Operating Systems Supported By Dell Hba355I And Dell Hba355E; Md1400 And Md1420 Enclosure Support For Dell Hba355E; Port Support Matrix For Dual Path On The Same Md1400 And Md1420 Enclosure; Me484 Enclosure Support For Dell Hba355E - Dell HBA355i User Manual

● PowerEdge R6525
● PowerEdge R7525
Operating systems supported by Dell HBA355i and
Dell HBA355e
See Dell Technologies Enterprise operating systems support
the Dell HBA355i and Dell HBA355e cards.
NOTE: For the latest list of supported operating systems and driver installation instructions, see the operating system
documentation at www.dell.com/operatingsystemmanuals. For specific operating system service pack requirements, see the
Drivers and Downloads section at www.dell.com/manuals.
MD1400 and MD1420 enclosure support for Dell
HBA355e
Dell HBA355e supports external enclosures MD1420 and MD1400.
The MD enclosure topology rules for Dell HBA355e are:
● The maximum number of enclosures supported for single-path configuration is eight, and dual-path configuration is four.
● A maximum of two enclosures are supported per port when using a daisy chain topology.
● MD1400 and MD1420 can be connected to the same controller at the same time.
● Mixing of MD and ME enclosures or mixing tape drives and MD or ME enclosures on the same controller is not supported.
● Loopback connections of enclosures are not supported.
● Mixing of single-path and dual-path configurations on the same controller is not supported.
● Interleaving of port for multipath configuration is not supported.
● Using Port 1 and Port 2 in a dual-path configuration on the same enclosure is not supported.
Port support matrix for dual path on the same
MD1400 and MD1420 enclosure
The following table lists the combination of the ports on the controller that do and do not support dual-path configurations:
Serial Port 0
number connected
Yes/No
1 Yes
2 Yes
3 -
4 -
5 Yes
6 -

ME484 enclosure support for Dell HBA355e

Dell HBA355e supports external enclosure ME484.
The ME484 enclosure topology rules for Dell HBA355e are:
8 Dell HBA355i and Dell HBA355e
Port 1 Port 2
connected connected
Yes/No Yes/No
- Yes
- -
Yes Yes
Yes -
Yes -
- Yes
for a list of supported operating systems by a specific server for
Port 3
connected
Yes/No
-
Yes
-
Yes
-
Yes
Dual path support on the same
MD14xx enclosure
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes