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SATA SSD Configuration Notes
Support has been added for the following:
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SATA SSD devices on LSI HBA and the internal HBA card, SGXPCIESAS-R-INT-Z
on the Sun Fire X4140 X4240 or X4440 Servers.
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SATA SSD devices on the internal HBA Nvidia onboard system controller for the
Sun Fire X4140 X4240 or X4440 Servers.
When using SATA SSDs, observe the following guidelines:
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Do not mix SSD/SAS in a raid configuration.
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Adding Nvidia onboard system controller support on Sun Fire X4140 or X4440
Servers
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When adding SATA SSD support on Sun Fire X4140 X4240 or X4440 Servers, the
limitations are:
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No onboard Nvidia SATA support on Sun Fire X4240 Servers
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Supports only 8 SATA SSD devices on Sun Fire X4240 Servers and 4 on Sun
Fire X4140or X4440 Servers
Sun Fire X4240 Server Cannot Boot With 3 QuadPort NICs and SCSI HBA using BIOS42 (6786969)
This issue is a PC architecture limitation that does not have enough IO resources to
assign to this specific configuration.
Workaround: A possible work around would be to exchange cards between slot 2
and slot 5, so that the IO request alignment fits better. This work-around may apply
for this specific configuration only.
Upgrading 2389 SE or 8389 SE CPUs
Before you upgrade a Sun Fire X4240 (B14) or Sun Fire X4440 (B16) server to use
2389 SE or 8389 SE CPUs (Sun Marketing Part Numbers X6306A and X6337A /
X6339A), you must first verify that the chassis can accommodate high performance
CPUs by checking the chassis top cover or Sun part number. A correct chassis has
perforations (small holes) in its top cover. If the chassis does not have top cover
perforations (holes) or is not an approved part number, use of these CPUs is not
warranted and may result in non-recoverable system failure.
The failure mode is related to the increased cooling needs of these two CPU types.
Chapter 4
Hardware and BIOS Issues
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