Release Notes

Configuration Groups of PS4XXX Arrays Only All Other Groups
Access policy groups 128 128
Access policies 512 512
Access points 1024 1024
Access point IP address 2048 2048
Associations 4096 4096
Simultaneous management sessions (any combination of GUI,
telnet, or scripting sessions)
7 7
Thin-provisioning limits (minimum allocation) 10% of volume size 10% of volume size
Administrator accounts per group
7
100 100
SCSI Power Fencing
8, 9
Up to 16 nodes Up to 16 nodes
IPsec policies 256 256
IPec security parameters 256 256
IPsec certificates
9
10 10
1
Practical maximum volume size is specific to your operating system. A PS Series group can create and present volumes up to 15TB.
2
To avoid service outages or possible loss of connectivity during failovers, Dell recommends that you set initiator timeouts according
to the recommendations in the Dell EqualLogic PS Series Storage Arrays iSCSI Initiator and Operating System Considerations
document.
3
When mixing PS6XXX and PS4XXX arrays, SyncRep remains at 4 volumes if any PS4XXX members are in the group.
4
This value includes VVol snapshots and VVol-linked clones.
5
This limit applies to all groups running version 5.x or later of the firmware.
6
Inbound replication connections count toward the total number of connections.
7
This number includes local accounts, the built-in grpadmin account, and any remotely authenticated accounts added to the group.
8
SCSI fencing is not supported for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. See the Dell EqualLogic PS Series Storage Arrays iSCSI Initiator and
Operating System Considerations document for more information.
9
This value includes one local and one root CA certificate; the rest are intermediate CA certificates.
Replication Partnerships
Replication is supported only between certain firmware versions.
The following table shows whether replication is supported between any two partners running different firmware versions:
NOTE:
If you are running firmware earlier than version v6.0, contact your support provider.
Table 5. Replication Support – PS Series to Other PS Series
Firmware on Primary Group Firmware on Replication Partner
v9.1 v8.0.x, v8.1.x, v9.0.x, v9.1.x
v9.0 v8.0.x, v8.1.x, v9.0.x, v9.1.x
v8.1 v7.0.x, v7.1.x, v8.0.x, v8.1.x, v9.0.x, v9.1.x
v8.0 v7.0.x, v7.1.x, v8.0.x, v8.1.x, v9.0.x, v9.1.x
v7.0, v7.1 v6.0.x, v7.0.x, v7.1.x, v8.0.x, v8.1.x
v6.0 v5.2.x, v6.0.x, v7.0.x, v7.1.x
Replication from PS Series groups to Storage Centers is supported between the firmware versions listed in the following table:
8
Dell EqualLogic PS Series Storage Arrays Firmware Version 9.1.9 Release Notes