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Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000i Support

Matrix

This document provides information on supported software and hardware for Dell

PowerVault MD3000i storage solution.

NOTE: Only drivers and firmware released by Dell are supported. For the latest driver and

firmware releases, see the Downloads section at support.dell.com.

How to Differentiate Between First- and

Second-Generation System Software

Information in this support matrix is divided into two distinct environments:

first-generation MD3000i firmware and second-generation MD3000i firmware.

Second-generation firmware enables a new feature set with optimized functionality,

including support for RAID 6, greater than 2TB virtual disk capacity, and SMART battery

support.

To determine your firmware level:

1 From a management station, connect to the MD3000i using MD Storage Manager.

2 Select the Support tab.

3 Click on Storage Array Profile and look for the firmware version.

If the version is 06.xx.xx.xx: The firmware is first-generation.

If the version is 07.xx.xx.xx: The firmware is second-generation.

To determine your MD Storage Manager version:

1 From MD Storage Manager, select the Support tab.

2 Click on About Modular Disk Storage Manager.

If the version is 02.xx.xx.xx: The firmware is first-generation.

If the version is 03.xx.xx.xx: The firmware is second-generation.

Dell PowerVault MD3000i Rules

Table 1. Networking and Connectivity

Rules

First

Gen.

Second

Gen.

A dedicated IP SAN is highly recommended for iSCSI data

transmission. Management traffic can be isolated on a

separate management network.

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Hosts can connect to an iSCSI storage array using a Layer

2 (switched) or Layer 3(routed) network switches.

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Summary of content (22 pages)

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Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000i Support Matrix This document provides information on supported software and hardware for Dell PowerVault MD3000i storage solution. NOTE: Only drivers and firmware released by Dell are supported. For the latest driver and firmware releases, see the Downloads section at support.dell.com.
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Rules Although a 100-Mbps host NIC is supported, 1-Gbps NICs are highly recommended for iSCSI data transfer and enhanced I/O performance. The management Ethernet part of the RAID controller module must be connected to a switch port that is configured to use Auto-Negotiate The link rate of 10Mb is not supported for iSCSI data transmission. 10/100 Mb NIC connections are supported on the MD3000i management ports. A 100-Mbps management link is recommended.
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Rules IPv6 is supported with homogenous Microsoft Windows 2008 environments only. IPv6 should be disabled on Linux targets that do not support it to prevent login failure. If using IPv6, all hosts connected to the MD3000i should support IPv6 with the MD3000i Only one type of iSCSI initiator can be used in a host system.
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Rules First Gen. Second Gen. When using the Microsoft or Linux iSCSI Initiator, IQN identification must be used. When using the Microsoft or Linux iSCSI Initiator, all NICs in the same host will use the same iSCSI name. The name will identify the host and the NICs will not be identifiable. Dell MPP drivers are required for multi-path support (refer to Table 10). Linux open framework dm-mpp (multi-path) drivers are not supported with the MD3000i.
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Rules First Gen. owning RAID Controller Module to complete. Where applicable it is a best practice to specify both management port IP addresses on the SMcli invocation: "SMcli 192.168.128.101 192.168.128.102 -c". Maximum virtual disk size cannot exceed 2 Terabytes. Each virtual disk is limited to a maximum of 30 physical disks.
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Second Gen. Operating System First Gen.
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Operating System First Gen. Windows Server 2008-R2-SP1 supporting Hyper-V VMware ESX 3.5 and VMware ESX 3i version 3.5 VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1 √ √ Required Hotfixes Server 2008 R2 are not supported. Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008-R2-SP1 are not supported. √ √ Citrix XenServer Dell Edition 4.1 Citrix XenServer Dell Edition 5.0 Citrix XenServer Dell Edition 5.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux V4.
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Operating System First Gen. Pack 3 (2.6 kernel; No XEN support) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server V11 and V11 SP1 x64 (2.6 kernel; No XEN support) XEN kernel not supported Microsoft Windows 7 (management station only, no I/O) Microsoft Windows Vista® (management station only, no I/O) Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 (management station only, no I/O) Second Gen. Required Hotfixes √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Supported iSCSI Initiators Table 5.
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Operating System SUSE Linux Enterprise Server V9.0 First Gen. Second Gen. Required Patches (available on the MD3000i Resource CD) built in built in scsi_mod-sles9sp3-dkms.noarch.rpm (SUSE v9 SP3 only) iscsi-88.31.2_sles9sp31dkms. noarch.rpm (SUSE v9 SP3 only) Supported Network Components Ethernet Controllers Any industry standard 10/100/1000 Ethernet controller that conforms to IEEE 802.3ab, 802.3ac, or 802.3u is compatible with the MD3000i.
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Ethernet Switches Any industry standard 100/1000 managed or unmanaged Ethernet switch is compatible with the MD3000i. To maximize available bandwidth to the MD3000i, 1000 Mb/s switches for I/O paths and 100 Mb/s switches for out-of-band management paths are recommended. NOTE: Dell PowerConnect 5324 is not supported on MD3000i for use with the iSCSI host ports. Host Server Support The MD3000i is compatible with any industry standard server.
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Drive Model Number Fujitsu (AL10LX) SAS 73 GB 15K RPM Fujitsu (AL10LX) SAS 146 GB 15K RPM Fujitsu (AL10LX) SAS 300 GB 15K RPM Hitachi (Ultrastar 15K147) SAS 73 GB 15K RPM Hitachi (Ultrastar 15K147) SAS 146 GB 15K RPM Hitachi (Ultrastar 15K300) SAS 73 GB 15K RPM Hitachi (Ultrastar 15K300) SAS 146 GB 15K RPM Hitachi (Ultrastar 15K300) SAS 300 GB 15K RPM Hitachi (Ultrastar 15K450) SAS 300 GB 15K RPM Hitachi (Ultrastar 15K450) SAS 450 GB 15K RPM Hitachi SAS 300GB 15K RPM Hitachi SAS 450GB 15K RPM Hitachi SAS
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Drive Model Number Hitachi (Deskstar 7K500) SATA 500 GB 7.2K RPM HDS725050KLA360 Seagate (Barracuda ES.1) SATA 500 GB 7.2K RPM ST3500630NS Seagate (Barracuda ES.1) SATA 750 GB 7.2K RPM ST3750640NS Seagate (Barracuda ES.2) SAS 500 GB 7.2K RPM ST3500620SS Seagate (Barracuda ES.2) SAS 750 GB 7.2K RPM ST3750630SS Seagate (Barracuda ES.2) SAS 1TB 7.2K RPM ST31000640SS Seagate (Barracuda ES.2) SATA 500 GB 7.2K RPM ST3500320NS Seagate (Barracuda ES.2) SATA 750 GB 7.
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Software First Gen. MD3000i Resource CD Dell Modular Disk Storage Manager Dell OpenManage™ Management Station Dell Modular Disk Storage Manager VDS/VSS Hardware Provider MPIO driver VMware vCenter plugin Second Gen. Notes 1.2.153, 2.2.0.18, A11 A04 02.71.G6.07 03.35.G6.79 Component of Resource CD. This version also supports management of the MD3000. 5.4 6.4 x86 only. 09.71.G6.02 10.60.G6.01 01.02.36.19 01.03.0306.409 N/A 2.1 Available on Resource CD.
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Software First Gen. Second Gen. Notes of the MD3000. 09.01.B6.751 09.00.A6.012 09.01.C6.063 MPP driver 09.03.0B06.02341 Multipath software; 09.03.0C06.0452.23 installed from MD3000i Resource CD For RHEL4, and SLES9 For RHEL3 3 For SLES10, SLES11 and RHEL5 1 2 NOTE: The Dell PowerVault MD3000i does not support Device-Mapper Multipath for Linux based solutions.
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Supported Enterprise Solutions Solution Web Address Notes Oracle Database Solution www.dell.com/10g SQL Database Solution www.dell.com/sql High Availability Clustering on Windows High Availability Clustering on Red Hat Linux VMware Virtualization Solution www.dell.com/ha Refer to the Tested and Validated Configurations sub-heading Refer to the Tested and Validated Configurations sub-heading Refer to the Dell Cluster Configuration Support Matrices XenServer Virtualization Solution www.dell.
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Supported Configurations Figure 1.
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Figure 2.
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Dual Path Data Configuration In Figure 3, up to two servers are directly attached to the MD3000i RAID controller module. If the host server has a second Ethernet connection to the array, it can be attached to the iSCSI ports on the array’s second controller. This configuration provides improved availability by allowing two separate physical paths for each host, which ensures full redundancy if one of the paths fail. Figure 3.
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Network-Attached Solutions You can also cable your host servers to the MD3000i RAID controller iSCSI ports through an industry-standard 1 GB Ethernet switch. By using an Ethernet switch, the MD3000i RAID controller can support up to 16 hosts simultaneously with multiple connections per session. This solution supports either single-path or dual-path data configurations, as well as either single or dual controller modules.
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Figure 5.
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Supported Expansion Enclosure Cabling Configurations Figure 6.
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Figure 7. Proper Cabling of Expansion Enclosures in a Dual-Controller Configuration MD3000i Storage Array (upgraded to duplex configuration) Expansion enclosures (2) ___________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2010 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden.