The Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager software integrates multiple path I/O capabilities, automatic load balancing, and path failover functions into one package for Sun servers connected to supported Sun StorEdge systems. Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager can provide you with increased system performance and availability for building
The Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager architecture provides the following capabilities:
■Helps protect against I/O outages due to I/O controller failures. Should one I/O controller fail, Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager automatically switches to an alternate controller.
■Increases I/O performance by load balancing across multiple I/O channels.
Sun StorEdge T3, Sun StorEdge 3510, and Sun StorEdge A5x00 storage arrays are all supported by Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager on a Netra 440 server. Supported I/O controllers are single and dual
■PCI Single
■PCI Dual
■2GByte PCI Single
■2GByte PCI Dual
Note – Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager is not supported for boot disks containing the root (/) file system. You can use hardware mirroring or VVM instead. See “To Create a Hardware Disk Mirror” on page 57 and “Volume Management Software” on page 52.
For More Information
Refer to the documentation supplied with the VERITAS Volume Manager and Solaris Volume Manager software. For more information about Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager, refer to your Solaris system administration documentation.
