HP Workstations for Linux - User Guide

Supported Configurations
Hardware RAID for HP Linux Workstations is currently supported for user-configured RAID solutions for
the HP workstations below. Not all configurations that are made available by the RAID chipsets or
plugin cards are supported by HP; only the configurations listed below are supported on HP Linux
Workstations.
NOTE: Hardware RAID is not supported on the Z200, Z200 SFF, Z210 CMT, or Z210 SFF
Workstations.
Table 6-1 Maximum supported hard drives
xw4600 xw6600 xw8600 xw9400 Z400 Z600 Z800
LSI 3041E 43 43
LSI 8344ELP 4
LSI 8888ELP 446* 435
LSI 9260-8i 43 5
LSI 1068 5
LSI 1068e 5
* HP xw8600 Workstation can accommodate six internal 2.5” drives
Not all possible hardware RAID configurations are supported on HP Linux Workstations.
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Only SAS drives are supported with hardware-assisted and full hardware RAID.
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SATA and PATA drives are not supported with hardware RAID, but can be used with software
RAID solutions.
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Supported operating systems are:
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 and later
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 and later
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP4 and later
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 and later
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 and later
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 and later
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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.
22 Chapter 6 Installing and configuring SAS hardware RAID