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Sun Fire X4250 Volume Configuration Guide • March 2009
SAS HD Installation Rules
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Do
not
mix SAS and SATA drives in the same volume.
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SATA hard drives are not supported on the Sun Fire X4250.
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Supported HBA cards:
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Sun StorageTek PCIe SAS 8-Port Internal HBA,
SGXPCIE8SAS-I-Z
, LSI SAS
1068E (hardware RAID support)
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Sun StorageTek SAS RAID 8-Port Internal HBA,
SG-XPCIESAS-R-INT-Z
,
Adaptec/Intel-based (hardware RAID support)
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If you are also adding a DVD/USB unit, install the unit
before
installing hard
drives (see
“How to Add a DVD/USB Drive” on page 5
).
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Hard drives must be initialized
before
the drives can be seen by the HBA and
before an OS can access the disks.
Adding SAS Hard Drives
1
Install drives according to the following drive map:
HD12
HD13
HD14
HD15
HD8
HD9
HD10
HD11
HD5
HD6
HD7
DVD/USB Drive
HD0
HD1
HD2
HD3
HD4
2
Remove protective covers from the connectors on the card and install the HBA
(PCIe SAS 8-port internal disk controller)
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3
Take the free end of the cable that is attached to the disk backplane on the left-
hand side (disks 0-3) and connect it to the Mini-SAS x4 connector on the card
labeled Port 0, 0-3.
4
Take the free end of the cable that is attached to the disk backplane on the right-
hand side (disks 4-7) and connect it to the Mini-SAS x4 connector on the card
labeled Port 1, 4-7.
