Table 2-4 (Cont.) Maximum Disk Shelves per Controller Configuration
Controller
Max. Shelves
Max. 2x4 Port
SAS-2 HBA
Max. 4x4 Port
SAS-2 HBA
Max. 4x4 Port
SAS-3 HBA
Guidelines
Sun ZFS Storage
7320
6
1
1
NA
Any combination
of disk-only and
write-optimized
shelves may be
combined within
the chain in any
order. The
cabling
configurations are
unchanged. You
can also connect
mixed disk shelf
types (Oracle
Storage Drive
Enclosure DE2
and legacy Sun
Disk Shelves) to
the same
controllers, but
each chain must
contain only the
same disk shelf
type. Directly
connecting
different disk
shelf types is not
supported.
Sun ZFS Storage
7120
2
1
NA
NA
Write-optimized
SSDs are not
supported in the
expansion
storage for the
7120. The disk
shelves must be
fully populated
with 24 HDDs.
You can also
connect mixed
disk shelf types
(Oracle Storage
Drive Enclosure
DE2 and legacy
Sun Disk
Shelves) to the
same controllers.
Overview of Disk Shelves
This section provides an overview of the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance disk shelves. For
installation instructions, refer to
. For service instructions, refer to
in Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Customer Service Manual,
Release OS8.8.x.
Chapter 2
Overview of Disk Shelves
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