SAS Cable Type
SAS Cable Length
Minimum Bend Radius
Copper
6 meters
35 mm
Active Optic Cable
All lengths
25 mm
Supported Disk Shelf Combinations and HBAs
Disk shelves are supported by specific HBAs in the controller, and can be combined in
certain configurations within a system. Use the following table to determine the HBA
type required by each disk shelf model.
Table 2-1 Required HBA per Disk Shelf Model
Disk Shelf Model
Required HBA
Oracle Storage Drive Enclosure DE3-24P All-
Flash
SAS-3 4x4 port HBA
Oracle Storage Drive Enclosure DE3-24 Disk
Shelf
SAS-3 4x4 port HBA or SAS-2 4x4 port HBA
Oracle Storage Drive Enclosure DE2-24 Disk
Shelf
SAS-3 4x4 port HBA, SAS-2 4x4 port HBA or
SAS-2 2x4 port HBA
Sun Disk Shelf
SAS-2 4x4 port HBA or SAS-2 2x4 port HBA
Oracle Storage Drive Enclosure DE2-24 and
Sun Disk Shelf together
SAS-2 4x4 port HBA
SAS-2 2x4 port HBA for only Sun ZFS Storage
7120
The following table describes which disk shelf models can be used together for which
controller configurations, starting with software release OS8.7.0. DE2-24 disk shelf
connection to ZS7-2 controllers is supported in software release OS8.8.4 and later.
See
Cabinet and Cabling Guidelines
in Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Cabling Guide,
Release OS8.8.x for disk shelf intermixing guidelines and all-flash disk shelf usage. To
understand which controllers support which HBA types, see
.
Note:
For optimal performance, do not attach all-flash and non-all-flash disk
shelves to the same SAS-3 HBA.
Table 2-2 Supported Disk Shelf Combinations per Controller Configuration
Controller
Configuration
DE3-24P
All-Flash
All DE3 Disk
Shelves (except
All-Flash)
All DE2 Disk
Shelves
DE3 and DE2
Disk Shelves
DE2 and Sun
Disk Shelves
Oracle ZFS
Storage ZS9-2
with SAS-3 4x4
port HBAs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Chapter 2
Cabinet Configuration Guidelines
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