Support Matrix
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerVault MD34XX/38XX Series Support Matrix
- Introduction
- Data protocols
- Dell EMC PowerVault MD Series storage array rules
- Default IPv4 settings for management ports on Dell EMC PowerVault MD series storage arrays
- RAID controller firmware and NVSRAM
- iSCSI software initiators
- Protocol (TOE/iSCSI) offload adapters
- Fibre Channel SFP+ Transceiver support
- Physical disks
- Expansion enclosures
- Management software
- Operating systems
- Windows ODX
- ALUA support on host operating systems
- Device mapper software
- SAS host bus adapters
- Fibre Channel host bus adapters
- Fibre Channel direct-attach configuration operating systems
- Required timeout settings for Fibre Channel host bus adapters
- Supported Fibre Channel switches
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 03.9F
Dell PowerVault MD34xx/38xx series storage arrays support a maximum of 192 physical disk drive slots (with premium feature activation).
These additional slots can be provided by up to 15 MD1200 expansion enclosures, seven MD PowerVault MD1220 expansion enclosures, or
a combination of both. When a combination of expansion enclosures is used, the total number of physical disk drive slots in the system
cannot exceed 192. For a system without premium feature activation, the physical disk drive limit is 120.
Table 11. Expansion enclosures supported on non-dense (2U) storage arrays
Enclosure model Minimum firmware version
Dell PowerVault MD1200 1.06
Dell PowerVault MD1220 1.06
NOTE:
• Attaching a 4U (dense) expansion enclosure to a 2U (non-dense) RAID storage array is not supported.
• You cannot attach a 2U expansion enclosure to a 4U RAID storage array.
• All EMMs in an expansion stack must be at the same firmware level.
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