Support Matrix

Table 2. Dell EMC PowerVault MD Series storage array rules for all models (continued)
Rule
Dell EMC
PowerVault
MD32x0 series
Dell EMC
PowerVault
MD32x0i
series
Dell EMC
PowerVault
MD36x0i
series
Dell EMC
PowerVault
MD36x0f
series
6 Gbps SAS 1 Gbps iSCSI
10 Gbps
iSCSI
8 Gbps Fibre
Channel
Remote Replication is not supported in simplex mode. N/A Yes Yes Yes
Maximum number of iSCSI sessions. N/A 192 per port 448 per port N/A
Online Physical Disk Firmware Upgrade is supported. Yes Yes Yes Yes
When using physical disks of 6 TB or larger capacity, it is
recommended to use either a RAID 6 Disk Group or a Dynamic
Disk Pool (DDP). Due to the increased amount of time taken to
reconstruct and copy-back, the chances for a second drive
failure increases on either a RAID 1/10 or a RAID 5 Disk Group.
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Table 3. Dell EMC PowerVault MD-Series storage array rules for non-dense, 2U models only (MD3200, MD3220,
MD3200i, MD3220i, MD3600i, MD3620i, MD3600f and MD3620f)
Rule
Dell EMC
PowerVault
MD3200 series
Dell EMC
PowerVault
MD3200i
series
Dell EMC
PowerVault
MD3600i
series
Dell EMC
PowerVault
MD3600f
series
6 Gbps SAS 1 Gbps iSCSI
10 Gbps
iSCSI
8 Gbps Fibre
Channel
Support for up to 120 physical disk drive slots (system default
configuration). You can attach up to nine Dell EMC MD1200
and/or MD1220 series expansion enclosures to a Dell EMC
PowerVault MD storage array. Any mixture of MD1200 and
MD1220 enclosures supports up to 120 physical slots.
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Support for up to 192 physical slots through a premium feature
option. You can attach up to 15 Dell EMC MD1200 and/or
MD1220 series expansion enclosures to a Dell EMC PowerVault
MD storage array. Any mixture of MD1200 and MD1220
enclosures for a total of 192 physical slots is supported.
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Maximum number of physical disk drives in a RAID5 or RAID6
disk group is 30. There is no limitation with RAID0 and RAID10
disk groups.
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Attached MD1200 series expansion enclosures must be run in
unified mode.
Yes Yes Yes Yes
The number of snapshots pre 07.84.xx.xx controller firmware is
limited to:
• Maximum of 256 snapshots per array
• Maximum of 16 per VD
Yes Yes Yes Yes
The number of remote replicas (legacy) is limited to maximum of
16 pairs.
N/A N/A N/A Yes
The number of snapshots starting with 07.84.xx.xx controller
firmware code is limited to:
• Maximum of 512 snapshots per array
• Maximum of 128 snapshots per VD
• Maximum of 32 snapshots per snapshot group
Yes Yes Yes Yes
The number of remote replicas is limited to the maximum of 32
for each array.
N/A Yes Yes Yes
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