Maximum no. of external hard disk

Hi,
Is there a limit to the number of external hard disk a Sun Enterprise 3000 server with OS Solaris 2.6 can support? My server already has 1 multipack, can i add in a few more?
Thanks for any help.

Hi Tanvir,
Thanks for the link. After looking through some of the documents, it doesn't seem like there is a limit to the number of external hard disks.
Meanwhile i'm still searching among the documents, hoping to find the answer.
Thank you very much.

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