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Chapter 1 PCI cards with support for PCI Hot Plug

1.1 PCI cards for file devices

The following list describes the PCI cards that support PCI Hot Plug for file devices. Please ask the sales staff about the latest information of PCI Hot Plug supporting cards.

Functions

Product ID

Software of driver

(driver name)

Frequency (*1)

Supporting Functions

Redundant Software

Hot replacement

Hot expansion

SCSI

X6540A-U

Solaris OS (glm) (*2)

33MHz

NG (*3)

NG (*3)

none

X6541A-U

X6541A-X

Solaris OS (glm) (*2)

33MHz

NG (*4)

OK (*10)

*Multipath Disk Control 2.2.1 or later (*5)

*GR Multipath Driver 1.0.1 or later

GP7B8SC1U

GP7B8SC1X

Solaris OS (glm) (*2)

33MHz

OK(*11)

OK

*Multipath Disk Control 2.2.1 or later (*5)

*GR Multipath Driver 1.0.1 or later

PP028SC1U

PP028SC1X

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

33MHz

OK

OK

none

PW008SC3

PW0G8SC1

Solaris OS (fjulsa)

33MHz /
66MHz

NG (*3)

NG (*3)

none

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

Fibre Channel

GP7B8FC1U

FUJITSU PCI Fibre Channel 2.2 or later (enclosed with a PCI card) (*6)(*7)(*9)

33MHz

OK

OK

*Multipath Disk Control 2.2.1 or later (*5)(*13)

*GR Multipath Driver 1.0.1 or later (*13)

*ETERNUS Multipath Driver 2.0.1 or later (*13)

PW008FC2U

FUJITSU PCI Fibre Channel 2.2.1 or later (enclosed with a PCI card) (*7) (*9)

33MHz /
66MHz

OK

OK

*Multipath Disk Control 2.2.1 or later (*5)(*13)

*GR Multipath Driver 1.0.1 or later (*13)

*ETERNUS Multipath Driver 2.0.1 or later (*13)

PW008FC3U

FUJITSU PCI Fibre Channel 2.2.1 Update2 or later (enclosed with a PCI card) (*9)

33MHz /
66MHz

OK

OK

*Multipath Disk Control 2.2.1 or later (*5)(*13)

*GR Multipath Driver 1.0.1 or later(*13)

*ETERNUS Multipath Driver 2.0.1 or later (*13)

PW028FC3
PW028FC3U

Emulex LightPulse FC SCSI/IP Host Bus Adapter driver 6.02f or later (*8)

33MHz/
66MHZ

OK

OK

(*12)

PW028FC4S
PW028FC4U

Emulex LightPulse FC SCSI/IP Host Bus Adapter driver 6.02f or later (*8)

33MHz/
66MHZ

OK

OK

(*12)

PW028FC5S
PW028FC5U

Emulex LightPulse FC SCSI/IP Host Bus Adapter driver 6.02f or later (*8)

33MHz/
66MHZ

OK

OK

(*12)

(*1) Please refer to "2.1.1.2 PCI Hot Plug configure operation" of the "PCI Hot Plug User's Guide" about the frequency of PCI cards and PCI slots.
(*2)
In case of using Solaris 8 OS, patch 109885-09 or later is needed.
(*3) Replacement and expansion are not supported due to hardware specifications.
(*4) Replacement is not supported due to hardware specifications.
(*5) Multipath Disk Control load balance option is not supporting PCI Hot Plug.
(*6) If using Solaris 9 OS, it is necessary to apply the "FUJITSU PCI Fibre Channel 2.2 (patch level 08) or later.
(*7) In case of using FUJITSU PCI Fibre Channel 2.2, patch 910936-13 or later is needed. In case of using FUJITSU PCI Fibre Channel 2.2.1, patch 912069-09 or later is needed.
(*8) Firmware version 1.91a1 or later and Fcode version 1.41a4 or later are required.
(*9) In case of using Solaris 10 OS, FUJITSU PCI Fibre Channel 3.0 or later is needed.
(*10) When connecting a shared device with a cluster system, please attach the shared device to the system after connecting the PCI card and the shared device with each node of the cluster system.
(*11) When a shared device is connected with a cluster system, it is necessary to stop the use of the shared device from the operation node of the cluster system.
(*12) Please confirm support version from product vendor.
(*13) Solaris 10 is supported only on ETERNUS Multipath driver.


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