Supported Configurations; Lsi 3041E And Integrated Lsi 1064/1068 Setup - HP Workstation xw4100 User Manual

Supported Configurations

Hardware RAID for HP Linux workstations is currently supported for user-configured RAID solutions for
the HP workstations below. Not all configurations that are made available by the RAID chipsets or plugin
cards are supported by HP; only the configurations listed below are supported on HP Linux workstations.
Table 6-1
LSI 3041E
LSI 8344ELP
LSI 8888ELP
LSI 1068
LSI 1068e
* HP xw8600 Workstation can accommodate six internal 2.5" drives
Not all possible hardware RAID configurations are supported on HP Linux workstations.
● Only SAS drives are supported with hardware-assisted and full hardware RAID.
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SATA and PATA drives are not supported with hardware RAID, but can be used with software
RAID solutions.
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Supported operating systems are:
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The Linux Hardware Matrix contains information on all current platforms and is a good place to
learn which RAID controllers are supported on a given platform.

LSI 3041E and Integrated LSI 1064/1068 Setup

The LSI 3041E is a 4-port SATA/SAS RAID controller providing SAS support for the HP xw4000 and
xw6000 Workstation series as well as the
NOTE: While the controller provides functionality for SATA RAID, SATA RAID is not supported on HP
Linux workstations.
The HP xw8000 and xw9000 and
SAS controller, which uses the same BIOS configuration utility as the LSI 3041E plug-in card.
20 Chapter 6 Installing and configuring SAS hardware RAID
Maximum supported hard drives
xw4600 xw6600
4 3
4 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 and later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 and later
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP4 and later
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 and later
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 and later
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 and later
xw8600 xw9400
4
6*
5
400 and 600.
800 Workstation series use an onboard LSI 1064, 1068 or 1068e
400 600
4 3
4 3
800
5
5
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