Windows Clients With No Shared Filed Access; Linux Homogenous; Linux Stornext Clients With Linux Mdc; Heterogeneous - IBM DS4000 Installation Manual

Hardware Connect
Only
Windows clients
with no shared filed
access

Linux Homogenous

Linux StorNext
Clients with Linux
MDC

Heterogeneous

Apple Xsan Clients,
Linux StorNext
Clients, Windows
Clients and Linux
MDC

APPLE, WINDOWS, and STORNEXT SUPPORT MATRIX

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Linux RHEL 5.3
Linux RHEL 5.3
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• Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7
• Without StorNext or Xsan support
• This is basic host connectivity support.
Multiple Linux Host Client connected to DS3000/DS4000/DS5000
Storage (NOW)
• RHEL/SLES using StorNext Client software
• With StorNext MDCs running on RHEL/SLES
Mixed Host Apple, Windows Client and Linux Client connected to
DS3000/DS4000/DS5000 Storage
•
Apple Leopard and Snow Leopard using Xsan Client
software
• Windows XP, Vista, and Windows7 clients using Quantum
StorNext Client software
• RHEL/SLES systems using StorNext Client software
• With StorNext MDCs running on RHEL/SLES
Architecture
O/S
x64
x64
• Using ATTO HBAs and ATTO MP Director
• Using any supported HBA: QLogics, Emulex, or
ATTO HBAs and ATTO MP Director
• Using supported HBA: QLogics, Emulex, or ATTO
HBAs and ATTO MP Director
• Using ATTO HBAs and MultiPath Director
• Using ATTO HBAs and MultiPath Director
• Using ATTO HBAs and ATTO MultiPath Director
• Using ATTO HBAs and ATTO MultiPath Director
HBA
If clients are also
Linux: supported
HBA: QLogics,
Emulex,
If clients are
MacOS, Windows
Client, or mixed:
Supported
HBAs
If clients are also
Linux: supported
HBA: QLogics,
Emulex,
If clients are
MacOS, Windows
MPF
RDAC, MPP,
or ATTO as
appropriate
ATTO
RDAC, MPP,
or ATTO as
appropriate
Supported
Yes
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