Dell™ PowerVault™ MD1000 Systems Support Matrix Latest Update April 2010
Table of Contents Supported RAID Controllers .......................................................................................... 3 PERC 5/E Adapter ..................................................................................................... 3 PERC 6/E Adapter ..................................................................................................... 4 Supported Servers .....................................................................................................
Dell™ PowerVault™ MD1000 Systems Support Matrix This document provides information on supported software and hardware for Dell PowerVault MD1000 Systems. The PowerVault MD1000 supported software and hardware are directly tied to the RAID controller to which it is attached. If a PERC 5/E or PERC 6/E is supported in a server, then the PowerVault MD1000 is supported on that server. NOTE: For the latest driver and firmware releases, see the Downloads section at support.dell.com.
PERC 6/E Adapter Table 2. PERC 6/E Minimum Revision Requirements for PowerVault MD1000 Systems (SAS/SATA) Component Minimum Revision Notes Firmware 6.0.1-0080 Firmware Microsoft® Windows® 2003 Server and Windows Server 2008 2.14.0.32 Driver Microsoft Windows Server® 2003 x64 2.14.0.64 Driver Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® version 3 (x86) 00.00.03.16-1 Driver Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 (x86 and x86-64) 00.00.03.16-1 Driver Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5 (x86 and x86-64) 00.00.03.
Supported Operating Systems If a PERC 5/E or PERC 6/E is supported in a server then the PowerVault MD1000 is supported on that server. To determine the latest supported operating system perform the following two steps: 1) Reference www.dell.com/perc to verify controller support within a platform. 2) Using the info from step one, reference www.dell.com/ossupport to see the latest supported Operating Systems for that platform. Supported Management Software Table 3.
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Seagate (15K.5) SAS 300 GB 15K RPM ST3300655SS Seagate (15K.6) SAS 146GB 15K RPM ST3146356SS Seagate (15K.6) SAS 300GB 15K RPM ST3300656SS Seagate (15K.6) SAS 450GB 15K RPM ST3450856SS Seagate (Cheetah 15K.7) SAS 300GB 15K RPM ST3300657SS Seagate (Cheetah 15K.7) SAS 450GB 15K RPM ST3450857SS Seagate (Cheetah 15K.
Seagate (Constellation ES) SATA 2TB 7.2K RPM ST32000544NS Western Digital (WD2500JS) SATA 250 GB 7.2K RPM WD2500JS-75NCB3 2E04 Western Digital (WD2500YS) SATA 250 GB 7.2K RPM WD2500YS-18SHB2 6C05 Western Digital (RE) SATA 500GB 7.2K RPM WD5000YS-18MPB1 2E0A Western Digital (RE1) SATA 500 GB 7.2K RPM WD500YS-18MPB12 Western Digital (RE2) SATA 500 GB 7.2K RPM WD5001ABYS-18YNA0 Western Digital (GP250RE2) SATA 1 TB 5.4K RPM WD1000FYPS-18ZKB0 Western Digital (XL320RE) SATA 500 GB 7.
Figure 1. Supported Hardware Configuration Split Mode Two-host configuration Unified Mode Host controller Host controller Host controller Single-host configuration Host controller Figure 2. Host controller Max Configuration on a Single PERC 5/E or PERC 6/E Controller (both ports connected) Unified Mode single-HBA host server The PERC 6/E adapter can detect and use redundant paths to drives contained in an MD1000 enclosure.
Figure 3. Redundant Path with 1 Enclosure Supported Configuration/Setup Unsupported Configuration/Setup Figure 4. Redundant Path with 2 Enclosures Supported Configuration/Setup Unsupported Configuration/Setup Figure 5.
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