IBM AIX HACMP, Hardware User Manual

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Cluster Planning
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2.3.1.1 Disk Capacities
Table 8 lists the different SSA disks, and provides an overview of their
characteristics.
Table 8. SSA Disks
2.3.1.2 Supported and Non-Supported Adapters
Table 9 lists the different SSA adapters and presents an overview of their
characteristics.
Table 9. SSA Adapters
Supported RAID level 5
Supported adapters all
Hot-swappable disk Yes (and hot-swappable, redundant power and cooling)
Name Capacities (GB) Buffer size (KB) Maximum Transfer rate
(MBps)
Starfire 1100 1.1 0 20
Starfire 2200 2.2 0 20
Starfire 4320 4.5 512 20
Scorpion 4500 4.5 512 80
Scorpion 9100 9.1 512 160
Sailfin 9100 9.1 1024 160
Thresher 9100 9.1 1024 160
Ultrastar 9.1, 18.2 4096 160
Feature Code Adapter
Label Bus Adapter Description Number of
Adapters per
Loop
Hardware
Raid Types
6214 4-D MCA Classic 2 n/a
6215 4-N PCI Enhanced RAID-5 8
1
5
6216 4-G MCA Enhanced 8 n/a
6217 4-I MCA RAID-5 1 5
6218 4-J PCI RAID-5 1 5
Item Specification