EMC Simple Support Matrix

EMC Symmetrix VMAX 10K/VMAXe

MAY 2012 P/N 300-012-680 REV A10

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Table 1

E-Lab qualified specific versions or ranges for EMC Symmetrix VMAX 10K with EMC Enginuity 5876 and VMAXe with Enginuity 5876/5875.
Path and Volume Management Cluster Solution EMC Virtual Provisioning Enabler Storage ManageHost ment Reclamation h Software Oracle RAC SE 5876/ 5875 SMC 5876/ 5875

PowerPath

Native MPIO/ LVM

Veritas / Symantec DMP/VxVM

Recommended 5.0 MP3 RP3 5.1 SP1 5.1 SP1 PR1 Allowed

Native

Platform Support
AIX 5200-10-08-0930 AIX 5300-09-01-0847 g, k AIX 6100-02-01-0847 g, k AIX 7100-00-02-1041 g, k HP-UX, 11iv1
b, k g, k

Recommended Allowed 5.3 SP1P01 5.3 - 5.5 P03 5.3 SP1 P01 5.5 P03 5.1 SP1 5.1 SP2 5.1 SP2 5.5 - 5.5 P02 Y

Veritas VCS/ SFRAC/ VxCFS

7.4 / Symantec 5.0 MP3 - 10g - 11g 7.2 - 7.3 SF 5.1 SP1 PowerHA 5.1 SP1 m (HACMP) 7.4 / Symantec 5.4 - 7.1 5.1 SP1 PR1 11g 7.3 SF 5.1 SP1 PR1 SG 11.16 5.0 5.0 - 5.1 SG 11.19 5.0 - 5.1 SP1 m 10g 7.4 / 7.2 - 7.3 Symantec SF 5.1 SP1 - 6.0

HP-UX, 11iv2 b, k HP-UX, 11iv3

b, k

Pvlinks d /Y Y Ye 5.3.x j Y Ye Y

3.5 5.01 5.1 SP1 - 6.0

m SG 11.20 5.0 - 6.0

10g - 11g

Linux AX 2.0 GA, 3.0 b, c 5.5 - 5.6 (Version/kernel b, c, n Linux RHEL 4.0 U2 - U4; 4.5 - 4.9, 5, 6 specific) Linux SLES 9 SP3 and SP4, SLES 10, SLES 11 b, c Microsoft Windows 2003 SP2 b Microsoft Windows 2008 (x86) Microsoft Windows 2008 (x64) n Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 n OpenVMS Alpha v7.3-2, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4 k OpenVMS Integrity v8.2-1, 8.3,8.3-1H1, 8.4
k

Linux OL 4.0 U4 - U9; 5, 6 b, c

5.0 MP2 5.1 RP1 5.1 SP1 - 6.0 m 4.1 MP1 p 5.1 RP1 5.0 - 5.1 SP1 5.1 SP1 Y MSCS Failover Cluster Y 5.0 MP3 5.1 SP1 3.x p, 4.x p, 5.0 l 4.0 - 5.0 MP3
p

Symantec 4.1 MP1 p - 10g - 11g SF 5.1 SP1 - 6.0 m 6.0 5.0 - 5.1 SP2 m 5.0 - 6.0
m

5.0 MP2 6.0 m

7.4 / 7.3

7.4 / 7.3

5.3 - 5.5 SP1 MPIO / Y 5.3.1 - 5.5 SP1 Y 5.1.x j

5.1 SP2 5.1 SP2 - 6.0

10g - 11g

Symantec SF 5.1 SP2 i Symantec SF 5.1 SP2 i- 6.0

7.4 / 7.2 - 7.3

7.4 / 7.3

7.4 / 7.2 - 7.3 4.1 MP1 p5.0 MP3 m 4.1 MP1 p 5.1 SP1 m 10g

Solaris 8 SPARC b, l Solaris 9 SPARC b Solaris 10 SPARC Solaris 10 x86 Solaris 11SPARC Solaris 11 x86 VMware ESX 3.5 b VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 (vSphere)
b

SC 3.1 SC 3.1 3.2

5.3 - 5.3 P02

5.1- 5.2.3 j MPxIO / Y

5.1 SP1 - 6.0

4.1 MP1 pSC 3.1 5.0 MP3 3.3 5.0 - 5.0 MP3

Symantec 7.4 / SF 5.1 SP1 7.2 - 7.3 10g - 11g Symantec SF 5.1 SP1 - 6.0 5.0 - 6.0 m 7.4 / 7.3.2

7.4 / 7.3 7.4 / 7.3.2

N/A PP/VE 5.4 5.4 SP1 PP/VE 5.4 SP2 PP/VE 5.7 N/A NMP ESX

N/A 11g 7.4 / 7.2 - 7.3 7.4 / 7.3

VMware ESX/ESXi 4.1 (vSphere) f, n VMware ESXi 5 (vSphere) n, o

Contact your EMC account team for any microcode NDU (non-disruptive upgrade) requirements or prerequisites. Recommended = EMC target versions. EMC advises using the latest recommended versions. Allowed = Older EMC-approved versions still functional but may not contain the latest fixes and features. Refer to product release notes for feature requirements. Host Servers/ Adapters All Fibre Channel HBAs from Emulex, QLogic (2 Gb/s or greater), and Brocade (8 Gb/s or greater), including vendor rebranded versions. Solaris requires an RPQ when using any Brocade HBA. All 10 Gb/s Emulex, QLogic Brocade, and Cisco CNAs. All 1 Gb/s or 10 Gb/s NICs for iSCSI connectivity, as supported by Server/OS vendor. Any EMC or vendor-supported driver/firmware/BIOS. EMC recommends using latest E-Lab Navigator listed driver/firmware/BIOS versions. Adapters must support link speed compatible with switch (fabric) or array (direct connect). All host systems are supported where the vendor supports the host/OS/adapter combination. Switches All EMC-recommended FC SAN switches (2 Gb/s or greater) from Brocade, Cisco, and QLogic for host and storage connectivity are supported. Refer to the ELN Switched Fabric Topology Parameters table for supported switch fabric interoperability firmware and settings. Operating environment v5876.82.57 GA release. Refer to the ELN at https://elabnavigator.emc.com for the complete list of available versions. Federated Live Migration (FLM) For complete details on FLM support, refer to the EMC Federated Live Migration Simple Support Matrix located at http://elabnavigator.emc.com. a. VMAXe supports only Virtual Provisioned devices. Legend: b. Supports 1 GB HBAs, but only with FC_SW connectivity. c. 8 Gbs support begins with AX 2.0 SP3, AX 3.0 SP2, OL 4.0 U7, OL 5.2, RHEL 4.7, RHEL 5.2, SLES 10 SP2. Y = Qualified; not version-specific d. Pvlinks is an HP-UX alternate pathing solution that does not support load balancing. Blank = Not qualified e. MPIO with AX supported at AX 2.0 SP1 and later. MPIO with RHEL supported at RHEL 4.0 U3 and later. f. Minimum ESX 4.1 is required to support new 5875 VMware VAAI API. NA = Not applicable g. Minimum ODM definition 5.3.0.3 for AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1. Minimum ODM definition 6.0.0.0 for AIX 7.1. h. Refer to the EMC Virtual Provisioning table (https://elabnavigator.emc.com) for all VP (without host reclamation) qualified configurations. i. Requires Symantec patch version 5.1.20007.87 and DMP. (There is no support for other multipathing software). j. These PowerPath versions have reached EOL. For extended support contact PowerPath Engineering or https://support.emc.com/products/PowerPath. k. Only server vendor-sourced HBAs are supported. l. Refer to the Letters of Support on the E-Lab Navigator, Extended Support tab for additional tier 2 OS and End-of-Life products. m. When present in the range, versions between 4.1 MP1 - 5.0 MP3 are Allowed and versions between 5.1 SP1 - 6.0 are Recommended. n. EMC VFCache is supported on Linux RHEL 5.6 and 5.7 only, VMware 4.1 and 5.0 only, and Windows 2008 x64 and R2 only. VFCache is supported on the following host server families: Cisco UCS, Dell PowerEdge, HP ProLiant DL, and IBM xSeries. 5/21/12 o. Refer to the VMware vSphere 5 ESSM, at https://elabnavigator.emc.com, Simple Support Matrix tab, Platform Solutions, for additional details. p. Thin devices are not recommended with versions 4.x and earlier, which are not thin aware. Refer to the storage array product guides.

Components

Table 2

Layers supporting device flag DIF1 (T10 PI/DIX minimum versions)

T10 DIX Layer

Application Database Operating system Not available at this time Not available at this time SLES 11 SP2 Oracle Linux Not available at this time

T10 PI Layer
HBA models: driver/firmware Array Not available at this time EMC Symmetrix VMAX Series with Enginuity 5876.82.57

Note: T10 PI/DIX is supported by any layer meeting minimum version requirement listed in Table 2. For upper layers to support features, all layers below it must also be enabled and support the feature. T10 PI (Protection Information) provides additional data integrity from the array's disk drive through to the HBA (host bus adapter). T10 DIX (Data Integrity Extensions) facilitates protection information interchange between the operating system and HBA through to, and including, enabled applications.

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