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
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
first 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: At times, the
connector ID for SAS 12 Gbps HBA may not be displayed correctly on
Storage Management. This occurs because of a firmware limitation in
the SAS 12 Gbps HBA. However, this connector ID discrepancy does not
cause any functional limitation.