Dell PowerVault MD3200 and MD3200i Series Support Matrix

Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 2 Dell PowerVault M3200 Series and MD3200i Series Rules ..................................................................... 2 Supported Controller Firmware and NVSRAM ........................................................................................... 3 Supported SAS Host Bus Adapters ............................................................................................................... 4 Supported iSCSI Software Initiators............................................................................................................. 4 Supported Protocol Offload (TOE / iSCSI) Adapters .................................................................................. 4 Support Hard Disk Drives ................................................................................................................................ 4 Supported Expansion Enclosures.................................................................................................................. 5 Supported Management Software ................................................................................................................ 5 Supported Operating Systems ........................................................................................................................ 7 Supported Device Mapper Software ............................................................................................................ 9

Introduction
This document provides information on supported software and hardware for Dell PowerVault MD3200 Series and MD3200i Series storage arrays as well as usage considerations, recommendations and rules.

Dell PowerVault M3200 Series and MD3200i Series Rules

The following are the connectivity and consideration rules for the MD3200 Series and MD3200i Series arrays: RULE Maximum number of host servers a single MD3200 Series array can connect to with one RAID Controller Module installed: Maximum number of host servers a single MD3200 Series array can connect to with two RAID Controller Modules installed: Maximum number of Dell 6GbSAS HBA cards supported in a single host server attached to single array. (It is recommended to use two Dell 6Gb SAS HBA cards for all redundant cabling configurations.) Unused ports on a Dell 6Gb SAS HBA card already connected to an MD3200 cannot be connected to another device (such as a tape drive or other model storage array). Maximum number ofMD3200 Series arrays a host server may connect to: Connecting a MD3200 Series SAS array and a MD3200iSeries iSCSI array to the same host is supported. TOTAL of 96 slots --Up to seven MD1200 Series expansion enclosures can be attached to a MD3200 array. A mixture of MD1200 and MD1220 enclosures for a total of 96 SAS physical disks. Attached MD1200 Series expansion enclosures must be run in unified mode. A hot spare for a disk group must be a physical disk of equal or greater size than any of the member disks. When using out-of-band management with SMcli by specifying the RAID Controller management port IP addresses on the 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 to complete. Where applicable it is a best practice MD3200 & MD3220 (SAS) 4 MD3200i & MD3220i (iSCSI) 32

8 (4 if using high availability)

32

2 (each card has two ports)

Not applicable to iSCSI configurations

Not applicable to iSCSI configurations

2 (HA)

to specify both management port IP addresses on the SMcli invocation: "SMcli 192.168.128.101 192.168.128.102 -c". Co-existence of multiple Linux multipathing drivers is not supported. When using a MD3200 Series array with Linux host servers only the Linux Device Mapper failover driver is supported. On Linux systems Device Mapper multi-pathing drivers are required for multi-path support Virtual disks on an MD3200 Series cannot be used for booting. RAID 5 and RAID 6 disk groups are limited to a maximum of 30 physical disks Disk Groups can be migrated between a Dell PowerVault MD3200 and a Dell PowerVault MD3200i by following the appropriate Disk Group migration procedure**

* Refer to the Hardware Installation section of the MD3200 and MD3220 Storage Array Owners Manual and the MD3200i and MD3220i Storage Array Owners Manual. ** Refer to the Disk Group Migration section of the MD3200 and MD3220 Storage Array Owners Manual and the MD3200i and MD3220i Storage Array Owners Manual.

Supported Controller Firmware and NVSRAM

NOTE: It is advisable to gather support information before performing any firmware upgrade. This can be performed from the support tab of the MD Storage Manager application. NOTE: Only drivers and firmware released by Dell are supported. For the latest driver and firmware releases, see the Downloads section at support.dell.com. To determine your firmware and NVSRAM levels: From a management station, connect to the storage array using MD Storage Manager. Select the Support tab. Click on Storage Array Profile and look for the firmware and NVSRAM versions.
Software Controller Firmware Controller NVSRAM Version 07.70.06.63 N26X0-770890-005 Notes

Supported SAS Host Bus Adapters

Please see support.dell.com for the latest supported firmware and driver versions. Adapter Name Dell 6Gbps SAS HBA Dell 6Gbps SAS HBA

Supported iSCSI Software Initiators

Operating System Windows 2003 R2 SP2 Windows 2008 R2 SP2 Windows 20008 SP2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Suse Linux Enterprise Server

SW Initator Vendor Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Red Hat Suse

SW Initiator Version 2.08, 2.07 RTM or later RTM or later RTM or later RTM or later

Notes Available via MS download Included w/OS Included w/OS Included w/OS Included w/OS

Supported Protocol Offload (TOE / iSCSI) Adapters

Standard Gigabit Ethernet adapters are supported when used with supported software iSCSI initiators. The following list of hardware initiators is also supported. Please see support.dell.com for the latest supported firmware and driver versions. Adapter Name Broadcom 5708 Broadcom 5709 Broadcom 5709c Broadcom 5721j Emulex OneConnect 10G CNA

Support Hard Disk Drives

Only Dell-provided hard disk drives are supported. Hard disk drives not purchased from Dell will be marked as uncertified and will not be usable. Refer to the MD3000i Drivers and Downloads section for the latest available physical disk firmware.

Form Factor

Dell P/N

Model

Capacity

Speed

Vendor

3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5"

U717K U738K R755K X163K T873K X164K W350K F617N X150K

ST3500414SS ST31000424SS ST32000444SS ST3450757SS ST3600957SS ST31000425SS ST32000445SS ST3300657SS HUS156030VLS600

500GB 1TRB 2TRB 450GB 600GB 1TRB 2TRB 300GB 300GB

7.2K 7.2K 7.2K 15K 15K 7.2K 7.2K 15K 15K

Seagate Seagate Seagate Seagate Seagate Seagate Seagate Seagate Hitachi

3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 2.5" 2.5" 2.5" 2.5" 2.5" 2.5" 2.5" 2.5" 2.5" 2.5" 2.5" 2.5" 2.5" 2.5" 2.5" 2.5"

R749K T875K W347K R734K R744K U733K W335K R727K R730K W345K X143K T855K X160K W328K W330K X162K U709K T871K X1MCH

ST3450857SS HUS156045VLS600 ST3600057SS ST9500430SS ST9300503SS ST9146752SS ST9500431SS MBE2073RC HUC151473CSS600 ST973452SS MBD2147RC HUC103014CSS600 ST9146803SS MBE2147RC HUC151414CSS600 ST9146852SS ST9146852SS ST9300603SS LB150S

450GB 450Gb 600GB 500GB 300Gb 146GB 500GB 73GB 73GB 73GB 146GB 146GB 146GB 146GB 146GB 146GB 300GB 300GB 149GB

15K 15k 15K 7.2K 10K 15K 7.2K 15K 15K 15K 10K 10K 10K 15K 15K 15k 10K 10K SSD

Seagate Hitachi Seagate Seagate Seagate Seagate Seagate Fujitsu Hitachi Seagate Fujitsu Hitachi Seagate Fujitsu Hitachi Seagate Hitachi Seagate Pliant

Supported Expansion Enclosures

The MD3200 Series arrays support a maximum of 96 hard driver slots. These additional slots are provided by up to 3 MD1200 enclosures, 7 MD1220 enclosures, or a combination of MD1200 and MD1220 enclosure. When a combination of enclosures is used the total number of disk drive slots in the system cannot exceed 96. Enclosure Model MD1200 MD1220 Firmware Version 1.01 1.01 Notes

Supported Management Software

MD3200
Windows x86
Software Component MD3200 Series Resource DVD Modular Disk Storage Manager MD3200 Series VDS/VSS Providers Version 1.0.1.10 10.70.36.06 D0.70.36.08 / S0.70.36.08 Notes

Windows x86_64
Software Component MD3200 Series Resource DVD Modular Disk Storage Manager MD3200 Series VDS/VSS Providers Version 1.0.1.10 10.70.36.06 D0.70.36.08 / S0.70.36.08 Notes

RHEL
Software Component MD3200 Series Resource DVD Modular Disk Storage Manager MD3200 Series Device Mapper Version 1.0.1.10 10.70.A6.06 Notes

See section on DM

SLES
Software Component MD3200 Series Resource DVD Modular Disk Storage Manager MD3200 Series Device Mapper Version 1.0.1.10 10.70.A6.06 Notes

See section on DM

MD3200i
Windows x86
Software Component MD3200i Series Resource DVD Modular Disk Storage Manager Modular Disk Configuration Utility MD3200i Series VDS/VSS Providers Version 1.0.1.4 10.70.36.06 1.2.0.1017 D0.70.36.08 / S0.70.36.08 Notes

Windows x86_64
Software Component MD3200i Series Resource DVD Modular Disk Storage Manager Modular Disk Configuration Utility MD3200i Series VDS/VSS Providers Version 1.0.1.4 10.70.36.06 1.2.0.1017 D0.70.36.08 / S0.70.36.08 Notes

RHEL
Software Component MD3200i Series Resource DVD Modular Disk Storage Manager Modular Disk Configuration Utility MD3200i Series Device Mapper Version 1.0.1.4 10.70.A6.06 1.2.0.1017 Notes

See section on DM

SLES
Software Component MD3200i Series Resource DVD Modular Disk Storage Manager Modular Disk Configuration Utility MD3200i Series Device Mapper Version 1.0.1.4 10.70.A6.06 1.2.0.1017 Notes

See section on DM

Supported Operating Systems

Where clustering is supported by the operating system it is supported by the MD3200 Series and MD3200i Series storage arrays, subject to the following limitations: Windows 2008: Max iSCSI nodes 16, max SAS nodes 4 Windows 2003: Clustering is nott supported with MD3200 Series and MD3200i Series Storage Arrays RHEL: Max iSCSI nodes 16, max SAS nodes 4 SLES: Max iSCSI nodes 16, max SAS nodes 4 Operating System SAS Host Server iSCSI Host Server Management Station KB970525, KB974201 KB970525, KB974201 KB979711 KB979711 KB970525, KB974201 KB970525, KB974201 KB970525, KB974201 KB970525, KB974201 Notes & Required Hotfixes KB979711 KB979711 KB979711 KB979711

Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows 2008 R2 SP2 Standard and Core Windows 2008 R2 SP2 Enterprise and Core Windows 2008 R2 SP2 Data Center and Core Windows 2008 R2 SP2 Foundation Windows 2008 R2 SP2 Web and Core Windows 2008 Storage Server R2 SP2 all editions Windows 2008 R2 SP2 HPC Server Windows Server 2008 Windows 2008 SP2 Standard and Core (x86, x64) Windows 2008 SP2 Enterprise and Core (x86,x64) Windows 2008 SP2 Data Center and Core (x86, x64) Windows 2008 SP2 Foundation (x86, x64) Windows 2008 SP2 Web and Core (x86, x64) Windows 2008 Small Business Server SP2 (x86, x64) Windows 2008 Essential Business Server SP2 (x86, x64) Windows 2008 Storage Server SP2 Server, all editions, (x86, x64) Windows 2008 HPC Server SP2 Server, all editions (x86, x64)

KB970525, KB974201

KB970525, KB974201

Window Server 2003 R2 Windows 2003 R2 SP2 Standard (x86, x64) Windows 2003 R2 SP2 Enterprise (x86,x64) Windows 2003 Small Business Server R2 SP2 all editions (x86 only ) Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 SP2 all editions, (x86, x64) Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 SP2 all editions, (x64) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 (base, AP, DT w/WS option)(x86, x64) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4+ (base, AP, DT w/WS option (x86, x64) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 (base, AP, DT w/WS option) (x86, x64) Suse Linux Enterprise Server Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (x64 only) Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x64 only) Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 (x64 only) Virtualization Hosts / Hypervisors VMware ESX/ESXi 4.1 Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 SP2 Microsoft Server 2008 R2 SP2 with Hyper-V Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 SP2 Microsoft Server 2008 SP2 with Hyper-V Windows Desktop Operating Systems Windows 7 (x86, x64) Windows Vista SP2 (x86, x64) Windows XP SP3 (x86, x64)

KB950903, KB931300 KB950903, KB931300 KB950903, KB931300

KB950903, KB931300 KB950903, KB931300

Dell unique kernel patch required for certain Dell servers.

Supported Device Mapper Software

Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4+ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 Component scsi_dh_rdac DKMS package Kernel Version scsi_dh_rdac DKMS package multipath-tools All native in OS distribution scsi_dh_rdac DKMS package scsi_dh_rdac DKMS package All native in OS distribution MimimumVersion scsi_dh_rdac-1.3-dkms.noarch.rpm kernel-default-2.6.27.39-0.3.1 scsi_dh_rdac-1.5-dkms.noarch.rpm Multipath-tools-0.4.8-40.6.1.rpm N/A scsi_dh_rdac-1.4-dkms.noarch.rpm scsi_dh_rdac-1.4-dkms.noarch.rpm N/A

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