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Solution  1005358.1 :   Hardware RAID usage on X64 based systems with the LSI SAS1064  


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Applies to:

Sun Fire X4100 M2 Server
Sun Fire X4100 Server
Sun Fire X4200 M2 Server
Sun Fire X4200 Server
Sun Fire X4600 M2 Server
All Platforms

Goal

Description

This document contains information related to configuration of the LSI SAS1064 disk controller IC on Sun X64 based systems & information related to its hardware RAID feature.

To discuss this information further with Oracle experts and industry peers, we encourage you to review, join or start a discussion in the My Oracle Support Community - Sun x86 Systems

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The Sun Fire [tm] X4100, Sun Fire [tm] X4100 M2, Sun Fire [tm] X4200, Sun Fire [tm] X4200 M2, Sun Fire [tm] X4600, Sun Fire [tm] X4600 M2 servers contain the LSI Logic Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) SAS1064 disk controller IC.

It is based on the Fusion-MPT  (Message Passing Technology) architecture.  The LSISAS1064 four-port controller key features include a 133MHz bus, PCI-X host interface, 3Gb/s data transfer rates per port, hot plug/hot swap capability, and Integrated RAID for enhanced data protection. SAS controllers support command queuing to maximize drive performance.  Interrupt coalescing is another advanced feature of the controllers that improves system performance by reducing the number of interrupts per I/O to less than one.

Additional information regarding this controller can be found in the product brief at the LSI  website.

This controller provides for the creation of as many as two hardware RAID volumes for a 4 disk system.  It supports either two-disk RAID 1 integrated mirror (IM) volumes or two-, three-, or four-disk RAID 0 integrated stripe (IS) volumes.  OS based RAID control software is Sun's supported control of the RAID volumes.

The LSI firmware is contained within the server's firmware & driver download.  This can be found at http://support.oracle.com/

If HW RAID is used, the LSI firmware version should track the SP firmware's version, as shown in the table below.  The LSI firmware version is displayed during boot. The SP firmware version can be derived from the SP's firmware build # from the CLI's version command, as follows:

-> version

SP firmware 1.0.7

SP firmware build number: 12513              <==========

SP firmware date: Wed Aug  2 15:03:28 PDT 2006

SP filesystem version: 0.1.13

 

   

Server FW

SP-FW

MB BIOS

LSI FW

MPT BIOS

X4100/X4200





1.0.1

 6464

22

1.04

6.02.00

1.1

 9306

31

1.08.01

6.04.07

1.1c

10664

31

1.08.01

6.04.07

1.2

12029c

34

1.10

6.06.06

1.2.1

12513

36

1.10

6.06.06

1.3

15632/16618

39

1.16

6.10.00

1.4
18244
41
1.16.40
6.14.04
1.5
26075
42
1.16.40
6.14.04
1.5.1
32265
42
1.16.40
6.14.04
1.5.2
37165
42
1.16.40
6.14.04

X4100M2/X4200M2





1.0(.1)

13141

24

1.10

6.06.06

1.1

15632/16618

34

1.16

6.10.00

1.2

18244

39

1.16.40

6.14.04

1.3a
23233
44
1.22.01
6.16.00
1.4
27740
44
1.22.01
6.16.00
2.0
30859
77
1.23.90
6.18.01
2.0.1
30859
79
1.23.90
6.18.01
2.1
35249
81
1.23.90
6.18.01
2.2

38793
102
1.23.90
6.18 monitor & control internal RAID volumes. This product is now EOL and no longer supported by LSI Logic. LSI MegaRAID Storage manager (MSM-IR) should be used instead.

 

Linux & MyStorage issues (included for legacy installations):

  1. SunFire [tm] X4100 & X4200 servers installed with RHEL3 U5, RHEL4 U1, or SLES9 SP1 require additional LSI drivers that are available through the Sun Installation Assistant CD and the Resource CD which are included with each system.

     These CDs may be downloaded from http://www.sun.com/download/products.xml id=436bd009

    Installation steps are outlined in manual 819-1158, Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers Operating System Installation Guide, located at:

    http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19121-01/sf.x4100/index.html

  2. Do not use the Backup or Restore functionality in LSI MyStorage utility (Bug ID 6456252).  The Backup/Restore functionality causes the CD-ROM drives to become unavailable and the LSI controller firmware must be reloaded.  The version of the LSI MyStorage application on the Tools and Drivers CD has the Backup/Restore functionality disabled.








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