Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X4170 - Server Hard Disk Drive Configuration Rules

36 Sun Fire X4170, X4270, and X4275 Servers Installation Guide • December 2009
Server Hard Disk Drive Configuration Rules
TABLE 2-5 defines the number of hard disk drives (HDDs) supported by a given
server type and configuration.
TABLE 2-5 Server Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Configuration Rules
Server
Type/Configuration
SATA
Drives
Supported
SAS Drives
Supported
SSD Drives
Supported Comments
Sun Fire X4170
without HBA
(PCIe) card
6 None 4 Any combination of SATA and solid-state disk (SSD)
HDDs totaling six (6) are supported.
Sun Fire X4170
with LSI 3081E
HBA (PCIe) card
8 8 4 All drives must run off the HBA. Any combination of
these HDD types totaling eight (8) are supported;
however, you cannot mix drive types inside the same
RAID volume.
Sun Fire X4170
with Sun
StorageTek SAS
HBA (PCIe) card
8 8 4 All drives must run off the HBA. Any combination of
these HDD types totaling eight (8) are supported;
however, you cannot mix drive types inside the same
RAID volume.
Sun Fire X4270
without HBA
(PCIe) card
None None None To support HDDs, the X4270 Server must have a PCIe
card installed.
Sun Fire X4270
with LSI 3081E
HBA (PCIe) card
16 16 0 All drives must run off the HBA. Any combination of
these HDD types are supported; however, you cannot
mix drive types inside the same RAID volume.
0Sun Fire X4270
with Sun
StorageTek SAS
HBA (PCIe) card
16 16 8 All drives must run off the HBA. Any combination of
these HDD types are supported; however, you cannot
mix drive types inside the same RAID volume.
Sun Fire X4275
without HBA
(PCIe) card
None None None To support HDDs, the X4275 Server must have a PCIe
card installed.
Sun Fire X4275
with LSI 3081E
HBA (PCIe) card
12 12 0 All drives must run off the HBA. Any combination of
these HDD types are supported; however, you cannot
mix drive types inside the same RAID volume.
Sun Fire X4275
with Sun
StorageTek SAS
HBA (PCIe) card
12 12 8 All drives must run off the HBA. Any combination of
these HDD types are supported; however, you cannot
mix drive types inside the same RAID volume.