Dell PowerVault MD3200 Support Matrix - Page 4

Supported Controller Firmware and NVSRAM, Supported SAS Host Bus Adapters, Supported iSCSI Software - md3200i

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* Refer to the Hardware Installation section of the MD3200 or MD3200i or MD3600i Series Owner's Manual. ** Dell Linux MPP drivers for the MD3000 can coexist with the Device Mapper driver used for the MD3200 and MD3600 series. Refer to coexistence whitepaper for supporting MD3000, MD3200 and MD3600 series products on a single host. *** Refer to the Disk Group Migration section of the MD3200 or MD3200i or MD3600i Series Owner's 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 07.75.14.60 N26X0-770890-009 for MD3200 and MD3200i Series N26X0-770890-909 for MD3600i Series 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 Supported iSCSI Software Initiators Operating System Windows 2003 R2 SP2 Windows 2008 R2 SP2 Windows 2008 SP2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Suse Linux Enterprise Server VMware ESX Citrix XENserver SW Initiator Vendor Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Red Hat Suse VMware Citrix SW Initiator Version 2.08, 2.07 RTM or later RTM or later 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 Included w/OS Included w/OS Supported Protocol Offload (TOE / iSCSI) Adapters Standard Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters are supported when used with supported software iSCSI initiators.

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* Refer to the Hardware Installation section of the MD3200 or MD3200i or MD3600i Series Owner’s
Manual.
** Dell Linux MPP drivers for the MD3000 can coexist with the Device Mapper driver used for the MD3200
and MD3600 series.
Refer to coexistence whitepaper for supporting MD3000, MD3200 and MD3600 series
products on a single host.
*** Refer to the Disk Group Migration section of the MD3200 or MD3200i or MD3600i Series Owner’s
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
Version
Notes
Controller Firmware
07.75.14.60
Controller NVSRAM
N26X0-770890-009
for MD3200 and MD3200i Series
N26X0-770890-909
for MD3600i Series
Supported SAS Host Bus Adapters
Please see support.dell.com for the latest supported firmware and driver versions.
Adapter Name
Dell 6Gbps SAS HBA
Supported iSCSI Software Initiators
Operating System
SW Initiator Vendor
SW Initiator Version
Notes
Windows 2003 R2 SP2
Microsoft
2.08, 2.07
Available via MS download
Windows 2008 R2 SP2
Microsoft
RTM or later
Included w/OS
Windows 2008 SP2
Microsoft
RTM or later
Included w/OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Red Hat
RTM or later
Included w/OS
Suse Linux Enterprise Server
Suse
RTM or later
Included w/OS
VMware ESX
VMware
RTM or later
Included w/OS
Citrix XENserver
Citrix
RTM or later
Included w/OS
Supported Protocol Offload (TOE / iSCSI) Adapters
Standard Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters are supported when used with supported software iSCSI initiators.