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Dell PowerVault MD3060e Series Hardware And Software Manual

Dell PowerVault MD3060e Series Hardware And Software Manual

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Dell™ PowerVault™
MD3260, MD3260i, MD3660i, MD3660f and MD3060e
Series Storage Arrays Support Matrix
Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 2
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Supported Controller Firmware and NVSRAM ........................................................................................... 6
Supported SAS Host Bus Adapters ............................................................................................................... 6
Supported iSCSI Software Initiators ............................................................................................................ 6
Supported Protocol Offload (TOE / iSCSI) Adapters .................................................................................. 7
Fibre Channel SFP+ Transceiver Support .................................................................................................... 7
Supported Hard Disk Drives ........................................................................................................................... 7
Supported Expansion Enclosures ................................................................................................................. 9
Supported Management Software ................................................................................................................ 9
Supported Operating Systems ..................................................................................................................... 11
Supported Device Mapper Software .......................................................................................................... 14
Supported Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters ........................................................................................... 14
Required Timeout Settings for Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters ....................................................... 15
Supported HBAs, Required Drivers and Firmware .................................................................................. 16
Supported Brocade and Dell PowerConnect FOS levels ....................................................................... 23
Supported Dell M1000e Fibre Channel IOMs ............................................................................................ 24
Tested Brocade, Cisco and Qlogic Fibre Channel Routers .................................................................... 24
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Required Timeout Settings for Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters ............15 Supported HBAs, Required Drivers and Firmware .................. 16 Supported Brocade and Dell PowerConnect FOS levels ............... 23 Supported Dell M1000e Fibre Channel IOMs .................... 24 Tested Brocade, Cisco and Qlogic Fibre Channel Routers ..............24...

  • Page 2: Introduction

    Introduction This document provides information on supported software and hardware for Dell PowerVault MD3260, MD3260i, MD3660i, MD3660f and MD3060e series storage arrays as well as usage considerations, recommendations and rules. NOTE: Unless specified, all information in this document is applicable to the latest version of firmware and software listed below.
  • Page 3 √ Virtual disks on MD Series Dense Storage Arrays cannot be used for booting. √ √ √ √ Disk Groups can be migrated between a Dell PowerVault MD3260/3260i/3660i/3660f by following the appropriate Disk Group migration procedure*** √ √ √ √...
  • Page 4 √ √ √ √ The number of Snapshots is limited to a Applicable maximum of 256 per array to firmware maximum of 16 per VD version 07.84.xx.xx √ The number of Remote Replicas is limited to Applicable maximum of 16 pairs to firmware version 07.84.xx.xx...

  • Page 5: Default Ipv4 Settings For The Management Ports On The Md3260/3260I/3660I/3660F Arrays

    Default IPv4 settings for the Management Ports on the MD3260/3260i/3660i/3660f arrays NOTE: No default gateway is set. By default, the management ports on the storage array are set to DHCP. If DHCP fails, the following IPv4 settings will be used: Controller/Port IPv4 address Subnet Mask...

  • Page 6: Supported Controller Firmware And Nvsram

    For MD3660i and MD3660f (10Gb/s iSCSI and Fibre Channel storage arrays) Supported SAS Host Bus Adapters Please go to support.dell.com to download the latest supported version of the 6Gbps SAS HBA firmware and drivers for your specific server hardware platform.

  • Page 7: Supported Protocol Offload (Toe / Iscsi) Adapters

    AFBR-57D7APZ Supported Hard Disk Drives Only hard disk drives with a Dell P/N from the table below are supported. All other hard disk drives purchased from the Dell Software and Peripheral store with a part number other than specified below are not supported.
  • Page 8 7.2K Western Digital 3.5” VYRKH HUS723020ALS640 7.2K Hitachi 3.5” CWJ92 HUS723030ALS640 7.2K Hitachi 2.5" 6K55X MK2001GRZB 200GB Toshiba 2.5" R2PJ7 MK4001GRZB 400GB Toshiba Refer to the MD3660i/MD3660f Drivers and Downloads section on support.dell for the latest available physical disk firmware.

  • Page 9: Supported Expansion Enclosures

    Supported Expansion Enclosures MD Series Dense Storage Arrays support a maximum of 180 physical disk slots (with premium feature activation). These additional slots can only be provided by up to 2 MD3060e expansion enclosures. For a system without premium feature activation, this physical disk limit is 120.
  • Page 10 2.3 (32-bit) All protocols: ESX/ESXi 4.1 ESX/ESXi 4.0 ESX/ESXi 3.5 2.3 (64-bit) All protocols: ESX/ESXi 5.0 2.4 (All versions) All protocols: ESX/ESXi 4.0 or later 2.4.1 iSCSI and Fibre Channel: ESXi 5.0 ESX/ESXi 4.1 ESX/ESXi 4.0 ESX/ESXi 3.5 SAS: ESX/ESXi 4.1 only VASA Provider Support (supported on MD3620, MD3260i, MD3660i, MD3660f ) VASA Version...

  • Page 11: Supported Operating Systems

    Supported Operating Systems Where clustering is supported by the operating system, it is also supported on the MD3260, MD3260i, MD3660i and MD3660f series storage arrays, subject to the following limitations: Windows 2008: Maximum iSCSI nodes is 16; maximum SAS nodes is 4; maximum FC nodes is 16 Windows 2003: Clustering not supported with MD3260, MD3260i, MD3660i and MD3660f series Storage Arrays Operating System SAS Host...
  • Page 12 √ KB2522766 Windows 2008 SP2 Web and Core (x86, x64) √ √ √ √ KB2522766 Windows 2008 Small Business Server SP2 (x86, x64) √ √ √ √ KB2522766 Windows 2008 Essential Business Server SP2 (x86, x64) √ √ √ √ KB2522766 Windows 2008 Storage Server SP2...
  • Page 13 √ √ √ √ ® SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.2(x64 only) ® √ √ √ √ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.1 (x64 only) √ √ √ √ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.4 (x64 only) √ √ √ √ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.3 (x64 only) Virtualization Hosts / Hypervisors**...

  • Page 14: Supported Device Mapper Software

    (x86, x64) ** NOTE: The VMWare HCL only lists the major version number for the MD platforms (for example, it lists 07.80 instead of 07.80.xx.xx). This indicates support for all firmware versions 07.80.xx.xx released by Dell. Supported Device Mapper Software...

  • Page 15: Required Timeout Settings For Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters

    Required Timeout Settings for Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters This table shows required timeout settings for all Dell-supported fibre channel (FC) HBAs, by manufacturer and OS. Make sure that any FC HBA connected to your MD3660f storage array has these timeout values set as shown.

  • Page 16: Supported Hbas, Required Drivers And Firmware

    Supported HBAs, Required Drivers and Firmware Supported on MD3660i/MD3660f array firmware levels: Firmware: 07.84.00.64W with NVSRAM: N26X0-784890-904 Emulex Qlogic LPe16000/2 Brocade LPe12000/2 QLE2460/62 Operating System LPe1205M QLE2560/62 on Host Server BR815/BR825 LPe11002 QLE220 LPe1150 QME2472 LPe1105-M4 QME2572 Windows Server 2003 Device driver version: Device driver version: 9.1.8.25 (Service Pack 2)
  • Page 17 Device driver version: Device driver version: 3.0.1.0 2.70.018 BIOS: 3.0.1.0 LPe11002 LPe1150 LPe1105-M4 Firmware: 2.82A4 Adapter Boot Version: 5.03A13 Device driver version: 9.1.9.27 LPe12000/2 Firmware: 2.00A5 BIOS: 3.00 Adapter Boot Version: Firmware: 5.04.01 5.03A13 No patches required LPe1205M This level does not support QLE220 Firmware: 2.00A5 Adapter Boot Version: 6.03A11...
  • Page 18 VMware ESX(i) 5.0 & Device driver version: OS Device driver version: OS OS native 5.0 U1 native native Firmware: 1.11a5 Adapter Boot Version: 5.03a7 Device driver version: 3.0.1.0 Lpfc Driver: 8.2.0.126.50 Device driver version: BIOS: 3.0.1.0 LPe11002 911.k1.1-19vmw LPe1150 BIOS: 3.00 LPe1105-M4 Firmware: 5.04.01 Firmware: 2.82A4...
  • Page 19 5.03a7 Lpfc Driver: 8.2.0.126.50 Device driver version: Device driver version: 3.0.1.0 LPe11002 841.k1.34-1vmw BIOS: 3.0.1.0 BIOS: 3.00 LPe1150 LPe1105-M4 Firmware: 5.04.01 Firmware: 2.82A4 No patches required Adapter Boot Version: This level does not support QLE220 5.03A13 LPe12000/2 Firmware: 2.00A5 Adapter Boot Version: 5.03A13 LPe1205M Firmware: 2.00A5...
  • Page 20 Firmware: 1.0.11.114 Adapter Boot Version: 8.00A14 Device driver version: OS Device driver version: OS native RHEL 6.1 Device driver version: 2.3.0.2 native BIOS: 3.0 BIOS: 2.3.0.0 Firmware: 1.11a5 FW: 5.04.01 Adapter Boot Version: 5.03a7 No Support for RHEL 6.0 Device driver version: Device driver version: 3.0.1.0 8.3.5.68.1p BIOS: 3.0.1.0...
  • Page 21 SLES 11 (Service Device driver version: QLE2560 Pack 1) Device driver version: 2.3.0.0 8.3.5.25 Device driver version: OS native BIOS: 2.3.0.0 Firmware: 1.11a5 Adapter Boot Version: QLE2562 Device driver version: OS native 5.03a7 BIOS: 2.12 Firmware: 5.03.02(d5) Device driver version: Device driver version: Device driver version: 3.0.1.0 8.3.5.68.1p...
  • Page 22 Firmware: 5.03.02(d5) Device driver version: Device driver version: Device driver version: 3.0.1.0 8.3.5.68.1p 8.03.07.08.10.3-k BIOS: 3.0.1.0 BIOS: 3.0 LPe11002 Firmware: 5.04.01 LPe1150 LPe1105-M4 This level does not support QLE220 Firmware: 2.82A4 Adapter Boot Version: 5.03A13 LPe12000/2 Firmware: 2.00A5 Adapter Boot Version: 5.03A13 LPe1205M Firmware: 2.00A5...

  • Page 23: Supported Brocade And Dell Powerconnect Fos Levels

    Supported Brocade and Dell PowerConnect FOS levels Supported on MD3660f array firmware levels Firmware: 07.84.00.64W with NVSRAM: N26X0-784890-904 Switches Firmware Description Brocade 200E FOS 6.2.2 Brocade 4Gb 16 port FC switch 4100 FOS 6.4.1a Brocade 4Gb 32 port FC switch 4100 FOS 6.4.2...

  • Page 24: Supported Dell M1000E Fibre Channel Ioms

    16 port 8Gb FC blade module FC16-32 32 port 16Gb FC blade module FC16-48 48 port 16Gb FC blade module Supported Dell M1000e Fibre Channel IOMs Supported on MD3660f array firmware levels Firmware: 07.84.00.64W with NVSRAM: N26X0-784890-904 Fibre Channels IOMs Firmware...
  • Page 25 Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden. Trademarks used in this text: Dell™, the DELL™ logo, and PowerVault™ are trademarks of Dell Inc. Microsoft®, Windows®, and Windows Server® are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

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