HP Xw6600 HP xw Workstation series - Installing and Configuring SAS Hardware R - Page 3

LSI 8344ELP RAID 0 2-4 drives 2-4 drives RAID 1 2 drives 2 drives RAID 5 3-4 drives 3-4 drives LSI 8888ELP RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 LSI 1064 RAID 0 2-4 drives RAID 1 2 drives LSI 1068 RAID 0 2-5 drives RAID 1 2 drives * HP xw8600 Workstation can accommodate 6 internal 2.5" drives 2-4 drives 2 drives 3-4 drives 2-3 drives 2 drives 3 drives 2-6 drives* 2 drives 3-6 drives* 2-6 drives* 2 drives Not all possible hardware RAID configurations are supported on HP Linux workstations. ● Only SAS drives are supported with hardware-assisted and full hardware RAID. ● SATA and PATA drives are not supported with hardware RAID, but can be used with software RAID solutions. ● Supported operating systems are: ◦ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 and later ◦ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 and later ◦ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP4 and later ◦ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 and later ◦ SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 and later ● Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) operating systems will be provided by HP. Support for SLE operating systems will be provided by Novell. ● The Linux Hardware Matrix contains information on all current platforms and is a good place to learn which RAID controllers are supported on a given platform. LSI 3041E and Integrated LSI 1064/1068 Setup The LSI 3041E is a 4-port SATA/SAS RAID controller providing SAS support for the HP xw4000 and xw6000 Workstation series. Note that while the controller provides functionality for SATA RAID, SATA RAID is not supported on HP Linux workstations. The HP xw8000 and xw9000 Workstation series use an onboard LSI 1064 or 1068 SAS controller, which uses the same BIOS configuration utility as the LSI 3041E plug-in card. The following steps can be used as a guide for setting up the LSI 3041E or the ENWW LSI 3041E and Integrated LSI 1064/1068 Setup 3