TagmaStore Adaptable Modular Storage (AMS500)

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TagmaStore Adaptable Modular Storage (AMS500)
Storage Area Network (SAN) Device
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation

08 Dec 2009
130922

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 & Intel64 Service Pack 3 for SUSE® SLES 10

Product Description
As the core offerings in our midrange storage line, the Hitachi TagmaStore® Adaptable Modular Storage system is the most scalable, high-performance, high-availability system in its category. The AMS500 model is the solution for mid-sized companies that need tiered storage in a single rack. Mix up to 225 fibre channel and SATA hard drives to store data for both high performance applications and near-line or back up applications.

Tested Configuration:

Host Bus Adapter:	QLogic QLE2462 4Gbps Dual Port Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA , FibreChannel
Test Kit:	DiskKit 5.01.29 - 2009-04-01

Product File Specifications

HBA Driver:

Config Notes

Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and elilo system configuration.
Kdump: the crash kernel reserved memory parameter in the elilo.conf file was changed from 128 to 256 (crashkernel=512M-:256M) for kdump to function correctly.
SUSE Driver Kit: The ibm_x6-sle11sp3-x86_64 driver kit is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver kit was installed during the SLES install process as an initial bootable iso image. This driver must be downloaded and installed before the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: http://drivers.suse.com/ibm/IBM-X6/sle11-sp3/install-readme.html.
Tested as a 2-node scalable partition with 8 Compute Books. Hard disk configuration: RAID 0 and RAID 1.

Referenced Bulletins
141625

Adapters and Drivers


QLogic QLE2462 4Gbps Dual Port Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA

The term SUSE YES Certified applies only to the exact configuration documented in this bulletin. For more information on hardware exchange policies, please access the following document and view the Hardware Component Exchange Guide.

https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/

For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation
2845 Lafayette Street
Santa Clara , CA 95050-2639
Voice: 1-408-970-1000
Fax: 1-408-727-8036
Website: www.hds.com

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