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Chapter 1 PCI cards with support for DR

1.1 PCI cards for file devices

The following list describes the PCI cards that support DR for file devices (at the time of December 2005).
Please ask FUJITSU sales division about the newest information of cards that support DR.

Functions

Product ID

Software of driver
(driver name)

Supporting Functions

Redundant Software

Hot replacement

Hot expansion

Non kernel memory board

Kernel memory board

SCSI

X6540A-U

Solaris (glm)

NG
(*1)

NG
(*1)

NG
(*1)

None

X6541A-U
X6541A-X

Solaris (glm)
(*2)

NG
(*3)

NG
(*3)

OK
(*15)

*Multipath Disk Control 2.1 or later (*4)(*5)(*6) (*17)

*Multipath Disk Control load balance option 2.1 or later (*6)(*7)(*8)

*GR Multipath Driver 1.0.1 or later(*17) (*18)

GP7B8SC1U
GP7B8SC1X

Solaris (glm)
(*2)

OK
(*16)

OK
(*16)

OK

*Multipath Disk Control 2.1 or later (*4)(*5)(*6) (*17)

*Multipath Disk Control load balance option 2.1 or later (*6)(*7)(*8)

*GR Multipath Driver 1.0.1 or later(*17) (*18)

PP028SC1U
PP028SC1X

FUJITSU PCI SCSI Adapter Driver 1.0 or later
(enclosed with a PCI card)

OK

OK

OK

None

PW008SC3
PW0G8SC1

Solaris (fjulsa)
(*9)(*10)

NG
(*3)

NG
(*3)

OK
(*15)

None

FUJITSU ULTRA LVD SCSI Host Bus Adapter Driver 1.0 or later
(enclosed with a PCI card)
(*9)(*10)

NG
(*3)

NG
(*3)

OK
(*15)

None

Fibre
Channel

GP7B8FC1U

FUJITSU PCI Fibre Channel 2.2 or later
(enclosed with a PCI card)
(*11)(*12) (*13)

OK

OK

OK

*Multipath Disk Control 2.1 or later (*4)(*5)(*6) (*17)

*Multipath Disk Control load balance option 2.1 or later (*6)(*7)(*8)

*GR Multipath Driver 1.0.1 or later(*17) (*18)

*ETERNUS Multipath Driver 2.0.1 or later(*17)

PW008FC2U

FUJITSU PCI Fibre Channel 2.2.1 or later
(enclosed with a PCI card)
(*12) (*13)

OK

OK

OK

*Multipath Disk Control 2.1 or later (*4)(*5)(*6) (*16)

*Multipath Disk Control load balance option 2.1 or later (*6)(*7)(*8)

*GR Multipath Driver 1.0.1 or later (*17) (*18)

*ETERNUS Multipath Driver 2.0.1 or later(*17)

PW008FC3U

FUJITSU PCI Fibre Channel 2.2.1 Update2 or later
(enclosed with a PCI card)
(*13)

OK

OK

OK

*Multipath Disk Control 2.1 or later (*4)(*5)(*6) (*17)

*Multipath Disk Control load balance option 2.1 or later (*6)(*7)(*8)

*GR Multipath Driver 1.0.1 or later (*17) (*18)

*ETERNUS Multipath Driver 2.0.1 or later(*17)

PW028FC3
PW028FC3U

Emulex LightPulse FC SCSI/IP Host Bus Adapter driver 6.02f or later
(*14)

OK
(*19)

OK
(*19)

OK
(*19)

(*20)

PW028FC4S
PW028FC4U

Emulex LightPulse FC SCSI/IP Host Bus Adapter driver 6.02f or later
(*14)

OK
(*19)

OK
(*19)

OK
(*19)

(*20)

PW028FC5S
PW028FC5U

Emulex LightPulse FC SCSI/IP Host Bus Adapter driver 6.02f or later
(*14)

OK
(*19)

OK
(*19)

OK
(*19)

(*20)

(*1) Replacement and expansion are not supported due to hardware specifications.

(*2) In case of using Solaris 8, patch 109885-09 or later is needed.

(*3) Replacement is not supported due to hardware specifications.

(*4) In case of using Solaris 9, Multipath Disk Control 2.2.1 or later is needed.

(*5) In case of using Multipath Disk Control 2.1, patches 911012-10 or later (MPHD) and 911013-12 or later (HDDV) are needed.
And in case of using Multipath Disk Control 2.2, patches 911258-03 or later (MPHD) and 911886-08 or later (HDDV) are needed.
Moreover in case of using Multipath Disk Control 2.2.1, patches 912629-02 or later (MPHD) and 910989-07 or later (HDDV) are needed.

(*6) Multipath Disk Control and load balance option 2.2 are needed to hot expansion.

(*7) Multipath Disk Control load balance option is not supporting Solaris 9 or later.

(*8) In case of using Multipath Disk Control load balance option 2.1, patch 910990-01 or later is needed.

(*9) When using Solaris 8, the patch 114632-04 or later is needed.
When applying the patch 114632-04 or later, if the patch 912773-02 or later has applied, it is necessary to remove the patch.

(*10) When using Solaris 9, the patch 114951-03 or later is needed.
When applying the patch 114951-03 or later, if the patch 912774-01 or later has applied, it is necessary to remove the patch.

(*11) In case of using Solaris 9, FUJITSU PCI Fibre Channel 2.2 (patchlevel 08) or later is needed.

(*12) In case of using FUJITSU PCI Fibre Channel 2.2, patch 910936-13 or later is needed. And in case of using FUJITSU PCI Fibre Channel 2.2.1, patch 912069-09 or later is needed.

(*13) In case of using Solaris 10, FUJITSU PCI Fibre Channel 3.0 or later is needed.

(*14) Firmware version 1.91a1 or later and Fcode version 1.41a4 or later are required.

(*15) When connecting a shared device with a cluster system, please attach the system board after connecting the PCI card and the shared device with each node of the cluster system.

(*16) When a shared device of non-multipath configuration is connected with a cluster system, it is necessary to stop the use of the shared device from the active node of the cluster system.

(*17) Solaris 10 is supported only on ETERNUS Multipath driver.

(*18) In case of using GR Multipath Driver 1.0.1 or later, patch 912651-11 or later is needed.

(*19) DR is not permitted with fcode boot (SAN boot) environment.

(*20) Please confirm support version from product vendor.


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