Sun Microsystems PCI-X manual Basic Interoperability, Host Platform Support

Basic Interoperability

This section provides information about platform, storage, and switch compatibility permitting a heterogeneous Fibre Channel network design with the single and dual port HBAs. This section contains the following topics:

■“Host Platform Support” on page 6

■“Storage System Support” on page 7

■“Fibre Channel Switch Support” on page 7

Host Platform Support

The single and dual port HBAs are supported by the platforms and operating systems listed in TABLE 2-1.

TABLE 2-1Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SuSE Enterprise Linux; and Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 Host Platform Support

Platform	Supported OS
Sun Blade™ 1000, 1500, 2000, and 2500	Sun Solaris
workstations
Sun Fire™ V210, V240, and V250 servers	Sun Solaris
Sun Fire V440 server	Sun Solaris
Sun Fire V480, V490, V880, and V890 servers	Sun Solaris
Sun Fire V1280, and E2900 servers	Sun Solaris
Sun Fire 4800, 4810, and E4900 servers	Sun Solaris
Sun Fire 6800 and E6900 servers	Sun Solaris
Sun Fire 12K and E20K servers	Sun Solaris
Sun Fire 15K and E25K servers	Sun Solaris
Sun Fire 280R server	Sun Solaris
Netra™ 20, 240, 440, 1280, and t1400/t1405	Sun Solaris
servers
Sun Fire T2000 server	Sun Solaris
Sun Fire V20z and V40z servers	Sun Solaris, Linux, and Windows
Sun Fire X4100, X4200, and X4200 M2 servers	Sun Solaris, Linux, and Windows

6 Sun StorageTek Enterprise PCI-X 4 Gb FC Single & Dual Port Emulex HBA Installation & Interop Guide • January 2007