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Configuration Access policy groups Access policies Access points Access point IP address Associations Simultaneous management sessions (any combination of GUI, telnet, or scripting sessions) Thin-provisioning limits (minimum allocation) Administrator accounts per group7 SCSI Power Fencing8, 9 IPsec policies IPec security parameters IPsec certificates9 Groups of PS4XXX Arrays Only All Other Groups 128 128 512 512 1024 1024 2048 2048 4096 4096 7 7 10% of volume size 100 Up to 16 nodes 256 256 10 10% of volume size 100 Up to 16 nodes 256 256 10 1 Practical maximum volume size is specific to your operating system. A PS Series group can create and present volumes up to 15TB. 2 To avoid service outages or possible loss of connectivity during failovers, Dell recommends that you set initiator timeouts according to the recommendations in the Dell EqualLogic PS Series Storage Arrays iSCSI Initiator and Operating System Considerations document. 3 When mixing PS6XXX and PS4XXX arrays, SyncRep remains at 4 volumes if any PS4XXX members are in the group. 4 This value includes VVol snapshots and VVol-linked clones. 5 This limit applies to all groups running version 5.x or later of the firmware. 6 Inbound replication connections count toward the total number of connections. 7 This number includes local accounts, the built-in grpadmin account, and any remotely authenticated accounts added to the group. 8 SCSI fencing is not supported for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. See the Dell EqualLogic PS Series Storage Arrays iSCSI Initiator and Operating System Considerations document for more information. 9 This value includes one local and one root CA certificate; the rest are intermediate CA certificates. Replication Partnerships Replication is supported only between certain firmware versions. The following table shows whether replication is supported between any two partners running different firmware versions: NOTE: If you are running firmware earlier than version v6.0, contact your support provider. Table 5. Replication Support - PS Series to Other PS Series Firmware on Primary Group v9.1 v9.0 v8.1 v8.0 v7.0, v7.1 v6.0 Firmware on Replication Partner v8.0.x, v8.1.x, v9.0.x, v9.1.x v8.0.x, v8.1.x, v9.0.x, v9.1.x v7.0.x, v7.1.x, v8.0.x, v8.1.x, v9.0.x, v9.1.x v7.0.x, v7.1.x, v8.0.x, v8.1.x, v9.0.x, v9.1.x v6.0.x, v7.0.x, v7.1.x, v8.0.x, v8.1.x v5.2.x, v6.0.x, v7.0.x, v7.1.x Replication from PS Series groups to Storage Centers is supported between the firmware versions listed in the following table: 8 Dell EqualLogic PS Series Storage Arrays Firmware Version 9.1.9 Release Notes

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Configuration
Groups of PS4XXX Arrays Only
All Other Groups
Access policy groups
128
128
Access policies
512
512
Access points
1024
1024
Access point IP address
2048
2048
Associations
4096
4096
Simultaneous management sessions (any combination of GUI,
telnet, or scripting sessions)
7
7
Thin-provisioning limits (minimum allocation)
10% of volume size
10% of volume size
Administrator accounts per group
7
100
100
SCSI Power Fencing
8, 9
Up to 16 nodes
Up to 16 nodes
IPsec policies
256
256
IPec security parameters
256
256
IPsec certificates
9
10
10
1
Practical maximum volume size is specific to your operating system. A PS Series group can create and present volumes up to 15TB.
2
To avoid service outages or possible loss of connectivity during failovers, Dell recommends that you set initiator timeouts according
to the recommendations in the
Dell EqualLogic PS Series Storage Arrays iSCSI Initiator and Operating System Considerations
document.
3
When mixing PS6XXX and PS4XXX arrays, SyncRep remains at 4 volumes if any PS4XXX members are in the group.
4
This value includes VVol snapshots and VVol-linked clones.
5
This limit applies to all groups running version 5.x or later of the firmware.
6
Inbound replication connections count toward the total number of connections.
7
This number includes local accounts, the built-in grpadmin account, and any remotely authenticated accounts added to the group.
8
SCSI fencing is not supported for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. See the
Dell EqualLogic PS Series Storage Arrays iSCSI Initiator and
Operating System Considerations
document for more information.
9
This value includes one local and one root CA certificate; the rest are intermediate CA certificates.
Replication Partnerships
Replication is supported only between certain firmware versions.
The following table shows whether replication is supported between any two partners running different firmware versions:
NOTE:
If you are running firmware earlier than version v6.0, contact your support provider.
Table 5. Replication Support – PS Series to Other PS Series
Firmware on Primary Group
Firmware on Replication Partner
v9.1
v8.0.x, v8.1.x, v9.0.x, v9.1.x
v9.0
v8.0.x, v8.1.x, v9.0.x, v9.1.x
v8.1
v7.0.x, v7.1.x, v8.0.x, v8.1.x, v9.0.x, v9.1.x
v8.0
v7.0.x, v7.1.x, v8.0.x, v8.1.x, v9.0.x, v9.1.x
v7.0, v7.1
v6.0.x, v7.0.x, v7.1.x, v8.0.x, v8.1.x
v6.0
v5.2.x, v6.0.x, v7.0.x, v7.1.x
Replication from PS Series groups to Storage Centers is supported between the firmware versions listed in the following table:
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Dell EqualLogic PS Series Storage Arrays Firmware Version 9.1.9 Release Notes