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Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000 Support

Matrix

This document provides information on supported software and hardware for Dell

PowerVault MD3000 systems.

NOTE: Only drivers and firmware released by Dell are supported. For the latest driver and firmware

releases, see the Downloads section at

support.dell.com.

How to Differentiate Between First- and

Second-Generation System Software

Information in this support matrix is divided into two distinct environments:

first-generation MD3000 firmware and second-generation MD3000 firmware.

Second-generation firmware enables a new feature set with optimized functionality,

including support for RAID 6, greater than 2TB virtual disk capacity, and SMART battery

support.

To determine your firmware level:

1 From a management station, connect to the MD3000 using MD Storage Manager.

2 Select the

Support tab.

3 Click on

Storage Array Profile and look for the firmware version.

If the version is 06.xx.xx.xx: The firmware is first-generation.

If the version is 07.xx.xx.xx: The firmware is second-generation.

To determine your MD Storage Manager version:

1 From MD Storage Manager, select the Support tab.

2 Click on

About Modular Disk Storage Manager.

If the version is 02.xx.xx.xx: The firmware is first-generation.

If the version is 03.xx.xx.xx: The firmware is second-generation.

Dell PowerVault MD3000 Rules

The following are the connectivity and consideration rules for the MD3000:

Table 1. Considerations

Rule First

Gen.

Second

Gen.

A single MD3000 can connect to a maximum of four

hosts.*

√ √

A maximum of two SAS 5/E cards are supported in a single

host. It is recommended to use two SAS 5/E cards for all

redundant cabling configurations.

√ √

Unused ports on a SAS 5/E card already connected to an

MD3000 cannot be connected to another device (such as a

tape drive or other storage).

√ √

Summary of content (27 pages)

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Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000 Support Matrix This document provides information on supported software and hardware for Dell PowerVault MD3000 systems. NOTE: Only drivers and firmware released by Dell are supported. For the latest driver and firmware releases, see the Downloads section at support.dell.com.
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Rule First Gen. Second Gen. The management Ethernet part of the RAID controller module must be connected to a switch port that is configured to use Auto-Negotiate Connecting an MD3000 and MD3000i to the same host is supported. Up to two MD1000 expansion enclosures can be attached to the MD3000 for a total of 45 SAS and/or SATA physical disks. Attached MD1000 expansion enclosures must be run in unified mode. The enclosure can contain a mixture of SAS and SATA II physical disks.
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Rule First Gen. disks A server may connect to a maximum of one MD3000 A server may connect to a maximum of two MD3000 storage arrays Virtual disk size can exceed 2TB and is limited by the type of RAID group, number of drives in the RAID group and the size of the drives (Up to 45 disks can be used in RAID 0 and 44 disks in RAID 10.
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First Gen. Operating System Second Gen.
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Operating System First Gen. Second Gen. Hyper-V Windows Server 2008-R2 supporting Hyper-V √ Windows Server 2008-R2-SP1 supporting Hyper-V √ VMware ESX 3.5 and VMware ESX 3i version 3.5 VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1 Citrix XenServer Dell Edition 4.1 Citrix XenServer Dell Edition 5.0 Citrix XenServer Dell Edition 5.5 Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® V3.0 with Update6 (AS, ES, WS), 32 bit and 64 bit (2.4 kernel) Red Hat Enterprise Linux V4.0 Update 4, Update 5, Update 6, (AS, ES, WS), 32 bit and 64 bit (2.
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First Gen. Operating System Update 2 and V5.0 Update 3, Update 4, Update 5 (AS, ES, WS), 32 bit and 64 bit (2.6 kernel; No XEN support) SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server V9.0 x64 Service Pack 2, Service Pack 3 (2.6 kernel; No XEN support) SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server V9.0 x64 Service Pack 4 (2.6 kernel; No XEN support) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server V10.0 x64 Service Pack 1 (2.6 kernel; No XEN support) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server V10.0 x64 Service Pack 2, Service Pack 3 (2.
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Server PowerEdge™ 1800 PowerEdge 1850 PowerEdge 1900 PowerEdge 1950 PowerEdge 2800 PowerEdge 2850 PowerEdge 2900 PowerEdge 2950 PowerEdge 2970 PowerEdge 6800 PowerEdge 6850 PowerEdge 6950 PowerVault NX1950 PowerEdge R210 PowerEdge R300 PowerEdge R900 PowerEdge R805v PowerEdge R905v PowerEdge R610 PowerEdge R710 PowerEdge R715
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Server PowerEdge R810 PowerEdge R910 PowerEdge T410 PowerEdge T610 PowerEdge T710 Supported Expansion Enclosures The MD3000 supports up to two additional MD1000 expansion enclosures. Table 4. PowerVault MD3000 RAID Controller Current Expansion Firmware Enclosure Revision MD1000 A04 Notes Firmware revisions prior to A03 are not compatible with the MD3000 and must be updated prior to attachment. Supported Physical Disks NOTE: Only Dell-provided physical disks are supported.
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Drive Model Number Fujitsu (AL9LX) SAS 146 GB 15K RPM Fujitsu (AL10LX) SAS 73 GB 15K RPM Fujitsu (AL10LX) SAS 146 GB 15K RPM Fujitsu (AL10LX) SAS 300 GB 15K RPM Hitachi (Ultrastar 15K147) SAS 36 GB 15K RPM Hitachi (Ultrastar 15K147) SAS 73 GB 15K RPM Hitachi (Ultrastar 15K147) SAS 146 GB 15K RPM Hitachi (Ultrastar 15K300) SAS 73 GB 15K RPM Hitachi (Ultrastar 15K300) SAS 146 GB 15K RPM Hitachi (Ultrastar 15K300) SAS 300 GB 15K RPM Hitachi (Ultrastar 15K450) SAS 300 GB 15K RPM Hitachi (Ultrastar 15K450) SAS
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Drive Model Number Hitachi (Ultrastar A7K2000) SATA 2TB 7.2K RPM HUA722020ALA330 Hitachi (Deskstar 7K500) SATA 500 GB 7.2K RPM HDS725050KLA360 Seagate (Barracuda ES.1) SATA 500 GB 7.2K RPM ST3500630NS Seagate (Barracuda ES.1) SATA 750 GB 7.2K RPM ST3750640NS Seagate (Barracuda ES.2) SAS 500 GB 7.2K RPM ST3500620SS Seagate (Barracuda ES.2) SAS 750 GB 7.2K RPM ST3750630SS Seagate (Barracuda ES.2) SAS 1 TB 7.2K RPM ST31000640SS Seagate (Barracuda ES.2) SATA 500 GB 7.
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Drive Model Number RA0 WD2500YS-18SHB1 and WD2500YS-18SHB0 can be upgraded via firmware to reach the same level as WD2500YS-18SHB2 1 2 WD500YS-18MPB0 can be upgraded via firmware to reach the same level as WD500YS-18MPB1 Supported Management Software (Windows Server, except Windows 2000) Table 6.
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Software VMware vCenter plugin First Second Generation Generation N/A 2.1 Notes Download plugin executable from Dell driver support web site. For 32 bit Windows, download and install SMIA-vCenter-WS32-01.00.3650.0007.exe. For 64 bit Windows, download and install SMIA-vCenter-WSX64-01.00.3650.0007.exe. The supported VMware version is ESX4.1. *Refer to VDS/VSS readme on the resource CD for installation and usage details Supported Management Software for Windows (Windows 2000 only) Table 7.
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Software First Generation Second Generation Notes host or typical installation. *Refer to VDS/VSS readme on the resource CD for installation and usage details Supported Management Software for Linux Table 8. Management Software Supported with the MD3000 for Linux Servers First Generation Second Generation MD3000 Resource CD Dell Modular Disk Storage Manager (Linux) 1.3.69, A05 02.70.G6.10 2.2.0.17, A11 03.35.G6.50 MPP driver 09.01.B6.751 09.00.A6.012 09.01.C6.063 09.03.0B06.
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Software First Generation Second Generation Notes Firmware Duplex Controller NVSRAM N133X-670890-001 N133X-735890-005 Default NVSRAM for MD3000 used in most typical configurations Controller NVSRAM for Single Port Clustering N133X-670890-701 N133X-735890-705 Single Port MS Cluster NVSRAM for MD3000 that has a single host port per controller used in clustering configuration. Supported SAS 5/E Revisions Table 10.
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Component First Generation Second Generation SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 X64 N/A Native version Supported Enterprise Solutions Solution Web Address Notes Oracle Database Solution SQL Database Solution www.dell.com/10g High Availability Clustering on Windows High Availability Clustering on Red Hat Linux VMware Virtualization Solution XenServer Virtualization Solution www.dell.
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Supported Hardware Configurations NOTE: The following PowerVault MD3000 hardware configurations are supported only on Dell qualified hardware. Redundant Configurations Figure 1.
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Figure 2 through Figure 4 show redundant, high-availability cabling configurations on one and two hosts. If any single path fails, at least one HBA is still connected to one RAID controller. Figure 2. Cabling a Single Host Using Redundant Data Paths Figure 3.
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Figure 4.
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Non-Redundant Configurations Figure 5 through Figure 8 show one, two, three, and four hosts with each connected to only one RAID controller module. The hosts can share storage space, but without redundant paths. If one path were to fail, the server on that path would be disconnected from the storage array. Figure 5.
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Figure 8.
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Cluster Configurations Figure 9 shows a non-redundant two-node cluster using a single port of one HBA installed in the host to connect to the MD3000 RAID enclosure. Figure 10 shows a redundant two-node cluster configuration using a single RAID enclosure. Figure 11 shows a redundant two-node cluster configuration using dual HBAs. Figure 9. Cabling a Two-Node Cluster (Single HBA, Non-Redundant Data Paths from Each Node) NOTE: This configuration is supported with Windows Clustering only.
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Figure 11.
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Configurations with two MD3000s Figure 12 and Figure 13 show supported configurations connecting two MD3000s to 1 or 2 hosts. Figure 12 shows a single host connected to two separate MD3000 storage arrays. Figure 13 shows two hosts connected to two separate MD3000 storage arrays. These configurations are only supported with Second Generation firmware on the MD3000 storage arrays.
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Figure 13. Two Hosts connected to Two MD3000 Storage Arrays ____________________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2010 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden. Trademarks used in this text: Dell, PowerVault, PowerEdge, Dell OpenManage, and the DELL logo are trademarks of Dell Inc.