Dell EMC PowerVault MD34XX/38XX Series Support Matrix
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Contents 1 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 4 Revision history...................................................................................................................................................................... 4 2 Data protocols.............................................................................................................................
1 Introduction This document provides information about supported software and hardware for Dell PowerVault MD3400, MD3420, MD3800i, MD3820i, MD3800f, MD3820f, MD3460, MD3860i, and MD3860f storage arrays, and usage considerations, recommendations, and rules. The information in this document pertains to RAID controller firmware version 8.25.14.60. NOTE: • Unless specified, all information in this document is applicable to the latest RAID controller firmware version available at Dell.com/support.
Date Description Updated version of CFW and HSW Updated supported operating systems Updated storage array rules for dense array section October 2016 Updated version of CFW Updated supported physical disks section July 2016 Added support for VMware with Fibre Channel Direct Connect Updated version of CFW and HSW Updated supported physical disks section Updated supported operating systems March 2016 Discontinued support of the VSS and VDS hardware providers.
2 Data protocols Table 1. Dell EMC PowerVault MD-Series Models and supported Data protocols Dell PowerVault MD Array Model 3 Data protocol MD34001 12 Gbps direct attached SAS storage array with 12 drives (3.5 inch) MD34201 12 Gbps direct attached SAS storage array with 24 drives (2.5 inch) MD3800i1 10 Gbps iSCSI network storage array with 12 drives (3.5 inch) MD3820i1 10 Gbps iSCSI network storage array with 24 drives (2.
3 Dell EMC PowerVault MD Series storage array rules This section contains both general and model-specific connectivity and consideration rules for Dell EMC PowerVault MD storage arrays. The rules listed in Table 2 apply to all storage array models. For rules applying to specific Dell EMC PowerVault MD models, see Table 3 and Table 4. NOTE: Dell EMC PowerVault MD3460, MD3860i, and MD3860f platforms are supported in dual-RAID controller (duplex) configurations only. Table 2.
MD34x0 series MD38x0i series MD38x0f series 12 Gbps SAS 10 Gbps iSCSI 16 Gbps Fibre Channel 1024 TB 1024 TB 1024 TB Yes Yes Yes All iSCSI host ports on a controller must have the same port speed. N/A Yes N/A Maximum 12 Gbps SAS cable length supported is 6m. Yes Yes Yes If the iSCSI initiators are connected to Dell PowerVault MD3800i series through the network switches, make sure that your switches support IEEE 802.
Rule Data Assurance capable drives are supported in the array, however the Data Assurance feature is not an available option for these arrays. MD34x0 series MD38x0i series MD38x0f series 12 Gbps SAS 10 Gbps iSCSI 16 Gbps Fibre Channel Yes Yes Yes Table 3.
4 Default IPv4 settings for management ports on Dell EMC PowerVault MD series storage arrays NOTE: No default gateway is set. By default, the management ports on the storage array are set to DHCP. If DHCP fails, the following IPv4 settings are used: Table 5. Default IPv4 management port addresses MD3400/MD3420/MD3800x/MD3820x Controller/port IPv4 address Subnet mask Controller 0, Port 1 192.168.129.101 255.255.255.0 Controller 1, Port 1 192.168.129.102 255.255.255.
5 RAID controller firmware and NVSRAM NOTE: • Dell EMC recommends that you collect support information before performing any firmware upgrade. • Drivers and firmware released only by Dell EMC are supported. For the latest driver and firmware that is releases, see the downloads section at Dell.com/support. Table 6. Latest RAID controller firmware and NVSRAM versions Software Version RAID controller firmware 08.25.14.
6 iSCSI software initiators Table 7. Supported iSCSI initiators Operating System SW initiator vendor SW initiator version Notes Windows Server OS Microsoft RTM or later Included with OS Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat RTM or later Included with OS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SUSE RTM or later Included with OS VMware vSphere VMware RTM or later Included with OS NOTE: For more information about OS support, refer to the Supported operating systems section of this document.
7 Protocol (TOE/iSCSI) offload adapters Standard Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters are supported when used with supported software iSCSI initiators. Hosts must have a standards compliant iSCSI initiator to access Dell PowerVault MD Series storage. Initiator support is provided by the initiator or operating system vendor. Dell PowerVault does not support Converged Network Adapters (CNA) in Converged mode.
8 Fibre Channel SFP+ Transceiver support Table 8. Supported Fibre Channel SFP+ transceivers Description Manufacturer Mfr.
9 Physical disks Only physical disk drives with a Dell EMC part number listed in Table 9. Supported physical disk drive models are supported. All other physical disk drives purchased from the Dell Software and Peripheral store with a part number other than specified in the list are not supported. Table 9. Supported physical disk drive models Dell EMC Form Part Number Factor Model Capacity Speed Vendor SED Firmware 6R5R8 2.5” LB206M 200 GB SSD Pliant (SanDisk) No D339 8C38W 2.
Dell EMC Form Part Number Factor Model Capacity Speed Vendor SED Firmware 6K55X 2.5” MK2001GRZB 200 GB SSD Toshiba No A008 R2PJ7 2.5” MK4001GRZB 400 GB SSD Toshiba No A008 K41XJ 2.5” PX02SMF020 200 GB SSD Toshiba No A3B3 HKK8C 2.5” PX02SMF040 400 GB SSD Toshiba No A3B3 TC2MH 2.5” PX02SMF080 800 GB SSD Toshiba No A3B3 G4V45 2.5” PX02SMB160 1.6 TB SSD Toshiba No A3B3 CV6W8 2.5” PX02SSF020 200 GB SSD Toshiba No A4B3 2H9WV 2.
Dell EMC Form Part Number Factor Model Capacity Speed Vendor SED Firmware JG6X1 2.5” KPM5XVUG800G 800 GB SSD Toshiba No B01C GT1JH 2.5” KPM5XVUG1T60 1.6 TB SSD Toshiba No B01C X8HTD 2.5” KPM5XVUG3T20 3.2 TB SSD Toshiba No B01C 3PR5C 2.5” KPM5XVUG480G 480 GB SSD Toshiba No B01C WFGTH 2.5” KPM5XVUG960G 960 GB SSD Toshiba No B01C 2WVYG 2.5” KPM5XVUG1T92 1.92 TB SSD Toshiba No B01C 91W3V 2.5” KPM5XVUG3T84 3.84 TB SSD Toshiba No B01C 9YWG8 2.
Dell EMC Form Part Number Factor Model Capacity Speed Vendor SED Firmware R730K 2.5” HUC151473CSS600 73 GB 15K Hitachi No K774 W330K 2.5” HUC151414CSS600 146 GB 15K Hitachi No K774 W345K 2.5” ST973452SS 73 GB 15K Seagate No HT66 X162K 2.5” ST9146852SS 146 GB 15K Seagate No HT66 89TH4 2.5” ST9146752SS 146 GB 15K Seagate Yes HTF6 5JDD1 2.5” ST9146853SS 146 GB 15K Seagate No YS0D 61XPF 2.5” ST9146853SS 146 GB 15K Seagate No YS0D H8DVC 2.
Dell EMC Form Part Number Factor Model Capacity Speed Vendor SED Firmware WXPCX 2.5” ST1200MM0088 1.2 TB 10K Seagate No TT31 FR6W6 2.5” ST1200MM0198 1.2 TB 10K Seagate No UT71 V2KWT 2.5” ST1200MM0108 1.2 TB 10K Seagate Yes TSC9 WHR0G 2.5” ST1800MM0078 1.8 TB 10K Seagate Yes TSE2 VJ7CD 2.5” ST1800MM0168 1.8 TB 10K Seagate No 2S24 RVDCJ 2.5” ST1800MM0198 1.8 TB 10K Seagate No 2T51 2M5JK 2.5” ST300MM0078 300 GB 10K Seagate No BS05 D1F14 2.
Dell EMC Form Part Number Factor Model Capacity Speed Vendor SED Firmware 2TRM4 2.5” AL14SEB18EQY 1.8 TB 10K Toshiba No EB02 3NKW7 2.5” AL14SEB030N 300 GB 10K Toshiba No DM06 453KG 2.5” AL14SEB060N 600 GB 10K Toshiba No DM06 N9VVV 2.5” AL14SEB090N 900 GB 10K Toshiba No DM06 89D42 2.5” AL14SEB120N 1.2 TB 10K Toshiba No DM06 KT5V6 2.5” AL14SEB030N 300 GB 10K Toshiba No DH01 GTYCR 2.5” AL14SEB060N 600 GB 10K Toshiba No DH01 R0MWH 2.
Dell EMC Form Part Number Factor Model Capacity Speed Vendor SED Firmware VYRKH 3.5” HUS723020ALS640 2 TB 7.2K Hitachi No M440 CWJ92 3.5” HUS723030ALS640 3 TB 7.2K Hitachi No M440 F617N 3.5" ST3300657SS 300 GB 15K* Seagate No ES68 R749K 3.5" ST3450857SS 450 GB 15K* Seagate No ES68 W347K 3.5" ST3600057SS 600 GB 15K* Seagate No ES68 D32VD 3.5” ST3450757SS 450 GB 15K* Seagate Yes ESF7 5XTFH 3.5” ST3600957SS 600 GB 15K* Seagate Yes ESF7 R752K 3.
Dell EMC Form Part Number Factor Model Capacity Speed Vendor SED Firmware RHVWG 3.5” ST6000NM0095 6 TB 7.2K Seagate No DS23 FCHXF 3.5” ST4000NM0135 4 TB 7.2K Seagate Yes DSF2 GKWHP 3.5” ST8000NM0075 8 TB 7.2K Seagate No PS26 M40TH 3.5” ST8000NM0185 8 TB 7.2K Seagate No PT54 VFP4M 3.5” ST8000NM0185 8 TB 7.2K Seagate No PT54 PDFHC 3.5” ST8000NM0135 8 TB 7.2K Seagate Yes PSE6 V7RN3 3.5” ST8000NM0135 8 TB 7.2K Seagate Yes PSE6 YF87J 3.
10 Expansion enclosures Dell PowerVault MD3x60 Series Dense Storage Arrays support a maximum of 180 physical disk drive slots (with premium feature activation). These additional slots support is provided only by up to two Dell PowerVault MD3060e expansion enclosures. For a system without premium feature activation, the physical disk drive slot limit is 120. Table 10. Expansion enclosures supported on dense (4U) storage arrays Enclosure model Minimum firmware version MD3060e 03.
11 Management software The Dell EMC PowerVault MD Storage software is composed of the Modular Disk Storage Manager (MDSM) and the Modular Disk Configuration utility (MDCU). These management utilities are available on the resource DVD provided with your system and online at Dell.com/support. The Dell EMC PowerVault MD storage software is supported on all operating systems and guest operating systems listed in the Error! Reference source not found. section.
vCenter plug-in version 2.7 VMware version supported Notes • • The Host to Storage Wizard that is used to automatically discover the HBA WWNs is not supported after VMware vCenter server 6.0 Update2 Build 3620759 or on any of the VMware vCenter server 6.5 releases. vSphere 6.0 vSphere 5.5 U2 All protocols: • • vSphere 5.5 vSphere 5.1 This is compatible only with firmware 7.84.56.60 or later. Table 15.
12 Operating systems Where clustering is supported by the operating system, it is also supported on the PowerVault MD34xx, MD38xxi, and MD38xxf series storage arrays, subject to the following limitations: Windows Server 2008 R2 - Windows Server 2016: • • • Maximum iSCSI nodes are 16 Maximum SAS nodes is 4 Maximum FC nodes is 16 Table 17.
Operating system Manage ment station SAS host server iSCSI host server Fibre Channel host server Notes & required hotfixes Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 (x64 only) Yes Yes Yes Yes Basic Server install (Minimum) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 (x64 only) Yes Yes Yes Yes Basic Server install (Minimum) The Linux sg driver has been disabled by default in RHEL 7.1 and is required for in-band management. To workaround this, manually issue modprobe sg or add it to an init script.
Operating system Manage ment station VMware vSphere 6.0 (U2) SAS host server iSCSI host server Fibre Channel host server Notes & required hotfixes Yes Yes Yes • • • VMware vSphere 6.0 (U1) Yes Yes Yes • • • VMware vSphere 5.5 (U3) Yes Yes Yes • • • VMware vSphere 5.
13 Windows ODX The MD34XX or MD38XX Series Storage Arrays support Windows ODX for Windows Server 2012 R2 or later. NOTE: ODX is disabled by default and must be enabled using a SMcli command. For more information, refer to the Dell EMC PowerVault MD 34XX/38XX Series Storage Arrays CLI Guide at Dell.com/support.
14 ALUA support on host operating systems The following operating systems supported by your MD Series storage arrays support ALUA natively. Configuration steps are not required to enable ALUA on these operating systems. • • • • • • Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 SP1 and later Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 and later Microsoft Windows 2016 and later Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 and later SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.4 and later VMware vSphere ESXi 5.
15 Device mapper software Table 18. Supported device mapper software Operating system Component Supported version SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.2 Native Native SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.1 Native Native SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Native Native SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.4 Native Native Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Native Native Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Native Native Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Native Native Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
16 SAS host bus adapters Go to Dell.com/support to download the latest supported version of the 12 Gbps SAS HBA firmware and drivers for your specific server hardware platform. NOTE: • The LSI 9300-8e HBA is compatible only on the Dell PowerEdge 11th, 12th, and 13th generation servers that have a PCI Express (PCIe) x8 slot. • The Dell 12 Gbps SAS HBA is compatible only on the Dell PowerEdge 13th and 14th generation servers that have a PCI Express (PCIe) x8 slot.
17 Fibre Channel host bus adapters Table 20.
Host bus adapter name Direct- attach config** Fabric config Dell P/N Available from (low-profile) LPe31002 Yes Yes RXNT1 Dell EMC (full height) VGJ12 (low-profile) LPe 12000 Yes Yes www.broadcom.com LPe 12002 Yes Yes www.broadcom.com * See Required Timeout Settings for Fibre Channel host bus adapters for required timeout settings by manufacturer. **Only certain OSs support direct attach configurations. See Fibre Channel direct-attach configuration operating systems for a detailed list.
18 Fibre Channel direct-attach configuration operating systems This solution supports the following list of direct-attached configuration operating systems: • • • • • • • • • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 or later Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 or later SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.0 or later VMware vSphere 5.5 (U3) or later VMware vSphere 6.0 or later VMware vSphere 6.
19 Required timeout settings for Fibre Channel host bus adapters Table 21. Fibre Channel HBA timeout values (by Manufacturer) shows required timeout settings for all Dell-supported Fibre Channel (FC) HBAs, by manufacturer, and OS. Ensure that any FC HBA connected to your PowerVault MD3860f storage array has these timeout values set as listed in Table 21. Fibre Channel HBA timeout values (by Manufacturer). Table 21.
20 Supported Fibre Channel switches The following switches are supported only on Fibre Channel (FC) storage arrays running the most current RAID firmware versions Table 22.
Switches Description Nexus 5548UP 8 Gbps 48 port FC switch Nexus 5596UP 8 Gbps 96 port FC switch 9148 8 Gbps 48 port FC switch 9506 8 Gbps 192 port FC switch 9509 8 Gbps 48 port FC switch 9513 8 Gbps 528 port FC switch 9710 Director class switch chassis 38 Supported Fibre Channel switches
