sun x64 (AMD Opteron) architecture servers and workstations All Sun x86 (Intel Pentium III and Intel Xeon 32 bit) architecture servers as Shared QFS clients All Sun SCSI and FC HBAs All Sun FC switches All Non-Sun HBAs and switches supported by Sun All Sun RAID disk arrays All Non-Sun RAID disk arrays supported by Sun Operating Systems Solaris 9 and 10 (requires at a minimum Solaris 9 Update 3 (4/03)) Red Hat Linux 3 and 4 AS and ES x64 64 bit as Shared QFS clients SUSE 8, 9, and 10 SLES x64 64 bit as Shared QFS clients Red Hat Linux 3 AS and ES x86 32 bit as Shared QFS clients Browsers Netscape 7.1 Mozilla 1.7 Firefox 1.5 Internet Explorer 6.0 Host Requirements SAM-Remote servers and clients must be running the same revision level of SAM-QFS. This requirement also applies to disk archive servers and clients as well. Shared QFS servers and clients must be running the same revision of SAM and QFS software. This requirement also applies to multi-reader servers and clients as well. Mixed architecture (SPARC with x64) metadata servers are not supported for failover purposes. Mixed architecture (SPARC with x64) multi-reader configurations are not supported. Shared QFS should be implemented using a private or dedicated ethernet switched network for metadata transmission. Performance problems can occur if this network is not private. If running SAM with QFS, SAM must be run on the metadata server. The Solaris Volume Manager (SVM) OBAN cluster capability is supported with Sun Cluster. IBM Tivoli SANergy file sharing software may be used to support hosts running different operating systems (heterogeneous support). This software is not supported with Solaris x64 servers. Verifying Third-Party Compatibilities All Non-Sun HBAs and switches supported by Sun All Non-Sun RAID disk arrays supported by Sun The Sun StorageTek Storage Archive Manager software interoperates with many different storage hardware and software products from third-party vendors. Depending on your environment, you might need to upgrade other software or firmware before installing or upgrading the Sun StorageTek Storage Archive Manager package. Supported Applications Solaris Volume Manager (SVM) Solaris Volume Manager (SVM) OBAN cluster capability with Sun Cluster Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) (with standalone QFS) Sun StorageTek Enterprise Backup (EMC/Legato) to a SAM-QFS file system Veritas NetBackup to a SAM-QFS file system IBM Tivoli SANergy with a Solaris SPARC server Sun Cluster HA-QFS Sun Cluster Scalable (Shared) QFS with Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) (both SPARC and x64) Clients outside of Sun Cluster in Sun Cluster configurations Sun Cluster HA-SAM (SAM failover) All StorageTek ACSLS releases including 7.x EFI disk labels (Multi-TByte LUN disk arrays)

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