Dell PowerVault MD3600f Series, PowerVault MD3620f, PowerVault MD3200 Series, PowerVault MD3200i Series, PowerVault MD3600i Series Support Matrix

Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3200, MD3200i,
MD3600i, and MD3600f Series Storage Arrays
Support Matrix

Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................ 2

Dell PowerVault M32/36 Series Storage Array Rules* .............................................................................. 2

Supported Controller Firmware and NVSRAM ........................................................................................... 5

Supported SAS Host Bus Adapters ............................................................................................................... 5

Supported iSCSI Software Initiators ............................................................................................................. 5

Supported Protocol Offload (TOE / iSCSI) Adapters .................................................................................. 6

Fibre Channel SFP+ Transceiver Support .................................................................................................... 6

Supported Hard Disk Drives ........................................................................................................................... 6

Supported Expansion Enclosures .................................................................................................................. 8

Supported Management Software ................................................................................................................ 8

Supported Operating Systems ...................................................................................................................... 12

Supported Device Mapper Software .......................................................................................................... 14

Supported Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters ............................................................................................ 14

Supported HBAs, Required Drivers and Firmware .................................................................................. 15

Supported Brocade & Dell PowerConnect FOS levels ........................................................................... 17

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Introduction

This document provides information on supported software and hardware for Dell PowerVault MD3200,
MD3200i, MD3600i and MD3600f series storage arrays as well as usage considerations,
recommendations and rules.

DellPowerVaultM32/36SeriesStorageArrayRules*

The following are the connectivity and consideration rules for the MD3200, MD3200i, MD3600i and MD3600f series
arrays:

RULE MD3200 & MD3220

(SAS)

Maximum number of host
servers a single storage
array can connect to with
one RAID Controller
Module installed:
Maximum number of host
servers a single storage
array can connect to with
two RAID Controller
Modules installed:
Maximum number of Dell
6GbSAS HBA cards
supported in a single host
server attached to single
array. (It is recommended
to use two Dell 6Gb SAS
HBA cards for all
redundant cabling
configurations.)
Unused ports on a Dell
6Gb SAS HBA card
already connected to an
MD3200 cannot be
connected to another
device (such as a tape
drive or other model
storage array).
Maximum number of
MD32/36 series Storage
arrays a host server may
connect to:
Connecting an MD3200
series SAS array, an
MD3200i series iSCSI
array and an MD3600i
series iSCSI array to the
same host is supported.
TOTAL of 96 slots ---
Up to seven MD1200 or
MD 1220 series expansion
enclosures can be
attached to an MD storage
array. Any mixture of
MD1200 and MD1220

4 32 64 64

8 (4 if using high
availability)

2 (each card has two
ports)

√ N/A N/A N/A

2 (HA) 4 4 4

√ √ √ I/O co-existence

√ √ √ √

MD3200i & MD3220i
(1Gbps iSCSI)

32 64 64

N/A N/A N/A

MD3600i &
MD3620i (10Gbps
iSCSI)

MD3600f &
MD3620f (8Gbps
Fibre Channel)

with Fibre Channel
or any other
protocol on same
host is not
supported.

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enclosures for a total of 96
SAS physical disks is
supported.
Attached MD1200 series
expansion enclosures must
be run in unified mode.
A hot spare for a disk
group must be a physical
disk of equal or greater
size than any of the
member disks.
When using out-of-band
management with SMcli by
specifying the RAID
Controller management
port IP addresses on the
MD Storage Array, SMcli
commands that change the
attributes of a virtual disk,
virtual disk copy, or
snapshot virtual disk, must
have management access
to the owning RAID
Controller Module. Where
applicable it is best
practice to specify both
management port IP
addresses on the SMcli
invocation: SMcli

192.168.128.101

192.168.128.102 -c.
Co-existence of multiple
Linux multi-pathing drivers
is not supported. When
using a MD3200 or
MD3600 series array with
Linux host servers only the
Linux Device Mapper
failover driver is supported.

**

On Linux systems Device
Mapper multi-pathing
drivers are required for
multi-path support
Virtual disks on an
MD3200 or MD3600 series
cannot be used for booting.
RAID 5 and RAID 6 disk
groups are limited to a
maximum of 30 physical
disks
Disk Groups can be
migrated between a Dell
PowerVault MD3200 or
MD3200i or MD3600i by
following the appropriate
Disk Group migration
procedure***
All iSCSI Host ports on a
controller have to be at the
same port speed
iSCSI Host ports will only N/A Only 1Gbps Supported √ N/A

√ √ √ √

√ √ √ √

√ √ √ √

√ √ √ √

√ √ √ √

√ √ √ MD3600f will

support boot from
SAN

√ √ √ √

√ √ √ √

N/A Only 1Gbps Supported √ N/A

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auto-negotiate to the port
speed set in MDSM
Only single path iSCSI
boot is supported for all
Linux OS’s. Multi-path
iSCSI boot on Linux is not
supported.
If the iSCSI Initiators are
connected to MD3200i
and/or MD3600i series
through network switches,
make sure that your
network switches support
flow control, and flow
control is enabled for both
sending and
receiving. Otherwise, the
storage controllers’ IO
performance will be greatly
degraded in the case that
packages through network
switches have to be
retransmitted.
To get optimal IO
performance, avoid having
more than one iSCSI
session originating from
one host iSCSI port to the
same controller – ideally,
the iSCSI host NIC should
connect to only one iSCSI
target port on the storage
subsystem.

N/A √ √ N/A

N/A √ √ N/A

N/A √ √ N/A

* Refer also to the Hardware Installation section of the MD3200 or MD3200i or MD3600i series Owner’s
Manual.

** Dell Linux MPP drivers for the MD3000 can coexist with the Device Mapper driver used for the MD3200
and MD3600 series.

Refer to

“Linux DM Installation Details for Dell PowerVault MD Series Storage Arrays” for supporting MD3000,

MD3200 and MD3600 series products on a single Linux host.

*** Refer to the Disk Group Migration section of the MD3200 or MD3200i or MD3600i series Owner’s
Manuals.

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SupportedControllerFirmwareandNVSRAM

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NOTE: It is advisable to gather support information before performing any firmware upgrade. This can be

performed from the Support tab of the MD Storage Manager application.

NOTE: Only drivers and firmware released by Dell are supported. For the latest driver and firmware
releases, see the Downloads section at support.dell.com.

To determine your firmware and NVSRAM levels:
From a management station, connect to the storage array using MD Storage Manager.

Select the Support tab.

Click on Storage Array Profile and look for the firmware and NVSRAM versions.

Software

Controller Firmware (only MD32xx,
MD32xxi, and MD3600i series (SAS
& iSCSI)
Controller Firmware (only MD3600f
series (Fibre Channel))
Controller NVSRAM

Controller NVSRAM

ersion

07.75.14.62

07.75.20.62

N26X0-770890-009
for MD3200 and MD3200i series
(SAS and iSCSI)
N26X0-770890-909
for MD3600i series (iSCSI only)
N26X0-775890-009
for MD3600f series (Fibre Channel
only)

SupportedSASHostBusAdapters

Please see support.dell.com for the latest supported firmware and driver versions.

Host Bus Adapter Name

Dell 6Gbps SAS HBA

SupportediSCSISoftwareInitiators
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Operating System SW Initiato

Windows 2003 R2 SP2 Microsoft 2.08, 2.07 Available via MS download
Windows 2008 R2 SP2 Microsoft RTM or later Included w/OS
Windows 2008 SP2 Microsoft RTM or later Included w/OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat RTM or later Included w/OS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SUSE RTM or later Included w/OS
VMware ESX VMware RTM or later Included w/OS
Citrix XENserver Citrix RTM or later Included w/OS

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SW Initiator Version Notes

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SupportedProtocolOffload(TOE/iSCSI)Adapters

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Standard Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters are supported when used with supported software iSCSI initiators.
The following list of hardware initiators is also supported.

Please see support.dell.com for the latest supported firmware and driver versions.

Host Bus Adapter Name

Broadcom – 5708
Broadcom – 5709
Broadcom – 5709c
Broadcom – 5721j
Broadcom – 57710
Broadcom – 57711
Emulex OneConnect 10G CNA

FibreChannelSFP+TransceiverSupport

Description Manufacture

8G FC SFP+ JDSU PLRXPL-VC-SH4-23-N
8G FC SFP+ Finisar FTLF8528P2BCV-LS
8G FC SFP+ Avago AFBR-57D7APZ

Mfr. Part Number

SupportedHardDiskDrives

Only Dell-provided hard disk drives are supported. Hard disk drives not purchased from Dell will be marked as
uncertified and will not be usable. Refer to the MD32xx/MD32xxi Drivers and Downloads section for the latest
available physical disk firmware.

Form Factor Dell P/N Model Capacity Speed

3.5" U717K ST3500414SS 500GB 7.2K Seagate

3.5" U738K ST31000424SS 1TRB 7.2K Seagate

3.5" R755K ST32000444SS 2TRB 7.2K Seagate

3.5" X164K ST31000425SS 1TRB 7.2K Seagate

3.5" W350K ST32000445SS 2TRB 7.2K Seagate

3.5” 0V8G9 WD1000FYYG 1TB 7.2K

3.5” YY34F WD2000FYYG 2TB 7.2K

3.5” 7KXJR MK1001TRKB 1TB 7.2K Toshiba

3.5” WDC07 MK2001TRKB 2TB 7.2K Toshiba

3.5” R752K ST3600002SS 600GB 10K Seagate

3.5" X163K ST3450757SS 450GB 15K Seagate

3.5" T873K ST3600957SS 600GB 15K Seagate

3.5" F617N ST3300657SS 300GB 15K Seagate

3.5" R749K ST3450857SS 450GB 15K Seagate

3.5" W347K ST3600057SS 600GB 15K Seagate

3.5" X150K HUS156030VLS600 300GB 15K Hitachi

3.5" T875K HUS156045VLS600 450GB 15k Hitachi

3.5" W348K HUS156060VLS600 600GB 15k Hitachi

2.5" R734K ST9500430SS 500GB 7.2K Seagate

2.5” 55RMX ST9500620SS 500GB 7.2K Seagate

2.5” 9W5WV ST91000640SS 1TB 7.2K Seagate

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Western
Digital
Western
Digital

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