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Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix l 3
Rules
First
Gen.
Second
Gen.
IPv6 is supported with homogenous Microsoft Windows
2008 environments only.
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IPv6 should be disabled on Linux targets that do not
support it to prevent login failure.
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If using IPv6, all hosts connected to the MD3000i should
support IPv6 with the MD3000i
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Only one type of iSCSI initiator can be used in a host
system. For example, if the Broadcom NetXtreme II 5709
iSCSI Initiator is used, then all the iSCSI initiators in the
system must be Broadcom NetXtreme II 5709 iSCSI
Initiators and the software initiator must not be used with
other NICs in the system.
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Table 2. Environment
Rules
First
Gen.
Second
Gen.
A server can connect to a maximum of three MD3000i
storage arrays.
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A maximum of 16 physical host servers can be attached to
the storage array.
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A maximum of 32 virtual host servers can be attached to the
storage array (note: running the iSCSI initiator at the
hypervisor level counts as a single host even if the storage is
shared by all guest OSes)
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The MD3000i supports up to eight nodes in Microsoft
®
Windows Server
®
2003 Cluster environment and up to
sixteen nodes in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Cluster
environment.
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Connecting an MD3000i and an MD3000 to the same host
is not supported.
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Table 3. Considerations