Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance on Fibre Channel

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Configuration Requirements for FC Storage

The following ZFS storage appliances can be used by Oracle Solaris Cluster:

Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance models:

Oracle ZFS Storage ZS3-2 (single-controller and dual-controller configurations)
Oracle ZFS Storage ZS3-4 (single-controller and dual-controller configurations)
Oracle ZFS Storage ZS3-BA (single-controller and dual-controller configurations)
Oracle ZFS Storage ZS4-4 (single-controller and dual-controller configurations)
Oracle ZFS Storage ZS5-2 (single-controller and dual-controller configurations)
Oracle ZFS Storage ZS5-4 (single-controller and dual-controller configurations)
Oracle ZFS Storage ZS7-2 (single-controller and dual-controller configurations)

Sun ZFS Storage Appliance models:

Sun ZFS Storage 7120
Sun ZFS Storage 7320 (single-controller and dual-controller configurations)
Sun ZFS Storage 7420 (single-controller and dual-controller configurations)

Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System models:

Sun Storage 7110
Sun Storage 7210
Sun Storage 7310 (single-controller and dual-controller configurations)
Sun Storage 7410 (single-controller and dual-controller configurations)

Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance with direct-attached storage (DAS) requires:

Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3 (and SRUs)
Oracle Solaris 11.3 and (and SRUs)
Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.4 (and SRUs)
Oracle Solaris 11.4 (and SRUs)
Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance software AK 2013.1.5 and later supported versions

See Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.x Requirements when using direct attached Fiber Channel Oracle ZFS SA (Doc ID 2110240.1) on My Oracle Support for additional information.

Node Connectivity Limits for FC Storage

A maximum of eight nodes can be connected to any one LUN.

RAID Requirements for FC Storage

There are no Oracle Solaris Cluster specific requirements.

Software, Firmware, and Patches for FC Storage

Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance support starts with Sun ZFS Storage Software 2010.Q3.3.1

See the following table for supported Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance software releases.

Table 78 Oracle Solaris Cluster 4: Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Software for Fibre Channel Connected Storage

Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Software Release Name	Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.4	Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3^a	Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.2^a	Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1^b	Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.0^c
2013.1.8.x	Y	Y^d
2013.1.7.x	Y	Y^d
2013.1.6.x		Y	Y
2013.1.5.x		Y	Y
2013.1.4.x		Y	Y
2013.1.3.x			Y
2013.1.2.x			Y	Y
2013.1.1.x			Y	Y
2013.1.0.x			Y	Y
2011.1.9.x			Y	Y
2011.1.8.x			Y	Y
2011.1.7.x			Y	Y
2011.1.6.x			Y	Y
2011.1.5.x			Y	Y	Y

a – With Oracle Solaris 11.2 or 11.3
b – With Oracle Solaris 11.2 only
c – With Oracle Solaris 11.0 only
d – Starting with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3 SRU 8

See the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance documents for Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance requirements.

Campus Cluster for FC Storage

Campus clusters are supported.

Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition for FC Storage

Oracle Solaris Cluster Geographic Edition is supported. See Oracle Solaris Cluster Distaster Recovery Framework.

Oracle Virtual Networking for FC Storage

Oracle Virtual Networking is supported. For more information, see Oracle Virtual Networking on Oracle Solaris Cluster.

Supported models:

Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance: ZS3-2, ZS3-4
Sun ZFS Storage Appliance: 7120, 7320, 7420

Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Server Support

Oracle Solaris Cluster supports any server qualified as a cluster node, with any Oracle Solaris Cluster qualified FC HBA supported by that server and Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance, provided the requirements for Oracle Solaris Cluster release, Oracle Solaris release, patches, and others are met.