Supported Disk Shelf Combinations And Hbas - Oracle ZFS Installation Manual

SAS Cable Type
Active Optic Cable

Supported Disk Shelf Combinations and HBAs

Disk shelves are supported by specific HBAs in the controller, and can be combined in certain
configurations within a system. Use the following table to determine the HBA type required by
each disk shelf model.
TABLE 1 Required HBA per Disk Shelf Model
Disk Shelf Model
DE3-24P All-Flash
DE3-24 Disk Shelf
DE2-24 Disk Shelf
Sun Disk Shelf
DE2-24 and Sun Disk Shelf together
The following table describes which disk shelf models can be used together for which controller
configurations, starting with software release OS8.7.0. DE2-24 disk shelf connection to ZS7-2
controllers is supported in software release OS8.8.4 and later. See
Guidelines" in Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Cabling Guide
guidelines and all-flash disk shelf usage. To understand which controllers support which HBA
types, see "Maximum Disk Shelves per Controller Configuration" on page
For optimal performance, do not attach all-flash and non-all-flash disk shelves to the
Note -
same SAS-3 HBA.
TABLE 2 Supported Disk Shelf Combinations per Controller Configuration
Controller DE3-24P
Configuration All-Flash
ZS9-2 with SAS-3 Yes
4x4 port HBAs
ZS7-2 with SAS-3 Yes
4x4 port HBAs
ZS5-4 with SAS-3 Yes
4x4 port HBAs
SAS Cable Length
All lengths
Required HBA
SAS-3 4x4 port HBA
SAS-3 4x4 port HBA or SAS-2 4x4 port HBA
SAS-3 4x4 port HBA, SAS-2 4x4 port HBA or SAS-2 2x4 port HBA
SAS-2 4x4 port HBA or SAS-2 2x4 port HBA
SAS-2 4x4 port HBA
SAS-2 2x4 port HBA for only Sun ZFS Storage 7120
All DE3 Disk All DE2 Disk
Shelves (except Shelves
All-Flash)
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Installation Prerequisites and Hardware Overviews
Cabinet Configuration Guidelines
Minimum Bend Radius
25 mm
"Cabinet and Cabling
for disk shelf intermixing
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DE3 and DE2 DE2 and Sun
Disk Shelves Disk Shelves
Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
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