Chapter 1
Drive Firmware Compatibility for CLARiiON Fibre Channel Disk Arrays

IBM's offering of CLARiiON DAE and DPE arrays with NUMA-Q systems currently employs a variety of disk -drive models.

The following table summarizes the compatible versions of firmware, drive type, and operating system applicable to the drives in the various CLARiiON disk arrays offered with NUMA-Q and NUMACenter systems.

Table 1-1. Compatibility Matrix for Disk Drives in CLARiiON FC Disk Arrays

Drive Description

Firmware Version

CLARiiON Disk Enclosures

Operating Systems

Seagate® 9-GB and 18-GB, 7200 rpm

SQ25

DAE

DYNIX/ptxV4.4.5 or higher

Seagate 9-GB low-profile and 18-GB, 10k rpm with 520-byte block format

3526

DPE or DAE units controlled by a DPE

Windows NT-E 4.0

IBM® 9-GB and 18-GB, 10k rpm low-profile drives

SQ00

DAE

DYNIX/ptx V4.4.7 and higher on the V4.4.x release train, or V4.5.1 and higher on the V4.5.x release train.