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Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix l 1
Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000i Support
Matrix
This document provides information on supported software and hardware for Dell
PowerVault MD3000i storage solution.
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.
How to Differentiate Between First- and
Second-Generation System Software
Information in this support matrix is divided into two distinct environments:
first-generation MD3000i firmware and second-generation MD3000i firmware.
Second-generation firmware enables a new feature set with optimized functionality,
including support for RAID 6, greater than 2TB virtual disk capacity, and SMART battery
support.
To determine your firmware level:
1 From a management station, connect to the MD3000i using MD Storage Manager.
2 Select the Support tab.
3 Click on Storage Array Profile and look for the firmware version.
If the version is 06.xx.xx.xx: The firmware is first-generation.
If the version is 07.xx.xx.xx: The firmware is second-generation.
To determine your MD Storage Manager version:
1 From MD Storage Manager, select the Support tab.
2 Click on About Modular Disk Storage Manager.
If the version is 02.xx.xx.xx: The firmware is first-generation.
If the version is 03.xx.xx.xx: The firmware is second-generation.
Dell PowerVault MD3000i Rules
Table 1. Networking and Connectivity
Rules
First
Gen.
Second
Gen.
A dedicated IP SAN is highly recommended for iSCSI data
transmission. Management traffic can be isolated on a
separate management network.
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√
Hosts can connect to an iSCSI storage array using a Layer
2 (switched) or Layer 3(routed) network switches.
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Rules
First
Gen.
Second
Gen.
Although a 100-Mbps host NIC is supported, 1-Gbps NICs
are highly recommended for iSCSI data transfer and
enhanced I/O performance.
√
√
The management Ethernet part of the RAID controller
module must be connected to a switch port that is
configured to use Auto-Negotiate
√
√
The link rate of 10Mb is not supported for iSCSI data
transmission.
√
√
10/100 Mb NIC connections are supported on the
MD3000i management ports. A 100-Mbps management
link is recommended.
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√
When using multiple (NICs) in the same server, up to four
NICs per host are supported to one MD3000i array. If
multiple NICs are installed, it is recommended that
different subnets be used for management and iSCSI data
links.
√
√
NIC teaming is only supported with VMware ESX server
and Citrix XenServer Dell Edition.
√
√
Dell recommends that you enable your switch Spanning
Tree setting to Port Fast when using with the MD3000i
iSCSI ports and host server ethernet ports. (The Port Fast
setting allows switch ports to be in a faster forwarding
state, allowing network traffic iSCSI login sessions to be
established with minimum wait time.)
√
√
Ethernet switch ports that are connected to host server
ethernet ports and MD3000i iSCSI ports may be set to
support standard frames (MTU=1500) or Jumbo Frames
(MTU=9000). For Jumbo Frame support Server NIC
Host ports, MD3000i iSCSI ports and all intermediate
network ports must have Jumbo Frame support enabled
√
√
Cat 5/e or better ethernet cables are required for use with
the MD3000i
√
√
DHCPv6 is not supported.
√
√
Both IPv4 and IPv6 are supported on the iSCSI data ports.
√
√
For routable addresses, the IPv6 Router is required to
advertise with only 64bit prefix lengths.
√
√
The management ports only support IPv4.
√
The management ports support both IPv4 and IPv6.
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Rules
First
Gen.
Second
Gen.
IPv6 is supported with homogenous Microsoft Windows
2008 environments only.
√
IPv6 should be disabled on Linux targets that do not
support it to prevent login failure.
√
If using IPv6, all hosts connected to the MD3000i should
support IPv6 with the MD3000i
√
√
Only one type of iSCSI initiator can be used in a host
system. For example, if the Broadcom NetXtreme II 5709
iSCSI Initiator is used, then all the iSCSI initiators in the
system must be Broadcom NetXtreme II 5709 iSCSI
Initiators and the software initiator must not be used with
other NICs in the system.
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√
Table 2. Environment
Rules
First
Gen.
Second
Gen.
A server can connect to a maximum of three MD3000i
storage arrays.
√
√
A maximum of 16 physical host servers can be attached to
the storage array.
√
√
A maximum of 32 virtual host servers can be attached to the
storage array (note: running the iSCSI initiator at the
hypervisor level counts as a single host even if the storage is
shared by all guest OSes)
√
The MD3000i supports up to eight nodes in Microsoft®
Windows Server® 2003 Cluster environment and up to
sixteen nodes in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Cluster
environment.
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√
Connecting an MD3000i and an MD3000 to the same host
is not supported.
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Table 3. Considerations
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Rules
First
Gen.
When using the Microsoft or Linux iSCSI Initiator, IQN
identification must be used.
√
When using the Microsoft or Linux iSCSI Initiator, all
NICs in the same host will use the same iSCSI name. The
name will identify the host and the NICs will not be
identifiable.
√
Dell MPP drivers are required for multi-path support (refer
to Table 10). Linux open framework dm-mpp (multi-path)
drivers are not supported with the MD3000i.
√
Only the Dell Linux MPP multi-path driver should be
loaded on a Linux host server**
√
MD3000 and MD3200 series supported on a single Linux
host**
Microsoft “dynamic disks” are not supported by the
Microsoft iSCSI Initiator under Windows 2003. Windows
2008 native iSCSI Initiator supports dynamic disks.
√
Up to two Dell PowerVault MD1000 expansion enclosures
can be attached to the MD3000i for a total of 45 SAS and/or
SATA physical disks.
√
Attached MD1000 expansion enclosures must be set to
unified mode.
√
Virtual disk failover requires a dual-controller configuration
and at least one iSCSI session to each controller.
√
Link failover requires at least two iSCSI connections
established to the controller.
√
The enclosure can contain a mixture of SAS and SATA II
physical disks.
√
SAS and SATA disks cannot be mixed in a disk group.
√
A hot spare for a disk group must be a physical disk of equal
or greater size than any of the member disks.
√
The hot spare for a disk group with SAS physical disks must
be a SAS disk.
√
The hot spare for a disk group with SATA physical disks
must be a SATA disk.
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When using out-of-band management with SMcli by
specifying the RAID Controller management port IP
addresses on the MD Storage Array, SMcli commands that
change the attributes of a virtual disk, virtual disk copy, or
snapshot virtual disk, must have management access to the
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Rules
First
Gen.
owning RAID Controller Module to complete. Where
applicable it is a best practice to specify both management
port IP addresses on the SMcli invocation: "SMcli
192.168.128.101 192.168.128.102 -c".
Maximum virtual disk size cannot exceed 2 Terabytes.
√
Each virtual disk is limited to a maximum of 30 physical
disks.
√
Virtual disk size can exceed 2TB and is limited by the type
of RAID group, number of drives in the RAID group and
the size of the drives (Up to 45 disks can be used in RAID 0
and 44 disks in RAID 10. RAID 5 and RAID 6 are limited to
a maximum of
30 disks).
The use of disk labels is recommended while mounting
LUNs on linux operating systems.
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Disk Groups can be migrated between a Dell PowerVault
MD3000 and a Dell PowerVault MD3000i by following the
appropriate Disk Group migration procedure*
Refer to MD3xxx series coexistence compatibility matrix if
you wish to use the MD3000 with the MD3000i or the
MD3200 series of arrays.
*Refer to Disk Group Migration section of the MDSM User’s Guide
** For 2nd Gen arrays, refer to coexistence whitepaper for supporting MD3000i and MD3200
series products on a single host.
Statement of Support
When the MD3000i is connected to non-Dell supplied networking components or
servers, Dell Technical Support will provide "best effort" technical assistance in
troubleshooting those components. For any additional support, users will be
referred to the provider of the non-Dell supplied equipment.
Supported Operating Systems
Table 4. Supported Operating Systems for iSCSI Host Servers
Operating System
First Gen.
Second
Gen.
Required Hotfixes
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Operating System
First Gen.
Second
Gen.
Required Hotfixes
Microsoft® Windows Server®
2003 32-bit Standard and
Enterprise SP1
√
KB950903 and KB943545
provide required storport
driver updates
Microsoft® Windows Server®
2003 32-bit Standard and
Enterprise R2 and SP2
√
√
KB950903 and KB943545
provide required storport
driver updates
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Standard and Enterprise x64
Edition SP1
√
KB950903 and KB943545
provide required storport
driver updates
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Standard and Enterprise x64
Edition R2 and SP2
√
√
KB950903 and KB943545
provide required storport
driver updates
Microsoft Windows Storage
Server 2003 SP1
√
KB950903 and KB943545
provide required storport
driver updates
Microsoft Windows Storage
Server 2003 R2
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√
KB950903 and KB943545
provide required storport
driver updates
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
SP1, SP2 32-bit Standard and
Enterprise
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008
SP1, SP2 x64 Standard and
Enterprise
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008
SP1, SP2 DataCenter edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008
SP1,SP2 Server Core Standard
and Enterprise
√
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008
R2 x64 Standard and Enterprise
√
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
R2 DataCenter edition
√
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
R2 Server Core Standard and
Enterprise
√
Windows Server 2008 supporting
Hyper-V
√
√
KB950050 needed.
Microsoft Hyper-V Server
2008 and Microsoft Hyper-V
Server 2008 R2 are not
supported.
Windows Server 2008 R2
supporting Hyper-V
√
Microsoft Hyper-V Server
2008 and Microsoft Hyper-V
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Operating System
First Gen.
Second
Gen.
Required Hotfixes
Server 2008 R2 are not
supported.
Windows Server 2008-R2-SP1
supporting Hyper-V
√
Microsoft Hyper-V Server
2008, Microsoft Hyper-V
Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft
Hyper-V
Server 2008-R2-SP1 are not
supported.
VMware ESX 3.5 and VMware
ESX 3i version 3.5
√
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VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1
√
Citrix XenServer Dell Edition 4.1
√
Citrix XenServer Dell Edition 5.0
√
√
Multipathing not supported
Citrix XenServer Dell Edition 5.5
√
Red Hat Enterprise Linux V4.0
Update 4, Update 5, Update 6,
(AS, ES, WS), 32 bit and 64 bit
(2.6 kernel; No XEN support)
√
Red Hat Enterprise Linux V4.0
Update 7, Update 8 (AS, ES,
WS), 32 bit and 64 bit (2.6 kernel;
No XEN support)
√
Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.0,
V5.0 Update 1 and V5.0 Update 3
(AS, ES, WS), 32 bit and 64 bit
(2.6 kernel; No XEN support)
√
Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.0
Update 2, Update 3 , Update 4,
Update 5 (AS, ES, WS), 32 bit
and 64 bit (2.6 kernel; No XEN
support)
√
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
V9.0 x64 Service Pack 2 and
Service Pack 3 (2.6 kernel; No
XEN support)
√
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
V9.0 x64 Service Pack 4 (2.6
kernel; No XEN support)
√
√
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
V10.0 x64 Service Pack 1 (2.6
kernel; No XEN support)
√
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
V10.0 x64 Service Pack 2, Service
√
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Operating System
First Gen.
Second
Gen.
Required Hotfixes
Pack 3 (2.6 kernel; No XEN
support)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
V11 and V11 SP1 x64 (2.6 kernel;
No XEN support)
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XEN kernel not supported
√
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Microsoft Windows 7
(management station only, no
I/O)
√
Microsoft Windows Vista®
(management station only, no
I/O)
√
√
Microsoft Windows XP
Professional SP2 (management
station only, no I/O)
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Supported iSCSI Initiators
Table 5. Supported iSCSI Initiators (Only Software Initiators are Supported)
Operating System
First
Gen.
Second
Gen.
Required Patches (available on the
MD3000i Resource CD)
Microsoft iSCSI Initiator
2.08
2.08
(available from www.microsoft.com)
Microsoft Windows
Server 2008 iSCSI
Initiator
built in
built in
VMware ESX Server
iSCSI Initiator
built in
built in
Citrix XenServer Dell
Edition open iSCSI
Initiator
built in
built in
Red Hat Enterprise
Linux V4.0 (AS, ES,
WS), 32 bit and 64-bit
built in
built in
iscsi_sfnet-4.0.1.11.3e - 1dkms.noarch.rpm
(RHEL v4 U4 only)
Red Hat Enterprise
Linux V5.0 (AS, ES,
WS), 32 bit and 64-bit
built in
built in
SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server V11.0
built in
built in
SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server V10.0
built in
built in
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Operating System
First
Gen.
Second
Gen.
Required Patches (available on the
MD3000i Resource CD)
SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server V9.0
built in
built in
scsi_mod-sles9sp3-dkms.noarch.rpm
(SUSE v9 SP3 only)
iscsi-88.31.2_sles9sp31dkms.
noarch.rpm (SUSE v9 SP3 only)
Supported Network Components
Ethernet Controllers
Any industry standard 10/100/1000 Ethernet controller that conforms to IEEE
802.3ab, 802.3ac, or 802.3u is compatible with the MD3000i. To maximize
available bandwidth to the MD3000i, 1000 Mb/s controllers for I/O paths and 100
Mb/s controllers for out-of-band management paths are highly recommended.
Table 6. Ethernet Adapters supporting iSCSI Offload*
Network Adapter
First Gen.
Second Gen.
Broadcom NetXtreme II 5708c
√
√
Broadcom NetXtreme II 5709
√
Broadcom NetXtreme II 57710
√
Broadcom NetXtreme II 57711
√
* Please update to latest drivers from support.dell.com prior to using for iSCSI offload
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Ethernet Switches
Any industry standard 100/1000 managed or unmanaged Ethernet switch is
compatible with the MD3000i. To maximize available bandwidth to the MD3000i,
1000 Mb/s switches for I/O paths and 100 Mb/s switches for out-of-band
management paths are recommended.
NOTE: Dell PowerConnect 5324 is not supported on MD3000i for use with the iSCSI host ports.
Host Server Support
The MD3000i is compatible with any industry standard server. For servers to
connect to the MD3000i they must be running the supported iSCSI initiator,
operating system, network components, and the Dell MPIO or MPP driver.
Supported Expansion Enclosures
The MD3000i supports up to two MD1000 expansion enclosures.
Table 7. PowerVault MD3000i RAID Controller
Expansion
Enclosure
Current
Firmware
Revision
Notes
MD1000
A04
Firmware revisions prior to A03 are not compatible with
the MD3000i and must be updated prior to attachment.
Supported Physical Disks
NOTE: Only Dell-provided physical disks are supported. Physical disks not purchased from Dell
will be marked as uncertified and will not be usable. Refer to the MD3000i Drivers and Downloads
section for the latest available physical disk firmware.
NOTE: The Dell PowerVault does not support Fujitsu SATA and Maxtor physical disks.
Table 8. Supported Physical Disks for PowerVault MD3000i Systems
Drive
Model Number
Fujitsu (AL9LX) SAS 73 GB 15K RPM
MAX3073RC
Fujitsu (AL9LX) SAS 146 GB 15K RPM
MAX3147RC
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Drive
Model Number
Fujitsu (AL10LX) SAS 73 GB 15K RPM
MBA3073RC
Fujitsu (AL10LX) SAS 146 GB 15K RPM
MBA3147RC
Fujitsu (AL10LX) SAS 300 GB 15K RPM
MBA3300RC
Hitachi (Ultrastar 15K147) SAS 73 GB 15K RPM
HUS151473VLS300
Hitachi (Ultrastar 15K147) SAS 146 GB 15K RPM
HUS151414VLS300
Hitachi (Ultrastar 15K300) SAS 73 GB 15K RPM
HUS153073VLS300
Hitachi (Ultrastar 15K300) SAS 146 GB 15K RPM
HUS153014VLS300
Hitachi (Ultrastar 15K300) SAS 300 GB 15K RPM
HUS153030VLS300
Hitachi (Ultrastar 15K450) SAS 300 GB 15K RPM
HUS154530VLS300
Hitachi (Ultrastar 15K450) SAS 450 GB 15K RPM
HUS154545VLS300
Hitachi SAS 300GB 15K RPM
HUS156030VLS600
Hitachi SAS 450GB 15K RPM
HUS156045VLS600
Hitachi SAS 600GB 15K RPM
HUS156060VLS600
Seagate (15K.5) SAS 73 GB 15K RPM
ST373454SS
Seagate (15K.5) SAS 146 GB 15K RPM
ST3146854SS
Seagate (15K.5) SAS 73 GB 15K RPM
ST373455SS
Seagate (15K.5) SAS 146GB 15K RPM
ST3146855SS
Seagate (15K.5) SAS 300GB 15K RPM
ST3300655SS
Seagate (15K.6) SAS 146GB 15K RPM
ST3146356SS
Seagate (15K.6) SAS 300GB 15K RPM
ST3300656SS
Seagate (15K.6) SAS 450GB 15K RPM
ST3450856SS
Seagate (Cheetah 15K.7) SAS 146GB 15K RPM
ST3300657SS-H
Seagate (Cheetah 15K.7) SAS 300GB 15K RPM
ST3300657SS
Seagate (Cheetah 15K.7) SAS 450GB 15K RPM
ST3450857SS
Seagate (Cheetah 15K.7) SAS 600GB 15K RPM
ST3600057SS
Seagate (T10) SAS 73 GB 10K Performance
ST373355SS
Seagate (T10) SAS 146 GB 10K Performance
ST3146755SS
Seagate (T10) SAS 300 GB 10K Performance
ST3300555SS
Seagate (TNS) SAS 400 GB 10K RPM
ST3400755SS
Seagate (Cheetah NS 10K.2) SAS 600GB 10K RPM
ST3600002SS
Hitachi (Ultrastar A7K1000) SATA 500 GB 7.2K RPM
HUA721050KLA330
Hitachi (Ultrastar A7K1000) SATA 750 GB 7.2K RPM
HUA721075KLA330
Hitachi (Ultrastar A7K1000) SATA 1 TB 7.2K RPM
HUA721010KLA330
Hitachi (Ultrastar A7K2000) SATA 2TB 7.2K RPM
HUA722020ALA330
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Drive
Model Number
Hitachi (Deskstar 7K500) SATA 500 GB 7.2K RPM
HDS725050KLA360
Seagate (Barracuda ES.1) SATA 500 GB 7.2K RPM
ST3500630NS
Seagate (Barracuda ES.1) SATA 750 GB 7.2K RPM
ST3750640NS
Seagate (Barracuda ES.2) SAS 500 GB 7.2K RPM
ST3500620SS
Seagate (Barracuda ES.2) SAS 750 GB 7.2K RPM
ST3750630SS
Seagate (Barracuda ES.2) SAS 1TB 7.2K RPM
ST31000640SS
Seagate (Barracuda ES.2) SATA 500 GB 7.2K RPM
ST3500320NS
Seagate (Barracuda ES.2) SATA 750 GB 7.2K RPM
ST3750330NS
Seagate (Barracuda ES.2) SATA 1 TB 7.2K RPM
ST31000340NS
Seagate (Constellation ES) SAS 500GB 7.2K RPM
ST3500414SS
Seagate (Constellation ES) SAS 1TB 7.2K RPM
ST31000424SS
Seagate (Constellation ES) SAS 2TB 7.2K RPM
ST32000444SS
Seagate (Constellation ES) SATA 500GB 7.2K RPM
ST3500514NS
Seagate (Constellation ES) SATA 1TB 7.2K RPM
ST31000524NS
Seagate (Constellation ES) SATA 2TB 7.2K RPM
ST32000644NS
Western Digital (RE1) SATA 500 GB 7.2K RPM
WD500YS-18MPB12
Western Digital (RE2) SATA 500 GB 7.2K RPM
WD5001ABYS-18YNA0
Western Digital (GP250RE2) SATA 1 TB 5.4K RPM
WD1000FYPS-18ZKB0
Western Digital (XL320RE) SATA 500 GB 7.2K RPM
WD5002ABYS-18B1B0
Western Digital (XL333RE) SATA 750GB 7.2K RPM
WD7502ABYS-18A6B0
Western Digital (XL333RE) SATA 1TB 7.2K RPM
WD1002FBYS-18A6B0
Western Digital (EP500M) SATA 2TB 5.4K RPM
WD2002FYPS-18U1B0
Western Digital (EP500M) SATA 2TB 5.4K RPM
WD2002FYPS-18W3B0
Western Digital (EX500M) SATA 2TB 7.2K RPM
WD2003FYYS-18W0B0
Western Digital (EX500M) SATA 1TB 7.2K RPM
WD1003FBYX-18Y7B0
Western Digital (EX500S) SATA 500GB 7.2K RPM
WD5003ABYX-18WERA0
1 WD2500YS-18SHB1 and WD2500YS-18SHB0 can be upgraded via firmware to reach the same
level as WD2500YS-18SHB2
2 WD500YS-18MPB0 can be upgraded via firmware to reach the same level as WD500YS-18MPB1
Supported Management Software for Windows
Table 9. Management Software Supported with the MD3000i (Windows servers)
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Software
First Gen.
Second Gen.
Notes
MD3000i
Resource CD
1.2.153,
A04
2.2.0.18, A11
Dell Modular
Disk Storage
Manager
02.71.G6.07
03.35.G6.79
Component of Resource CD. This version also
supports management of the MD3000.
Dell
OpenManage™
Management
Station
5.4
6.4
x86 only.
Dell Modular
Disk Storage
Manager
VDS/VSS
Hardware
Provider
09.71.G6.02
10.60.G6.01
Available on Resource CD. KB931300
required before use*
MPIO driver
01.02.36.19
01.03.0306.409
Multipath software—installed during
MDSM host or typical installation.
VMware
vCenter plugin
N/A
2.1
Download plugin executable from Dell driver
support web site. For 32 bit Windows,
download and install
SMIA-vCenter-WS32-01.00.3650.0007.exe.
For 64 bit Windows, download and
install
SMIA-vCenter-WSX64-01.00.3650.0007.exe.
Supported VMware versions are ESX 4.1, 4.1i,
4.0, and 3.5.
*Refer to VDS/VSS readme on the resource CD for installation and usage details
Supported Management Software for Linux
Table 10. Management Software Supported with the MD3000i (Linux servers)
Software
First Gen.
Second Gen.
Notes
MD3000i Resource CD
1.2.153, A04
2.2.0.18, A11
Dell Modular Disk
Storage Manager (Linux)
02.70.G6.10
03.35.G6.50
Component of
MD3000i Resource
CD. This version also
supports management
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Software
First Gen.
Second Gen.
Notes
of the MD3000.
MPP driver
09.01.B6.751
09.00.A6.012
09.01.C6.063
09.03.0B06.02341
09.03.0C06.0452.23
Multipath software;
installed from
MD3000i Resource
CD
1 For RHEL4, and SLES9
2 For RHEL3
3 For SLES10, SLES11 and RHEL5
NOTE: The Dell PowerVault MD3000i does not support Device-Mapper Multipath for Linux based
solutions.
Supported Languages
The Dell PowerVault MD Storage Manager is available in the following languages:
English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, French, German and Spanish.
Supported MD3000i Controller Firmware and NVSRAM
Table 11. 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
Software
First Generation
Second
Generation
Notes
MD3000i
Firmware
06.70.17.60, A03
07.35.39.64, A13
Duplex
Controller
NVSRAM
N133X-670890-001
N1532-735890-005
Duplex NVSRAM
for
MD3000i
configured
with two controllers
Simplex
Controller
NVSRAM
N1532-670890-901
N1532-735890-905
Simplex NVSRAM
for MD3000i
configured
with a single
controller
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Supported Enterprise Solutions
Solution
Web Address
Notes
Oracle Database
Solution
www.dell.com/10g
Refer to the Tested and
Validated Configurations
sub-heading
SQL Database
Solution
www.dell.com/sql
Refer to the Tested and
Validated Configurations
sub-heading
High Availability
Clustering on
Windows
www.dell.com/ha
Refer to the Dell Cluster
Configuration Support Matrices
High Availability
Clustering on Red
Hat Linux
www.dell.com/ha
Refer to the Dell Cluster
Configuration Support Matrices
VMware
Virtualization
Solution
www.dell.com/vmware
Refer to the Resources
sub-heading for white papers
and support documents related
to iSCSI and the MD3000i
XenServer
Virtualization
Solution
www.dell.com/xenserver
Refer to the Citrix XenServer
Dell Edition Solution Guide for
reference configuration
information
Windows Server
2008 Virtualization
Solution
www.dell.com/hyper-v
Refer to Windows 2008 Hyper-V
Dell Edition Solution Guide for
reference configuration
information
Exchange Server
Solution
www.dell.com/exchange
Refer to the ESRP Articles for
the MD3000i ESRP article
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Supported Configurations
Figure 1. One or Two Direct-Attached Servers (or Two-Node Cluster), Single-Path Data, Single
Controller (Simplex)
1
standalone (one or
two) host server
2
two-node cluster
3
Ethernet
management port
4
MD3000i RAID
Enclosure (single
controller)
5
corporate, public or
private network
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Figure 2. Up to Four Direct-Attached Servers, Single-Path Data, Dual Controllers (Duplex)
1
standalone (up to
four) host server
2
Ethernet
management port
3
MD3000i RAID
Enclosure (dual
controllers)
4
corporate, public or
private network
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Dual Path Data Configuration
In Figure 3, up to two servers are directly attached to the MD3000i RAID controller
module. If the host server has a second Ethernet connection to the array, it can be attached
to the iSCSI ports on the array’s second controller. This configuration provides improved
availability by allowing two separate physical paths for each host, which ensures full
redundancy if one of the paths fail.
Figure 3. One or Two Direct-Attached Servers (or Two-Node Cluster), Dual-Path Data, Dual Controllers
(Duplex)
1
standalone (one or
two) host server
2
two-node cluster
3
Ethernet
management port
4
MD3000i RAID
Enclosure (single
controller)
5
corporate, public or
private network
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Network-Attached Solutions
You can also cable your host servers to the MD3000i RAID controller iSCSI ports through
an industry-standard 1 GB Ethernet switch. By using an Ethernet switch, the MD3000i
RAID controller can support up to 16 hosts simultaneously with multiple connections per
session. This solution supports either single-path or dual-path data configurations, as well as
either single or dual controller modules.
Figure 4 shows how up to 16 standalone servers can be attached (via multiple sessions) to a
single MD3000i RAID controller module through a network. Hosts that have a second
Ethernet connection to the network allow two separate physical paths for each host, which
ensures full redundancy if one of the paths fail. Figure 5 shows how the same number of
hosts can be similarly attached to a dual MD3000i RAID controller. In Figure 5 for SAN
configurations the servers can be configured to form clusters:
•
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 cluster supports up to 8 nodes
•
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 supports up to 16 nodes
Any combination of clusters and standalone servers can be used to access the MD3000i.
Figure 4. Up to 16 SAN-Configured Servers, Single-Path Data, Single Controller (Simplex)
1
up to 16 standalone
host servers
2
IP SAN (Gigabit
Ethernet switch)
3
Ethernet
management port
4
MD3000i RAID
Enclosure (single
controller)
5
corporate, public
or private network
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Figure 5. Up to 16 Dual SAN-Configured Servers, Dual-Path Data, Dual Controllers (Duplex)
1
up to 16 standalone
host servers, up to
8-node Windows
2003 clusters, up to
16-node Windows
2008 clusters, or a
combination of
multiple clusters
and non-clustered
servers
2
IP SAN (dual
Gigabit Ethernet
switches)
3
Ethernet
management port
4
MD3000i RAID
Enclosure (dual
controllers)
5
corporate, public or
private network
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Supported Expansion Enclosure Cabling Configurations
Figure 6. Proper Cabling of Expansion Enclosures in a Single-Controller Configuration
slot 0
slot 1
Simplex MD3000i Storage Array
Expansion enclosures (2)
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Figure 7. Proper Cabling of Expansion Enclosures in a Dual-Controller Configuration
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