DELL EMC PowerStore

1000T/1000X
3000T/3000X
5000T/5000X
7000T/7000X
9000T/9000X
Simple Support Matrix
March 08, 2021

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Host Servers/ Adapters: All host systems are supported where the host vendor allows the host/OS/adapter combination. All Fibre Channel HBAs branded as Emulex , or QLogic with line speeds 8 Gb/s, 16 Gb/s or 32
Gb/s, including vendor rebranded versions of the same are supported. AIX and HP-UX vendor branded HBAs, also support the 4Gb/s FC link speed. 10 or 25 GbE Cisco, Emulex, or QLogic CNAs (10GbE, 25GbE,
iSCSI, FCoE via FC-gateway), including vendor rebranded versions of the same are supported. 10 or 25 GbE NICs for iSCSI connectivity as supported by the server and OS vendor are supported.
Following allowances for Firmware/BIOS, Drivers, and for specific Platforms: Any Dell EMC or vendor-supplied firmware/BIOS that meets the ESM minimum version for specified OS platform are allowed (Newer
versions of the Firmware/BIOS higher than the minimum version are allowed). For Solaris, HP-UX and AIX platforms, Dell EMC only supports the Driver/Firmware/BIOS versions supplied by the OS Vendor. For CNA
(HBA) drivers refer to ELN, https://elabnavigator.emc.com, for supported versions. For Linux Drivers not listed in the ESM refer to the ‘Linux Out of Kernel Drivers Support (LoS)’. If systems meet these criteria, no
further ELN connectivity validation or RPQ is required.

Switches:
• For non-Dell Networking switches, all Switch models and associated Switch Firmware Revisions listed in the following Switch tables are supported unless otherwise noted. See https://elabnavigator.emc.com ->
Simple Support Matrices -> Connectivity:
Blade Chassis Switch Module
Stand-Alone Switch
• For Dell Networking, all Switch models and associated Switch Firmware Revisions listed in the following Switch table is supported unless otherwise noted. See https://elabnavigator.emc.com -> Simple Support
Matrices -> Connectivity:
Networking Switch
• For Dell EMC Switch interoperability, all associated Switch Firmware Revisions, Switch Management Software and other interop settings; See Advanced Query Wizard: Category/Switch/Sub-Category/All Switched
Fabric Topology Parameters Table.
• All Dell EMC approved FCoE and iSCSI switches are supported as IP stand-alone ethernet switches.

PowerStoreOS: 1.0.
(All released service packs for PowerStoreOS are supported unless otherwise specified by a footnote.)

Note: Tables 2 Through 12 contain additional support information on Backup applications supported, Limits and more.

Note: RHEL KVM is supported. Refer to the Virtualization Hosting Server (Parent) Solutions table for supported configurations. Consult the EMC Host Connectivity Guide for
Linux to configure PowerPath with RHEL KVM.

Note: For versions prior to ESX 6.5U3 and 6.7U2, VMFS5 must be used. For details please refer to KB article.
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Dell EMC® E-LabTM qualified versions for PowerStore®

No. Platform Support EMC PowerPath® Native MPIO & Native Cluster Oracle RAC & 3rd
DMP Party Clusters
1 HPE HP-UX 11i v3 (HP-UX 11.31) HP-UX Native MC/Service Guard 11.20 11g RAC Release 2, 12c
MPIO RAC Release 1, 12c
RAC Release 2, 18c
RAC , 19c RAC
2 IBM AIX 7.1 AIX-MPIO 11g RAC Release 2, 12c
RAC Release 1, 12c
RAC Release 2
3 IBM AIX 7.2 AIX-MPIO 11g RAC Release 2, 12c
RAC Release 1, 12c
RAC Release 2, 18c
RAC , 19c RAC
4 IBM VIOS 3.1.0.0,IBM VIOS 3.1.0.10,IBM VIOS 3.1.0.11,IBM VIOS 3.1.0.20,IBM VIOS AIX-MPIO
3.1.0.21,IBM VIOS 3.1.0.30,IBM VIOS 3.1.0.40,IBM VIOS 3.1.1.0,IBM VIOS 3.1.1.10,IBM VIOS
3.1.1.20,IBM VIOS 3.1.1.21,IBM VIOS 3.1.1.25
5 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 6.5 - 7.0 MPIO Framework Failover Clustering 11g RAC Release 2, 12c
[default DSM] RAC Release 1, 12c
RAC Release 2
6 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 6.5 - 7.0 MPIO Framework Failover Clustering 11g RAC Release 2, 12c
[default DSM] RAC Release 1, 12c
RAC Release 2, 18c
RAC , 19c RAC
7 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 6.5 - 7.0 MPIO Framework Failover Clustering 12c RAC Release 2, 18c
[default DSM] RAC , 19c RAC
8 Microsoft Windows Server 2019 6.5 - 7.0 MPIO Framework Failover Clustering 19c RAC
[default DSM]
9 Oracle Linux OL 6.x [x86_64] UEK UEK R4 U7 [4.1.12-124] 7.1 - 7.2 DM-MPIO 12c RAC Release 1, 12c
RAC Release 2, 18c
RAC
10 Oracle Linux OL 7.x [x86_64] UEK UEK R4 U7 [4.1.12-124],Oracle Linux OL 7.x [x86_64] UEK 7.1 - 7.2 DM-MPIO 12c RAC Release 1, 12c
UEK R5 U1 [4.14.35.1844],Oracle Linux OL 7.x [x86_64] UEK UEK R5 U2 [4.14.35-1902] RAC Release 2, 18c
RAC , 19c RAC
11 Oracle Linux OL 7.x [x86_64] UEK UEK R5 U3 [4.14.35-1902.30*],Oracle Linux OL 7.x [x86_64] 7.1 - 7.2 DM-MPIO 19c RAC
UEK UEK R5 U4 [4.14.35-2025.40*]
12 Oracle Linux OL 7.x [x86_64] UEK UEK R5 [4.14.35.1818] 7.1 - 7.2 DM-MPIO 12c RAC Release 1, 12c
RAC Release 2, 18c
RAC , 19c RAC
13 Oracle Linux OL 7.x [x86_64] UEK UEK R6 U1 [5.4.17-2036] 7.2 DM-MPIO
14 Oracle Linux OL 7.x [x86_64] UEK UEK R6 [5.4.17-2011] 7.2 DM-MPIO 19c RAC
15 Oracle Linux OL 8.x [x86_64] UEK UEK R6 U1 [5.4.17-2036] 7.2 DM-MPIO
16 Oracle Linux OL 8.x [x86_64] UEK UEK R6 [5.4.17-2011] 7.2 DM-MPIO 19c RAC
17 Oracle Solaris 10 SPARC,Oracle Solaris 10 x86,Oracle Solaris 11 SPARC,Oracle Solaris 11 MPxIO 11g RAC Release 2, 12c
x86,Oracle Solaris 11.1 SPARC,Oracle Solaris 11.1 x86,Oracle Solaris 11.2 SPARC,Oracle RAC Release 1, 12c
Solaris 11.2 x86 RAC Release 2, 18c
RAC
18 Oracle Solaris 11.3 SPARC,Oracle Solaris 11.3 x86 MPxIO 11g RAC Release 2, 12c
RAC Release 1, 12c
RAC Release 2, 18c
RAC , 19c RAC
19 Oracle Solaris 11.4 SPARC,Oracle Solaris 11.4 x86 MPxIO 19c RAC
20 Red Hat RHEL [x86_64] 7.5,Red Hat RHEL [x86_64] 7.6,Red Hat RHEL [x86_64] 7.7 7.1 - 7.2 DM-MPIO GFS2 (Global File System 2) GFS2, 11g RAC Release 2, 12c
High Availability Add-on 7.0 RAC Release 1, 12c
RAC Release 2, 18c
RAC , 19c RAC
21 Red Hat RHEL [x86_64] 7.8 7.1 P02 - 7.2 DM-MPIO GFS2 (Global File System 2) GFS2, 11g RAC Release 2, 12c
High Availability Add-on 7.0 RAC Release 1, 12c
RAC Release 2, 18c
RAC , 19c RAC
22 Red Hat RHEL [x86_64] 7.9 7.2 DM-MPIO GFS2 (Global File System 2) GFS2, 19c RAC
High Availability Add-on 7.0
23 Red Hat RHEL [x86_64] 8.0,Red Hat RHEL [x86_64] 8.1 7.1 - 7.2 DM-MPIO GFS2 (Global File System 2) GFS2, 19c RAC
High Availability Add-on 8.0
24 Red Hat RHEL [x86_64] 8.2 7.2 DM-MPIO GFS2 (Global File System 2) GFS2, 19c RAC
High Availability Add-on 8.0
25 Red Hat RHEL [x86_64] 8.3 7.2 DM-MPIO GFS2 (Global File System 2) GFS2,
High Availability Add-on 8.0
26 SUSE SLES [x86_64] 12 SP2,SUSE SLES [x86_64] 12 SP3,SUSE SLES [x86_64] 12 SP4 DM-MPIO High Availability Extension 11g RAC Release 2, 12c
RAC Release 1, 12c
RAC Release 2, 18c
RAC , 19c RAC
27 SUSE SLES [x86_64] 12 SP5 7.1 - 7.2 DM-MPIO High Availability Extension 11g RAC Release 2, 12c
RAC Release 1, 12c
RAC Release 2, 18c
RAC , 19c RAC
28 SUSE SLES [x86_64] 15 DM-MPIO High Availability Extension 12c RAC Release 2, 19c
RAC
 No. Platform Support EMC PowerPath® Native MPIO & Native Cluster Oracle RAC & 3rd
DMP Party Clusters
29 SUSE SLES [x86_64] 15 SP1 7.1 - 7.1 P02 DM-MPIO High Availability Extension 12c RAC Release 2, 19c
RAC
30 SUSE SLES [x86_64] 15 SP2 7.2 DM-MPIO High Availability Extension
31 VMware ESXi 6.5 (vSphere6.5),VMware ESXi 6.7 (vSphere 6.7) 6.3 - 7.1 NMP VMware HA
32 VMware ESXi 7.0 (vSphere 7.0) 7.0 - 7.1 NMP VMware HA

Note: The information in this ESSM is a configuration summary. The versions listed in the columns represent versions that work with the listed Platform/Operating Systems
and Storage Array. Versions listed in the columns for each specific Platform/Operation System may not be interoperable. For more detailed information, refer to the Advanced
Query section on the ELN home page at https://elabnavigator.emc.com.
 FEBRUARY, 2021

POWERSTORE
SIMPLE SUPPORT MATRIX

1000T/3000T/5000T/7000T/9000T
1000X/3000X/5000X/7000X/9000X
PowerStore OS 1.0.4

Tables 2-13 of the PowerStore™ Simple Support Matrix provide information

on Backup & NDMP applications, Limits, Replication, Anti-Virus, Dell
Technologies Ecosystem, Third-Party Ecosystem, Migration, VMware
licensing/support, Switch and SFP support

SUPPORT MATRIX
TABLE 2. 3-WAY NDMP BACKUP QUALIFIED VENDOR MATRIX

NDMP NDMP Capabilities PowerStore File OS

Vendor/Version Ver. Dump/tar DAR CORE DDAR Filters Int.Ckpt
Avamar with ADS/DD
Avamar
v19.2 4 No Yes No No Yes
Controlled
CommVault with NDMP
v11.21 4 Dump Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IBM Spectrum Protect
v8.1.10.100 4 Dump Yes Yes No No Yes
NetWorker with NDMP
v19.2.1 4 Dump/Tar Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Micro Focus Data Protector
v10.70 4 Dump Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Veritas Backup Exec
v21.1 4 Dump Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Veritas NetBackup with NDMP
v8.2 4 Dump/Tar Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Footnote: Yes - Supported
No - Not supported
N/A - Not Applicable

CORE - Base NDMP operation (backup/restore)

DDAR - Directory Direct Access Restore
Filters - NDMP filters which you can specify
Int. Ckpt - internal NDMP checkpoint (SNAPSURE)
TABLE 3. POWERSTORE MANAGER BROWSER SUPPORT

Web Browser Version

Chrome Latest

Internet Explorer v11

Edge Latest

Firefox Latest

Apple Safari v10.1 or later

TABLE 4. POWERSTORE 1000/3000/5000/7000/9000 LIMITS

Capacity Limits/
1000 3000 5000 7000 9000
Base Models
Physical Limits
1.8GHz 2.1GHz 2.1GHz 2.4GHz 2.1GHz
Node CPU Type Xeon Xeon Xeon Xeon Xeon
Nodes per Appliance 2 2 2 2 2
Total Cores per Appliance 32 48 64 80 112
Total Memory (GB) per
384 768 1152 1536 2560
Appliance
Max Appliances per
4* 4* 4* 4* 4*
Cluster
Max No. of Physical Drives
96 96 96 96 96
(minus NVRAM slots)
10/25GbE iSCSI: Max
12 12 12 12 12
ports per Node
16/32G FC: Max ports per
8 8 8 8 8
Node
Max FE Ports per Node
12 12 12 12 12
(all types)
12G SAS BE: Max Ports
2 2 2 2 2
per Node
Max Initiators per Cluster 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000
Max Initiators in a Host or
1024 1024 1024 1024 1024
Host Group
Max Hosts or Host Groups
1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
per Cluster
Note:
• Directly attaching a host to a PowerStore system is supported on FC if the
host connects to both nodes and has the required multipath software

*Applies only for T models. Multi-appliance clustering is not supported for X models
Volume Limits
Max Volumes/Clones per
2000 2000 2000 2000 2000
Appliance
Max Volumes in a Volume
75 75 75 75 75
Group
Max Volume Size (TB) 256 256 256 256 256
Max Volume Groups per
500 500 500 500 500
Cluster
Max Volume Groups per
125 125 125 125 125
Appliance
File Limits (only applicable to T models)
Max File System size (TB) 256 256 256 256 256
Max number of File
Systems, .snapshots, and
500 500 500 500 500
mounted protocol
snapshots per Appliance
Max NAS servers per
50 50 50 50 50
Appliance
Max NAS Server Network
3000 3000 3000 3000 3000
Interfaces per Appliance
Max SMB/NFS servers per
1 1 1 1 1
NAS Server
Max SMB/NFS servers per
50 50 50 50 50
Node
Number of SMB shares
per Node 3000 3000 3000 3000 3000
(Soft Limit – Refer “Note”
section below)
Number of NFS exports
per Node 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500
(Soft Limit – Refer “Note”
section below)
Max tree quotas per FS 8191 8191 8191 8191 8191
File Names per Directory
10 10 10 10 10
(Million)
Sub-directories /Files per
10 10 10 10 10
directory (Million)
Number of home
20000 20000 20000 20000 20000
directories supported
Max TCP Connections per
128000 128000 128000 128000 128000
Node
Max unique ACLs per File
4 4 4 4 4
System (Million)
SMB shares + NFS
exports per Node 4500 4500 4500 4500 4500
(Soft Limit – Refer “Note”
section below)
Directories supported per >10’s of >10’s of >10’s of >10’s of >10’s of
File system (Billion) Billions Billions Billions Billions Billions
Max open Files/Directories 512000 512000 512000 512000 512000
Max vLan per port 32 32 32 32 32
Files supported per File
32 32 32 32 32
System (Billion)
Note:
• NAS services are provided by one of the appliances in a cluster
• Pathname length – 1024 characters (SMB), NFS has no limit
• File system name length – 95 characters
• File /directory name length – 255 bytes for NFS and 255 characters for SMB
• NFS Exports and SMB Shares limits are the advised limits for an optimal system
experience. Higher limits may impose visible performance impact during a
simultaneous access and may also degrade UI management experience
• Home Directory limit is the tested limit representing the number of entries in
homedir config file. Use wild char with rules associated to user names to limit
the number of entries in the config file for optimal connectivity response time
Snapshots
Max Snapshots per
Volume/File System 256 256 256 256 256
(attached/detached)
Max Block Volume 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000
Snapshots per Appliance
Max File Snapshots per
25000 25000 25000 25000 25000
Appliance
Max User Snapshots per
125000 125000 125000 125000 125000
Appliance (Block + File)
Max Snapshots per
1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
Family*
Max Clones per Family* 32 32 32 32 32
Protection
Policies/Snapshot and 32 32 32 32 32
Replication Rules
Hierarchical Clone Limit 4 4 4 4 4
*Definition of Family:

A volume, volume group, or base storage container and all its derivative thin clones
and snapshots. This family includes snapshots and thin clones of the storage resource.

Replication & Backup

Max Replication sessions
125 125 125 125 125
for Block
Max Replicated Volumes
500 500 500 500 500
at RPO of 15min+
Max Replicated Volumes
75 75 75 75 75
at RPO of <15min
Max Replicated Volume
125 125 125 125 125
Groups
Max Volumes per Async
75 75 75 75 75
Replication Volume Group
Max Async Replication
8 8 8 8 8
Target Systems
Max concurrent NDMP
20 20 20 20 20
Sessions per Node
VVols
Max VVol size (TB) 62 62 62 62 62
Max VVols per Appliance 19000 19000 19000 19000 19000
Max Bound VVols 7600 7600 7600 7600 7600
Max Storage Containers 50 50 50 50 50
Importing data to PowerStore from other arrays (Block only)
Max Import Sessions
8 8 8 8 8
Copying On-Parallel
Max number of Remote
6 6 6 6 6
Systems for Import
Max number of Hosts for
64 64 64 64 64
Import
Max number of Volumes
16 16 16 16 16
in Ready-to-Cutover State
Note:
• All limits in Table 4 are per Appliance unless otherwise noted
TABLE 5. REPLICATION SUPPORT

Source/ Destination Block

RP4VM
Destination /Source
Sync Async

PowerStore PowerStore  ✓ ✓

Note:
Applies to T or X models

Footnote:
✓– Supported
– Not Supported
TABLE 6. ANTIVIRUS SUPPORT

Antivirus Vendor Version Supported

McAfee VirusScan 8.8i Patch13

McAfee Endpoint Protection 10.7.0 Update November 2020

Symantec Protection Engine 8.0

Symantec Endpoint Protection 14.3

Microsoft SCEP 4.10.209.0

Microsoft Defender 4.18.2008.9

F-Secure ESS 12.12

Kaspersky Security 10 for Windows Server 10.1.2

TrendMicro ServerProtect for Storage 6.00 Patch 1

Sophos Endpoint Security Control 10.8

Computer Associates eTrust 6.0

Dell EMC Common Event Enabler 8.7.7

TABLE 7. I18N SUPPORT

Client Type Supported

SMB Clients UCS-2 (Unicode)

UNIX/LINUX Clients UTF8

TABLE 8. POWERSTORE FEDERAL COMPLIANCE

Features Version Supported/Status

Data at Rest Encryption (D@RE) in

PowerStore utilizes FIPS 140-2 validated
Self-Encrypting Drives (SEDs) by respective
drive vendors for primary storage (NVMe Available
SSD, NVMe SCM and SAS SSD).
The NVRAM caching device is encrypted but
not FIPS 140-2 validated at this time.

TLS 1.2 support by default, TLS 1.1 and

Included
older are disabled

Native SHA2 certificate Included

Common Criteria In process

IPv6 Complete

Note: PowerStore does not support running both IPv4 and IPv6 in the same network at the same time.
You can use either IPv4 or IPv6 for the management network, but not both at the same time
TABLE 9. DELL TECHNOLOGIES ECOSYSTEM SUPPORT

Solution Minimum Version Support Links

https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/
Ansible Modules for
1.0 product-support/product/ansible-
PowerStore
modules/overview

https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/
AppSync 4.1
product-support/product/appsync/overview

https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/
Avamar 19.2
product-support/product/avamar-server/drivers

https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/
CSI Driver for PowerStore 1.0
product-support/product/csi-drivers/overview

https://elabnavigator.emc.com/vault/pdf/metro
metro node 7.0
_node_v7_0_ESSM.pdf

https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/
NetWorker 19.2.1
product-support/product/networker/drivers

https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/
PowerPath Linux 7.1 product-support/product/powerpath-for-
linux/drivers

https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/pr
PowerPath Windows 6.5 oduct-support/product/powerpath-for-
windows/drivers

https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/pr
PowerPath VE 7 oduct-support/product/powerpathve-for-
vmware/drivers

https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/
PowerProtect Data Manager 19.4 product-support/product/enterprise-copy-data-
management/overview

https://elabnavigator.emc.com/vault/pdf/Dell_E
PowerSwitch 10.4.3.x, 10.5.x
MC_Networking_Switch.pdf

https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/
RecoverPoint for VMs 5.2.2.2 product-support/product/recoverpoint-for-
virtual-machines/overview

https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibili
SRA for PowerStore 1.0
ty/search.php?deviceCategory=sra

https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/
VPLEX 6.2.0.2
product-support/product/vplex-vs6/drivers

Virtual Storage Integrator https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/

(VSI) for VMware vSphere 8.4 product-support/product/vsi-for-vmware-
Client vsphere-web-client/overview

https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/
vRO Plugin for PowerStore 1.0 product-support/product/vro-
platforms/overview
TABLE 10. ADVANCED APPS AND THIRD-PARTY ECOSYSTEM SUPPORT

Solution Supported

IBM SVC 8.3.x.x**

Catalina 10.15
Mojave 10.14
High Sierra 10.13
Sierra 10.12
Mac OS X
El Capitan 10.11
Yosemite 10.10
Mavericks 10.9
(Supported Protocols*)

Veeam 9.5 U4b

* PowerStore supports SMB access for Mac OS and basic NFS support.
** IBM currently requires RPQ approval for SVC support of PowerStore and plans to
provide official support in an upcoming SVC release. In the meantime, customers can
submit an RPQ with IBM through their IBM Representative. More details about the RPQ
process is available here:
https://www-03.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/ssic/interoperability.wss
Currently only single appliance clusters are supported by SVC, multi-appliance clusters
would be supported in future.
TABLE 11. IMPORTING DATA TO POWERSTORE FROM OTHER ARRAYS

Supported Combinations:

Host to Storage
Operating Systems Version(s) Supported
iSCSI FC
VNX2, Unity, SC, PS,
RHEL 7.5 VNX2, Unity
PS EQL (HIT LE 1.7)

RHEL 7.6 VNX2, Unity, SC VNX2, Unity

RHEL 7.7 VNX2, Unity, SC VNX2, Unity

Linux
SLES 12 SP1 SC N/A

VNX2, Unity, PS, PS

SLES 12 SP3 VNX2, Unity
EQL (HIT LE 1.7)

SLES 12 SP4 VNX2, Unity VNX2, Unity

VMware vSphere 6.5 Update 2 PS EQL (Mem 1.7) N/A

Windows Server 2012 R2 U1 VNX2, PS EQL (HIT

Unity
ME 5.3)

Windows Server 2016 VNX2, PS EQL (HIT

Windows Unity
ME 5.3)

Windows Server 2019 PS EQL (HIT ME 5.3) N/A

Note: Only supported with Block configurations. You can find more details by visiting the
Importing External Storage to PowerStore page

Agentless Migration:

Source System Operating Environment

Dell EqualLogic PS 10.0.x or later
Dell Compellent SC 7.3 or later
Dell EMC Unity 4.4 or later
Dell EMC VNX2 5.33.008.5.x or later
Dell EMC XtremIO X1 4.0.25 or later
Dell EMC XtremIO X2 6.2 or later

Note: Supported source systems and operating environment required for agentless import. You can find
more details by visiting the Agentless Import of External Storage to PowerStore page
TABLE 12. VMWARE LICENSING AND SUPPORT FOR POWERSTORE X

Required Licenses:

Product Licenses

vSphere Enterprise Plus or higher*

ESXi vSphere Remote Office Branch Office (ROBO) Advanced
vSphere Remote Office Branch Office (ROBO) Enterprise
vCenter Server Standard
vCenter vCenter Server Foundation
(Limited to 4 Hosts)

Note: vSphere and vCenter licenses are tied to VMware major releases
(example: 5.x, 6.x, 7.x – A 6.x license is not compatible with 7.x)

*4 Licenses required per Appliance - 2 CPUs per node x 2 Nodes per Appliance

Supported Versions:

PowerStore Version Product Supported Versions

ESXi* 6.7 EP 10
OS v1.0
OS v1.0.1
vCenter** All 6.7 versions, 7.0a, 7.0b, 7.0c, 7.0d

ESXi* 6.7 EP 10, 6.7 EP 15, 6.7 P03

OS v1.0.2
vCenter** All 6.7 versions, 7.0a, 7.0b, 7.0c, 7.0d

ESXi* 6.7 P03, 6.7 P04

OS v1.0.3
OS v1.0.4
vCenter** All 6.7 versions, 7.0a, 7.0b, 7.0c, 7.0d

*Refers to vSphere versions running on PowerStore X model internal nodes. Only Dell Technologies
validated versions of vSphere are supported. ESXi Version Name to Release Name and Build Number
relation can be found at https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2143832

**Requires a version of vCenter that is compatible with the vSphere version. Please check compatibility at
https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/sim/interop_matrix.php
vCenter versions 7.0 U1 and higher are not supported
TABLE 13. SWITCH AND SFP SUPPORT FOR POWERSTORE

Switch Support:

Please refer to the following for a comprehensive list of supported switches:

o Dell EMC Networking Switches
o Third-Party/Stand-Alone Switches

All ethernet switches support the following traffic:

o iSCSI
o NAS
o Replication
o Intra-cluster communication
o PowerStore Import

SFP Support:

The following SFPs have been qualified and considered supported with PowerStore. You may experience
issues if you use other non-supported SFPs

Model Description

P1-SFP-16GB-FC 16G FC MULTIMODE OPTICAL SFP PAIR

P1-SFP-32GB-FC 32G FC MULTIMODE OPTICAL SFP PAIR

P1-SFP-1GB-COP 1GBT RJ45 COPPER SFP PAIR

P1-SFP-10GB-OPT 10GBE OPTICAL SFP PAIR

P1-SFP-25GB-OPT 25GBE OPTICAL SFP PAIR

P1-SFP-100G-OPT 100GBE OPTICAL SWITCH QSFP QTY 1