HP XW9400 manual Hard Drive Controllers, Option Kit, LSI MegaRAID SAS 8888ELP Host Bus Adapter HBA

QuickSpecs

HP xw9400 Workstation

Supported Components

Sub-Section Description/Notes: 1 GB = 1 billion bytes. Actual formatted capacity is less. Up to 8 GB of hard drive (or system disk) is reserved for system recovery software (XP and XP Pro). Up to 12 GB of system disk is reserved for system recovery software (Vista).

NOTE: The RHEL3 U4 (x86) OS will operate correctly after some manual configuration steps. Please refer to the Release Notes Chapter in http://www.hp.com/support/linux_user_manual.

Hard Drive Controllers	Factory		Option Kit
	Configured	Option Kit	Part Number Support Notes
Integrated SATA 3.0 Gb/s Controller, RAID 0,	Y	Y
1, 10, 5 supported
Integrated LSI SAS 1068E Controller with RAID	Y	Y
0 (IS), RAID 1(IM), RAID 10(IME) capability
Factory integrated RAID on motherboard for SATA drives
RAID 0 Data Configuration -- Boot/OS Drive	Y	Y	4th HD Drive
+ 2 Drive Striped Array			can't be 750
			GB. 5th HD
			Drive can't be
			500 GB
RAID 0 Configuration - Striped Array	Y	Y	750 GB HD
			Drive not
			supported. 3rd
			HD Drive can
			not be 500 GB.
RAID 1 Configuration - Mirrored Array	Y	Y	2 HD Drives
			only
LSI MegaRAID® SAS 8888ELP Host Bus Adapter (HBA)
LSI 8888ELP 8-port SAS HW RAID Card	Y	Y	GE258AA

LSI RAID Definitions:

*IS: Striping of 2 or more HDDs into a single logical volume **IM: Mirroring of 2 HDDs into a single logical volume

***IME: Mirroring of 3 or more HDDs into a single logical volume

NOTE: Specific user-configured hardware SAS RAID configurations are supported on this Linux system. Please visit http://www.hp.com/support/linux_hardware_matrix for details.

NOTE: RAID 0, 1 requires 2 identical hard drives (speeds, capacity, interface); SATA RAID 0, 1 and SAS RAID 0, 1 available as options. Specific user-configured hardware SAS RAID configurations are supported on this Linux system. Please visit http://www.hp.com/support/linux_hardware_matrix for details.

Hardware RAID is not supported on Linux systems. The Linux kernel, with built-in software RAID, provides excellent functionality and performance. It is a good alternative to hardware-based RAID. Please visit http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00060684/c00060684.pdf for RAID capabilities with Linux.

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