User`s guide

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1: Storage System Overview
Note: Rolling upgrades will only be supported on SGI IRIX platforms (as listed in
“Supported Platforms” on page 5) and SGI Altix series servers running an SGI Linux
environment of 7.2 or later with SGI ProPack 2.1, or SGI Advanced Linux Environment
2.1 or later with SGI ProPack 2.2 or later.
Compatibility
Note: Copper Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs) are not supported by the TP9100
(2Gb TP9100).
• QLogic 2200 optical 33/66-MHz HBA
• QLogic 2310 optical 66-MHz HBA
• QLogic 2342 optical 66-MHz dual channel HBA
• Brocade family SAN switches
– SilkWorm 2400 1-Gb/s 8-port switch
– SilkWorm 2800 1-Gb/s 16-port switch
– SilkWorm 3200 2-Gb/s 8-port switch
– SilkWorm 3800 2 Gb/s 16-port switch
– SilkWorm 3900 2-Gb/s 32-port switch
– SilkWorm 12000 2-Gb/s 64-port switch
• IRIX release level 6.5.16 or later
Storage System Enclosure
The enclosure is the basic unit of the SGI 2 Gb TP9100 storage system. Each enclosure
contains a minimum of 4 and maximum of 16 disk drives and the component modules
that handle I/O, power and cooling, and operations.
The enclosure is available in two formats: RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks)
and JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks). An enclosure with single or dual RAID modules is a