Raid Support Using Lsi Sas3081E-Int Card - Sun Microsystems Fire X4150 Installation Manual

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SAS CARD
LSI SAS3081E-S

RAID Support Using LSI SAS3081E-INT Card

The LSI SAS3081E-S SAS card supports all operating systems for SAS hard disks,
and several RAID levels (see
The following is needed for LSI RAID support:
LSI SAS3081E-S card and cables installed
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Up to 8 SAS hard disks
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For additional information, see:
The chapter that corresponds to the OS that you want to install for more
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information about configuring RAID:
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See your service manual for instructions on installing and cabling the LSI card.
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See the Sun x64 Server - Disk Management (LSI) Documentation collection for
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detailed information about the LSI SAS3081E-S card.
Note – The LSI SAS3081E-S card is also referred to as the LSI SG-XPCIE8SAS-I-Z
card.
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RAID Drive Options Based on SAS Card
RAID Configuration Supported
IM (Integrated Mirror) array. 2-disk minimum, plus up to 2 hot spare
disks. Data on primary disk might be merged.
IME (Integrated Mirror Enhanced) array. 3 to 8 disks including up to 2
Hot Spares. All data will be deleted during creation.
IS (Integrated Striping) array. 2 to 8 disks. All data will be deleted
during creation.
The Solaris OS: See "Configuring RAID" on page
RHEL and SUSE: See
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