SL150 - Minimum Software and HBA Requirements to support the SL150 Library

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Update Date:	2017-09-25
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Solution 1481764.1 : SL150 - Minimum Software and HBA Requirements to support the SL150 Library

Applies to:

StorageTek SL150 Modular Tape Library - Version All Versions and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

Minimum Software Requirements to support the SL150 Library.

Solution

The SL150 tape library has been tested & is supported at the following levels of 3rd party software.

- Symantec Netbackup 7.x or above.
- Symantec BackupExec 2012 or above (2010 will be added early 2013)

The Backup Exec driver is listed here: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH201596&cache=refresh

- Legato NetWorker 7.5 SP1 or above.
- IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 6.3.2 and 6.3.3 only.
- CA ArcServ R16 or above.

The SL150 tape library has been tested with the following HBA's (Host Bus Adaptor).

F/C (Fibre Channel)

- Emulex: LP1100x, LPE110x, LPE1200x & LPE1250x
- qLogic: QLA246x, QLE246x & QLE256x
- SUN: SG-XPCIE1FC-QF8-Z & EM8Z and SG-XPCIE2FC-QF4-Z & QF8-Z & EM4-Z & EM8-Z
- IBM: 5758, 5759, 5773, 5774 & 5735
- HP: AB378A, AB379B, AD3000A & AD355A

SAS (Serial Attached SCSI)

- SUN: SG-XPCI8SAS-E-Z & SG-XPCIE8SAS-E-Z & EB-Z * 3Gb (SAS-1)
- SUN: SGX-SAS6-EXT-Z and SGX-SAS6-EM-Z ** 6Gb (SAS-2)

Note:

The latest information can be found in the SL150 SAG (Systems Assurance Guide) http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E35103_01/en/E22579/E22579_01.pdf

Note:

Integrated Storage Relations Tape and Library HBA /Switch Reference Guide.

Note: (Update 18-Nov-2014)

The major ISV’s listed above support the Sun SAS2 HBAs. Other ISV’s may experience issues and will need to be addressed on an individual basis.

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