Support Strategy for Replacing a 200GB SSD in SPARC Based Systems

Asset ID:	1-71-2316083.1
Update Date:	2017-12-20
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Solution 2316083.1 : Support Strategy for Replacing a 200GB SSD in SPARC Based Systems

Applies to:

Oracle SuperCluster M7 Hardware - Version All Versions and later
Oracle SuperCluster T5-8 Hardware - Version All Versions and later
SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 - Version All Versions and later
MiniCluster S7-2 Hardware - Version All Versions and later
Oracle SuperCluster M6-32 Hardware - Version All Versions and later
SPARC

Goal

BEFORE CONTINUING with the order for a replacement of a 200GB Logzilla SSD, please ENSURE you have READ and UNDERSTAND the information contained in this document.

Failure to ADHERE to this document WILL result in delays to Customer problem resolution.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The 200GB SSD (HUSMM1640ASS200 - Part numbers 7094120, 7094126 & 7309938) has very LIMITED AVAILABILITY, a replacement 200GB SSD will be provided.

Updating your software to the recommended version code will help to expedite part replacements. See Table below for recommended software versions needed.

Product	Supported SW
Oracle SuperCluster M8	Oct 2017 QFSDP
Oracle SuperCluster M7	Jan 2018 QFSDP
Oracle SuperCluster M6-32	Jan 2018 QFSDP
Oracle SuperCluster T5-8	Jan 2018 QFSDP
SPARC SuperCluster T4-4	Jan 2018 QFSDP
Oracle MiniCluster S7-2	Sep 2017 (SW 1.2.2.3)

OPC SPARC T7 Compute Rack

AK 8.7.0 or higher

Solution

To use the replacement 200GB Logzilla SSD (Part numbers 7350580, 7350578 & 7350582) as a replacement part,
use this table to reference the substitute

Old Drive FRU	Description	SPARC Platform Where Used	Alternate Drive FRU	Description
7309938	200GB Stingray-Dory	SPARC SuperCluster T4-4/T5-8 (Sun Storage 7320 + ZS3-ES)	7350582	200GB Stingray-Dory
7094120	200GB Heron-Cabrio	Oracle SuperCluster M7 ZFS Storage (ZS3-ES)	7350580	200GB Heron-Cabrio
7094126	200GB in Evo	Oracle SuperCluster M6-32 - Disks View (ZS3-ES)	7350578	200GB Evo
7341616	200GB Coral-Dory	Oracle MiniCluster S7-2 Storage DE3-24C	7342452	200GB Coral-Dory
7097377	1.6TB Marlin	Oracle SuperCluster M7 (ZS3-ES)	7337005	3.2TB Marlin
7341618	1.6TB Coral-Dory	Oracle MiniCluster S7-2 (DE3-24C)	7342453	3.2TB Coral-Dory

then note from the table above the supported software release version for the product that will support the new replacement drive (alternate FRU).

Please follow the appropriate Administration Guide for the said product for the correct software upgrade process. Documents are provided below as references to assist with the upgrade process.

References

Document : 1513423.1 - Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System: How to Upgrade the Appliance Kit Software and Service Processor BIOS/ILOM Firmware
Document : 1447284.1 - Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System: How to Upgrade a Clustered System
Document : 1569461.1 - SuperCluster - Patching Best Practices For The Quarterly Full Stack Download Patch
Document : 1452277.1 - SuperCluster Critical Issues
Document : 1567979.1 - Oracle SuperCluster Supported Software Versions - All Hardware Types
Document : 2056975.1 - Contents of each SuperCluster Quarterly Full Stack Download Patch (QFSDP)
Document : 2090692.1 - SuperCluster QFSDP Installation Checklists

Service Alert 2317966.1 - Product Software Upgrade Required to Avoid Future Potential Compatibility Issues with Certain 200GB Disk Drives
Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance: Support Strategy for Replacing a 200GB SSD (October 2017) (Doc ID 2309439.1)
Support Strategy for Replacing a 200GB SSD (October 2017) in x86 based systems (Doc ID 2315054.1)

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