General Functionality Issues And Limitations; Cryptographic Function; Raid Function - Fujitsu SPARC ENTERPRISE T5440 User Manual

The DVD has been provided for recovery purposes in case you reinstall the Solaris
OS.
Note – The Solaris 10 5/08 image on this DVD includes a patched mini-root (Patch
ID 138312-01) which allows the SPARC Enterprise T5440 server to be installed or
booted from DVD. This DVD must be used to re-install Solaris 10 5/08 from the
DVD. The standard Solaris 10 5/08 release will not boot from the DVD drive.
General Functionality Issues and
Limitations
This section describes general issues known to exist at this release of the SPARC
Enterprise T5440 server.

Cryptographic Function

The IPsec capability of the on-chip cryptographic accelerator in the UltraSPARC T2
Plus multicore processor is a mechanism that cannot be used unless the IPsec
activation package has been installed. As the IPsec activation package is presently
not supported by Fujitsu, the IPsec function cannot be used in Fujitsu-brand servers.

RAID Function

A hardware RAID function is provided as standard in SPARC Enterprise T5440
server. However, with regard to data protection, reliability, and serviceability, Fujitsu
does not support this function.
Fujitsu recommends use of software RAID functions for internal disks as specified
below:
PRIMECLUSTER GDS
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VERITAS Storage Foundation
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Solaris Volume Manager (attached to Solaris OS)
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16 SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server Product Notes • November 2009