Support Matrix

Dell EMC PowerVault MD Series storage array
rules
This section contains both general and model-specific connectivity and consideration rules for Dell EMC PowerVault MD storage arrays.
The rules listed in Table 2 apply to all storage array models. For rules applying to specific Dell EMC PowerVault MD models, see Table 3
and Table 4.
NOTE: Dell EMC PowerVault MD3260, MD3260i, MD3660i, and MD3660f platforms are supported in dual-RAID
controller (duplex) configurations only.
Table 2. Dell EMC PowerVault MD Series storage array rules for all models
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
Maximum number of host servers a single storage array can
connect to with one RAID controller module installed
4 2 64 64
Maximum number of host servers a single storage array can
connect to with two RAID controller modules installed
8 (4, if using
high availability)
32 64 64
Maximum number of Dell EMC 6 Gb SAS HBA cards supported in
a single host server attached to single array. (Dell EMC
recommends that you use two Dell EMC 6 Gb SAS HBA cards for
all redundant cabling configurations.)
2 (each card has
two ports)
N/A N/A N/A
Unused ports on a Dell EMC 6 Gb SAS HBA card already
connected to a PowerVault MD3260 cannot connect to another
device (such as a tape drive or other model storage array).
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Maximum number of PowerVault MD Series Storage Arrays a
host server may connect to:
2 (HA) 4 4 4
A hot-spare for a disk group must be a physical disk drive of equal
or greater disk space than any of the member drives.
Yes Yes Yes Yes
When using out-of-band management with SMcli by specifying
the RAID controller management port IP addresses on the Dell
EMC PowerVault MD Storage Array, SMcli commands that
change the attributes of a virtual disk, virtual disk copy, or
snapshot virtual disk, must have management access to the
owning RAID controller module. Dell EMC recommends that you
specify both management port IP addresses on the SMcli
invocation: SMcli 192.168.128.101 192.168.128.102-c.
Yes Yes Yes Yes
On Linux systems Device Mapper, multipath drivers are required
for multipath support.
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Coexistence of several Linux multi-path drivers is not supported.
When using a Dell EMC PowerVault MD3200 or MD3600 series
array with Linux host servers, only the Linux Device Mapper
failover driver is supported.
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtual disks on Dell EMC PowerVault MD Series storage arrays
cannot be used for booting.
Yes Yes Yes Yes
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