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
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. After
the driver is loaded, in-band management will be
available. For more information about this issue, refer
to RHEL 7.1 Release Notes, issue BZ#1186462.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (x64
only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Basic Server install (Minimum)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9
(x64 only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Basic Server install (Minimum)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8
(x64 only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Basic Server install (Minimum)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7
(x64 only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Basic Server install (Minimum)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6
(x64 only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Basic Server install (Minimum)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
(x64 only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Basic Server install (Minimum)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
12.3 (x64 only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
12.2 (x64 only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
12.1 (x64 only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
12 (x64 only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
11.4 (x64 only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtualization Hosts / Hypervisors
VMware vSphere 6.5 (U1) Yes Yes Yes
• For supported array firmware versions, see
VMware Compatibility Guide
• Supported path policies: MRU and RR
• Direct attached iSCSI connection is not supported
with VMware vSphere
VMware vSphere 6.5 Yes Yes Yes
• For supported array firmware versions, see
VMware Compatibility Guide
• Supported path policies: MRU and RR
• Direct attached iSCSI connection is not supported
with VMware vSphere
VMware vSphere 6.0 (U3) Yes Yes Yes
• For supported array firmware versions, see
VMware Compatibility Guide
• Supported path policies: MRU and RR
• Direct attached iSCSI connection is not supported
with VMware vSphere
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