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Heterogeneous SAN support A single MSA1500 supports heterogeneous access with any of the operating systems listed in Table 120. Standalone servers and clustered servers are supported on the same storage system. Table 120 MSA1500 heterogeneous SAN support Storage system MSA1500 active/active Firmware1 7x, 6x Switches B-series C-series H-series M-series Operating systems2 HP-UX Linux Microsoft Windows VMware ESX (7x firmware only) MSA1500 active/passive or single controller 5x, 4x B-series C-series Microsoft Windows (5x firmware only) Novell NetWare (5x firmware only) Linux VMware ESX (5x firmware only) 1For the latest firmware support information, contact an HP storage representative. 2For the supported operating system versions, see "Heterogeneous server rules" on page 185. NOTE: There are heterogeneous restrictions based on failover mode and clustering. Configuration rules Table 121 lists the MSA1500 storage system rules. Table 121 MSA1500 storage system rules Rule nl number 1 2 Description The MSA1500 is supported in all SAN fabric topology configurations described in this guide. Unless otherwise specified, the MSA1500 can be configured in a SAN using the switch models listed in this guide. See: • Table 10 (H-series) • Table 18 through Table 22 (B-series) • Table 41 (C-series) • Table 60 and Table 62 (M-series) 3 Servers that share access to the same storage LUN require special application software (such as cluster software) to preserve data. Heterogeneous storage system support HP supports HP storage products on shared hosts, and HBAs in HP fabric environments that also have third-party storage products. A third-party cooperative support agreement between HP Services and SAN Design Reference Guide 241