VTrak E-Class Compatibility List v2.5

VTrak E-Class Compatibility List Supports Service Release 2.5 Date: 01/25/2010 VTrak Systems Covered: • VTrak E310f • VTrak E310s • VTrak E610f • VTrak E610s • VTrak J310s • VTrak J610s

– 2U/12-bay 4Gb Fibre to SAS/SATA RAID System – 2U/12-bay SAS to SAS/SATA RAID System – 3U/16-bay 4Gb Fibre to SAS/SATA RAID System – 3U/16-bay SAS to SAS/SATA RAID System – 2U/12-bay SAS to SAS/SATA Expansion JBOD System – 3U/16-bay SAS to SAS/SATA Expansion JBOD System

System Versions Covered: • BootLoader • Firmware • Software • J-Class Firmware

– Version 1.02.0000.04 [September 24, 2009] – Version 3.33.0000.00 [September 24, 2009] – Version 3.33.0000.00 [September 24, 2009] – Version 1.06.0000.12 [September 24, 2009]

DEVICE COMPATIBILITY NOTE: Basic compatibility between the 3rd party device and Promise device has been verified in typical configurations, unless otherwise stated. DISCLAIMERS: Only the versions available at time of testing have been verified, as listed. Corner cases may exist depending on user configuration etc. Individual 3rd party units may exhibit problems that did not show up in through the Promise test process. Published performance is not assured with configuration deviations. The VTrak J310s and J610s expansion JBOD systems were to the compatibility list for the hard disk drive compatibility. Disk drives are certified in the J-Class when E-Class is used as the JBOD host.

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VTrak E-Class Compatibility List v2.5 Document History Date Editor

10/12/2009

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12/08/2009

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01/05/2010

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01/25/2010

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01/27/2010

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Deviation 1. Updated results for E-Class Service Release 2.5. 2. Added WD RAID Edition 4-GP 2TB model. 3. Updated Seagate Cheetah 15K.6 family production level firmware to 0005. 4. Added Hitachi Deskstar E7K1000 family SATA disk drives with capacities of 500GB, 750GB, and 1000GB. 5. Added Intel X25-E SSD family with capacities of 32GB and 64GB (reference only; requires modified drive carriers). 6. Added Qlogic QLE2564 PCI Express Gen2 to quad-port 8Gb FC HBA. 7. Added Brocade 300 and 5100 8Gb FC Switches. 8. Added APC Smart-UPS 1500VA, 2200VA, and 3000VA UPS. 9. Updated Intel Modular Server CMM software release to the Intel P4.0 release. 1. Added STEC MACH8 IOPS SSD family with capacities of 50GB, 100GB, and 200GB (reference only; requires modified drive carriers). 2. Updated WD RAID Edition 3 family production level firmware to C06 (1TB/750GB) and B03 (500GB/320GB/250GB). 3. Added VTrak J310s and J610s to the compatibility list. Disk drives are certified in the J-Class when E-Class is used as the JBOD host. 1. Added Hitachi Ultrastar A7K2000 SATA disk drive with a capacity 2TB. 1. Added Hitachi Ultrastar A7K2000 SATA disk drive with a capacity 1TB. 2. Added Hitachi Ultrastar 15K600 family SAS disk drives with capacities of 300GB, 450GB, and 600GB. 3. Added Seagate Cheetah 15K.7 family SAS disk drives with capacities of 300GB, 450GB, and 600GB. 4. Added Seagate Cheetah NS.2 family SAS disk drives with capacities of 450GB, and 600GB. 5. Added LSI 9200-8e SAS HBA. 6. Added 8Gb FC Blade under the Qlogic 9000 SANbox and regressed the updated v7.8.0.08 firmware. 1. Updated Seagate Cheetah 15K.6 family production level firmware to 0006. 2. Updated Western Digital RE4-GP 2TB production level firmware to G05. 1. Amended APC UPS support to include the APC OS (AOS) and Management Module Software revision.

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VTrak E-Class Compatibility List v2.5

Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters Fibre Channel HBAs Vendor / Model ATTO Celerity FC-22XH ATTO Celerity FC-42XS ATTO Celerity FC-42ES ATTO Celerity FC-44ES Brocade FC815 Brocade FC825 Emulex LightPulse LPe12000 Emulex LightPulse LPe12002 Emulex LightPulse LPe1250 Emulex LightPulse LPe11000 Emulex LightPulse LPe11002 Emulex LightPulse LPe11004 Emulex LightPulse LPe1150 Emulex LightPulse LP9802 Emulex LightPulse LP982 Emulex LightPulse LPe111 Emulex LightPulse LP10000 Emulex LightPulse LP11000 Emulex LightPulse LP11002 Emulex LightPulse LP1150 LSI 7404EP-LC LSI 7204EP-LC LSI 7104EP-LC LSI 7204XP-LC LSI 7104XP-LC LSI 7202XP-LC LSI 7102XP-LC Qlogic SANblade QLE2560 Qlogic SANblade QLE2562 Qlogic SANblade QLE2460 Qlogic SANblade QLE2462 Qlogic SANblade QLE2464 Qlogic SANblade QLA2462 Qlogic SANblade QLA2460 Qlogic SANblade QLA2342 Qlogic SANblade QLA2340

BIOS v1.20 v1.20 v1.20 v1.20 1.0.0.02 1.0.0.02 2.02a2 2.02a2 2.02a2 2.02a2 2.02a2 2.02a2 2.02a2 2.02a2 2.02a2 2.02a2 2.02a2 2.02a2 2.02a2 2.02a2 2.02.06 2.02.06 2.02.06 2.02.06 2.02.06 2.02.06 2.02.06 2.02 2.02 2.02 2.02 2.02 2.02 2.02 2.02 2.02

Firmware 111307 111307 111307 111307 1.0.0.02 1.0.0.02 1.10a5 1.10a5 1.10a5 2.80a4 2.80a4 2.80a4 2.80a4 2.80a4 2.80a4 2.80a4 2.80a4 2.80a4 2.80a4 2.80a4 1.03.24 1.03.24 1.03.24 1.03.24 1.03.24 1.03.24 1.03.24 4.03.01 4.03.01 4.03.01 4.03.01 4.03.01 4.03.01 4.03.01 4.03.01 4.03.01

Fcode n/a n/a n/a n/a

3.10a3 3.10a3 3.10a3 3.10a3 3.10a3 3.10a3 3.10a3 3.10a3 3.10a3 3.10a3 3.10a3 3.10a3 3.10a3 3.10a3 1.00.49 1.00.49 1.00.49 1.00.49 1.00.49 1.00.49 1.00.49 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00

Windows v2.62 v2.62 v2.62 v2.62 1.0.0.02 1.0.0.02 2.10a7 2.10a7 2.10a7 2.10a7 2.10a7 2.10a7 2.10a7 2.10a7 2.10a7 2.10a7 2.10a7 2.10a7 2.10a7 2.10a7 1.27.01 1.27.01 1.27.01 1.27.01 1.27.01 1.27.01 1.27.01 9.1.7.18 9.1.7.18 9.1.7.18 9.1.7.18 9.1.7.18 9.1.7.18 9.1.7.18 9.1.7.18 9.1.7.18

Linux v2.61 v2.61 v2.61 v2.61 1.0.0.02 1.0.0.02 8.2.0.29 8.2.0.29 8.2.0.29 8.2.0.29 8.2.0.29 8.2.0.29 8.2.0.29 8.2.0.29 8.2.0.29 8.2.0.29 8.2.0.29 8.2.0.29 8.2.0.29 8.2.0.29 4.00.43 4.00.43 4.00.43 4.00.43 4.00.43 4.00.43 4.00.43 8.02.14.01 8.02.14.01 8.02.14.01 8.02.14.01 8.02.14.01 8.02.14.01 8.02.14.01 8.02.14.01 8.02.14.01

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VTrak E-Class Compatibility List v2.5

SAS Host Bus Adapters SAS HBAs Vendor

LSI Logic

Model SAS3801X SAS3801E SAS3442X-R SAS3442E-R SAS31601E SAS9200-8e

BIOS v6.24.00 v6.24.00 v6.24.00 v6.24.00 v6.24.00

Firmware v1.29.00-IT v1.29.00-IT v1.29.00-IR v1.29.00-IR v1.29.00-IT v2.00.50

Windows v1.30.02 v1.30.02 v1.30.02 v1.30.02 v1.30.02 v2.00.8.0

Linux v4.18.0 v4.18.0 v4.18.0 v4.18.0 v4.18.0 v2.00.0

Intel MFSYS25 Modular Server Intel Modular Server – MFSYS25and MFSYS35 Running Management Module GUI Operation Code 4.0.100.20090813.18499 will support the Promise VTrak E310s/E610s RAID Systems. Intel Resource Page: http://www.intel.com/products/server/modular-server/modular-server/modular-serveroverview.htm Promise Technology, Inc. Intel Modular Server to VTrak E-Class Connection Guide: http://www.promise.com/intel/Modular_Server_Ex10s_Attachment_Guide_v0.81.pdf

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VTrak E-Class Compatibility List v2.5

Fibre Channel Switches and SFPs Fibre Channel Switches Vendor Model SilkWorm 200E SilkWorm 3802 SilkWorm 3200 Brocade Brocade 300 Brocade 5100 Brocade 5000 Cisco MDS 9020 TotalStorage SAN16B-2 IBM TotalStorage SAN16M-2 Sphereon 4400 McDATA Sphereon 4500 SANbox 5600Q SANbox 5200 SANbox 9000 - 4Gb blade Qlogic SANbox 9000 - 8Gb blade SANbox 1400 SANbox 5802V SFP Interoperability Matrix (Shortwave) Vendor Model Agilent HFBR-5720L Avago AFBR-57R5APZ Brocade BRC-JSP-21L0AA1 Cisco CIS-GLC-SX-MM Excelight SCP6586-GL-CN FTRJ8519P1WNL FTLF8524P2xNy Finisar FTRJ8524P2xNy FTLF8528P2BCV-QL HP CPD-221470-B21 TXN3111 Intel TXN31115D2 TXN31115 JSH-42S4AA1 JDS Uniphase JSM-42S4AA1 McData MCD-IPSSFP-SX PL-XPL-VC-S23-12 Picolight PLRXPL-VE-SG4-62 PLRXPL-VE-SG4-62-N SPLC-20-8-1-B Stratos Lightwave SPLC-20-F-1-B

Ports 16x4Gb 16x2Gb 8x2Gb 24x8Gb 40x8Gb 32x4Gb 20x4Gb 16x4Gb 16x4Gb 16x4Gb 24x2Gb 16x4Gb 16x2Gb 32-128x4Gb 32-128x8Gb 10x4Gb 20x8Gb

Firmware v5.1.0 v3.2.1c v3.2.1c v7.0.1 v7.0.1 v6.1.1 v1.7.8.0 v6.0.0c v09.07 v09.06.01 v09.06.01 v7.4.0.16 v7.4.0.16 v7.8.0.08 v7.8.0.08 v5.0.1.10 v7.4.0.16

Type 2Gb Multi-mode 4Gb Multi-mode 2Gb Multi-mode 2Gb Multi-mode 2Gb Multi-mode 2Gb Multi-mode 4Gb Multi-mode 4Gb Multi-mode 8Gb Multi-mode 2Gb Multi-mode 2Gb Multi-mode 4Gb Multi-mode 4Gb Multi-mode 4Gb Multi-mode 4Gb Multi-mode 2Gb Multi-mode 2Gb Multi-mode 4Gb Multi-mode 4Gb Multi-mode 2Gb Multi-mode 4Gb Multi-mode

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VTrak E-Class Compatibility List v2.5

Online SAS Hard Disk Drives Online Storage Drives [SAS] Vendor Family

Fujitsu/ Toshiba

Hitachi

Seagate

E-Class SR2.5 Release (January 2010) Model Firmware Capacity RPM Buffer Interface Form Factor MBA3300RC 103 300GB 15,000 RPM 16MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" MBA3300 SAS MBA3147RC 103 147GB 15,000 RPM 16MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" MBA3073RC 103 73GB 15,000 RPM 16MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" 147GB 15,000 RPM 16MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" MAX3147RC 103 MAX3147 SAS MAX3073RC 103 73GB 15,000 RPM 16MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" MAX3036RC 103 36GB 15,000 RPM 16MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" HUS156060VLS600 A392 600GB 15,000 RPM 64MB 6Gb/s SAS 3.5" Ultrastar 15K600 HUS156045VLS600 A392 450GB 15,000 RPM 64MB 6Gb/s SAS 3.5" HUS156030VLS600 A392 300GB 15,000 RPM 64MB 6Gb/s SAS 3.5" HUS154545VLS300 A570 450GB 15,000 RPM 16MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" Ultrastar 15K450 HUS154530VLS400 A570 300GB 15,000 RPM 16MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" HUS153030VLS300 A120 300GB 15,000 RPM 16MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" Ultrastar 15K300 HUS153014VLS300 A120 147GB 15,000 RPM 16MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" HUS153073VLS300 A120 73GB 15,000 RPM 16MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" HUS151414VLS300 A420 147GB 15,000 RPM 16MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" Ultrastar 15K147 HUS151473VLS300 A420 73GB 15,000 RPM 16MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" HUS151436VLS300 A420 36GB 15,000 RPM 16MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" ST3600057SS 0006 600GB 15,000 RPM 64MB 6Gb/s SAS 3.5" Cheetah 15K.7 ST3450857SS 0006 450GB 15,000 RPM 64MB 6Gb/s SAS 3.5" ST3300657SS 0006 300GB 15,000 RPM 64MB 6Gb/s SAS 3.5" ST3450856SS 0004/0005/0006 450GB 15,000 RPM 16MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" Cheetah 15K.6 ST3300656SS 0004/0005/0006 300GB 15,000 RPM 16MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" ST3146356SS 0004/0005/0006 146GB 15,000 RPM 16MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" 300GB 15,000 RPM 16MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" ST3300655SS 0002/0004 Cheetah 15K.5 ST3146855SS 0002/0004 147GB 15,000 RPM 16MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" ST373455SS 0002/0004 73GB 15,000 RPM 16MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" ST3146854SS 0004 147GB 15,000 RPM 8MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" Cheetah 15K.4 ST373454SS 0004 73GB 15,000 RPM 8MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" ST336754SS 0004 36GB 15,000 RPM 8MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" ST3600002SS 0002 600GB 10,000 RPM 16MB 6Gb/s SAS 3.5" Cheetah NS.2 ST3450802SS 0002 450GB 10,000 RPM 16MB 6Gb/s SAS 3.5" Cheetah NS ST3400755SS 0003 400GB 10,000 RPM 16MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" **BLUE Models are additions derived from the SR2.5 Release. ***ORANGE Capacities were actual capacities in test. Other capacities are assumed to work but were not tested.

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VTrak E-Class Compatibility List v2.5

Solid State Disk Drives Solid State Disk Drives

E-Class SR2.5 Release (January 2010)

Vendor

Family

Intel

X25-E

STEC



MACH8 IOPS

Model

Firmware

Capacity

RPM

Buffer

Interface

Form Factor

SSDSA2SH064G1

8790

64GB

SSD/SLC

32MB

3Gb/s SATA

2.5"

SSDSA2SH032G1

8790

32GB

SSD/SLC

32MB

3Gb/s SATA

2.5"

M8ISB2-200C

2269

200GB

SSD/SLC

32MB

1.5Gb/s SATA

2.5"

M8ISB2-100UC

2269

100GB

SSD/SLC

32MB

1.5Gb/s SATA

2.5"

M8ISB2-50UC

2269

50GB

SSD/SLC

32MB

1.5Gb/s SATA

2.5"

Nearline SAS/SATA Hard Disk Drives Nearline Storage Drives [SAS/SATA] Vendor Family Model HUA721010KLA330 Ultrastar HUA721075KLA330 A7K1000 HUA721050KLA330 HUA722020ALA330 Ultrastar HUA722010CLA330 A7K2000 Hitachi HUA722050CLA330 HDE721010SLA330 Deskstar HDE721075SLA330 E7K1000 HDE721050SLA330 Deskstar E7K500 HDS725050KLA360 ST3750640NS ST3500630NS Barracuda ES ST3400620NS ST3320620NS ST3250620NS Seagate ST31000340NS Barracuda ES.2 ST3750330NS ST3500320NS ST31000640SS Barracuda ES.2 ST3750630SS SAS Models ST3500620SS SpinPoint F1 HE103UJ RAID HE753LJ Samsung HD501LJ SpinPoint T166 HD321KJ SpinPoint T133 HD401LJ



Firmware B0A B0A B0A A28A H39C H39C 3AA 3AA 3AA A10C 3.AEK 3.AEK 3.AEK 3.AEK 3.AEK SN06 SN06 SN06 0003 0003 0003 1AA01113 1AA01113 VT100 VT100 ZZ100-12

Capacity 1000GB 750GB 500GB 2000GB 1000GB 500GB 1000GB 750GB 500GB 500GB 750GB 500GB 400GB 320GB 250GB 1000GB 750GB 500GB 1000GB 750GB 500GB 1000GB 750GB 500GB 320GB 400GB

RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM 7,200 RPM

E-Class SR2.5 Release (January 2010) Buffer Interface Form Factor 32MB 3Gb/s SATA 3.5" 32MB 3Gb/s SATA 3.5" 32MB 3Gb/s SATA 3.5" 32MB 3Gb/s SATA 3.5" 32MB 3Gb/s SATA 3.5" 32MB 3Gb/s SATA 3.5" 32MB 3Gb/s SATA 3.5" 32MB 3Gb/s SATA 3.5" 32MB 3Gb/s SATA 3.5" 16MB 3Gb/s SATA 3.5" 16MB 3Gb/s SATA 3.5" 16MB 3Gb/s SATA 3.5" 16MB 3Gb/s SATA 3.5" 16MB 3Gb/s SATA 3.5" 16MB 3Gb/s SATA 3.5" 32MB 3Gb/s SATA 3.5" 32MB 3Gb/s SATA 3.5" 32MB 3Gb/s SATA 3.5" 16MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" 16MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" 16MB 3Gb/s SAS 3.5" 32MB 3Gb/s SATA 3.5" 32MB 3Gb/s SATA 3.5" 16MB 3Gb/s SATA 3.5" 16MB 3Gb/s SATA 3.5" 16MB 3Gb/s SATA 3.5"

Standard E/J-Class carriers do not support 2.5” disk drives

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VTrak E-Class Compatibility List v2.5 Nearline Storage Drives [SAS/SATA] Vendor Family Model RAID Edition 4-GP

WD2002FYPS

Firmware

Capacity

RPM

Buffer

G04/G05

2000GB

IntelliPower

64MB

E-Class SR2.5 Release (January 2010) Interface Form Factor ‡

3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s SATA 1.5GB/s SATA

WD1002FBYS C05/C06 1000GB 7,200 RPM 32MB WD7502ABYS C05/C06 750GB 7,200 RPM 32MB RAID Edition 3 WD5002ABYS B02/B03 500GB 7,200 RPM 16MB WD3202ABYS B02/B03 320GB 7,200 RPM 16MB WD2502ABYS B02/B03 250GB 7,200 RPM 16MB WD7500AYYS G30 750GB 7,200 RPM 16MB Western RAID Edition 2 WD5001ABYS G30 500GB 7,200 RPM 16MB Digital WD1601ABYS G30 160GB 7,200 RPM 16MB 500GB 7,200 RPM 16MB WD5000YS E09 RAID Edition WD1600YS C06 160GB 7,200 RPM 16MB WD1000FYPS B01 1000GB IntelliPower 16MB RAID Edition 2-GP WD7500AYPS B01 750GB IntelliPower 16MB WD5000ABPS B01 500GB IntelliPower 16MB Raptor WD1500ADFD Q22 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB **BLUE Models are additions derived from the SR2.5 Release. ***ORANGE Capacities were actual capacities in test. Other capacities are assumed to work but were not tested.



WD RE4-GP 3Gbs can be used with an AAMUX adapter. Without an AAMUX, the drive will need to be jumpered to 1.5Gbs.

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3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5"

VTrak E-Class Compatibility List v2.5

Operating Systems Supported Operating Environments Vendor Core Platform Windows Server 2003 w/SP2 Windows Server 2003 R2 w/SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 w/SP1 Windows Server 2008 w/SP2 Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Enterprise Linux 5.2 RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.3 Linux Enterprise Server 10.2 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 ESX Server v3.5 Update 4 VMware ESX Server v4.0

Type x86/x64 x86/x64 x86/x64 x86/x64 x64 x86/x64 x86/x64 x86/x64 x86/x64 x86 x64

Note: VMware testing has been validated by Promise and then certified by VMware.

TFTP Servers TFTP Server SolarWinds TFTP Server TFTP32 RedHat Packaged TFTP Server SuSE Packaged TFTP Server

OS Platform Windows 2003/2008 Server Windows 2003/2008 Server RedHat EL 5.2 Novell SLES 10.2

UPS Appliances UPS Support APC Smart-UPS 1500VA APC Smart-UPS 2200VA APC Smart-UPS 3000VA

HW Rev. 667.18.D 667.18.D 667.18.D

APC OS v3.5.5 v3.5.5 v3.5.5

APP. Module SW v3.5.5 v3.5.5 v3.5.5

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