Per:- http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pedge_2900_3?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz&~tab=specstab
Drive Controllers SAS 6/i(base): 4 port SAS controller with ARM966 processor(does not support RAID) PERC 6/i integrated daughtercard (optional): SAS 3.0 Gb/s RAID controller with Intel IOP333 processor and 256MB cache Would ask Sun Support how Solaris Nevada can handle it ? What BIOS settings are required to be set on the box Nevada to recognize drives attached ? IF Red Hat? Enterprise Linux? 4 x86-64, ES can be preinstalled it should not be something quite special. RHEL 4.X obviously has driver. This message posted from opensolaris.org