Support Matrix

Table 20. Dell EMC PowerVault MD-Series operating system support (continued)
Operating system SAS
host
server
iSCSI
host
server
Management
station
Fibre
Channel
host
server
Notes & required hotfixes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
(x64 only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Basic Server install (Minimum)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1
(x64 only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Basic Server install (Minimum) The Linux sg driver
has been disabled by default in RHEL 7.1 and is
required for in-band management. To workaround
this, manually issue modprobe sg or add it to an init
script. After the driver is loaded, in-band
management will be available. For more information
about this issue, refer to RHEL 7.1 Release Notes,
issue BZ#1186462.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
(x64 only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Basic Server install (Minimum)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9
(x64 only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Basic Server install (Minimum)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8
(x64 only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Basic Server install (Minimum)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7
(x64 only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Basic Server install (Minimum)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6
(x64 only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Basic Server install (Minimum)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
(x64 only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Basic Server install (Minimum)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
SUSE® Linux Enterprise
Server 12.2 (x64 only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
SUSE® Linux Enterprise
Server 12.1 (x64 only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
SUSE® Linux Enterprise
Server 12 (x64 only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
SUSE® Linux Enterprise
Server 11.4(x64 only)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtualization Hosts / Hypervisors**
VMware vSphere 6.5 Yes Yes Yes
• For supported array firmware versions, see
VMware https://www.vmware.com/
resources/compatibility/search.php
• Direct attached iSCSI connection is not
supported with VMware vSphere
• Supported path policies: MRU
• RR
VMware vSphere 6.0 (U1, U2,
U3)
Yes Yes Yes
• For supported array firmware versions, see
VMware https://www.vmware.com/
resources/compatibility/search.php
• Direct attached iSCSI connection is not
supported with VMware vSphere
• Supported path policies: MRU
• RR
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