Preventive Service Planning
Abstract
The document titled Supported Hardware List, Device Driver, Firmware and Recommended Software Levels for the IBM Storwize V7000 provides the operating systems, Host adapters, SAN fabric elements, RAID controllers and selected other hardware that have been tested or qualified by IBM. Subsystem Device Driver Path Control Module (SDDPCM). We are providing host attachment with SDDPCM driver download. SDDPCM Package for IBM Storwize V7000.
The documents titled Supported Hardware List and Recommended Software Levels provide the operating systems, Host adapters, SAN fabric elements, RAID controllers and selected other hardware that have been tested or qualified by IBM. This page combines the previously separate Software and Hardware support matrices.
For operating systems, we show the latest tested release levels and service packs. Only the listed operating systems are supported. For host adapters, SAN fabric elements and RAID controllers, we list our currently recommended firmware and/or BIOS levels and formally support only the hardware listed.
While these levels are not mandatory levels for a customer to be supported by IBM, they are the recommended levels. There may be known operational issues with older firmware and BIOS levels and, in these cases, a customer working with the IBM Support center may be directed to upgrade a component to a recommended level.
Storwize V7000 will support all OS applications at any level that run to the standard block level OS interface. This includes such applications as Oracle, HP Virtual Connect, etc.
Note:
* The levels shown in italic text indicate previously recommended levels.
* The level shown in bold text indicates the latest recommended level.
* EOL - (End of Life):
Where interoperability items have gone end of life (out of support) and are no longer supported by the vendor either generally or by extended service contact IBM will continue to support the environment on a best can do basis. Where issues occur which are deemed by IBM support to be directly related to items which are no longer generally supported by the vendor IBM may direct customers to upgrade a component to a recommended level.
Content
IMPORTANT NOTICE: IBM Storwize V7000 V6.4.x is no longer supported. Refer to the SAN Volume Controller & Related Software Support Statement for further information.
Last Updated | |
Previously Supported Levels | |
Supported Drive Types | 26 Apr 2012 |
Easy Tier Function Supported Configurations | |
Storwize V7000 Code Compatibility | 30 Mar 2012 |
Non Disruptive Volume Move | |
Hosts | |
IBM SAN Volume Controller | |
IBM AIX Fibre Channel | 22 Dec 2014 |
27 Jan 2014 | |
VIOS Fibre Channel | |
VIOS FCoE | 22 Dec 2014 |
IBMi Fabric Attach | |
IBMi Direct Attach | 08 May 2015 |
Windows 2008 Server using MPIO Fibre Channel | |
Windows 2008 Server using MPIO FCoE | 05 Aug 2015 |
Windows 2008 Server using MPIO iSCSI | |
Windows 2012 Server using MPIO Fibre Channel | 05 Aug 2015 |
Red Hat EL 4.0 Fibre Channel *End of Life* | |
Red Hat EL 5.0 Fibre Channel | 16 Jul 2014 |
Red Hat EL 5.0 FCoE | |
Red Hat EL 5.0 iSCSI | 26 Nov 2013 |
Red Hat EL 6.0 Fibre Channel | |
Red Hat EL 6.0 FCoE | 11 Jul 2014 |
Red Hat EL 6.0 iSCSI | |
Red Hat 6.0 Direct Attach Fibre Channel | 04 Sep 2013 |
SLES 9 Fibre Channel *End of Life* | |
SLES10 Fibre Channel | 16 Jul 2014 |
SLES10 FCoE | |
SLES11 Fibre Channel | 06 Oct 2014 |
SLES11 FCoE | |
SLES11 iSCSI | 06 Oct 2014 |
SLES11 Direct Attach Fibre Channel | |
HP-UX 11i v1 | 07 Oct 2010 |
HP-UX 11i v2 | |
HP-UX 11i v3 | 12 Jan 2015 |
Sun Solaris 8 Fibre Channel *End of Life* | |
Sun Solaris 9 Fibre Channel | 13 Jun 2014 |
Sun Solaris 10 Fibre Channel | |
Sun Solaris 10 FCoE | 24 Feb 2015 |
Sun Solaris 10 iSCSI | |
Sun Solaris 11 Fibre Channel | 24 Feb 2015 |
Oracle VM Server Fibre Channel | |
Oracle VM Server iSCSI | 17 Sep 2014 |
Novell Netware *End of Life* | |
VMware SRM | 17 Mar 2015 |
VMware VAAI | |
14 Apr 2015 | |
VMware iSCSI | |
VMware FCoE | 20 Apr 2014 |
VMware5.1 Direct Attach Fibre Channel | |
OpenVMS | 05 Sep 2011 |
z/VSE | |
z/VM | 01 Sep 2014 |
Apple Mac OS X | |
Citrix Xen Server Fibre Channel | 30 Sep 2015 |
Support for BladeServer Configurations | 07 Oct 2010 |
IBM Flex V7000 and General Flex Systems Support | |
HS & LS Models | 01 Sep 2015 |
JS Models | |
HP Blade Servers | 05 Aug 2015 |
Cisco UCS B & C Series Servers | |
Storwize V3700 | |
Storwize V7000 | 09 Oct 2013 |
IBM FlashSystem | |
DS3000 | 22 Jul 2014 |
DS4000 | |
DS5000 | 25 Oct 2013 |
DS6000 | |
DS8000 | 14 Nov 2013 |
IBM ESS | |
NetApp | 19 Aug 2014 |
DCS3700 | |
XIV | 29 Jul 2015 |
HP | |
HP 3PAR | 18 Dec 2013 |
Hitachi Data Systems | |
EMC | 18 Jun 2015 |
Sun StorEdge | |
StorageTek | 07 Oct 2010 |
IBM N Series Filer and NetApp FAS | |
Fujitsu Eternus | 08 Aug 2013 |
Bull Storeway | |
NEC iStorage | 06 Feb 2012 |
Oracle Pillar Axiom | |
Texas Memory Systems | 06 Sep 2012 |
Toshiba | |
Xiotech | 19 Aug 2014 |
Nexsan | |
Dell Compellent | 18 Jun 2015 |
Violin Memory | |
Huawei | 29 Jul 2015 |
ISL Blades | 07 Oct 2010 |
BladeCenter Supported Configurations | |
Brocade FC Brocade Converged Network Switches | 18 Sep 2015 |
Cisco MDS Cisco Nexus | |
Qlogic | 07 Oct 2010 |
Juniper QFabric | |
Other Hardware & Software | |
Inter Cluster Fibre Extenders | |
Inter Cluster SAN Routers | 13 Jul 2015 |
IBM System Storageā¢ TS7650G ProtecTIER De-duplication Gateway | |
VSS | 28 Sep 2015 |
Management GUI | |
GPFS / RVSD Versions | 09 Feb 2015 |
IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center (TPC) | |
IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager (FCM) | 17 Sep 2015 |
Oracle |
Previously Supported Levels
Storwize V7000 Supported Drive Types
|
Tier 1 Storage | |
Internal SSDs (within V7000 enclosures) | Easy Tier is not supported in any configuration where SSDs are not exclusively being used as the Tier 0 storage. |
Externally virtualized SAS or NL-SAS | |
Internal SAS or NL-SAS (within V7000 enclosures) | |
Externally virtualized SAS or NL-SAS |
Storwize V7000 Non Disruptive Volume Move ( NDVM )
The following Fibre Channel attached host types are supported for non-disruptively moving a volume between I/O groups (control enclosures).
OS Version | Multipathing | Notes |
NPIV | Non Disruptive Volume Move may leave the same Volume mapped to different hosts in the same host cluster using different SCSI IDs. If the host cluster cannot tolerate this configuration then non disruptive move cannot be used. For Host Clusters which cannot tolerate this condition users should quiesce their hosts, perform the NVDM steps to move the volumes to another IO group, reassign the SCSI IDs manually, then reconfigure and restart the hosts. | In SDDPCM 2.6.4.0, a new command 'changeprefcntl' is introduced to solve the host limitation - 'Preferred paths are not detected after moving a volume to a new I/O group. ' in SDDPCM 2.6.3.2 iSCSI hosts are not supported. SAN Boot is supported. NPIV is supported |
vSCSI | SAN Boot is supported. vSCSI only. NPIV is not supported in this configuration. | |
NPIV | iSCSI hosts are not supported NPIV is supported SAN Boot Supported, boot path should be updated after NDVM In NPIV configuration when RAW I/O is running over a disk, some enabled paths of that disk may get failed/invalid during NDVM. The failed/invalid paths will be recovered automatically by AIX path health check hence application I/O will not be impacted. Disks used by filesystem do not have such issue. | |
vSCSI only. NPIV is not supported in this configuration. | ||
vSCSI | ||
vSCSI | PowerHA 7.1 Supported | In NPIV configuration when RAW I/O is running over a disk, some enabled paths of that disk may get failed/invalid during NDVM. The failed/invalid paths will be recovered automatically by AIX path health check hence application I/O will not be impacted. Disks used by filesystem do not have such issue. Storwize V7000 host type should be changed to 'TPGS' |
SDDDSM | Non Disruptive Volume Move may leave the same Volume mapped to different hosts in the same host cluster using different SCSI IDs. If the host cluster cannot tolerate this configuration then non disruptive move cannot be used. For Host Clusters which cannot tolerate this condition users should quiesce their hosts, perform the NVDM steps to move the volumes to another IO group, reassign the SCSI IDs manually, then reconfigure and restart the hosts. | |
RHEL6.1 | iSCSI hosts are not supported | |
DMMP | ||
DMMP | ||
Native | VAAI should be disabled & is not supported using NDVM with Storwize | |
MPxIO | iSCSI hosts are not supported SAN Boot is supported | |
Native | iSCSI hosts are not supported SAN Boot is supported |
For all other host types, I/O should be quiesced when moving a volume.
Hosts
IBM SAN Volume Controller
Type | Notes |
2145 |
IBM AIX Fibre Channel
Host Bus Adapter | Multipath Driver | SAN Boot | ||
IBM System p / Power 5 Servers IBM Power 6 Servers IBM Power 7 Servers IBM Power 8 Servers | FC 1905 FC 1910 FC 1977 FC 5716 FC 5273 FC 5276 FC 5758 FC 5759 FC 5773 FC 5774 | SDDPCM 2.6.5.1 SDDPCM 2.6.6.0 | Yes | System p AIX 5.3 Technology Level 12 EOL: extended service contract only. All supported Power Servers AIX 6.1 Technology Level 1 Technology Level 2 Technology Level 3 Technology Level 4 Technology Level 5 Technology Level 6 Technology Level 7 Technology Level 8 Technology Level 9 AIX 7.1 Technology Level 1 Technology Level 2 Technology Level 3 For specific server / HBA combinations please refer to the IBM Power Systems Information Centre. WPARs are supported with AIX 7.1 Please visit AIX support for information on configurations |
No | ||||
Veritas DMP Version 5.1 SP1 Veritas DMP Version 6.1 ( Supported with AIX 6.1 TL7 and above & AIX 7.1 ) | Veritas Storage Foundation HA Version 5.1 SP1 Veritas Storage Foundation HA Version 6.1 ( Supported with AIX 6.1 TL7 and above & AIX 7.1 ) | |||
FC5735 FC5729 | PowerHA System Mirror Standard Edition 6.1 7.1 | Minimum supported code levels : AIX 7.1 TL1, 6.1 TL7, VIOS 2.2.1 | ||
IBM Power 6 Servers IBM Power 7 Servers IBM Power 8 Servers | SDDPCM 2.6.5.1 SDDPCM 2.6.6.0 | |||
AIXPCM |
IBM AIX FCoE
Supported Server Model | HBA Driver | Clustering | Platform & OS Version |
Driver included in Technology Level | No | AIX 5.3 TL12 EOL: extended service contract only. AIX 6.1 Technology Level 1 Technology Level 2 Technology Level 3 Technology Level 4 Technology Level 5 Technology Level 6 Technology Level 7 Technology Level 8 Technology Level 9 AIX 7.1 Technology Level 1 Technology Level 2 Technology Level 3 | Supported with Cisco Nexus and Brocade 8000/VDX6730 FCoE switches. Please see the switch tables for further information |
IBM Power 6 Servers IBM Power 7 Servers IBM Power 8 Servers | |||
FC EN0H FC EN0J | AIX 6.1 TL9 AIX 7.1 TL3 |
IBM AIX iSCSI
Host Bus Adapter | Multipath Driver | SAN Boot | Notes | |
N/A | N/A | No | AIX 5.3 TL12 EOL: extended service contract only. AIX 6.1 AIX 7.1 | AIX 5.3 TL12 & all versions of V6.1 & 7.1 supported via single path only. |
IBM Virtual I/O Server ( VIOS ) Fibre Channel
Host Bus Adapter | Multipath Driver | SAN Boot | ||
IBM System p / Power 5 Servers IBM Power 6 Servers IBM Power 7 Servers IBM Power 8 Servers | FC 1905 FC 1910 FC 1977 FC 5708 FC 5716 FC 5273 FC 5276 FC 5758 FC 5759 FC 5773 FC 5774 | SDDPCM 2.6.5.1 SDDPCM 2.6.6.0 AIXPCM ( AIX 6.1 and 7.1 Only ) | Yes | VIOS 2.2.x VIOS 2.2.1.x VIOS 2.2.2.x VIOS 2.2.3.x Clients AIX, Linux IBM i Client Versions 7.2, 7.1 TR1 and 6.1.1 ( non NPIV ) Please see the following APAR when using the System i family OS NPIV is supported with FC 5273, FC 5735 and FC 5708 HBAs For specific server / HBA combinations please refer to the IBM Power Systems Information Centre. WPARs are supported with AIX 7.1 Please visit AIX support for information on configurations |
SDDPCM 2.6.5.1 SDDPCM 2.6.6.0 AIXPCM | Minimum supported code levels : VIOS 2.2.1, IBM i 7.1TR3, i 6.1.1 (latest ML) | |||
IBM Power 6 Servers IBM Power 7 Servers IBM Power 8 Servers | SDDPCM 2.6.5.1 SDDPCM 2.6.6.0 |
IBM Virtual I/O Server ( VIOS ) FCoE
Supported Server Model | HBA Driver | Clustering | Platform & OS Version |
Driver included in Technology Level | No | VIOS 2.2.x VIOS 2.2.1.x VIOS 2.2.2.x VIOS 2.2.3.x Supported VIOS Clients | Supported with Cisco Nexus and Brocade 8000/VDX6730 FCoE switches. Please see the switch tables for further information Please see the following APAR when using the System i family OS |
IBM Power 6 Servers IBM Power 7 Servers IBM Power 8 Servers | |||
FC EN0H FC EN0J | VIOS 2.2.3.x |
IBMi Fabric Attach
HBA | Multipathing | SAN Boot | Notes |
16Gb/s FCEN0A FCEN0B | IBMi Native Multipathing | Yes | IBM i 7.1 Technology Refresh PTF Group Level 6, along with permanently applied PTFs MF56600, MF56753, and MF56854 or Resave level RS-710-H IBM i is not supported with IBM Power 6 Servers. Please see this link for further product support. Please see the following APAR when using System i family OS |
IBM i 7.1 TR6 IBM i 7.1 TR8 IBM i 7.2 |
IBMi Direct Attach
HBA | Multipathing | SAN Boot | Notes |
FC5774 FC5276 FC5749 | IBMi Native Multipathing | Yes | IBM i 7.1 Technology Refresh PTF Group Level 6, along with permanently applied PTFs MF56600, MF56753, and MF56854 or Resave level RS-710-H IBM i is not supported with IBM Power 6 Servers. Please see this link for further product support. Please see the following APAR when using System i family OS |
Windows 2008 Server (Using MPIO) Fibre Channel
HBA Firmware | Multipathing | SAN Boot | Virtualisation | |||
IBM | BIOS 1.52 BIOS 1.54 | SDDDSM 2.4.5.0 2.4.5.1 | Yes Please visit the V6.4 Software Restrictions document for information regarding Windows SAN Boot Clusters (MSCS) SAN Boot is not supported with Qlogic Driver 9.1.8.25 | Intel/AMD 32 & 64 bit Editions Standard Edition Enterprise Edition Datacenter Edition Standard x64 Edition Enterprise x64 Edition Datacenter x64 Edition SP2 R2 SP1 | Hyper-V on x64 based systems is supported with the following guest OS Windows 2008 32bit Windows 2008 64bit With SDDDSM Qlogic Fibre Channel cards are not supported attached to Cisco or Brocade FCF switches. | Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for configuration details & Guidelines for Hyper-V Please see the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for recommended settings for QLE2560/QLE2562 & Emulex HBAs Please see the following link for advice on QLogic HBA Queue Depth settings Veritas Storage Foundations Settings. The default setting of VERITAS Storage Foundation 5.1 is SCSI-2. However in Configurations with SVC or V7000 IBM recommends the use of SCSI-3 for native solution, VCS + VERITAS Storage Foundation 5.1 (VSFW 5.1 HA) + DMPDSM or when using VERITAS Storage Foundation 5.1 with SDDDSM. Cluster Shared Volumes are supported with Hyper-V |
QLA2340 QLA2340L QLA2342 QLA2342L | ||||||
QLA2460 | STOR Miniport 9.1.4.15 9.1.7.16 9.1.7.18 9.1.8.25 9.1.9.25 9.1.9.27 9.1.11.20 9.1.11.24 9.1.11.26 | No | ||||
QLA2462 | VERITAS Storage Foundation High Availability Clustering 5.1 6.0 6.0.1 | |||||
QLE2460 | ||||||
39R6527 | VERITAS Storage Foundation High Availability Clustering 5.1 6.0 6.0.1 | |||||
QLE2560 QLE2562 | ||||||
QLE2660 QLE2662 | ||||||
Emulex | Storport Driver 2.00a12 2.10a4 ** 2.20.006 ** 2.42a0 ** ** Please see flash in Notes section. | Yes | Yes Please visit the V6.4 Software Restrictions document for information regarding Windows SAN Boot Clusters (MSCS) | Hyper-V on x64 based systems is supported with the following guest OS Windows 2008 32bit Windows 2008 64bit With SDDDSM | ** Please visit the following flash for details on known issues with device drivers Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for configuration details & Guidelines for Hyper-V Please see the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for recommended settings for QLE2560/QLE2562 & Emulex HBAs Cluster Shared Volumes are supported with Hyper-V Veritas Storage Foundations Settings The default setting of VERITAS Storage Foundation 5.1 is SCSI-2. However in Configurations with SVC or V7000 IBM recommends the use of SCSI-3 for native solution VCS + VERITAS Storage Foundation 5.1 (VSFW 5.1 HA) + DMPDSM or when using VERITAS Storage Foundation 5.1 with SDDDSM | |
LP9802DC LP1050, LP1050DC LP1050Ex, LP1050ExDC LP10000, LP10000DC LP10000ExDC LP1005DCCM2 | ||||||
No | ||||||
DMPDSM | VERITAS Storage Foundation High Availability Clustering 5.1 6.0 6.0.1 | |||||
VERITAS Storage Foundation High Availability Clustering 5.1 6.0 6.0.1 | ||||||
2.50a6 2.72a2 2.82a3 | ||||||
LP12000 LPe12000 LPe12002 | ||||||
81Y1655 81Y1662 | ||||||
IBM | 1.1.0.x ** 2.3.0.x 3.0.x.0 3.1.0.1 3.2.0.0 | SDDDSM 2.4.5.0 2.4.5.1 | Yes | Intel/AMD 32 & 64 bit Editions Standard Edition Enterprise Edition Datacenter Edition Standard x64 Edition Enterprise x64 Edition Datacenter x64 Edition SP2 R2 SP1 | ||
59Y1987 59Y1993 46M6049 46M6050 | ||||||
81Y1668 81Y1675 | 3.0.x.0 3.1.0.1 3.2.0.0 | |||||
42C1820 | ** 2.3.0.x 3.0.x.0 3.1.0.1 3.2.0.0 | No |
Windows 2008 Server (Using MPIO) FCoE
HBA Firmware | Multipathing | SAN Boot | Notes | ||||
Brocade | Intel/AMD Windows 2008 32 & 64bit Editions Standard Edition Enterprise Edition Datacenter Edition Standard x64 Edition Enterprise x64 Edition Datacenter x64 Edition SP2 R2 SP1 | Supported with Cisco Nexus and Brocade 8000/VDX6730 FCoE switches. Please see the switch tables for further information | |||||
1010/1020 | 3.0.0 3.0.x.0 3.1.0.1 | No | |||||
1860 | 3.0.0 3.0x.0 3.1.0.1 | ||||||
Qlogic | |||||||
42C1800 | No | ||||||
QLE8152 |
Windows 2008 Server (Using MPIO) iSCSI
HBA Firmware | Multipathing | SAN Boot | Notes | |||
N/A | MPIO | No | Intel/AMD Windows 2008 32 & 64bit Editions Standard Edition Enterprise Edition Datacenter Edition Standard x64 Edition Enterprise x64 Edition Datacenter x64 Edition SP2 R2 SP1 | |||
Qlogic | ||||||
1.0.0.1 | MPIO | Yes | SAN Boot supported in Network Boot Configurations e.g. PXE | |||
IBM | ||||||
Oce10102-I | Emulex iSCSI Storport Miniport Driver Version 2.102.348.0 | MPIO | Yes | For OCE10102-NX-X iSCSI SAN Boot is supported in Network Boot Configurations Oce10102-I & Oce10102-N-X with iSCSI personality enabled are hardware iSCSI initiators Note iSCSI SAN Boot is not supported with Cisco Nexus 5010 Series Switch | ||
Oce10102-N-X ( With iSCSI Personality enabled ) |
Windows 2012 Fibre Channel
HBA Firmware | Multipathing | SAN Boot | Platform & OS Version | ||||
IBM | SDDDSM 2.4.5.0 2.4.5.1 | Yes | Hyper-V with guests Windows 2008 Windows 2012 SLES11 Please visit the Storwize V7000 Information Center for configuration details & Guidelines for Hyper-V | Intel/AMD Windows 2012 All Editions Windows 2012 R2 | Please see the following link for advice on QLogic HBA Queue Depth settings SCVMM is supported on Storwize V7000 6.4.1.5 and higher | ||
QLe 2462 | BIOS 3.13 Firmware 5.06.05 BIOS 3.24 Firmware 7.01.00 | ||||||
39R6525 | |||||||
42D0510 | BIOS 3.24 Firmware 7.02.00 | ||||||
QLe 2560 | |||||||
QLe2660 | |||||||
QLe2662 | |||||||
Emulex | |||||||
LPe12002 | BIOS 5.10a2 Firmware 2.01a4 BIOS 5.12a12 Firmware 2.01a11 | ||||||
42D0485 | |||||||
42C2071 | |||||||
42C2069 | |||||||
81Y1655 | Firmware 1.1.55.0 | ||||||
81Y1662 | |||||||
IBM | |||||||
46M6050 | BIOS 3.1.0.1 Firmware 3.1.0.1 BIOS 3.2.0.0 Firmware 3.2.0.0 | ||||||
46M6049 | |||||||
59Y1987 | |||||||
59Y1993 | |||||||
81Y1668 81Y1675 |
Red Hat Server 4.0 *End of Life*
Host Bus Adapter | HBA Firmware | Clustering | Platform & OS Version | ||
IBM | |||||
FC-2 P/N 19K1246 | 8.01.06 8.01.07-d4 8.02.08 8.02.09-d0-RHEL4.7-04 (RHEL4.7 Distro) 8.02.14.01 8.02.09.00.04.08-D (RHEL4.8 Distro) | Device Mapper Multipath | Yes | 32 & 64 bit systems U7 Kernel 2.6.9.78.0.1 U8 Kernel 2.6.9.89 Please visit the Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Linux Host Settings | Please see flash below before upgrading your HBA drivers Linux 2.6 Device Driver Issues with Levels Qlogic 8.01.07 or Higher and Emulex 8.16.34 or Higher Volume expansion & contraction is not supported |
QLA2340 QLA2340L | |||||
QLA2342 QLA2342L | |||||
QLA2460 | |||||
39R6525 | |||||
39M5895 | |||||
39R6527 | |||||
42D0501 42D0510 | 4.04.00 | ||||
8.0.16.27 8.0.16.34 8.0.16.40 8.0.16.44 8.0.16.46 | |||||
LP9002 | |||||
VSF 5.1 HA | |||||
2.70a5 2.72a2 | |||||
LP11002 | |||||
LPe11000 | |||||
LPe1150 | |||||
No | IBM System p | Fabric maintenance and CCL restrictions apply, please visit Software Restrictions for further details. Volume expansion & contraction is not supported. | |||
FC3319 SX/LX FC 3320 SX/LX Ficon Express 4, 10km LX: #3321 Ficon Express 4, SX: #3322 Ficon Express 4, 4km LX: #3324 | Device Mapper Multipath | No | IBM System z Requires a minimum RHEL 4 kernel level of zLinux RHEL4U8, 2.6.9-89.el Supported Machines: System z z800 - IBM 2066 System z z800 - IBM 2086 System z z900 - IBM 2064 System z z990 - IBM 2084 System z z9-109 System z z10 2097-E12 System z z10 2097-E26 System z z10 2097-E40 System z z10 2097-E56 System z z10 2097-E64 Restrictions apply, please visit the Software restrictions document |
Red Hat EL Advanced Server 5 Fibre Channel
Host Bus Adapter | HBA Firmware | Clustering | Platform & OS Version | ||
IBM | 8.01.07 8.03.01.05.05.06-k8.01.07-K1 8.01.07-K7 8.02.00-k5-rhel5.2-04 8.02.00.06.05.03-k 8.03.00.10.05.04-k 8.03.01.04.05.05-k 8.03.07.03.05.07-k | Multiflash Image 1.56 (BIOS 1.24) Multiflash Image 1.69 (BIOS 2.02) | Red Hat Cluster server Steeleye Lifekeeper 7.0 | 32 & 64 bit Intel/AMD Based Platforms 5.0 Kernel 2.6.18-8.el5 U1 Kernel 2.6.18-53.el5 U2 Kernel 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5 U3 Kernel 2.6.18-128.el5 U4 Kernel 2.6.18-164.el5 U5 Kernel 2.6.18-194.el5 U6 Kernel 2.6.18.238.el5 U7 Kernel 2.6.18.274.el5 U8 Kernel 2.6.18-308.el5 U9 Kernel 2.6.18-348.el5 | Volume expansion & contraction is not supported Please visit the Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Linux Host Settings KVM is supported |
QLA2342 | |||||
QLA2460 | |||||
QLA2462 | |||||
QLE2460 | |||||
QLE2462 | |||||
QLA2460 | |||||
39M5895 | |||||
42D0501 42D0510 | 4.04.00 04.06.02 5.03.16 | ||||
QLE2660 | |||||
QLE2662 | |||||
Emulex | 8.1.10.3 8.2.0.22 8.2.0.33 8.2.0.33.3p 8.2.0.48.2p 8.2.0.63.3p 8.2.0.87.1p 8.2.0.96.2p | ||||
LP9802 LP10000 LP10000DC LP11000 LP11002 LPe11000 LPe11002 LP1150 LPe1150 | Veritas Storage Foundation HA 5.1 SP1 6.0 6.0.1 | ||||
1.20x8 2.70a5 2.72a2 2.82a3 | |||||
LPe16000 | |||||
LPe16002 | |||||
FC3319 SX/LX FC 3320 SX/LX Ficon Express 4, 10km LX: #3321 Ficon Express 4, SX: #3322 Ficon Express 4, 4km LX: #3324 | No | IBM System z V5.2 Kernel 2.6.18-92.el5 Supported Machines: System z z800 - IBM 2066 System z z800 - IBM 2086 System z z900 - IBM 2064 System z z990 - IBM 2084 System z z9-109 System z z10 2097-E12 System z z10 2097-E26 System z z10 2097-E40 System z z10 2097-E56 System z z10 2097-E64 | |||
Emulex | No | IBM System p 5.0 Kernel 2.6.18-8.el5 U1 Kernel 2.6.18-53.el5 U2 Kernel 2.6.18-92.1.6.el5 U3 Kernel 2.6.18-128.el5 U4 Kernel 2.6.18-164.el5 U5 Kernel 2.6.18-194.el5 U6 Kernel 2.6.18.238.el5 U7 Kernel 2.6.18.274.el5 U8 Kernel 2.6.18-308.el5 U9 Kernel 2.6.18-348.el5 | |||
LP10000 | |||||
LPe11000 LPe11000 LPe11002 | |||||
5758 5759 5749 (IBM System i) | 2.71x4 | ||||
LPe12002 | |||||
59Y1987 59Y1993 46M6049 46M6050 | 1.1.0.x 2.1.0.x 2.3.0.x 3.0.x.0 | Device Mapper Multipath | No | 32 & 64 bit Intel/AMD Based Platforms U3 Kernel 2.6.18-128.el5 U4 Kernel 2.6.18-164.el5 U5 Kernel 2.6.18-194.el5 U6 Kernel 2.6.18.238.el5 U7 Kernel 2.6.18.274.el5 U8 Kernel 2.6.18-308.el5 U9 Kernel 2.6.18-348.el5 |
Red Hat EL Advanced Server 5 FCoE
HBA Driver | Multipathing | SAN Boot | Notes | ||||
Brocade | 32 & 64 bit Intel/AMD Based Platforms U3 Kernel 2.6.18-128.el5 U4 Kernel 2.6.18-164.el5 U5 Kernel 2.6.18-194.el5 U6 Kernel 2.6.18-194.el5 U7 Kernel 2.6.18.274.el5 U8 Kernel 2.6.18-308.el5 U9 Kernel 2.6.18-348.el5 | Supported with Cisco Nexus and Brocade 8000/VDX6730 FCoE switches. Please see the switch tables for further information | |||||
Brocade 1010/1020 CNA | 2.1.0.x 2.3.0.x 3.0.3.0 | No | |||||
Brocade 1860 | 3.0.0 3.0.3.0 | ||||||
Qlogic | |||||||
QLE8142 | In Distro Driver | No | |||||
IBM | Emulex | ||||||
OCe10102-NX ( NIC ) | N/A | No | |||||
OCe10102-FM ( CNA ) | N/A |
Red Hat EL Advanced Server 5 iSCSI
Host Bus Adapter | HBA Firmware | Clustering | Platform & OS Version | |||
Any Software NIC | N/A | No | 32 & 64 bit Intel/AMD Based Systems U4 Kernel 2.6.18-164.el5 U5 Kernel 2.6.18-194.el5 U6 Kernel 2.6.18.238.el5 U7 Kernel 2.6.18.274.el5 U8 Kernel 2.6.18-308.el5 U9 Kernel 2.6.18-348.el5 | |||
Qlogic | ||||||
2.1.4-NAPI | Yes | Yes | SAN Boot is supported in Network Boot configurations ie PXE | |||
IBM | ||||||
Oce10102-I | 2.103.269.30 | No | 0102-NX-X, iSCSI SAN Boot supported in Network Boot Configurations. 2.Oce10102-I & Oce10102-N-X with iSCSI personality enabled, are hardware iSCSI | |||
Oce10102-N-X (with iSCSI Personality enabled ) |
Red Hat EL Advanced Server 6 Fibre Channel
HBA Driver | Multipathing | SAN Boot | Notes | |||||
QLogic | 04.06.02 | RHEL 6 Cluster Server Veritas Cluster Server 5.1 6.0 6.0.1 6.1 | 32 & 64 bit Intel/AMD Based Systems V6.0 Kernel 2.6.32-71.el6 V6.1 Kernel 2.6.32-131.0.15 V6.2 Kernel 2.6.32-220 V6.3 Kernel 2.6.32-279 V6.4 Kernel 2.6.32-358 V6.5 Kernel 2.6.32-431 V6.6 Kernel 2.6.32-504 | Please visit the Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Linux Host Settings KVM is supported | ||||
QLe2460 QLe2462 QLe2460 QLe2462 | ||||||||
QLe2560 QLE2562 | 7.03.00 | |||||||
QLe2660 | ||||||||
QLe2662 | ||||||||
Emulex | 2.82a4 | |||||||
LP12000 LP12002 | 2.02X11 | |||||||
LPe16000 | ||||||||
LPe16002 | ||||||||
Brocade | ||||||||
BR-1860-1 BR-1860-2 | 3.0.0.0 3.1.0.1 | RHEL 6 Cluster Server | ||||||
815 | ||||||||
825 | ||||||||
Emulex | ||||||||
LP10000 | No | Power Systems V6.0 Kernel 2.6.32-71.el6 V6.1 Kernel 2.6.32-131.0.15 V6.2 Kernel 2.6.32-220 V6.3 Kernel 2.6.32-279 V6.4 Kernel 2.6.32-358 V6.5 Kernel 2.6.32-431 | ||||||
LPe11000 LPe11000 LPe11002 | ||||||||
5758 5759 5749 (IBM System i) | ||||||||
LPe12002 | ||||||||
IBM | ||||||||
FC3319 SX/LX FC 3320 SX/LX Ficon Express 4, 10km LX: #3321 Ficon Express 4, SX: #3322 Ficon Express 4, 4km LX: #3324 Ficon Express 8, 10km LX: #3325 Ficon Express 8, SX: #3326 Ficon Express8S SX: #0410 | Device Mapper Multipath | Yes | System z V6.3 Kernel 2.6.32-279.9.1.el6.s390x Supported Machines: System z z800 - IBM 2066 System z z890 - IBM 2086 System z z900 - IBM 2064 System z z990 - IBM 2084 System z z196 - IBM 2817 System z z114 - IBM 2818 System z zEC12 - IBM 2827 System z z9-109 System z z10 2097-E12 System z z10 2097-E26 System z z10 2097-E40 System z z10 2097-E56 System z z10 2097-E64 | Please visit System z for Service Pack levels Recommended multipath & udev settings |
Red Hat EL Advanced Server 6 FCoE
HBA Driver | Multipathing | SAN Boot | Notes | ||||
Emulex | 32 & 64 bit Intel/AMD Based Systems V6.1 Kernel 2.6.32-131.0.15 V6.2 Kernel 2.6.32-220 V6.3 Kernel 2.6.32-279 V6.4 Kernel 2.6.32-358 V6.5 Kernel 2.6.32-431 | ||||||
V-8.03.07.13.06.0-k | No | ||||||
IBM | |||||||
42C1800 | In Distro Driver | Device Mapper Multipath | No |
Red Hat EL Advanced Server 6 iSCSI
HBA Driver | Multipathing | SAN Boot | Notes | ||
N/A | Yes | No | 32 & 64 bit Intel/AMD Based Systems V6.1 Kernel 2.6.32-131.0.15 V6.2 Kernel 2.6.32-220 V6.3 Kernel 2.6.32-279 | ||
Qlogic | |||||
2.1.4-NAPI | Yes | No | |||
IBM | |||||
Oce10102-I | 2.103.269.30 | No | |||
Oce10102-NX-X | |||||
Red Hat EL Advanced Server 6 Direct Attach
Ibm V7000 Multipath
HBA Driver | Multipathing | SAN Boot | Notes | ||||
Emulex | 32 & 64 bit Intel/AMD Based Systems RHEL6.1 RHEL6.2 RHEL6.3 | Minimum Supported Storwize V7000 version 6.4.1 HBA should be set to point to point only | |||||
8.3.5.45.4p | DMMP | No | |||||
Qlogic | |||||||
8.03.07.05.06.2-k | DMMP | No | |||||
Brocade | |||||||
3.1.0.1 | DMMP | No | |||||
SLES 9 Novell/SuSE *End of Life*
HBA Driver | Multipathing | SAN Boot | Notes | |||
QLA2310F QLA2310FL | Steeleye Lifekeeper 6.3 7.0 Linux HA- Heartbeet 1.2.5 | 32 & 64 bit Intel/AMD Based Platforms SP3 2.6.5-7.276 Kernel SP4 2.6.5-7.308 Kernel 2.6.5-7.311 Kernel 2.6.5-7.312 Kernel | Volume expansion & contraction is not supported Please visit the Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Linux Host Settings | |||
QLA2340 QLA2340L | ||||||
QLA2342 QLA2342L | ||||||
QLA2460 | Multiflash Image 1.56 (BIOS 1.24) Multiflash Image 1.69 (BIOS 2.02) | |||||
QLE2460 | ||||||
QLA2462 | ||||||
QLE2462 | ||||||
QLE2560 QLE2562 | ||||||
LP9802 | Veritas DMP | No | ||||
LP10000 LP10000DC | ||||||
LP11000 | ||||||
LP1150 LPe1150 | ||||||
LPe11002 | ||||||
LPe12002 | ||||||
IBM | No | System P | ||||
FC5716 / FC1977 | ||||||
FC 2315 LX / SX FC 2318 LX / SX FC 2319 LX / SX FC 2320 LX / SX FC 3319 LX / SX FC 3320 LX / SX Ficon Express 4, 10km LX: #3321 Ficon Express 4, SX: #3322 Ficon Express 4, 4km LX: #3324 | Supported Machines: System z z800 - IBM 2066 System z z800 - IBM 2086 System z z900 - IBM 2064 System z z990 - IBM 2084 System z z9-109 System z z10 2097-E12 System z z10 2097-E26 System z z10 2097-E40 System z z10 2097-E56 System z z10 2097-E64 |
SLES 10 Novell/SuSE Fibre Channel
Host Bus Adapter | HBA Firmware | Clustering | Platform & OS Version | ||
IBM | 8.1.6.8 8.1.10.3 8.2.0.22 8.2.0.48.2p | Veritas DMP 5.1 SP1 6.0 6.0.1 | Yes | 32 & 64 bit Intel/AMD Based Platforms SP2 2.6.16.60-0.21-smp SP3 2.6.16.60-0.54.5-smp SP4 2.6.16.60-0.103.1-smp | Volume expansion & contraction is not supported Please visit the Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Linux Host Settings |
LP10000 LP10000DC | |||||
LPe11002 | Native Cluster with Heartbeat / Stonith version | ||||
LPe12002-M8 | |||||
81Y1655 | |||||
81Y1662 | |||||
IBM | 8.01.06 8.01.06-1 8.02.00-k6-SLES10-05 8.03.00.10.10.3-k4 | Multiflash Image 1.69 (BIOS 2.02) 4.04.09 ( BIOS 2.02) 4.04.09 (BIOS 2.10) | |||
QLA2342 | |||||
QLA2460 | |||||
QLA2462 | |||||
QLE2460 | |||||
QLE2462 | |||||
QLE2560 | |||||
QLE2562 | |||||
QLE2660 | |||||
QLE2662 | |||||
FC 2319 LX FC 2320 SX Ficon Express 4, 10km LX:#3321 Ficon Express 4, SX: #3322 Ficon Express 4, 4km LX: #3324 Ficon Express 8, 10km LX: #3325 Ficon Express 8, SX: #3326 | Device Mapper Multipath | Yes | IBM System z System z z800 - IBM 2066 System z z800 - IBM 2086 System z z900 - IBM 2064 System z z990 - IBM 2084 System z z196 - IBM 2817 System z zEC12 - IBM 2827 System z z9-109 System z z10 2097-E12 System z z10 2097-E26 System z z10 2097-E40 System z z10 2097-E56 System z z10 2097-E64 Please visit System z for Service Pack levels | ||
Multipath Tools | No | IBM System p SP1 2.6.16.46-0.12-ppc64 SP2 2.6.16.60-0.21-ppc64 SP3 2.6.16.60-0.54.5-ppc64 SP4 2.6.16.60-0.103.1-ppc64 | |||
FC5758 FC1910 FC1905 FC5759 | |||||
IBM | 1.1.0.x 2.1.0.x 2.3.0.x 3.0.x.0 3.1.0.1 | Device Mapper Multipath | No | 32 & 64 bit Intel/AMD Based Platforms SP2 2.6.16.60-0.21-smp SP3 2.6.16.60-0.54.5-smp SP4 2.6.16.60-0.103.1-smp | |
Brocade 415 Brocade 425 Brocade 815 Brocade 825 |
SLES 10 Novell/SuSE FCoE
HBA Driver | Multipathing | SAN Boot | Notes | ||||
Brocade | |||||||
1010/1020 | No | 32 & 64 bit Intel/AMD Based Platforms SLES10 SP4 | Supported with Cisco Nexus and Brocade 8000/VDX6730 FCoE switches. Please see the switch tables for further information | ||||
Qlogic | |||||||
QLE8142 | In Distro Driver | No | 32 & 64 bit Intel/AMD Based Platforms SLES10 SP4 |
SLES 11
HBA Driver | Multipathing | SAN Boot | Notes | ||||
Emulex | 2.a2a4 | High-Availability-Extension / OpenAIS ( HAE - native cluster ) Veritas Storage Foundation HA Veritas Cluster Server 5.1 6.0 6.0.1 6.1 | 32 & 64 bit Intel/AMD Based Platforms SLES11 U0 SLES11U1 ( With latest Patches ) SLES11 SP2 SLES11 SP3 | Please visit the Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Linux Host Settings KVM is Supported | |||
42C2071 | FV 2.50a6 US1.00a12 | ||||||
LP12000 LPe12000 LPe12002 | |||||||
LPe16000 | 1.1.43.12 | ||||||
LPe16002 | |||||||
QLogic | v3.03.27 | ||||||
39M5894 | 4.06.02 | ||||||
QLA2462 | |||||||
QLE2460 | |||||||
QLE2462 | |||||||
QLE2560 | |||||||
QLE2562 | |||||||
QLE2660 | 6.03.00 | ||||||
QLE2662 | |||||||
Brocade | |||||||
Brocade 415 Brocade 425 Brocade 815 Brocade 825 | 2.1.0.x 2.3.0.x 3.0.x.0 3.1.0.1 | No | |||||
81Y1668 81Y1675 | 3.0.x.0 3.1.0.1 | ||||||
42C1820 | |||||||
IBM | |||||||
Device Mapper Multipath | No | IBM Power Systems SLES11SP1 Kernel 2.6.32.59-0.7.1 SLES11SP2 Kernel 3.0.42-0.7-default SLES11SP3 Kernel 3.0.76-0.11.1 | |||||
FC 2319 LX FC 2320 SX Ficon Express 4, 10km LX:#3321 Ficon Express 4, SX: #3322 Ficon Express 4, 4km LX: #3324 Ficon Express 8, 10km LX: #3325 Ficon Express 8, SX: #3326 Ficon Express8S SX: #0410 | Device Mapper Multipath | Yes | IBM System z SLES11SP1 Kernel 2.6.32.59-0.7.1 SLES11SP2 Kernel 3.0.42-0.7-default SLES11SP3 Kernel 3.0.76-0.11.1 System z z800 - IBM 2066 System z z890 - IBM 2086 System z z900 - IBM 2064 System z z990 - IBM 2084 System z z114 - IBM 2818 System z z196 - IBM 2817 System z zEC12 - IBM 2827 System z z9-109 System z z10 2097-E12 System z z10 2097-E26 System z z10 2097-E40 System z z10 2097-E56 System z z10 2097-E64 | Please visit System z for Service Pack levels Recommended multipath & udev settings | |||
No |
SLES 11 FCoE
Host Bus Adapter | HBA Firmware | Clustering | Platform & OS Version | ||||
IBM | 32 & 64 bit Intel/AMD Based Systems SLES11 SP1 SLES11 SP2 SLES11 SP3 | Supported with Cisco Nexus and Brocade 8000/VDX6730 FCoE switches. Please see the switch tables for further information | |||||
3.1.0.1 | Device Mapper Multipath | Yes | |||||
1010/1020 | |||||||
Emulex | |||||||
N/A | N/A | No | |||||
8.3.5.48.2p | No | ||||||
IBM | |||||||
42C1800 | In Distro Driver | Device Mapper Multipath | No |
SLES 11 iSCSI
HBA Driver | Multipathing | SAN Boot | Notes | ||||
N/A | Yes | No | 32 & 64 bit Intel/AMD Based Systems SLES11 U0 SLES11 SP1 SLES11 SP2 SLES11 SP3 | SAN Boot is supported in Network Boot configurations ie PXE | |||
Qlogic | |||||||
2.1.4-NAPI | Yes | Yes | |||||
IBM | |||||||
Oce10102-I | 2.103.269.30 | No | 32 & 64 bit Intel/AMD Based Systems SLES11 U0 SLES11 SP1 SLES11 SP2 SLES11 SP3 | 0102-NX-X, iSCSI SAN Boot supported in Network Boot Configurations. 2.Oce10102-I & Oce10102-N-X with iSCSI personality enabled, are hardware iSCSI | |||
Oce10102-N-X (with iSCSI Personality enabled ) |
SLES11 SP2 Direct Attach
Host Bus Adapter | HBA Firmware | Clustering | Platform & OS Version | ||||
IBM | 32 & 64 bit Intel/AMD Based Systems | Minimum Supported Storwize V7000 version 6.4.1 HBA should be set to point to point only | |||||
8.3.5.48.2p | DMMP | No | |||||
QLe2560 QLe2562 | 5.06.03(90d5) | No | |||||
Brocade | |||||||
3.1.0.1 | DMMP | No |
11i v1 for PA-RISC (64-bit only) Fibre Channel
HBA Driver | Clustering | Platform & OS Version |
B.11.11.12 B.11.11.0806 B.11.11.0812 | Service Guard V11.16 | HP 9000 Series Servers (PA-RISC 64bit only) |
A6826A | ||
A9782A | ||
AB378A | ||
AB378B | ||
AB465A | ||
AD194A |
HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) for PA RISC and Itanium Fibre Channel
HBA Driver | San Boot | Platform & OS Version |
B.11.23.0512 B.11.23.0812 | Yes | HP 9000 Series Servers (PA-RISC 64bit) & HP Itanium ServersThe following patches should be applied to the base OS: BUNDLE11i(B.11.23.0409.3) HWEnable11i(B.11.23.0706.064) FEATURE11i(B.11.23.0706.063) QPK1123(B.11.23.0706.064) Set PV (Physical Volume) timeout to 60 seconds when using PV Links. This is to avoid I/O timeouts during fabric maintenance and IBM Storwize V7000 CCLs (Concurrent code loads) BUNDLE11i B.11.23.0409.3 Required Patch Bundle for HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23), FEATURE11i B.11.23.0803.070a Feature Enablement Patches for HP-UX 11i v2, HWEnable11i B.11.23.0712.070 Hardware Enablement Patches for HP-UX 11i v2, OnlineDiag B.11.23.10.05 HPUX 11.23 Support Tools Bundle, QPKAPPS B.11.23.0806.072 Applications Patches for HP-UX 11i v2, QPKBASE B.11.23.0806.072 Base Quality Pack Bundle for HP-UX 11i v2, HPUX11i-OE-MC B.11.23.0712 HP-UX Mission Critical Operating Environment Component Please visit this Flash if using Oracle ASM with HPUX |
A6826A | ||
A9782A | ||
AB378A | ||
AB378B | ||
AB465A | ||
AD194A | ||
HP Itanium Servers only |
HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31) for PA RISC and Itanium Fibre Channel
HBA Driver | San Boot | Platform & OS Version |
FibreChannel-00 B.11.31.0803 FibreChannel-00 B.11.31.0809 FibreChannel-00 B.11.31.0812 FibreChannel-00 B.11.31.0903 | Yes | HP 9000 Series Servers (PA-RISC 64bit) & HP Itanium Servers HP requires a disk mapped at LUN0 in order to support CCL (Command Control LUN) and for disk discovery to take place HWEnable11i(B.11.31.0803.318a) FEATURE11i(B.11.31.0803.318b) QPKAPPS(B.11.31.0803.318a) QPKBASE(B.11.31.0803.318a) Please visit this Flash if using Oracle ASM with HPUX |
AB378A AB378B AB379A AB379B AB465A AD193A AD194A A9782A A9784A A6826A | FibreChannel-00 B.11.31.0803 FibreChannel-00 B.11.31.0809 FibreChannel-00 B.11.31.0812 FibreChannel-00 B.11.31.0903 | |
FibreChannel-00 B.11.31.0903 | Veritas Storage Foundation HA 5.1 SP1 6.0 Veritas Cluster Server 5.1 SP1 6.0 Please use the following asl-apm package | HP Itanium Servers Only Please visit this Flash if using Oracle ASM with HPUX |
FibreChannel-00 B11.31.1003 FibreChannel-01 B.11.31.1103 FibreChannel-01 B.11.31.1403 | ||
AH403A |
SunOS 5.8/Solaris 8 (32 and 64 bit Sparc) Fibre Channel *End of Life*
Host Bus Adapter | FCode | San Boot | Platform | |
SG-XPCIxxx 2GB SG-XPCIxxx 4GB QLx23xx (2GB) QLx24xx (4GB) | Supplied with SAN package which includes the drivers Select StorageTek SAN 4.4.x on this link. | MPxIO (included in SAN package) | No | |
Sun Badged Emulex (emlxs driver) Emulex (emlxs driver) | SG-XPCIxxx (2GB) SG-XPCIxxx (4GB) All Emulex models listed here | Supplied with SAN package which includes the drivers Select StorageTek SAN 4.4.x on this link. |
SunOS 5.9/Solaris 9 (32 and 64 bit Sparc ) Fibre Channel
HBA Driver | Multipathing | Clustering | |||
Sun-Badged QLogic (qlc driver) QLogic (qlc driver) | SG-XPCIxxx 2GB SG-XPCIxxx 4GB QLx23xx (2GB) QLx24xx (4GB) | Supplied with SAN package which includes the drivers Select StorageTek SAN 4.4.x on this link. | Veritas DMP 5.1 6.0 6.0.1 | SFHA/SFRAC 5.1 6.0 6.0.1 | |
MPxIO Guidance on Configuring Solaris MPXIO for use with IBM Storwize V7000 Volumes | SUN Cluster 3.1 & 3.2 (IBM Storwize V7000Supports up to 4-node SUN clusters) | ||||
Sun Badged Emulex (emlxs driver) Emulex (emlxs driver) | SG-XPCIxxx 2GB SG-XPCIxxx 4GB All Emulex models listed here | Supplied with SAN package which includes the drivers Select StorageTek SAN 4.4.x on this link. | Veritas DMP 5.1 6.0 6.0.1 | SFHA/SFRAC 5.1 6.0 6.0.1 | |
MPxIO Guidance on Configuring Solaris MPXIO for use with IBM Storwize V7000 Volumes | SUN Cluster 3.1 & 3.2 (IBM Storwize V7000 Supports up to 4-node SUN clusters) |
SunOS 5.10/Solaris 10 (64 bit) Fibre Channel
Host Bus Adapter | FCode | San Boot | Platform | Notes |
SG-XPCIxxx 2GB SG-XPCIxxx 4GB SG-QF8xxx 8GB QLx23xx (2GB) QLx24xx (4GB) QLx25xx (8GB) | Supplied with SAN package | Yes | SFHA/SFRAC 5.1 6.0 6.0.1 SUN Cluster 3.1 3.2 3.3 Storwize V7000 Supports up to 4-node SUN clusters | An issue has been identified with certain Solaris versions that may cause I/O failures during a failover scenario. Affected Versions are Solaris 10 Kernel Patches 150400-14(SPARC platform) and higher / 150401-14(x86 platform and Higher The following IDRs resolve the issue and are available directly from Oracle IDR151753-01 and IDR151754-01 for Solaris10 SPARC with kernal patch 150400-19 |
MPxIO Guidance on Configuring Solaris MPXIO for use with Storwize V7000 Volumes | Sparc & x86 | |||
SG-XPCIxxx 2GB SG-XPCIxxx 4GB SG-QF8xxx 8GB QLx23xx (2GB) QLx24xx (4GB) QLx25xx (8GB) | ||||
Sun Badged Emulex (emlxs driver) Emulex (emlxs driver) | SG-XPCIxxx 2GB SG-XPCIxxx 4GB SG-XPCIxxx 8GB All Emulex Fibre Channel models listed here | Supplied with SAN package | MPxIO Guidance on Configuring Solaris MPXIO for use with Storwize V7000 Volumes | Sparc & x86 |
Yes | ||||
Brocade | MPxIO Guidance on Configuring Solaris MPXIO for use with Storwize V7000 Volumes | No |
SunOS 5.10/Solaris 10 (64 bit) FCoE
Host Bus Adapter | FCode | San Boot | Notes | |||
Emulex | An issue has been identified with certain Solaris versions that may cause I/O failures during a failover scenario. Affected Versions are Solaris 10 Kernel Patches 150400-14(SPARC platform) and higher / 150401-14(x86 platform and Higher The following IDRs resolve the issue and are available directly from Oracle IDR151753-01 and IDR151754-01 for Solaris10 SPARC with kernal patch 150400-19 | |||||
OCe10102-NX ( NIC ) | N/A | No | ||||
39Y6146 | 145953-06 | MPxIO | No |
SunOS 5.10/Solaris 10 (64 bit) iSCSI
HBA Driver | Multipathing | Clustering | Notes | |||
N/A | MPxIO | No | An issue has been identified with certain Solaris versions that may cause I/O failures during a failover scenario. Affected Versions are Solaris 10 Kernel Patches 150400-14(SPARC platform) and higher / 150401-14(x86 platform and Higher The following IDRs resolve the issue and are available directly from Oracle IDR151753-01 and IDR151754-01 for Solaris10 SPARC with kernal patch 150400-19 | |||
Qlogic | ||||||
Driver installed with OS: Driver Name: qlc Driver Version: 20100301-3.00 | MPxIO | SPARC (SunOS 5.10 Generic_142909-17) | ||||
QLE-SR-CK 8042 | ||||||
Emulex | ||||||
If not readily available ā Download Drivers Here | 2.103.397.13 Required Levels Can Be Downloaded Here | No | Sparc & x86_x64 | |||
Oce10102-N-X (with iSCSI Personality enabled ) |
SunOS 5.11/Solaris 11.x(64 bit) Fibre Channel
Host Bus Adapter | Firmware | San Boot | Platform | |
Sun-Badged QLogic (qlc driver) Qlogic (qlc driver) | Part of OS | MPxIO Veritas DMP 6.1 | Sun Cluster 4.0 Sun Cluster 4.1 Only 2 nodes supported with SCSI-2 Reservations Greater than 2 node clusters are supported with SCSI-3 Reservationswith Solaris 11.1 and higher VCS 6.1 with Veritas DMP PRIMECLUSTER V4.3 | Supported OS Versions Solaris 11.0 Solaris 11.1 Oracle VM Server for SPARC version 3.0 Minimum Storwize V7000 Version 6.4.1.5 An issue has been identified with certain Solaris versions that may cause I/O failures during a failover scenario. The effected Versions are S11.1SRU20 and later. The following IDR resolves the issue and is available directly from Oracle IDR1352.1 for Solaris 11.1.21.4.1 |
No | ||||
SG-XPCIxxx 8GB 371-4325-01 | Sparc | |||
Yes | ||||
Sun Badged Emulex (emlxs driver) Emulex (emlxs driver) | No | |||
LPe11002 LPe12002 | Sparc & x86_x64 | |||
Yes |
Oracle VM Server Fibre Channel
HBA | Firmware / BIOS | Clustering | Guest OS | Platform |
8.03.07.03.32.1-k | DMMP | 3.0.2 | For Guest Operating System support please refer to Oracle | X86_64 |
8.03.07.12.39.0-k | DMMP | 3.1.1 | ||
8.3.5.58.2p | Yes |
Oracle VM Server iSCSI
Multipathing | OVM Version | Platform |
DMMP | 3.0.2 | x86_64 |
Novell Netware 6.5 *End of Life*
HBA Driver | HBA Firmware | Clustering | Platform & OS Version |
QLA2310/F QLA2310/FL | Novell Cluster Services v1.7 & V1.84 | IA32_Based Servers (32 bit) 6.5 SP6 IBM has seen an issue with path recovery after a node has been removed from the IBM Storwize V7000 cluster for an extended period. If this issue is encountered manual rescan of paths is required | |
QLA2342 QLA2342L |
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager ( SRM )
vCenter SRM Version | ESX Version | Notes |
Fibre Channel | 2.3.0 2.3.1 | SRA code can be downloaded from IBM Fix Central Please apply all maintenance recommended by server vendor. Please apply all recommended VMware maintenance. Supported guest environments must align with VMware support statements. Clustered Windows guest environments are currently not supported. |
5.1 | ||
iSCSI | ||
5.01 | ||
5.5 |
VMware vStorage API for Array Integration ( VAAI )
Notes |
Please follow this link to download the VAAI Package for V7000 Please see the following Flash when using VAAI with Storwize V7000 version 6.4 Note no API is required for ESX/ESXi Version 5 |
VMware ( ESX/ESXi ) vSphere 4.x and 5.x Fibre Channel
Host Bus Adapter | Multipathing | Additional information | |
V4.0 *End of Life* V4.0U1 *End of Life* V4.0U2 *End of Life* V4.0U3 *End of Life* V4.0U4 *End of Life* V4.1 *End of Life* V4.1U1 *End of Life* V5.0, U1, U2 & U3 V5.1, U1, U2, U3 V5.5, U1, U2 | Supported Fibre Channel adapters Listed in the VMware I/O compatibility guide | VMware Native Multipathing | Please see the VMware Guest Operating Support Guide Customers who are running ESXi 5.5 U2 or ESXi 6.0 or are planning to upgrade to these levels should review this Flash |
VMware ( ESX/ESXi ) iSCSI
Host Bus Adapter | SAN Boot | Notes | ||
VMware ESX & ESXi 4.1 and 4.1U1 *End of Life* VMware ESXi 5.0, U1, U2 & U3 5.1 & 5.5 1Gbps and 10Gbps iSCSI | N/A Supported with Software initiator only Hardware iSCSI Adapters are currently not supported with V7000 | Currently not supported | VMware Native Multipathing ( With all VMware multipathing policies ) | Supported only with the VMware Software iSCSI Initiator Hardware Initiators are not supported at this time Storwize V7000 Version 6.3.0.1 supports multi session VMware iSCSI. Earlier 6.x Versions support single session only Mutual CHAP is not supported For Further information on VMware iSCSI Support Please Visit the VMware iSCSI Errata |
VMware FCoE
HBA Driver | OS Version | Clustering | Guest OS | ||
Emulex | VMware Native Multipathing (see note) | Yes | Storwize V7000 version 6.4.1.5 & above Fixed & Round Robin Multipathing are supported. Customers who are running ESXi 5.5 U2 or ESXi 6.0 or are planning to upgrade to these levels should review this Flash | ||
8.2.2.1-18vmw | |||||
Qlogic | |||||
901.k1.1-14vmw | |||||
Emulex | |||||
OCE10102 | 4.6.281.8 | ||||
QLE8142 | 5.07.00 |
VMware5.1 Direct Attach
HBA Driver / Firmware | Clustering | Platform & OS Version | |||
IBM | Please refer to the VMware Compatibility Guide | No | 32 & 64 bit Intel/AMD Based Systems | Minimum Supported Storwize V7000 version 6.4.1 HBA should be set to point to point only | |
LPe12000 LPe12002 | |||||
42D0501 42D0510 | |||||
Brocade | |||||
815 825 | No |
OpenVMS
OpenVMS Alpha
Host Bus Adapter | Driver | Multipathing | SAN Boot | Notes |
Driver Supplied with Operating System | Native Multipathing | Yes | Both Alpha and Integrity (I64) Servers are supported LUN numbering: When mapping vdisks to hosts, only LUNs in the range 0 to 254 can be used IBM Storwize V7000 Volume Expansion and contraction is not supported Minimum supported IBM Storwize V7000 level 6.2.0.3. Please refer to the following documentation regarding requirements when upgrading to 6.2.0.3 from earlier versions of IBM Storwize V7000. | |
3.92A2 3.93A0 | ||||
1.90A4 1.91x1 1.91x6 |
OpenVMS Integrity (I64)
Host Bus Adapter | Driver | Multipathing | SAN Boot | Notes |
Driver Supplied with Operating System | 2.15 EFI Driver 5 Mar 2010 2.20 EFI Driver 17 May 2010 | Yes | Integrity (I64) 8.2-1 8.3 8.3-1H1 8.4 | Both Alpha and Integrity (I64) Servers are supported LUN numbering: When mapping vdisks to hosts, only LUNs in the range 0 to 254 can be used. IBM Storwize V7000 Volume Expansion and contraction is not supported. Minimum supported IBM Storwize V7000 level 6.2.0.3. Please refer to the following documentation regarding requirements when upgrading to 6.2.0.3 from earlier versions of IBM Storwize V7000. |
1.76af-2.08 BIOS/2.04 EFI 1 Dec 2009 1.89 -2.15 BIOS/ 2.20 EFI 26 May 2010 | ||||
EFI 4.00a8, FW 2.80a4 10 Sep 2010 |
z/VSE
IBM | Notes |
z/VSE 4.3 and later z/VSE support also includes System IPL | Please visit the z/VSE Homepage for further information on support |
z/VM
Platform | |
z/VM 5.4.0 and later supports Emulated Device (EDEVICE) attachment for all EDEVICE use including paging, spooling, minidisks, and system IPL. z/VM 5.4.0 and later also supports guest attachment via dedicated FCP subchannels. | The following z/VM PTFs are required for EDEVICE use: 5.4.0 - UM32870, UM32716 6.2.0+ - N/A EDEVICE restriction: I/O must be quiesced during Concurrent Code Load (CCL) of a IBM Storwize V7000 cluster See Linux for System z and z/VSE info for support details regarding guest attachment via dedicated FCP subchannels. |
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.x & 10.6.x (32bit)
HostBus Adapter | ATTO Configuration Tool | Multipathing | SAN Boot | |
3.32 | Atto Multipath Driver Version 1.27MP Mac OS X Flash Bundle 2008_08_26 | No | ||
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.4 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.5 | ||||
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.x Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.x (32bit) | 1.32MP | 2010_07_28 | ATTO Multipath Driver version 1.32MP Mac OS X Flash Bundle 2010_07_28 | No |
FC-81EN FC-82EN FC-84EN | 4.08 | ATTO Multipath Driver version 2.04MP Mac OS X Flash Bundle 2010_07_28 | No | You must save the initial configuration with the ATTO Config Tool after initial setup |
Citrix XenServer Fibre Channel
HBA Driver | Multipathing | San Boot | Guest OS | ||
IBM | Suppiled with OS | DMMP | Yes | For Guest Operating System support please refer to Citrix | Citrix HCL Support Matrix Please see the Information Center for support and configuration details |
QLE2562 | |||||
Emulex | |||||
LPe12002 |
IBM System Storageā¢ TS7650G ProtecTIER De-duplication Gateway
Operating System | SAN Boot Support | Notes |
ProtecTIER | No | IBM System Storage TS7650G ProtecTier De-duplication Gateway Please see the Information Center for support and configuration details |
Support for BladeServer Configurations
IBM Storwize V7000 supports Server Blades that meet all of the following criteria; 1. The Server blade contains Qlogic and Emulex generic chip sets running the IBM or equivalent supported Drivers; and 2. These generic chip sets and drivers are present in the IBM Storwize V7000 support matrix for HBAs used in non Blade servers; and 3. The Server blade is running an OS that is present in the IBM Storwize V7000 support matrix; and 4. Either a Fibre Channel pass through module is used in the Blade server chassis to connect the Blades to an external FC network; or |
Examples of specific BladeCentre configurations that IBM includes in IBM Storwize V7000 interoperability testing currently include:
IBM Flex V7000 and General Flex Systems Support
For IBM Flex V7000 and general Flex Systems support please consult the IBM System Storage Interoperation Center |
HS & LS Intel & AMD Models
Blade Operating System | HBA Driver | Multipathing | SAN Boot | |||
For HBA to Chassis compatibility please visit the follow Link & select your Bladecenter Model The IBM HS20 is now End of Service. Bladecenter HS20 ( 8843,8852,7989 ) Bladecenter LS20 ( 8850,8852,7989 ) | IBM 48P7061 2Gbps FC Expansion Card IBM 26K4841 - Qlogic QLA2342 IBM 26R0890 - Qlogic QMC2462s IBM 26R0884 - Qlogic QMC2462 | Multiflash Image 1.56 (BIOS 1.24) BIOS 2.10 | MSCS with Veritas Volume Manager 5.1 6.0 6.0.1 | Supported in both 32bit & 64bit windows 2008 Follow this link for installation of device drivers. | ||
SDDDSM 2.4.5.0 (Uses MPIO) SDDDSM 2.4.5.1 (Uses MPIO) | Yes | |||||
Red Hat EL Advanced Server 4.0 U4 through U8 (32 and 64 bit) *End of Life* | IBM 48P7061 2Gbps FC Expansion Card IBM 26K4841 - Qlogic QLA2342 IBM 26R0890 - Qlogic QMC2462s IBM 26R0884 - Qlogic QMC2462 IBM 39Y9186 - Emulex LP1105BC | Qlogic Multiflash Image 1.56 (BIOS 1.24) Emulex 2.72a2 | Steeleye Lifekeeper 6.3.0 Steeleye Lifekeeper V7 | Emulex and QLogic the scsi_timeout value must be set to 60 (default is 30) Parameter settings for QLogic : ql2xfailover=0 ql2xcmdtimermin=15 ql2xmaxqdepth=4 ConfigRequired=0 | ||
VSF 5.1 | Supported with 32bit platforms only | |||||
RHEL Cluster Server | Supported with Qlogic HBA's Only SAN boot (IPL) is supported from IBM Storwize V7000 however the IPL processes can fail because there is no multipath support during the boot processes GFS Li 6.1 is supported with local boot. For RHEL Cluster Server with Emulex HBAs timeout value should be set to 60 (Default 30) | |||||
Red Hat EL Advanced Server 5.0 through U9 (32 and 64 bit) | IBM 48P7061 2Gbps FC Expansion Card IBM 26K4841 - Qlogic QLA2342 IBM 26R0890 - Qlogic QMC2462s IBM 26R0884 - Qlogic QMC2462 IBM 39Y9186 - Emulex LP1105BC | Qlogic Multiflash Image 1.56 (BIOS 1.24) Emulex (2.72a2 2.82a3) | RedHat Cluster Server | SAN boot (IPL) is supported from IBM Storwize V7000 however the IPL processes can fail because there is no multipath support during the boot process Remove the ql2xfailover=0 parameter from the IBM modprobe.conf Supported with Emulex 11000 and QLogic 2460 | ||
No | ||||||
Veritas Storage Foundation HA 5.1 6.0 6.0.1 | For Emulex & Qlogic the SCSI timout value must be set to 60 ( default is 20 ) | |||||
IBM 48P7061 2Gbps FC Expansion Card IBM 26K4841 - Qlogic QLA2342 IBM 26R0890 - Qlogic QMC2462s IBM 26R0884 - Qlogic QMC2462 BM 39Y9186 - Emulex LP1105BC I | Qlogic BIOS 1.52 Multiflash Image 1.56 (BIOS 1.24) Emulex 2.72a2 2.82a3 | Linux-HA Heartbeat 1.2.5 Steeleye Lifekeeper 6.3.0 Steeleye Lifekeeper V7 | We recommend using the 2.6.5-7.308-smp kernel. 2.6.5-7.193 and 2.6.5-7.257 kernels are not supported | |||
VSF 5.1 | ||||||
SLES 10 SP1 through SP4 | BM 48P7061 2Gbps FC Expansion Card IBM 26K4841 - Qlogic QLA2342 IBM 26R0890 - Qlogic QMC2462s IBM 26R0884 - Qlogic QMC2462 IBM 39Y9186 - Emulex LP1105BC | Qlogic BIOS 1.52 Multiflash Image 1.56 (BIOS 1.24) Emulex 2.72a2 2.82a3 | Native Cluster With Heartbeat / Stonith Version 2.0.8.0-19 | Vdisk expansion & contraction is not supported IBM Storwize V7000 Supports two node Native Clusters | ||
ServiceGuard A.11.18.00 | ||||||
Veritas DMP | Yes | |||||
IBM 48P7061 2Gbps FC Expansion Card IBM 26K4841 - Qlogic QLA2342 IBM 26R0890 - Qlogic QMC2462s IBM 26R0884 - Qlogic QMC2462 BM 39Y9186 - Emulex LP1105BC | Qlogic BIOS 1.52 Multiflash Image 1.56 (BIOS 1.24) Emulex 2.72a2 2.82a3 | High-Availability-Extension / OpenAIS (HAE - native cluster) sle-hae-release-11-1.12 openais-0.80-3-26.1 | Single path SAN boot Problem: SLES 11Server x86_64 doesn't boot after OS installation on SAN disk. Problem appears when Adaptec Raid controller BIOS (local disk) and Emulex HBA BIOS are active. Solution: Host boots from SAN disk when local disk controller BIOS is disabled. Expand / shrink vdisk Warning: data loss possible !!!!! Documentation: SLES 11 Storage Administration Guide - Chapter 5 | |||
For HBA Support Please see VMware I/O compatibility guide For BladeCenter supported VMware levels please visit IBM BladeCenter Interoperability Guide For IBM Storwize V7000 supported OS levels please visit VMware OS Supported Levels |
OS | HBA Firmware / BIOS | Multipathing | SAN Boot | |||
Bladecenter HX5 Bladecenter HS21 ( 8853) Bladecenter HS21 XM( 7995 ) The IBM HS21 is now End of Service. Bladecenter HS22 ( 7870,7809) Bladecenter HS22v ( 7871 ) Bladecenter HS23 ( 7875 ) Bladecenter LS21 ( 7971 ) Bladecenter LS22 ( 7901 ) Bladecenter LS41 ( 7972 ) Bladecenter LS42 ( 7902 ) For HBA to Chassis compatibility please visit the follow Link & select your Bladecenter Model | Windows 2008 (32 and 64 bit) Windows 2008 SP1, SP2, R2 | IBM 43W6859 - Emulex 4Gb CFFv IBM 46M6140 - Emulex 8Gbps CIOv IBM 24R0890 - Qlogic QMC2462S IBM 39Y9306 - Qlogic QMI3472 IBM 41Y8527 - Qlogic QMI2472 IBM 44X1940 - Qlogic QMI3572 IBM 00Y3270 - Qlogic QMI3572 IBM 44X1945 - Qlogic QMI2582 IBM 46M6065 - Qlogic QMI2572 IBM 00Y3280 - Qlogic QMI8142 2-port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter (CFFh) IBM 90Y3566 IBM 90Y3550 + P/N 49Y4265 P/N 90Y3550 + P/N 49Y4235 | Emulex 2.70a5 1.11a9 Qlogic Bios 2.13 FW 5.07.01 Qlogic CNA Multiboot Image 1.01.92 | Emulex 2.10A7 Qlogic 9.1.2.19 9.1.7.16 9.1.8.25 9.1.8.35 9.1.10.26 ( With SAN Boot on 44X1940, 00Y3270, 44X1945 & 46M6065 Only ) (STORport) Qlogic CNA 9.1.8.26 | VERITAS Storage Foundation High Availability Clustering 5.1 6.0 6.0.1 | |
SDDDSM 2.4.5.0 (Uses MPIO) SDDDSM 2.4.5.1 (Uses MPIO) | Yes No San Boot with 00Y3280 | With 90Y3566 & 90Y3550+ the BNT 10 Port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module (PN 46C7191) and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module (PN 46M6172) are required components. PN 90Y3550 must be upgraded with PN 49Y4265 (Advanced Upgrade). pNIC mode only when used with the IBM Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Module (P/N 69Y1909) pNIC or vNIC1 mode when used with the IBM BNT 10 Port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module (P/N 46C7191) | ||||
IBM 44X1945 - Qlogic QMI2582 IBM 46M6065 - Qlogic QMI2572 | Hyper-V Failover Cluster | |||||
RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 U5 through U8 *End of Life* | IBM 43W6859 - Emulex 4Gb CFFv IBM 46M6140 - Emulex 8Gbps CIOv IBM 24R0890 - Qlogic QMC2462S IBM 39Y9306 - Qlogic QMI3472 IBM 41Y8527 - Qlogic QMI2472 IBM 44X1940 - Qlogic QMI3572 IBM 44X1945 - Qlogic QMI2582 IBM 46M6065 - Qlogic QMI2572 | Emulex 8.0.16.40 Qlogic In Distro Driver | VERITAS Storage Foundation High Availability v5.1 | |||
Device Mapper Multipath | Yes | Supported with Qlogic HBA's Only SAN boot (IPL) is supported from IBM Storwize V7000 however the IPL processes can fail because there is no multipath support during the boot processes GFS Li 6.1 is supported with local boot. For RHEL Cluster Server with Emulex HBAs timeout value should be set to 60 (Default 30) | ||||
IBM 43W6859 - Emulex 4Gb CFFv IBM 46M6140 - Emulex 8Gbps CIOv IBM 24R0890 - Qlogic QMC2462S IBM 39Y9306 - Qlogic QMI3472 IBM 41Y8527 - Qlogic QMI2472 IBM 44X1940 - Qlogic QMI3572 IBM 00Y3270 - Qlogic QMI3572 IBM 44X1945 - Qlogic QMI2582 IBM 46M6065 - Qlogic QMI2572 IBM 00Y3280 - Qlogic QMI8142 2-port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter (CFFh) IBM 90Y3566 IBM 90Y3550 + P/N 49Y4265 P/N 90Y3550 + P/N 49Y4235 ( Min RHEL 5.6 ) | Emulex 2.70a5 1.11a9 Qlogic Bios 2.13 FW 5.07.01 Qlogic CNA Multiboot Image 1.01.92 |
| device-mapper-multipath | Yes No San Boot with 00Y3280 | SAN boot (IPL) is supported from IBM Storwize V7000however the IPL processes can fail because there is no multipath support during the boot process Remove the ql2xfailover=0 parameter from the IBM modprobe.conf Supported with Emulex 11000 and QLogic 2460 With 90Y3566 & 90Y3550+ the BNT 10 Port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module (PN 46C7191) and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module (PN 46M6172) are required components. PN 90Y3550 must be upgraded with PN 49Y4265 (Advanced Upgrade). pNIC mode only when used with the IBM Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Module (P/N 69Y1909) pNIC or vNIC1 mode when used with the IBM BNT 10 Port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module (P/N 46C7191) | |
No | ||||||
VERITAS Storage Foundation High Availability 5.1 6.0 & 6.0.1 | For Emulex & Qlogic the SCSI time out value must be set to 60 ( default is 20 ) | |||||
IBM 24R0890 - Qlogic QMC2462S IBM 39Y9306 - Qlogic QMI3472 IBM 41Y8527 - Qlogic QMI2472 IBM 44X1940 - Qlogic QMI3572 IBM 00Y3270 - Qlogic QMI3572 | In Distro Driver | Linux-HA Heartbeat 1.2.5 Steeleye Lifekeeper 6.3.0 Steeleye Lifekeeper V7 | We recommend using the 2.6.5-7.308-smp kernel. 2.6.5-7.193 and 2.6.5-7.257 kernels are not supported | |||
VERITAS Storage Foundation High Availability v5.1 | ||||||
SLES 10 SP1,SP2,SP3 | IBM 43W6859 - Emulex 4Gb CFFv IBM 46M6140 - Emulex 8Gbps CIOv IBM 24R0890 - Qlogic QMC2462S IBM 39Y9306 - Qlogic QMI3472 IBM 41Y8527 - Qlogic QMI2472 IBM 44X1940 - Qlogic QMI3572 IBM 00Y3270 - Qlogic QMI3572 IBM 44X1945 - Qlogic QMI2582 IBM 46M6065 - Qlogic QMI2572 IBM 00Y3280 - Qlogic QMI8142 2-port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter (CFFh) IBM 90Y3566 IBM 90Y3550 + P/N 49Y4265 P/N 90Y3550 + P/N 49Y4235 ( Min SP3 ) | Emulex 2.70a5 1.11a9 Qlogic Bios 2.13 FW 5.07.01 Qlogic CNA Multiboot Image 1.01.92 |
| Native Cluster With Heartbeat / Stonith Version 2.0.8.0-19 | Vdisk expansion & contraction is not supported IBM Storwize V7000 Supports two node Native Clusters With 90Y3566 & 90Y3550+ the BNT 10 Port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module (PN 46C7191) and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module (PN 46M6172) are required components. PN 90Y3550 must be upgraded with PN 49Y4265 (Advanced Upgrade). pNIC mode only when used with the IBM Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Module (P/N 69Y1909) pNIC or vNIC1 mode when used with the IBM BNT 10 Port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module (P/N 46C7191) | |
VERITAS Storage Foundation High Availability 5.1 6.0 6.0.1 | ||||||
SLES 11 SP1,SP2,SP3 | IBM 43W6859 - Emulex 4Gb CFFv IBM 46M6140 - Emulex 8Gbps CIOv IBM 24R0890 - Qlogic QMC2462S IBM 39Y9306 - Qlogic QMI3472 IBM 41Y8527 - Qlogic QMI2472 IBM 44X1940 - Qlogic QMI3572 IBM 00Y3270 - Qlogic QMI3572 IBM 44X1945 - Qlogic QMI2582 IBM 46M6065 - Qlogic QMI2572 IBM 00Y3280 - Qlogic QMI8142 2-port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter (CFFh) IBM 90Y3566 IBM 90Y3550 + P/N 49Y4265 P/N 90Y3550 + P/N 49Y4235 ( Min SP1 ) | Emulex 2.70a5 1.11a9 Qlogic Bios 2.13 FW 5.07.01 Qlogic CNA Multiboot Image 1.01.92 |
| High-Availability-Extension / OpenAIS (HAE - native cluster) sle-hae-release-11-1.12 openais-0.80-3-26.1 | Single path SAN boot Problem: SLES 11Server x86_64 doesn't boot after OS installation on SAN disk. Problem appears when Adaptec Raid controller BIOS (local disk) and Emulex HBA BIOS are active. Solution: Host boots from SAN disk when local disk controller BIOS is disabled. Expand / shrink vdisk Warning: data loss possible !!!!! Documentation: SLES 11 Storage Administration Guide - Chapter 5 With 90Y3566 & 90Y3550+ the BNT 10 Port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module (PN 46C7191) and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module (PN 46M6172) are required components. PN 90Y3550 must be upgraded with PN 49Y4265 (Advanced Upgrade). pNIC mode only when used with the IBM Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Module (P/N 69Y1909) pNIC or vNIC1 mode when used with the IBM BNT 10 Port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module (P/N 46C7191) | |
VMware ESX ( Please See VMware tables for supported ESX levels & Guest OS ) | IBM 24R0890 - Qlogic QMC2462S IBM 39Y9306 - Qlogic QMI3472 IBM 41Y8527 - Qlogic QMI2472 IBM 44X1940 - Qlogic QMI3572 IBM 44X1945 - Qlogic QMI2582 IBM 46M6065 - Qlogic QMI2572 | For HBA Support Please see VMware I/O compatibility guide For BladeCenter supported VMware levels please visit IBM BladeCenter Interoperability Guide | Native VMware Multipathing | |||
IBM 00Y3280 - Qlogic QMI8142 2-port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter (CFFh) |
JS Power Models
Blade Operating System | HBA Driver | Clustering | Notes | ||
Red Hat EL 5 (through update 5) System P | IBM 39Y9306 - Qlogic QMI3472FC 8252 IBM 41Y8527 - Qlogic QMI2472FC 8248 IBM 43W6859 - Emulex 4Gb CFFvFC 8251 | device-mapper-multipath | No | ||
device-mapper-multipath | Yes | ||||
device-mapper-multipath | Yes | ||||
AIX 5.3TL12 EOL: extended service contract only. AIX 6.1 AIX 7.1 | SDDPCM 2.6.5.1 SDDPCM 2.6.6.0 | Yes | |||
VIOS 2.x Supported Clients Please see the following APAR when using the System i family OS | Driver included in VIOS version | No | Yes (IBM Storwize V7000 support for boot from SAN on LPAR for both VIO Server or Guest OS) | ||
IBM 41Y8527 - Qlogic QMI2472FC 8248 | |||||
IBM 43W6859 - Emulex 4Gb CFFvFC 8251 | |||||
AIX 5.3TL12 EOL: extended service contract only. | IBM 26R0884 - Qlogic QMC2462 IBM 48P7061 2Gbps FC Expansion Card | ||||
SLES8 *End of Life* | |||||
AIX 5.3TL12 EOL: extended service contract only. | IBM 39Y9306 - Qlogic QMI3472FC 8252 IBM 41Y8527 - Qlogic QMI2472FC 8248 IBM 26R0890 - Qlogic QMC2462s IBM 39Y9186 - Emulex LP1105BC | Please see OS tables for latest support | |||
AIX 7.1 | |||||
Driver included in distro | |||||
AIX 5.3TL12 EOL: extended service contract only. AIX 6.1 AIX 7.1 | IBM 39Y9306 - Qlogic QMI3472FC 8252 IBM 41Y8527 - Qlogic QMI2472FC 8248 IBM 43W6859 - Emulex 4Gb CFFvFC 8251 | Please see OS tables for latest support | |||
Driver included in distro | |||||
VIOS 2.x Supported Clients Please see the following APAR when using the System i family OS | Driver included in VIOS version | (IBM i and VIOS) | |||
(VIOS only - no IBM i) | |||||
Bladeserver JS23/JS43 ( 7778 ) Power 6 | IBM 39Y9306 - Qlogic QMI3472 FC 8252 IBM 44X1940 - Qlogic QMI3572 FC 8271 IBM 44X1945 - Qlogic QMI2582 FC 8242 IBM 46M6140 - Emulex LPe1205 8Gbps CIOv FC8240 IBM 46M6065 - Qlogic QMI2572 4Gbps CIOv FC8241 | Please see OS tables for latest support | |||
AIX 5.3TL12 EOL: extended service contract only. AIX 6.1 AIX 7.1 | |||||
VIOS 2.x Supported Clients Please see the following APAR when using the System i family OS | |||||
Bladeserver PS700 Power 7 Technical overview | IBM 39Y9306 - Qlogic QMI3472 FC 8252 IBM 44X1940 - Qlogic QMI3572 FC 8271 IBM 44X1945 - Qlogic QMI2582 FC 8242 IBM 46M6140 - Emulex LPe1205 8Gbps CIOv FC8240 IBM 46M6065 - Qlogic QMI2572 4Gbps CIOv FC8241 | Please see OS tables for latest support | |||
AIX 5.3TL12 EOL: extended service contract only. AIX 6.1 AIX 7.1 | |||||
VIOS 2.x Supported Clients Please see the following APAR when using the System i family OS |
Cisco UCS B & C Series Servers
OS | UCS System Release | Multipathing | Notes |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V | 2.1(2) | SDDDSM 2.4.5.0 SDDDSM 2.4.5.1 Microsoft MPIO | IBM SDDDSM & Microsoft Windows HyperVisor are not currently supported with the VIC1225 HBA Please refer to the Cisco UCS HW and SW Interoperability Matrix for specific HBA Driver / Firmware levels and supported Servers UCS System Release 2.1(2) |
Redhat enterprise Linux 5.8 Redhat enterprise Linux 5.9 Redhat enterprise Linux 6.3 Redhat enterprise Linux 6.4 | 2.1(2) | DMMP | Please refer to the Cisco UCS HW and SW Interoperability Matrix for specific HBA Driver / Firmware levels and supported Servers UCS System Release 2.1(2) |
M81KR VIC 1240 VIC 1280 VIC1225 | FC/FCoE | No | |
Novell Cluster Services | |||
M81KR VIC 1240 VIC 1280 VIC1225 | FC/FCoE | VMWARE HA | |
M81KR VIC 1240 VIC 1280 VIC1225 | |||
M81KR VIC 1240 VIC 1280 VIC1225 | FC/FCoE | HA Cluster |
HP Blade Servers
Hewlett Packard C Class Blade Servers
FCoE
HBA | Firmware | Multipathing | |
Windows Server 2008 R2 & SP1 | 2.74.009.001 | No | HBA NodeTimeOut on HP branded Emulex adapters with Windows OS should be set to 3 seconds. |
VCS 5.1 SP2 | |||
Windows Server 2012 | 2.74.009.001 | No | |
MSCS | |||
RHEL 5.x | 8.2.0.108.4p | No | |
VCS 5.1SP1RP4 6.0.1 | |||
RHEL 6.x | 8.3.5.68.5p | No | |
VCS 6.0.1 | |||
VMware ESXi 4.1 Update2 | 8.2.2.1-18vmw | No | |
Vmware ESXi 5.0 | 8.2.2.1-18vmw | ||
Vmware ESXi 5.1 | 8.2.3.1-127vmw |
Fibre Channel
Operating system | Driver | Clustering |
Windows Server 2008 R2 & SP1 | 9.1.10.26 | No |
MSCS | ||
RHEL 5.x | No | |
VCS 5.1SP1RP4 | ||
RHEL 6.x | No | |
VCS 6.0.1 | ||
VMware ESXi 4.1 Update2 | No |
Controllers
Please refer to the Configuration Guide which details the recommended customer configurable settings that should be applied for each storage controller type.
Multipathing
- Round Robin: IO is distributed over multiple ports on the controller.
- Mdisk Group Balanced: IO is sent to one target port on the controller for each mdisk. The assignment of ports to mdisks is chosen to spread all the mdisks within a mdisk group across all of the active target ports as evenly as possible.
- Single port active: All IO is sent to a single port on the controller for all mdisks.
- Controller Balanced: IO is sent to one target port on the controller for each mdisk. The assignment of ports to mdisks is chosen to spread all the mdisks accross all of the active target ports as evenly as possible.
IBM Storwize V3700
Controller Model | Supports Storwize V7000 Quorum Disks | Multipathing | |
IBM Storwize V3700 | Yes Also supports Extended Quorum | Round Robin | Please visit the Storewize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems |
IBM Storwize V7000
Firmware | Support for MDisks >2TB | Notes | |
Version 6.4.0 and Higher | Yes Also supports Extended Quorum on Fibre Channel only. | Round Robin | Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems Note : Storwize V7000 as storage behind Storwize V7000 can configured using either Fibre Channel or FCoE |
IBM FlashSystem
Firmware | Support for MDisks >2TB | Notes |
5.6.0 5.6.2.1(P1) 5.6.2.3 (P3) | No | Minimum Storwize V7000 firmware level 6.4.1.5 required IBM FlashSystems 710, 810, 720 & 820 are not currently supported with 16Gbps SANs. |
720 | ||
820 | ||
1.1.0.3 1.1.1.3 1.1.2.2 1.1.2.6 1.1.2.7 1.1.3.2 1.1.3.6 1.1.3.7 1.1.3.8 1.2.0.11 1.2.1.4 1.2.1.5 1.2.1.6 1.2.1.7 1.3.0.2 | Minimum Storwize V7000 firmware level 6.4.1.5 required IBM FlashSystem840is supported with 16Gbps SANs. If you are using 1.1.0.3 firmware please upgrade to a later version. |
IBM DS3000
Firmware | ESM | Support for MDisks >2TB | Mulitpathing | ||
DS3400 | 06.70.22.XX 06.70.24.XX 06.70.69.XX 7.35.41.XX 7.35.xx.xx | 0186 or higher | Yes Minimum Firmware Level 07.35.53.xx | Mdisk Group Balancing | Concurrent download of ESM code with I/O is not supported. Do not reboot both controllers simultaneously. Storwize V7000 Supports SAS and SATA Drive configurations. Single Controller configuration is not supported. RAID-5 Array size must be 4+1 or larger. RAID-6 Array size must be 4+1+1 or larger. Ensure Host type is set to 'IBM TS SAN VCE'. DS3400 maximum LUNs per partition is currently 32, limiting the number of LUNs from a single DS3400 to a single Storwize V7000 cluster to 32 Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems Please visit the DS3500 support site for further information |
07.70.xx.xx 07.77.xx.xx 07.83.18.xx 07.84.xx.xx 07.86.32.00 *07.86.40.xx See Notes* | *From earlier versions of 7.86.xx.xx this is not a concurrent upgrade please see the following Technote.* Concurrent download of ESM code with I/O is not supported. Ensure Host type is set to 'IBM TS SAN VCE'. Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems Please visit the DS3500 support site for further information | ||||
07.60.xx.xx 07.70.xx.xx 07.77.xx.xx 07.83.18.xx 07.84.xx.xx | Yes | Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems Please visit the DS3500 support site for further information |
IBM DS4000
Firmware Release | Supports Storwize V7000 Quorum Disks | ESM Support | Notes | |
06.12.56.xx | Download the recommended version of the Storage Manager from the DS4000 website | No | Concurrent download of ESM firmware with I/O is not supported | Dynamic expansion of controller LUNs is not supported Please refer the DS4000 website for the latest recommended DS4000 client software and RDAC levels Please refer the DS4000 website for specific configuration guidelines, cabling requirements & restrictions when attaching EXP810 to DS4300 & DS4500 DS4000 copy services (FlashCopy, VolumeCopy, MetroMirror) can be used with Storwize V7000 RAID-5 Array size must be 4+1 or larger. RAID-6 Array size must be 4+1+1 or larger. DS4000 range maximum LUNs per partition is currently 256, limiting the number of LUNs from a single DS4000 to a single Storwize V7000 cluster to 256. * Please see the following DS4K flashes DS4200 DS4700 DS4800 If you have 07.36.08.xx code, you MUST contact DS4000 support prior to upgrading to your DS4000 firmware. The 07.36.08.xx release is no longer supported. Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems |
06.23.05.xx 06.60.02.xx 06.60.08.xx 06.60.17.xx 06.60.22.xx 06.60.34.xx 07.15.07.xx 07.15.10.xx 07.36.14.xx 07.36.17.xx 07.50.13.xx 07.60.28.xx 07.60.40.xx 07.60.63.xx | ||||
DS4400 | No | |||
06.12.56.xx 06.23.05.xx 06.60.02.xx 06.60.08.xx 06.60.17.xx 06.60.22.xx 06.60.34.xx | Concurrent download of ESM firmware with I/O is supported with controller firmware 06.23.05.00 or later . | |||
06.12.56.xx 06.23.05.xx 06.60.02.xx 06.60.08.xx 06.60.17.xx 06.60.22.xx 06.60.34.xx | ||||
06.12.56.xx 06.23.05.xx 06.60.02.xx 06.60.08.xx 06.60.17.xx 06.60.22.xx 06.60.34.xx | ||||
06.23.05.xx 06.60.02.xx 06.60.08.xx 06.60.17.xx 06.60.22.xx 06.60.34.xx 07.15.07.xx 07.15.10.xx 07.36.14.xx 07.36.17.xx 07.50.13.xx 07.60.28.xx 07.60.40.xx 07.60.63.xx | ||||
06.23.05.xx 06.60.02.xx 06.60.08.xx 06.60.17.xx 06.60.22.xx 06.60.34.xx 07.15.07.xx 07.15.10.xx 07.36.14.xx 07.36.17.xx 07.50.13.xx 07.60.28.xx 07.60.40.xx 07.60.63.xx |
FAStT (The IBM TotalStorage FAStT Family has been renamed the IBM TotalStorage DS4000 Series)
Controller Model | Storage Manager | Support for MDisks >2TB | Notes |
05.30.25.xx | Download the recommended version of the Storage Manager from the DS4000 website | No | Dynamic expansion of controller LUNs is not supported Concurrent download of ESM firmware with I/O is not supported DS4000 copy services (FlashCopy, VolumeCopy, MetroMirror) can be used with Storwize V7000. Please refer to the DS4000 website for the latest recommended DS4000 client software and RDAC levels Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems |
05.30.25.xx |
IBM DS5000
Controller Model | Storage Manager | Support for MDisks >2TB | Multipathing | |
DS5020 | 07.60.xx.xx 07.70.xx.xx 07.77.xx.xx 07.83.18.xx 07.84.xx.xx | Download the recommended version of the Storage Manager from the DS5000 website | Yes Minimum Firmware Level 07.60.13.xx | Dynamic expansion of controller LUNs is not supported Please refer the DS5000 website for the latest recommended DS5000 client software, RDAC levels, specific configuration guidelines, cabling requirements & restrictions when attaching EXP5000 and EXP810 DS5000 Support DS5000 copy services (FlashCopy, VolumeCopy, MetroMirror) can be used with Storwize V7000. DS5000 range maximum LUNs per partition is currently 256, limiting the number of LUNs from a single DS5000 to a Storwize V7000 cluster to 256. RAID-5 Array size must be 4+1 or larger RAID-6 Array size must be 4+1+1 or larger Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems |
07.30.21.xx 07.36.14.xx 07.36.17.xx 07.50.12.xx 07.50.13.xx 07.60.xx.xx 07.70.xx.xx 07.77.xx.xx 07.83.18.xx 07.84.xx.xx |
IBM DS6000
Firmware | Support for MDisks >2TB | Notes |
For further support, including interoperability details & latest supported code levels, visit the DS6800 support pages | No | DS6000 copy services (FlashCopy, MetroMirror) can be used with Storwize V7000. Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems Please refer to the DS6000 support site for further information on DS6000 |
IBM DS8000
Model | Supports Storwize V7000 Quorum Disks | Multipathing | |
DS8100 | For further support, including interoperability details & latest supported code levels, visit the 8100 support pages DS8000 Code Bundle Information | No | DS8000 copy services (FlashCopy, MetroMirror) can be used with Storwize V7000. DS8700 Thin provisioning is not supported Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems Please refer to the DS8000 support site for further information on DS8000 |
For further support, including interoperability details & latest supported code levels, visit the 8300 support pages DS8000 Code Bundle Information | |||
For further support, including interoperability details & latest supported code levels, visit the 8700 support pages DS8700 Code Bundle Information | |||
DS8800 | For further support, including interoperability details & latest supported code levels, visit the 8800 support pages DS8800 Code Bundle Information | ||
For Further Support, including interoperability details & latest supported code levels, visit the 8870 support pages DS8870 Code Bundle Information |
IBM ESS
Firmware | Support for MDisks >2TB | Notes |
minimum EC 2.3.3.134 minimum EC 2.3.3.178 | No | Dynamic expansion of controller LUNs is not supported Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems |
2105-F10 | ||
2105-800 | ||
2105-750 |
IBM DCS3700
Controller Model | Supports Storwize V7000 Quorum Disks | Host Attachment | Notes |
07.77.18 07.83.18.xx 07.84.xx.xx 07.86.32.00 *07.86.40.xx See Notes* | Yes | Mdisk Group Balancing | *From earlier versions of 7.86.xx.xx this is not a concurrent upgrade please see the following Technote.* |
NetApp
Firmware | Supports Storwize V7000 Quorum Disks | Multipathing | |
E5460 E5424 E5412 | N5468-784834-DB2 | No | Thin provisioning is supported |
N5468-786834-DB1 | |||
07.86.x | |||
E2660 E2624 E2612 | N26X0-784834-DB2 | ||
N26X0-786834-DB2 |
XIV
Firmware | Support for MDisks >2TB | Notes |
10.0 | Yes | XIV advanced functions ( Native copy services and Thin Provisioning ) are not supported with Storwize V7000 Do not attempt to create 512 LUNs with 10.0 fimware, the current maximum number of LUNS supported is 511 |
10.0.x 10.1.x 10.2.x 11.0.x 11.1.x 11.2.x 11.3.x 11.4.x 11.5.x 11.6.x | XIV advanced functions ( Native copy services and Thin Provisioning ) are not supported with Storwize V7000 XIV Concurrent code upgrade is supported from XIV code levels 10.1.0a & 10.1.0b to XIV code level 10.2.0a and above. Please consult your XIV TA prior to performing any upgrades on XIV. Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems Concurrent Upgrade from 10.2.2 to 10.2.2a is not supported Please refer to the XIV support site for further information on XIV |
HP
Firmware | Supports Storwize V7000 Quorum Disks | Multipathing | ||
MSA1000 | No | Controller Balancing | Your HP support representative will perform hardware maintenance and firmware upgrade procedures. These operations are non-disruptive to Storwize V7000 Dynamic expansion of controller LUNs is not supported Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems | |
MSA2000 | Mdisk Group Balancing | Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems Note the MSA P2000G2/G3 are not currently supported with Storwise V7000 | ||
Firmware | Supports Storwize V7000 Quorum Disks | Multipathing | ||
EVA 4000 | Yes | Mdisk Group Balancing | Your HP support representative will perform hardware maintenance and firmware upgrade procedures. These operations are non-disruptive to Storwize V7000 Dynamic expansion of controller LUNs is not supported Refer to EVA product documentation for concurrent maintenance procedures Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems | |
EVA 8000 | ||||
XCS 6.2xx | ||||
EVA 8100 | ||||
1100.1000 | ||||
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EVA 8400 | ||||
1000.x000 1100.1000 | Yes With IBM Storwize V7000 Version 6.4.0.3 or higher | Thin provisioning is supported with IBM Storwize V7000 Version 6.4.0.3 or higher | ||
P6350 | ||||
Model | AKA | Support for MDisks >2TB | Notes | |
01-19-99-00/04 | No | Mdisk Group Balancing | Your HP support representative will perform hardware maintenance and firmware upgrade procedures. These operations are non-disruptive to Storwize V7000 Dynamic expansion of controller LUNs is not supported Ensure that you wait until each Volume is formatted before you present it to the IBM Storwize V7000. Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems XP24000 & 20000 advanced function such as thin provisioning are not supported | |
HDS 9960 | ||||
21-14-46-00/00 | ||||
XP1024 | ||||
XP10000 | HDS NSC55 | |||
XP12000 | ||||
XP24000 | HDS USPv | |||
HDS USPv m | ||||
70-06-02 & earlier | Yes ( See Notes ) | Quorum disk requires host mode 39 : Please contact your HDS support representative |
HP 3PAR
Firmware | Support for MDisks >2TB | Notes |
2.3.1 (MU4 & MU5) 3.1.1 | Yes | Please visit Storwize V7000 Software Information Guide Errata for further information on restrictions and configuring 3Par Controllers Minimum Storwize V7000 Version 6.2.0.4 |
T400 | ||
StoreServ 7000 Series StoreServ 10000 Series |
Hitachi Data Systems
HDS Thunder | AKA | Support for MDisks >2TB | Notes | |||
These Products are End Of Service and as such are no longer formally supported | ||||||
Thunder 9530V / 9570V | ||||||
9585V | ||||||
Firmware | Supports Storwize V7000 Quorum Disks | Multipathing | ||||
9910 | These Products are End Of Service and as such are no longer formally supported | |||||
9970V | ||||||
Hitachi | AKA | Support for MDisks >2TB | Notes | |||
50-09-90-00/00 & earlier | No | Your HDS support representative will perform hardware maintenance and firmware upgrade procedures. These operations are non-disruptive to Storwize V7000 Dynamic expansion of controller LUNs is not supported An Storwize V7000 configuration must include at least one storage controller which supports Storwize V7000 quorum disks Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems Ensure that you wait until each Volume is formatted before you present it to the Storwize V7000. USPv & USPv m advanced function such as thin provisioning are not supported | ||||
USP600 | ||||||
USPv | XP24000 | |||||
XP20000 | ||||||
70-06-02 & earlier | Yes ( See Notes ) | Mdisk Group Balancing | Quorum disk requires host mode 39 : Please contact your HDS support representative | |||
73-03-31 & earlier | No | Your HDS support representative will perform hardware maintenance and firmware upgrade procedures. These operations are non-disruptive to Storwize V7000 HDS Advanced Function of Thin Provisioning is supported with Storwize V7000. Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems | ||||
Supported Firmware Versions | Supports Storwize V7000 Quorum Disks | Multipathing | ||||
AMS200 AMS500 AMS1000 WMS100 | No | Your HDS support representative will perform hardware maintenance and firmware upgrade procedures. These operations are non-disruptive to Storwize V7000 Dynamic expansion of controller LUNs is not supported HDS Advanced Function such as Thin Provisioning are not supported with Storwize V7000 at this time Please set the host type for AMS2xxx to Windows. Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems | ||||
08C3/R & earlier | ||||||
Supported Firmware Versions | Supports Storwize V7000 Quorum Disks | Multipathing | ||||
HUS110 HUS130 HUS150 | N/A | Yes | Minimum Supported Storwize V7000 version 6.4.1.3 Your HDS support representative will perform hardware maintenance and firmware upgrade procedures. These operations are non-disruptive to Storwize V7000 Dynamic expansion of controller LUNs is not supported HDS Advanced Function of Thin Provisioning is supported with Storwize V7000. Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems |
EMC
EMC Clariion | Supports Storwize V7000 Quorum Disks | Multipathing | |
CX 200 | Yes | Mdisk Group Balancing | Your EMC support representative will perform hardware maintenance and firmware upgrade procedures. These operations are non-disruptive to Storwize Dynamic expansion of controller LUNs is not supported Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems |
02.19.400.5.xxx | |||
02.19.600.5.xxx | |||
02.19.300.5.xxx 02.26.300.5.xxx | |||
02.19.500.5.xxx 02.26.500.5.xxx | |||
02.19.700.5.xxx 02.26.700.5.xxx | |||
03.26.010.5.xxx | |||
03.26.020.5.xxx | |||
03.26.040.5.xxx | |||
03.26.080.5.xxx | |||
04.28.000.5.xxx 04.28.000.5.504 04.29.000.5.003 04.29.000.5.006 04.30.000.5.508 | We recommend the customers who are running Raid 6 to upgrade to the latest supported firmware. Advanced Functions such as thin provisioning are not supported with Storwize Dynamic expansion of controller LUNs is not supported Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems | ||
CX4-480 | |||
FC4700 | |||
EMC VNX | Supports Storwize V7000 Quorum Disks | Multipathing | Your EMC support representative will perform hardware maintenance and firmware upgrade procedures. Concurrent hardware maintenance operations are non-disruptive to Storwize. Dynamic expansion of controller LUNs is not supported Thin Provisioning is supported with VNX and VNX2 Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems |
05.31.000.3.600 and Higher | No | ||
5300 | |||
5700 | |||
EMC VNX2 | Supports Storwize V7000 Quorum Disks | Multipathing | |
5.33.xx | No | ||
5400 | |||
5800 | |||
8000 | |||
Firmware | Support for MDisks >2TB | Notes | |
Enginuity 5568 | No | If you have DMX attached to Storwize, please see the following flash: Invalid Configurations on EMC Symmetrix Your EMC support representative will perform hardware maintenance and firmware upgrade procedures. These operations are non-disruptive to Storwize Dynamic expansion of controller LUNs is not supported Symmetrix copy services (SRDF etc.) can be used with Storwize. Refer to the following hint & tip for more information: Using Native Controller Copy Services Data Encryption functionality is not supported with Storwize. Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems | |
Enginuity 5671 | |||
Enginuity 5772 Enginuity 5773 | |||
Enginuity 5772 Enginuity 5773 | |||
5874 5875 5876 | Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems Please visit the following document for details on VMAX settings for Storwize V7000 |
Sun StorEdge
Firmware | Supports Storwize V7000 Quorum Disks | Multipathing | |
9910 | HDS 9910 | No | Your Sun support representative will perform hardware maintenance and firmware upgrade procedures. These operations are non-disruptive to Storwize V7000 Dynamic expansion of controller LUNs is not supported Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems |
01-19-99-00/04 | |||
9970 | HDS 9970V | ||
HDS 9980V | |||
50-09-06-00/00 | |||
50-09-85-00/00 50-09-90-00/00 |
StorageTek
StorageTek D-Series
Model | NVSRAM | Supports Storwize V7000 Quorum Disks | Multipathing | Notes |
5.30.23.00 | 8.30.G2.05 | No | ||
5.39.01.00 5.40.19.00 6.10.15.00 6.12.10.00 | N4884-530855-005 N4884-540855-005 N4884-610855-006 N4884-612855-003 | |||
D220 | N2882-534855-003 | |||
D240 | N2882-540855-007 N288X-610855-006 N288X-612855-003 | AKA FlexLine 240 | ||
5.30.23.00 5.40.19.00 6.10.15.00 6.12.10.00 | N5884-530855-005 N5884-540855-005 N588X-610855-006 N588X-612855-003 | AKA FlexLine 280 | ||
6.15.12.00 | 9.15.G2.01 |
StorageTek FlexLine 200 Series
Model | NVSRAM | Supports Storwize V7000 Quorum Disks | Multipathing | Notes |
6.12.10.00 | 9.12.G2.01 | No | ||
6.12.10.00 | AKA D240 | |||
6.12.10.00 | AKA D280 | |||
6.15.12.00 | 9.15.G2.01 |
StorageTek 6000 Series
Model | Supports Storwize V7000 Quorum Disks | Multipathing | |
6540 | Yes | Mdisk Group Balancing | Your Sun support representative will perform hardware maintenance and firmware upgrade procedures. These operations are non-disruptive to IBM Storwize V7000 Dynamic expansion of controller LUNs is not supported Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems |
6140 | |||
06.60.xx.xx | |||
07.70.xx.xx |
IBM N Series Filer and NetApp FAS
IBM N Series | Firmware | Support for MDisks >2TB | Notes |
920 | Yes | Mdisk Group Balancing | Your IBM or NetApp support representative will perform hardware maintenance and firmware upgrade procedures. These operations are non-disruptive to Storwise V7000 Dynamic expansion of controller LUNs is not supported Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems Note: host type should be set to Linux Please refer to the N Series support sitefor further information on N Series ONTAP 8.x supported in '7-mode'. C-mode currently not supported. |
960 | |||
N3300 2859-A20 | DataONTAP 7.2.4 DataONTAP 7.3 DataONTAP 7.3.1 DataONTAP 7.3.2 DataONTAP 7.3.5.1 | ||
FAS2050A | |||
270 | DataONTAP 7.2.4 DataONTAP 7.3 DataONTAP 7.3.1 DataONTAP 7.3.2 DataONTAP 7.3.5.1 DataONTAP 8.0.x DataONTAP 8.1.x | ||
3020 | |||
3040 | |||
3050 | |||
3070 | |||
3140 | |||
3160 | |||
3170 | |||
6030 | |||
6040 | |||
6070 | |||
6080 | |||
22x0 | |||
2040 | |||
32xx | |||
6210 | |||
6240 | |||
6280 |
Fujitsu Eternus
Model | Supports Storwize V7000 Quorum Disks | Multipathing | |
3000 | V20L86 V20L91 | No | Please visit the Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems Dynamic expansion of controller LUNs is not supported |
V30L21 V30L27 | |||
V20L86 V20L91 | |||
600 | |||
V20L56 V10L61 | |||
700 | |||
V20L56 V20L61 | |||
700B | |||
100 | |||
300 | |||
500 | |||
V20L70 | |||
8000 | V10L70 V11L33 V11L90 | ||
2100 | |||
V20L70 | |||
DX400 | V20L50 V20Lxx | ||
440 | |||
8100 | |||
8700 | |||
DX60 | |||
DX80 | |||
DX S2 | V20L10 V20Lxx | ||
V10L11 V10Lxx | |||
DX410S2 | |||
DX8000S2 | V10L20 V10Lxx |
Bull
Model | Supports Storwise V7000 Quorum Disks | Multipathing | |
StoreWay FDA1500 | Yes | Mdisk Group Balancing | Host Type should be set to Linux Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems |
StoreWay FDA2900 | |||
StoreWay Optima 1500 | |||
StoreWay Optima 2000 | |||
StoreWay Optima 3000 | |||
StoreWay Optima 1600 | Minimum supported Storwize V7000 version 6.3.0.1 Host Type should be set to Linux | ||
739 |
NEC iStorage
Model | Supports Storwise V7000 Quorum Disks | Multipathing | |
S1500 | Yes | Mdisk Group Balancing | Host Type should be set to Linux Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems |
S2900 | |||
M100 | Minimum supported V7000 version 6.3.0.1 Host Type should be set to Linux | ||
739 |
Oracle Pillar Axiom
Firmware | Support for MDisks >2TB | Notes |
1.6.6 | No | Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems |
2.8.6 | ||
03.03.07 04.02.00 SAN 4.6 SAN 5.4 | Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems Minimum Storwize V7000 version 6.4.1.2 |
Texas Memory Systems
Firmware | Support for MDisks >2TB | Notes |
Minimum 3.4.3 | No | Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems |
RamSan 620 | ||
RamSan 710 | ||
RamSan 720 | ||
RamSan 820 |
Toshiba Flash Array
Model | Supports Storwize V7000 Quorum Disks | Multipathing | |
FL 6000 | 5.6.x 6.3.x | Yes | V7000 LUNs should be set to 512 Block format All Storwize V7000 ports should be entered in the following format wwn.xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:x Please note that this is an offline upgrade. Concurrent upgrades are not supported with Storwize V7000 |
Xiotech
Firmware | Support for MDisks >2TB |
ISE1 | Yes |
X-IO Hyper ISE 7 Series (710, 720, 730) X-IO ISE 200 Series (210, 220, 230) | Yes |
X-IO ISE 200 Series (210, 220, 230, 240) X-IO Hyper ISE 7 Series (710, 720, 730, 740) X-IO Archive ISE (110) |
Nexsan
Model | Supports Storwise V7000 Quorum Disks | Multipathing |
SATABeast | Yes | Mdisk Group Balancing |
Q011.1044 Q011.1047 Q011.1100 Q011.1101 | Minimum supported Storwize V7000 Version 6.4.0.3 | |
E60 |
Dell Compellent
Firmware | Support for MDisks >2TB | Notes |
5.2.3 | No | Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems Compellent Advanced Functions are not supported with Storwize V7000 Please visit this document link if you are performing concurrent firmware upgrade on the compellent storage Array behind Storwize V7000 Please Visit the Storwize V7000 Software Installation and Configuration Guide Errata for further information on Zoning and restrictions |
5.4.x 5.5.x 5.4.x and 5.5.x are only supported with Storwize V7000 version 6.2.0.3 and higher | ||
6.3.x |
Violin Memory
Model | Supports Storwize V7000 Quorum Disks | Multipathing | |
3100 | G5.0.2 | Yes | V7000 LUNs should be set to 512 Block format All Storwize V7000 ports should be entered in the following format wwn.xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:x |
3202 3205 3210 3220 | |||
6000 | V7000 LUNs should be set to 512 Block format All Storwize V7000 ports should be entered in the following format wwn.xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:x Please note that this is an offline upgrade |
Huawei
Firmware | Support for MDisks >2TB | Notes |
V100R002 V100R005 V200R002 | Yes | Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center for details on Configuring and Servicing external storage systems Minimum Storwize V7000 Version 6.4.0.3 |
V100R005 | ||
S2900 S3900 S5900-M100 S5900-M200 S6900-M100 |
Switches
IBM Storwize V7000 supports NPIV products in the SAN with the restriction that these products can only be used for host attachment. An example of an NPIV product is the Brocade Access Gateway module for the BladeCenter.
FCIP technology listed on the IBM SAN Support pages can be used in IBM Storwize V7000 configurations for the following uses:
1) iSCSI host attachment. Please refer to the iSCSI Host Attachment section for more information.
2) Links between two IBM Storwize V7000 clusters in a Metro Mirror or Global Mirror configuration. Please refer to the Configuration Guide for details
ISL Blades |
All blades comprising of ISWL ports are supported in IBM Storwize V7000 configurations, provided that they are listed on the IBM SAN Support pages. This includes the Cisco MDS 9000 Family 4-port 10Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module and the Brocade 10Gbps Fibre Channel blade. |
IBM BladeCenter Supported Configurations
Notes | |
BladeCenter Optical Pass-thru Module (P/N 02R9080) QLogic 20-port Fibre Channel Module (P/N 26R0881) QLogic 6Port Enterprise FC Module (P/N 26K6477) Brocade Enterprise Module (P/N 90P0165) Brocade 20-port 4Gb Module (P/N 32R1812) Brocade 10-port 4Gb Module (P/N 32R1813) Brocade 20-port 8Gb Module (P/N 44X1920) Brocade 10-port 8Gb Module (P/N 44X1921) QLogic 20-Port 4/8 Gb Module (P/N 88Y6406) Nortel 10Gb 10-Port Ethernet Module (P/N 46C7191) QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module (P/N 46M6172) 10Gb Ethernet Pass-Thru Module (P/N 46M6181) Brocade Enterprise 20port 8Gb SAN Switch Module (P/N 42C1828) Brocade Converged 10Gbe Switch Module (P/N 69Y1909) | For BladeCenter switch module, Passthrough module, switch vendor interconnectivity and supported firmware levels, please visit the IBM BladeCenter support website |
Brocade
Firmware | AKA | |||
2005-B16 *End of Life* | 6.1.0c 6.1.0d 6.1.0e 6.1.0f 6.1.0g 6.1.0h 6.1.1a 6.1.1b 6.1.1c 6.1.2 6.1.2b 6.1.2c 6.2.2b 6.2.2d 6.2.2e 6.2.2f | *End of Life* SAN16B-2 Silkworm 200E EMC DS-16B2 | ||
6.1.1c 6.1.2 6.1.2b 6.1.2c 6.2.2b 6.2.2d 6.2.2e 6.3.1a 6.3.1b 6.3.2 6.3.2b 6.4.0a 6.4.0b 6.4.0c 6.4.1a 6.4.1b 6.4.2a 6.4.3 6.4.3b 6.4.3c 6.4.3d 6.4.3e 6.4.3f | SAN256B Silkworm 48000 | |||
5.3.0d 5.3.1a 5.3.1b 5.3.2 5.3.2b 5.3.2c | *End of Life* SAN Switch H08 / 16 Silkworm 3250 / 3850 | |||
6.1.1c 6.1.2 6.1.2b 6.1.2c 6.2.2b 6.2.2d 6.2.2e 6.3.1a 6.3.1b 6.3.2 6.3.2b 6.4.0a 6.4.0b 6.4.0c 6.4.1a 6.4.1b 6.4.2a 6.4.3 6.4.3b 6.4.3c 6.4.3d 6.4.3e | *End of Life* SAN32B-2 Silkworm 4100 | |||
*End of Life* SAN64B-2 Silkworm 4900 | ||||
5.3.0d 5.3.1a 5.3.1b 5.3.2 5.3.2b 5.3.2c | *End of Life* SAN Switch F32 Silkworm 3900 EMC DS-32B2 | |||
Director | ||||
2109-M12 *End of Life* | *End of Life* SAN Switch M12 Silkworm 12000 | |||
6.1.1c 6.1.2 6.1.2b 6.1.2c 6.2.2b 6.2.2d 6.2.2e 6.3.1a 6.3.1b 6.3.2 6.3.2b 6.4.0a 6.4.0b 6.4.0c 6.4.1a 6.4.1b 6.4.2a 6.4.3 6.4.3b 6.4.3c 6.4.3d 6.4.3e | *End of Life* Silkworm 5000 SAN32B-3 20055KB | |||
6.1.1c 6.1.2 6.1.2b 6.1.2c 6.2.2b 6.2.2d 6.2.2e 6.3.1a 6.3.1b 6.3.2 6.3.2b 6.4.0a 6.4.0b 6.4.0c 6.4.1a 6.4.1b 6.4.2a 6.4.3 6.4.3b 6.4.3c 6.4.3d 6.4.3e 6.4.3f 7.0.0a 7.0.0b 7.0.0c 7.0.0d 7.0.1b 7.0.2a 7.0.2c 7.1.0c 7.1.1 7.1.1b 7.1.1c 7.1.1c1 7.1.2 7.1.2a 7.1.2b 7.2.0d 7.2.1a 7.2.1b 7.2.1c 7.2.1c1 7.2.1d 7.2.1e 7.2.1f 7.3.0b 7.3.0c 7.3.1a 7.3.1b 7.3.1c 7.4.0a 7.4.0b | Brocade DCX Brocade DCX-4s | Please see the following Technote for the correct Port Fillword setting when connecting 8Gbps Brocade switches to 8Gbps IBM Storwize V7000 IBM SAN b-type Firmware Version 7.x Release Notes The 2498-B24 (SAN24B-4), Brocade 300 is not supported with zSeries. | ||
Brocade 300 | ||||
Fabric Switch | ||||
B Class 16Gbps | ||||
IBM Model | Class | Notes | ||
7.0.0a 7.0.0b 7.0.0c 7.0.0d 7.0.1b 7.0.2a 7.0.2c 7.1.0c 7.1.1 7.1.1b 7.1.1c 7.1.1c1 7.1.2 7.1.2a 7.1.2b 7.2.0d 7.2.1a 7.2.1b 7.2.1c 7.2.1c1 7.2.1d 7.2.1e 7.2.1f 7.3.0b 7.3.0c 7.3.1a 7.3.1b 7.3.1c 7.4.0a 7.4.0b | Brocade DCX 8510 | IBM SAN b-type Firmware Version 7.x Release Notes The 2498-F24 (SAN24B-5), Brocade 6505 is not supported with zSeries. | ||
2498-F24 ( SAN24-B5 ) | Brocade 6505 2498-X24 249824G | |||
Brocade 6510 | ||||
7.1.0c 7.1.1 7.1.1b 7.1.1c 7.1.1c1 7.1.2 7.1.2a 7.1.2b 7.2.0d 7.2.1a 7.2.1b 7.2.1c 7.2.1c1 7.2.1d 7.2.1e 7.2.1f 7.3.0b 7.3.0c 7.3.1a 7.3.1b 7.3.1c 7.4.0a 7.4.0b | ||||
Brocade Converged Network Switches | ||||
IBM | Class | Notes | ||
NOS 2.1.1b NOS 3.0.0a | Brocade VDX 6730 | SVC/V7000, node to node clustering is now supported over Fibre channel or FCoE. | ||
6.4.0b 6.4.0c 6.4.1b 6.4.2a 6.4.3 7.0.0c 7.0.0d 7.0.1b 7.0.2a 7.0.2c 7.1.0c 7.1.1 7.1.1b 7.1.1c 7.1.1c1 7.1.2 7.1.2a 7.1.2b | SVC/V7000, node to node clustering is now supported over Fibre channel or FCoE. IBM SAN b-type Firmware Version 7.x Release Notes | |||
Encryption | ||||
7.0.0c 7.0.0d 7.0.1b 7.0.2a 7.0.2c 7.1.0c 7.1.1 7.1.1b 7.1.1c 7.1.1c1 7.1.2 7.1.2a 7.1.2b 7.2.0d 7.2.1a 7.2.1b 7.2.1c 7.2.1c1 7.2.1d 7.2.1e 7.2.1f 7.3.0b 7.3.0c 7.3.1a 7.3.1b 7.3.1c 7.4.0a 7.4.0b | Brocade BES | Host Side Encryption only : Encryption from Storwize V7000 to Storage is not supported IBM SAN b-type Firmware Version 7.x Release Notes |
Model | Class | Notes |
3.1(3a) 3.2(2c) 3.2(3a) 3.3(1a) 3.3(1c) 3.3.2 3.3.3 3.3.4 4.1.1(c) 4.1.3(a) 4.2.1b 4.2.3 4.2.5 4.2.7a 4.2(7b) 5.0(1a) 5.0(4b) 5.2.1 5.2(2) 5.2(2a) 5.2(2d) 5.2(6) 5.2(6a) 5.2(6b) 5.2(8) 5.2(8a) 5.2(8b) 5.2(8c) 5.2(8e) 5.2(8g) 6.2(1) 6.2(3) 6.2(7) 6.2(9) 6.2(9a) 6.2(11) 6.2(11b) 6.2(11c) 6.2(13) 6.2(13a) | ||
3.1(3a) 3.2(2c) 3.2(3a) 3.3(1a) 3.3(1c) 3.3.2 3.3.3 3.3.4 4.1.1(c) 4.1.3(a) 4.2.1b 4.2.3 4.2.5 4.2.7a 4.2(7b) 5.0(1a) 5.0(4b) 5.2.1 5.2(2) 5.2(2a) 5.2(2d) 5.2(6) 5.2(6a) 5.2(6b) 5.2(8) 5.2(8a) 5.2(8b) 5.2(8c) 5.2(8e) 5.2(8g) 6.2(1) 6.2(3) 6.2(7) 6.2(9) 6.2(9a) 6.2(11) 6.2(11b) 6.2(11c) 6.2(13) 6.2(13a) | ||
2054-E01 | ||
5.0(1a) 5.0(4b) 5.2.1 5.2(2) 5.2(2a) 5.2(2d) 5.2(6) 5.2(6a) 5.2(6b) 5.2(8) 5.2(8a) 5.2(8b) 5.2(8c) 5.2(8e) 5.2(8g) 6.2(1) 6.2(3) 6.2(7) 6.2(9) 6.2(9a) 6.2(11) 6.2(11b) 6.2(11c) 6.2(13) 6.2(13a) | ||
3.1(3a) 3.2(2c) 3.2(3a) 3.3(1a) 3.3(1c) 3.3.2 3.3.3 3.3.4 4.1.1(c) 4.1.3(a) 4.2.1b 4.2.3 4.2.5 4.2.7a 4.2(7b) 5.0(1a) 5.0(4b) 5.2.1 5.2(2) 5.2(2a) 5.2(2d) 5.2(6) 5.2(6a) 5.2(6b) 5.2(8) 5.2(8a) 5.2(8b) 5.2(8c) 5.2(8e) 5.2(8g) | ||
9216i *EoL* | ||
9216 *EoL* 9216A *EoL* | 3.1(3a) 3.2(2c) 3.2(3a) 3.3(1a) 3.3(1c) 3.3.2 3.3.3 3.3.4 4.1.1(c) 4.1.3(a) 4.2.1b 4.2.3 | |
9140 *EoL* | ||
9120 *EoL* | ||
9020 *EoL* | 2061-420 *EoL* |
Cisco Nexus
Firmware | Notes |
4.1(3)N1(1) 4.1(3)N2(1a) 4.2(1)N2(1) 5.0(3)N2(1) 5.2(1)N1(2) 5.2(1)N1(2a) | SVC/V7000, node to node clustering is now supported over Fibre channel or FCoE. |
Supported behind core MDS switches with Qlogic CNA (Combined Network Adapters) Direct connection to Storwize V7000 is not supported | |
5.0(3)N2(1) 5.2(1)N1(2) 5.2(1)N1(2a) 6.0(2)N1(2) | SVC/V7000, node to node clustering is now supported over Fibre channel or FCoE. |
Qlogic
Model | Class | Notes |
V6.8.0.03 | Max 64 hosts per I/O Group 128 host N port logins per IO group (64 per node port) | |
9000 |
Juniper QLogic
Model | Notes |
JUNOS Base Version [12.2X50-D20.4] | Clustered FCoE hosts are not supported Qfabric is supported as an FCoE Transit switch, and QFX3500 Standalone is supported acting as an FCoE to FC Gateway device above the Brocade SAN with Fibre Channel connections to Storwize V7000. Direct attach of Qfabric or QFX3500 to Storwize V7000 is not supported. |
Other Hardware & Software
Technologies for extending the distance between two IBM Storwize V7000 clusters can be broadly divided into the following two categories.
Inter Cluster Fibre Channel Extenders
Fibre channel extenders simply extend a fibre channel link by transmitting fibre channel packets across long links without changing the contents of those packets. IBM has tested a number of such fibre channel extender technologies with IBM Storwize V7000 and will support fibre channel extenders of all types provided that they are planned, installed and operated as described in the Configuration Guide document.
Inter Cluster SAN Routers
SAN routers extend the scope of a SAN by providing 'virtual nPorts' on two or more SANs. The router arranges that traffic at one virtual nPort is propagated to the other virtual nPort but the two fibre channel fabrics are independent of one another. Thus nPorts on each of the fabrics cannot directly log into each other. There are distance restrictions imposed due to latency. The amount of latency which can be tolerated depends on the type of copy services being used (Metro Mirror or Global Mirror). Details of the maximum latencies supported can be found in the Software Installation and Configuration Guide.
Due to the more complex interactions involved, IBM explicitly tests products of this class for interoperability with IBM Storwize V7000.
The following SAN Routers are supported for use with IBM Storwize V7000 when planned, installed and operated as described in the Configuration Guide document.
Firmware | Notes | ||
SAN16B-R SAN Router | 7.4.1d | ||
SAN18B-R | 6.3.1b 6.3.2a 6.4.0b 6.4.0c 6.4.2a | ||
SAN04B-R | 6.3.1b 6.3.2a 6.4.0a 6.4.2a | ||
SAN06B-R | 6.3.1a 6.3.1b 6.4.2a 6.4.3b 6.4.3c 7.0.1b 7.0.0c 7.0.0d 7.0.1b 7.0.2a 7.0.2.c 7.1.0c 7.1.1 7.1.1b 7.1.1c 7.1.1c1 7.1.2 7.1.2a 7.1.2b 7.2.0d 7.2.1a 7.2.1b 7.2.1c 7.2.1c1 7.2.1d 7.2.1e 7.2.1f 7.3.0b 7.3.0c 7.3.1a 7.3.1b 7.3.1c 7.4.0a 7.4.0b | ||
M48 FC3450 Blade | 6.3.1b 6.3.2a 6.4.0a 6.4.0b 6.4.0c 6.4.1b 6.4.2a | ||
SAN384B SAN768B FC3890 | 6.4.1b 6.4.2a 6.4.3b 6.4.3c 7.0.1b 7.0.0c | ||
SAN384B-2 SAN768B-2 FC3890 | 6.4.1b 6.4.2a 6.4.3b 6.4.3c 7.0.1b 7.0.0c | ||
Cisco MDS 9000 Series Inter VSAN Routing | |||
2.4.4.3 |
VSS
VSSVersion | |
IBM Storwize V7000 Support for Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) | Please use the following link for information on Microsoft VSS Version 4.10.0.1 |
Management GUI
To access the management GUI, you must ensure that your web browser is supported and has the appropriate settings enabled.
Support link |
For information on supported browsers & configuring you browser to work with the IBM Storwize V7000 management GUI please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center Configuring -> Checking your web browser settings for the management GUI |
GPFS / RVSD Versions
GPFS Version | RVSD/PSSP | |
5.3 TL12 | 4.1 | Please see the following link for GPFS Documentation |
3.4 3.5 4.1 | ||
3.4 3.5 4.1 |
GPFS | RVSD/PSSP | ||
5.6 and above | Please see the following link for GPFS Documentation | ||
3.4 3.5 | |||
4.1 |
IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center (TPC)
Supported levels |
IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager (FCM)
FlashCopy Manager Information | |
3.1 | Please see the following Security Bulletin and FCM Technote. |
*Oracle Server Release | Minimum IBM Storwize V7000 Level | ASM | |
10g | AIX 5.1 AIX 5.2 AIX 5.3 TL12 AIX 6.1 AIX 7.1 RHEL4 RHEL5 SLES9 SLES10 HPUX11iV2 Windows 2008 Solaris 9 Solaris10 | Yes | AIX 5.1 & AIX 5.2 are now end of service and as such no further fixes will be made available. Should you have an issue please upgrade to a supported version of AIX. AIX 5.3 TL12 is now EOL: extended service contract only. Please visit the 6.4 IBM Storwize V7000 restrictions document for further information Please visit this Flash if using Oracle ASM with HPUX |
AIX 5.1 AIX 5.2 AIX 5.3 TL12 AIX 6.1 AIX 7.1 RHEL4 RHEL5 SLES9 SLES10 HPUX11iV2 Windows 2008 Solaris 9 Solaris10 |
Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
Product Documentation
Abstract
Support Matrix for Subsystem Device Driver (SDD), Subsystem Device Driver Path Control Module (SDDPCM), and Subsystem Device Driver Device Specific Module (SDDDSM) for ESS, DS8000, DS6000, DS5000, DS4000, DS5020, DS3950, SVC, IBM Storwize V7000/V5000/V3500/V3700, IBM FlashSystem V840, IBM FlashSystem V9000 and IBM BladeCenter SAS RAID Controller Module (RSSM)
Note 1: SDD releases cumulative support for storage subsystems at the GA of each storage subsystem type. However, since all storage subsystems are not on the same release schedule, the latest SDD releases may not support all storage subsystem types. Refer to the tables below to determine the support level for your configuration. Then, download the package at each platform's download page. For detailed information on fixes and features, refer to the readme files located at each platform's download page.
Note 2: SDDDSM/SDDPCM for DS8000 is no longer supported, for more information please see SDDDSM and SDDPCM End Of Support for DS8000.
Support Matrix for HP SDD
Last Modified Date: 2013-01-31
Latest HP SDD Levels for Supported Device Types
ESS | DS6000 | DS40006 | SVC |
No | No | No | Yes |
No | No | No | No |
No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
No | No | No | No |
No | No | No | Yes |
No | No | Yes | Yes |
Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Latest HP SDD Levels for Supported Device Types and Supported Operating System Levels
ESS | DS6000 | DS40006 | SVC |
1.6.3.0 | 1.6.3.0 | n/a | n/a |
1.6.3.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
1.6.3.0 | 1.8.0.2 | 1.8.0.2 | 1.8.1.3 |
1.6.3.0 | 1.8.0.2 | 1.8.0.2 | 1.8.1.3 |
1.6.3.0 | 1.8.0.2 | 1.8.0.2 | 1.8.1.3 |
6DS4000 refers to DS4200, DS4300, DS4400, DS4500, DS4700, and DS4800. DS5000 refers to DS5020, DS5100, and DS5300.
Click here to download HP SDD packages
Ibm V7000 Redbook
Support Matrix for AIX SDDPCM
Last Modified Date: 2018-12-12
Latest AIX SDDPCM Levels for Supported Device Types
ESS | DS6000 | DS40007,8 | DS39508 | IBM Storwize V7000 | IBM Storwize V3500 | IBM FlashSystem V9000 | RSSM | ||||||||
2.7.1.2 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
2.7.1.1 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
2.7.1.0 | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |||||||
2.7.0.0 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
2.6.9.0 | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |||||||
2.6.8.0 | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
2.6.7.0 | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |||||||
No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||||||||
No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||||||||
No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||||||||
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No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | ||||||||
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No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||||||||
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No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | ||||||||
Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Latest AIX SDDPCM Levels for Supported Device Types and Supported Operating System Levels
Ibm V7000 Knowledge Center
ESS | DS6000 | DS40007,8 | DS39508 | IBM Storwize V7000 | IBM Storwize V3500 | IBM FlashSystem V9000 | IBM Flash System V840 | |
5.2 vWPAR15 | 2.6.8.010,11,12 | N/A | N/A | 2.6.8.010,11,12 | 2.6.8.010,11,12 | 2.6.8.010,11,12 | 2.6.8.010,11,12 | |
5.3 vWPAR18/ VIOS 1.X14 | 2.6.8.010,11,12 | 2.6.3.19,10,11 | 2.6.3.19,10,11 | 2.6.9.010,11,12, | 2.6.9.010,11,12 | 2.6.9.010,11,12 | 2.6.9.010,11,12 | |
6.1 / VIOS 2.X / NPIV14 | 2.7.1.010,11,12 | 2.6.3.19,10,11 | 2.6.3.19,10,11 | 2.7.1.210,11,12 | 2.7.1.210,11,12 | 2.7.1.210,11,12 | 2.7.1.210,11,12 | |
7.1 / NPIV14 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2.7.1.210,11,12 | 2.7.1.210,11,12 | 2.7.1.210,11,12 | 2.6.2.110,13 |
7.2 / NPIV14 | 2.7.1.010,11,12 | N/A | N/A | 2.7.1.210,11,12 | 2.7.1.210,11,12 | 2.7.1.210,11,12 | 2.7.1.210,11,12 |
7DS4000 refers to DS4100, DS4200, DS4300, DS4400, DS4500, DS4700, and DS4800. DS5000 refers to DS5100 and DS5300.
8Refer to SSIC for the SDDPCM level supported by your storage model and firmware level.
9VIOS is not supported with SDDPCM on DS4000, DS5000, DS5020 and DS3950 subsystem devices.
10Requires certain OS TL, VIOS version, or APARs. Please refer to the latest README of this SDDPCM version for detailed information.
11Persistent Reservation with HACMP is not supported; Only HACMP with enhanced concurrent mode volume group is supported.
12If you are running SVC release which includes APAR IC55826 (SVC v4.2.1.6 and above), or SVC release prior to SVC v4.2.1.6 with an iFix on LONG BUSY, there are a list of required AIX APARs and AIX iFix for your AIX Technology Level. Refer to the latest README for detailed information.
13HACMP is not supported for RSSM.
14'5.3/VIOS1.X' and '6.1/VIOS2.X' only indicate that VIOS v1.X is associated with AIX53, and VIOS v2.X is associated with AIX6.1. For detail information about which OS/VIOS/SDDPCM versions are supported for IBM storage devices, please refer to storage subsystem web page.
15'AIX 5.2' Operating System is EOL, SDDPCM will be supported only in AIX 5.2 vWPAR environment.
18'AIX 5.3' Operating System is EOL, SDDPCM will be supported only in AIX 5.3 vWPAR environment.
Latest AIX SDDPCM Levels for DS8000 Open HyperSwap (non-cluster)
SDD Level | DS8000 | DS50007 | DS5020 | SVC | IBM Storwize V5000 | IBM Storwize V3700 |
3.0.0.716,17 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
3.0.0.516,17 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
3.0.0.416,17 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
3.0.0.016,17 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Ibm V7000 Storage
Latest AIX SDDPCM Levels for DS8000 Open HyperSwap (non-cluster) and Supported Operating System Levels
AIX Operating System |
5.316,17 |
6.116,17 |
16This version supports Tivoli Productivity Center for Replication Open HyperSwap, for non-clustering environment only. Currently DB2 with raw device access is not supported. The Open HyperSwap functionality for Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Replication requires a minimum version of R5.1 with DS8700 or up;
17Please refer to the latest readme of this version for the supported AIX TL/SP levels and the required APARs;
Click here to download AIX SDDPCM packages
Support Matrix for Windows SDDDSM
Last Modified Date: 2018-12-17
Latest Windows SDDDSM Levels for Supported Device Types
SDDDSM Level | DS8000 | SVC | IBM Storwize V5000 | IBM Storwize V3700 | IBM Flash System V840 |
2.5.3.0 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2.5.1.0* | Yes** | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2.4.8.0*** | Yes** | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2.4.7.0 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2.4.5.1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2.4.4.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2.4.3.4-4 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2.4.3.3-2 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2.4.2.2-3 | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
No | No | No | No | Yes | |
2.4.2.0-1 | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
No | No | No | No | Yes | |
2.4.1.1-1 | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
No | No | No | No | Yes | |
2.2.0.0-11 | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
***Note: Do not use SDDDSM 2.4.8.0 driver. If its already installed then upgrade it to SDDDSM 2.5.0.0 or above.
Refer to below Flash for details.
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1010261
**SDDDSM 2.4.8.0/2.5.1.0/2.5.2.0 + DS8K support is only for Windows 2016.
*SDDDSM 2.5.0.0 and above are not supported with Windows 2008 (x64) OS. Refer SDDDSM 'readme' for more details.
Latest Windows SDDDSM Levels for Supported Device Types and Supported Operating System Levels
Windows Operating System | DS8000 | SVC | IBM Storwize V5000 | IBM Storwize V3700 | IBM Flash System V840 |
2003/2003R2 (x86/x64) | 2.1.3.0-1 | 2.4.1.1-1 | 2.4.4.0 | 2.4.4.0 | 2.4.4.0 |
2008 (x86) | N/A | 2.4.1.1-1 | 2.5.2.0 | 2.5.2.0 | 2.5.2.0 |
2008 (x64) | N/A | 2.4.1.1-1 | 2.4.8.0 | 2.4.8.0 | 2.4.8.0 |
2008 R2 (x64) | N/A | N/A | 2.5.2.0 | 2.5.2.0 | 2.5.2.0 |
2012 | N/A | N/A | 2.5.3.0 | 2.5.3.0 | 2.5.3.0 |
2012 R2 | N/A | N/A | 2.5.3.0 | 2.5.3.0 | 2.5.3.0 |
2012 Server Core | N/A | N/A | 2.5.3.0 | 2.5.3.0 | 2.5.3.0 |
2016 | N/A | N/A | 2.5.3.0 | 2.5.3.0 | 2.5.3.0 |
2016 Server Core | N/A | N/A | 2.5.3.0 | 2.5.3.0 | 2.5.3.0 |
Latest Supported HBA Drivers for Windows SDDDSM
Emulex | Brocade |
StorPort (elxsli2.sys) | StorPort (bfad.sys) |
Click here to download Windows SDDDSM packages
Document Information
Modified date:
07 August 2019
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