Oracle SPARC User Manual

Hardware RAID Support
Server Controller Description Supported RAID Levels
SPARC T5-4 Two on-board SAS2 controllers 0, 1, 1e, 10
SPARC T5-8 Two on-board SAS2 controllers 0, 1, 1e, 10
Note - RAID 1e and RAID 10 are functionally equivalent. RAID 1e requires an odd number of
drives (minimum three). RAID 10 requires an even number of drives (minimum four).
Some servers also support REM controllers that provide hardware RAID capabilities.
Documentation for Oracle's REM controllers is available at: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/
E19946-01/index.html.
There are four sets of RAID management utilities you can use with the on-board SAS2
controllers provided in these servers.
FCode-Based RAID Utility
You can use FCode-based commands provided with the on-board controller to display targets
and manage logical volumes on the server. You enter these commands at the OpenBoot prompt.
The examples of RAID shown in this document rely on the controller's FCode-based
commands, unless otherwise specified.
sas2ircu Utility
You can use the LSI SAS2 2008 RAID Management Utility sas2ircu at the Oracle Solaris
command prompt to manage RAID functionality for the on-board SAS2 controllers. The
sas2ircu utility can configure RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1e, and RAID 10.
Note - With sas2ircu, when you specify RAID 1e, there must be an odd number of target
drives (minimum three). When you specify RAID 10, there must be an even number of target
drives (minimum four).
The sas2ircu utility for Oracle servers, together with user documentation, are available on the
LSI website at:
http://www.lsi.com/sep/Pages/oracle/index.aspx
82 SPARC and Netra SPARC T5 Series Servers Administration Guide • August 2016

Oracle SPARC Specifications

General

Operating System	Oracle Solaris
Virtualization	Oracle VM Server for SPARC
Processor	SPARC
Threads per Core	8
Memory Type	DDR4
Storage	SAS, SATA
Security Features	Cryptographic Acceleration