Users Guide
Supported Non-RAID Controllers
Storage Management supports the following non-RAID controllers:
• SAS 6 Gbps Host Bus Adapter (HBA)
• Broadcom SAS 9207-8e
• Broadcom SAS 9300-8e
• Broadcom SAS 9206-16e
• SAS 12 Gbps HBA
• HBA 330
• HBA 330 MX
• HBA 330 MMZ
NOTE: Storage Management only enumerates and provides the PCI slot information for Broadcom SAS 9207-8e, SAS 9300-8e
and SAS 9206-16e controllers. As Storage Management does not monitor these non-RAID controllers, devices connected to
these controllers are not enumerated, alerts are not logged, and SNMP traps are not sent for these controllers.
NOTE: In Storage Management, the Broadcom SAS HBA controller page display properties such as: ID, Status, Name, Slot ID,
State, Driver Version, Storport Driver Version, Number of Connectors, and Controller Tasks.
NOTE: When a backplane without an expander (passive backplane) is connected to an HBA 330 controller, the enumeration of
the physical disks is split between Connector 0 and Connector 1. For example, if the passive backplane is populated with a
maximum of eight physical disks, the rst four physical disks are listed under Connector 0 and the remaining four physical disks
are listed under Connector 1. You will be able to view all the eight physical disks only if both bays are connected. If one bay is
connected, only the physical disks associated with that bay are displayed.
NOTE: For SAS 12 Gbps HBA and HBA 330 controller, the Available Reports that can be viewed are View Slot Occupancy Report
and View Physical Disk Firmware Version Report.
NOTE: A logical connector is displayed under the HBA 330 controller, and all the physical disks will be detected under this logical
connector.
NOTE: At times, the connector ID for SAS 12 Gbps HBA may not be displayed correctly on Storage Management. This occurs
because of a rmware limitation in the SAS 12 Gbps HBA. However, this connector ID discrepancy does not cause any functional
limitation.
Support For Disk And Volume Management
Storage Management does not provide disk and volume management. To implement disk and volume management, you must use the
native disk and volume management utilities provided by your operating system.
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