Dell Fluid File System Version 3 Support Matrix FluidFS v3 Support Matrix i
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Revision History Date Revision October 2013 A October 2013 B November 2013 C November 2013 D February 2014 E March 2014 F June 2014 G FluidFS v3 Support Matrix iii
Contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................................. 1 2 FluidFS Models and Platforms ......................................................................... 3 Compellent Models ..................................................................................... 3 EqualLogic Models ...................................................................................... 4 PowerVault Models ......................................................
1 Introduction This document provides information about supported software and hardware configurations as well as usage requirements and recommendations for Dell FluidFS v3 products. This document is valid as of FluidFS version 3.0.930714. Contacting Dell Technical Support and Customer Service Dell support service is available to answer your questions about FS Series appliances. • For FS8600 support, email the Copilot team at support@compellent.com or see the Copilot support page for direct phone access.
Glossary Table 2-1: Glossary of Terms Term FluidFS (FluidFS firmware) Definition A special purpose, Dell proprietary, operating system providing enterprise class NAS services using Dell PowerVault, EqualLogic, or Compellent SAN storage systems FluidFS controller A Dell hardware device capable of running the FluidFS firmware NAS (FluidFS) appliance A Dell hardware product containing two FluidFS controllers in a single enclosure FluidFS system / cluster Multiple FluidFS controllers appropriately connec
2 FluidFS Models and Platforms Tables 2-1, 2-2 and 2-3 below list the platforms and configurations supported by Compellent, EqualLogic, and PowerVault systems.
EqualLogic Models Table 2-2: Supported EqualLogic Platforms and Configurations Feature FluidFS Model FS7500, FS7600 FS7610 Client interface and speed 1GbE 10GbE Client ports – per appliance 8 4 iSCSI 1GbE iSCSI 10GbE 8 4 SAN storage interface and speed SAN ports – per appliance Interconnect ports – per appliance Ethernet Network port type Total SAN switch ports – per appliance Minimum SAN storage firmware version SAN storage models Maximum NAS appliances Maximum SAN arrays Maximum NAS reserve (
PowerVault Models Table 2-3: Supported PowerVault Platforms and Configurations Feature FluidFS Model NX3500, NX3600 NX3610 Client interface and speed 1GbE 10GbE Client ports – per appliance 8 4 SAN storage interface and speed SAN ports – per appliance Interconnect ports – per appliance Ethernet Network port type Total SAN switch ports – per appliance iSCSI 1GbE iSCSI 10GbE 8 4 NX3500 – 10 / NX3600 – N/A N/A RJ45 RJ45 4 NX3500 – 18 / NX3600 - 8 Minimum SAN storage firmware version 7.84.
3 Software Upgrade Path Table 3-1 provides the currently supported next-version upgrade paths, by current version and platform. Table 3-1 Supported Upgrade Paths Current Version Number Next FluidFS Version (by platform) Compellent EqualLogic PowerVault 1.0.400 N/A N/A 2.0.7680 1.0.402 N/A 2.0.7680 N/A 1.0.407 / 1.0.424 N/A 1.0.425 1.0.425 1.0.425 N/A 2.0.7680 2.0.7680 2.0.4700 N/A N/A 2.0.7680 2.0.4720 N/A 2.0.7680 N/A 2.0.5110 / 2.0.5120 2.0.7680 N/A 2.0.7680 2.0.6110 2.0.
4 FluidFS File-System Metrics The numbers shown in tables 4-1 and 4-2 indicate the maximum supported configurations. The system will not always prevent the system from or warn you about these numbers being exceeded.
5 Customer Environment Protocols Support Table 5-1: Identity Management Services Functionality Service Provider Status Join AD domain5 Active Directory Windows 2003, 2003R2, 2008, 2008R2, 2012 Supported Authenticate SMB client joined to same AD domain Active Directory Windows 2003, 2003R2, 2008, 2008R2, 2012 Supported Authenticate SMB client joined to different domain in same AD forest, with 2-way trust between the domain Active Directory Windows 2003, 2003R2, 2008, 2008R2, 2012 Supported Authen
6 SMB (CIFS) Support FluidFS version 3 supports SMB1, SMB2 and SMB2.1 protocols. Please note that “natural” SMB3 clients (like Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012) are negotiated to SMB2.1. Table 6-1: Highest SMB Version Supported - by Client OS Client OS SMB Version Windows XP, Windows 2000 SMB 1.0 Windows Vista SP1 SMB 2.0 Windows 7 SMB 2.1 Windows 8, 8.1 SMB 2.1 Windows Server 2003, 2003 R2 SMB 1.0 Windows Server 2008 SMB 2.0 Windows Server 2008 R2 SMB 2.1 SMB 2.1 Windows Server 2012 AIX 6.
7 NFS Support FluidFS version 3 supports NFSv3 and NFSv4 protocols only. NFSv2 clients are not supported. Table 7-1: Highest NFS Version Supported - by Client OS Client OS NFS Version NFS Services Windows 2008, 2008R2 NFSv3 NFS Services Windows 8.1 NFSv3 AIX 6.1, 7.1 NFSv4 CentOS 5.8 NFSv3 CentOS 6.2, 6.3 NFSv4 Debian GNU/Linux6 Fedora 14, 15, 16 DE NFSv4 NFSv3 Fedora 17 DE NFSv4 HPUX 11i v2 HPUX 11i v3 NFSv3 NFSv4 MAC OS x 10.7 NFSv3 MAC OS x 10.8, 10.9 NFSv4 Open SUSE 11.4, 12.
8 User and Group Quotas Table 8-1: Supported Quota Configurations Feature Maximum per NAS volume or container / system Quota rules 1000 / 1000 NOTES: 1. Quotas for AD and NIS/LDAP users are independent of each other, even if users are mapped, automatically or manually. For NAS volumes with mixed security styles, separate quotas should be set for Active Directory and LDAP / NIS users. 2. For NAS volumes with NTFS or UNIX style permissions, one unique quota should be set for each user.
9 FluidFS Replication Replication partners must have the same number of FluidFS controllers and the same number of processors on each controller. Replication partners can differ in network interface speeds (1Gb or 10Gb). Replication requires establishing Replication Partnership, which determines the Replication Protocol Level and must have been established when both systems were running the same major FluidFS version.
Table 9-2 lists the supported FluidFS replication features.
10 Antivirus Support Table 10-1 lists the supported antivirus applications. Table 10-1: Antivirus Application Support Vendor Product Symantec ScanEngine 5.2, Protection Engine 7.0 Sophos Endpoint Security and Control 10.0 McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.8, VirusScan Enterpise for Storage 1.0.2 TrendMicro InterScan Web Security Suite 3.
11 Space Pre-Allocation This section provides a good estimation of the pre-allocated (reserved) space for various filesystem functions. It can assist with the estimation of disk space requirements and space growth of FluidFS systems.
12 Backup/Restore - NDMP Table 12-1 lists the supported Backup/Restore applications. Table 12-1: Backup and Restore Applications Application Supported Version CommVault Simpana 9.x Dell Quest NetVault 9.0 EMC Networker 8.x IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 6.3 Symantec BackupExec 2010R3, 2012 Symantec NetBackup 7.x Refer to the DMA documentation for the minimal revision/service pack supporting Dell FluidFS systems.
Table 12-3: Supported NDMP Environment Variables Variable Name Description TYPE Specifies the type of backup/restore application. The valid values are “dump” and “tar.” For “dump” type backup, the NDMP Server will generate inode-based file history. For “tar” type backup, the NDMP Server will generate file based file history. Values are case sensitive. FILESYSTEM Specifies the path to be used for backup. The path must be a directory. LEVEL Specifies the dump level for the backup operation.
Variable Name Description LISTED_INCREMENTAL This environment controls behavior similar to the “listed incremental” option of the tar application. This variable specifies whether additional directory listing is added to the backup stream during incremental backup so that the recovery operation can handle files and directories deleted between the incremental backups. Default N During backup, if this variable is set, additional directory listing will be added to the backup data stream.
Ports Used by the FluidFS Cluster 13 Services and Ports FluidFS systems provide and access services through the ports listed in the following tables. Firewall settings should allow communication to/from these ports. Actual ports used depend on the enabled protocols and features. All port numbers are fixed unless specified otherwise. FluidFS provided services The following services/ports are provided by FluidFS systems on the client network.
Ports Used by the FluidFS Cluster FluidFS accessed services The following services/ports on the client network are potentially accessed by FluidFS systems.
Ports Used by the FluidFS Cluster 14 SNMP FluidFS supports SNMP v2c and provides a custom MIB, for integration with SNMP-based management frameworks.
Ports Used by the FluidFS Cluster 15 Internationalization NAS Access FluidFS v3 supports the Unicode /UTF-8 encoding allowing concurrent access from any UTF-8 compatible client. All NAS interfaces expect UTF-8 characters for file, folder/directory, share and other names. Consequently, all names are internally maintained and managed in UTF-8 format.
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