Manage your storage arrays Common Array Manager

Monday Oct 26, 2009

A new CAM 6.5 firmware baseline is now available. The release includes a maintenance update to the 2500 series firmware and support for 1.0TB 750GB 500GB 250GB Seagate Moose SATA disks.

The release is available through the following patches --

142798-01 Solaris (including OpenSolaris)

142799-01 Windows

142800-01 Linux

Tuesday Oct 20, 2009

Last week Sun announced the 6180 array and the latest CAM release supports this new device --

Feature-Rich Management

Improve storage utilization

The Sun Storage Common Array Manager software for the Sun Storage 6180 Array lowers storage management costs with centralized management. It provides run-anywhere flexibility and a single interface across the entire Sun Storage Modular Line. With fully integrated data services such as storage domains, data snapshot, data volume copy, and data mirror features, the Sun Storage Common Array Manager software improves storage utilization with configuration flexibility.

Monday Oct 12, 2009

The Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array was announced over the weekend at Oracle OpenWorld. CAM is the official management software for this device. As mentioned on the product features page --

Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager software

The Sun Storage F5100 comes with Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager software, which provides a common, simple-to-use interface for all your Sun Storage arrays. The software takes the complexity out of storage management, enabling you to accelerate deployment, simplify your environment, and improve utilization.

The Common Array Manager Service Advisor also offers proactive health checking and supports quick time to service. System error messages are connected directly to specific repair procedures in Sun's knowledge base, making common repairs simple and easy.

Thursday Oct 08, 2009

We've released a new revision of the CAM 6.2 host software patch this week. The new revision does not actually include any new content but fixes the patch scripts (e.g. postpatch) to work correctly with Live Upgrade.