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Operating Systems Solaris StorageTek 2540 SAN array Post 302761703 by edison303 on Saturday 26th of January 2013 12:48:02 PM
Old 01-26-2013
Yes, we upgraded the array to all 600GB drives. The current firmware doesn't support using all 12 drives in single array. Furthermore, the current firmware has known performance issues.

When we first got the array, we were able to download all the software freely from Sun, including the CAM and firmware we have on there now. The latest firmware was also freely available on Sun's site prior to their acquisition and Oracle hasn't made any updates to the firmware that I'm aware of.

chilinski, to your point, lots of people were able get for free what Oracle is charging for now. An argument could be made that anyone who downloaded the firmware prior to the acquisition would have the license to install that firmware on any array.

Either way, I've called Oracle trying to buy a support contract, but they won't let me. From what I understand, without having an original receipt from Sun or an authorized Sun vendor, Oracle we simple cannot get a support contract for this Sun hardware. If anyone can tell me otherwise, I'm all ears.

I do have an Oracle support *account* that was migrated from the free Sun account, but I cannot access the firmware URL. I can only assume that's due to not having a support contract.

If I'd had any idea that Oracle would be like this, I would have stayed on top of the firmware and downloaded the later version prior to the buyout.

I just want a properly-working array.
 

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