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16 Dell PS Series Arrays: Advanced Storage Features in VMware vSphere | TR1066
A Configuration details
A.1 VMware licensing
The storage features discussed in this document are dependent upon the vSphere licensing requirements
listed in Table 1.
Table 1 vSphere licensing requirements
vSphere storage feature
vSphere license required
vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI)
Enterprise and above
vStorage APIs for Multipathing
Enterprise and above
Storage I/O Control (SIOC)
Enterprise Plus
vStorage APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA)
None
VASA-dependent features in vSphere 5.x:
Storage DRS and Profile-Driven Storage
Enterprise Plus
VASA-dependent features in vSphere 6.0:
Virtual Volumes and Storage-Based Policy
Management
Standard and above
Note: For vSphere 6.0, vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) and vStorage APIs for Multipathing are
available at Standard and above licensing.
For additional information on VMware licensing and vSphere editions, see:
http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/compare
A.2 Software and firmware revisions
Table 2 lists the software and firmware revisions used for the preparation of this document.
Table 2 Software and firmware revisions
Vendor
Model
Revision
Dell
PS Series SAN
5.0.2, 5.1.x, 5.2.x, 6.x, 7.x,
and 8.0.x
Dell
PS Series Multipathing Extension Module
for VMware vSphere
1.2 and 1.3
VMware
vSphere ESXi and vSphere vCenter Server
4.1, 5.x, and 6.0