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Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 13

Hardware Connect

Only

7BWindows clients

with no shared filed

access

• Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7

• Using ATTO HBAs and ATTO MP Director

• Without StorNext or Xsan support

• This is basic host connectivity support.

3BLinux Homogenous

8BLinux StorNext

Clients with Linux

MDC

Multiple Linux Host Client connected to DS3000/DS4000/DS5000

Storage (NOW)

• RHEL/SLES using StorNext Client software

• Using any supported HBA: QLogics, Emulex, or

ATTO HBAs and ATTO MP Director

• With StorNext MDCs running on RHEL/SLES

• Using supported HBA: QLogics, Emulex, or ATTO

HBAs and ATTO MP Director

4BHeterogeneous

9BApple Xsan Clients,

Linux StorNext

Clients, Windows

Clients and Linux

MDC

Mixed Host Apple, Windows Client and Linux Client connected to

DS3000/DS4000/DS5000 Storage

• Apple Leopard and Snow Leopard using Xsan Client

software

• Using ATTO HBAs and MultiPath Director

• Windows XP, Vista, and Windows7 clients using Quantum

StorNext Client software

• Using ATTO HBAs and MultiPath Director

• RHEL/SLES systems using StorNext Client software

• Using ATTO HBAs and ATTO MultiPath Director

• With StorNext MDCs running on RHEL/SLES

•

Using ATTO HBAs and ATTO MultiPath Director

APPLE, WINDOWS, and STORNEXT SUPPORT MATRIX

O/S

Architecture

HBA

MPF

Supported

Meta Data Controller

Linux

RHEL 5.3

x64

If clients are also

Linux: supported

HBA: QLogics,

Emulex,

If clients are

MacOS, Windows

Client, or mixed:

Supported ATTO

HBAs

RDAC, MPP,

or ATTO as

appropriate

Yes