Hints and Tips for Managers of SUN SPARCstorage Arrays

• Use simple slices and separate disk groups if you don't encapsulate your boot disk:

  SunSolve Infodoc 13382 tells you how to configure a simple slice to act as the required device in rootdg.

• Click here to see how to add disks to a system mirrored on two separate arrays without rebooting.

• Use current firmware revisions:

  There have been numerous buggies in the SSA firmware over the years, and quite recently a MAJOR one in regard to possible data corruption. To the best of the storage business unit's knowledge, they're all fixed now, and they HIGHLY recommend all customers run with current SSA firmware.

  Download the SSA configuration matrix to see what patches you need. (Postscript) (Text)

  The patches are available in the public area of the SunSolve Web page, you do NOT need a support contract to download these patches. They can be accessed from:

  	http://sunsolve.sun.com/
  

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