
2 Release Notes for Sun Storage 6580 and 6780 Arrays • March 2010
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What’s In This Firmware Release
Array controller firmware version 7.60.18.13 includes expanded disk drive support,
including support for Solid State Disk (SSD) and encryption-capable drives (see
TABLE 2 for a list of supported drives). This version also includes expanded cache size
options for the Sun Storage 6780 Array (see
TABLE 1 for a list of array features).
The firmware is provided with Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager (CAM) v.
6.6.0, available for download at:
http://www.sun.com/storage/management_software/resource_manageme
nt/cam
Click the “Buy Now” button to download the latest CAM software.
For more information about bug fixes, see the Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager
Release Notes, 6.6.0.
Array Features
The Sun Storage 6580 and 6780 Arrays are compared in TABLE 1.
TABLE 1 Comparison of Sun Storage 6580 and 6780 Array Configurations
6580 6780
Total cache size per array 8 or 16 Gbytes 8, 16, 32, or 64 Gbytes
Number of host ports 8 4-Gbit/second or 8
G-bit/second
8 or 16 4-Gbit/second or
8-Gbit/second
Host interface cards 2 2 or 4
Maximum number of drives supported 256 448
Disk reads IOPS
*
115K
Throughput 3000
MB/second
IOPS
*
175K
Throughput 6400
MB/second
Maximum array configuration 1x16 1x28
Maximum raw capacity 512 Tbytes 896 Tbytes
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