EMC Simple Support Matrix

EMC Symmetrix VMAX

MARCH 2012 P/N 300-012-334 REV A10

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Table 1 and Table 2 Table list EMC E-Lab qualified specific versions or ranges for EMC Symmetrix VMAX Enginuity versions 5875 and 5874. Table 3 through Table 6 list the required Symmetrix VMAX director bit settings.
Table 1

VMAX Enginuity 5875 Host Connectivity

Path and Volume Management PowerPath Native MPIO/LVM Veritas / Symantec DMP/VxVM
Recommended Allowed

Native

Solutions Virtual Provisioning Enabler Host Veritas VCS/ Oracle Reclamation l SE SFRAC/VxCFS RAC Cluster

Platform Support AIX 5200-10-08-0930 a, f AIX 5300-09-01-0847 a, f AIX 6100-02-01-0847 a, f AIX 7100-00-02-1041 a, f HP-UX, 11iv1 c, f HP-UX, 11iv2
c, f

Recommended

Allowed

5.3 SP1P01 5.3 - 5.5 P03 5.5 - 5.5 P02 5.3 SP1 P01 5.5 P03 5.1 SP1 5.1 SP2 5.1 SP2 Pvlinks j /Y Y Yd 5.3 - 5.6 (Version/kernel specific) Y Yd Y 5.1 SP2 MPIO / Y 5.1 SP2 - 6.0 5.1 SP1 - 6.0 h 5.0 MP2 5.1 RP1 4.1 MP1 o 5.1 RP1 5.0 - 5.1 SP1 5.1 SP1 Y MSCS Failover Cluster Y 5.0 MP3 MPxIO / Y 5.1 SP1 3.x o, 4.x o, 5.0 i 4.0 o- 5.0 MP3 SC 3.1 SC 3.1 - 3.2 4.1 MP1 o 5.0 MP3 h 4.1 MP1 o 5.1 SP1 h 5.0 - 6.0 h 10g - 11g 10g Symantec SF 5.1 SP1 Symantec SF 5.1 SP1 - 6.0 7.2 - 7.3 N/A N/A NMP ESX 11g 7.2 - 7.3 7.2 - 7.3 5.0 MP2 6.0 h 4.1 MP1 o6.0 h 5.0 - 5.1 SP2 h 10g - 11g 5.0 - 6.0 h Symantec SF 5.1 SP2 k - 6.0 7.2 - 7.3 Symantec SF 10g - 11g 5.1 SP1 - 6.0 7.3 Y 5.0 MP3 RP3 5.1 SP1 5.1 SP1 PR1 3.5 5.01 5.1 SP1 - 6.0 5.0 5.0 - 5.1 PowerHA (HACMP) 5.4 - 7.1 SG 11.16 SG 11.19 SG 11.20 5.0 - 5.1 SP1 h 5.0 - 6.0 h 10g - 11g Symantec SF 5.1 SP1 - 6.0 5.0 MP3 5.1 SP1 h 5.1 SP1 PR1 10g - 11g 11g 10g 7.2 - 7.3 Symantec SF 5.1 SP1 Symantec SF 5.1 SP1 PR1 7.2 - 7.3

7.3

HP-UX, 11iv3 c, f Linux AX 2.0 GA, 3.0 Linux OL 4.0 U4 - U5, 5.0 - 5.7, 6 b, c Linux RHEL 4.0 U2 - 4.9, 5, 6 b, c, m Linux SLES 9 SP3 and SP4, SLES 10, SLES 11 b, c Microsoft Windows 2003 SP2 c

5.3 - 5.5 SP1 Microsoft Windows 2008 (x86) Microsoft Windows 2008 (x64) m Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 m 5.3.1 - 5.5 SP1 OpenVMS Alpha v7.3-2, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4 f OpenVMS Integrity v8.2-1, 8.3,8.3-1H1, 8.4 f Solaris 8 SPARC c, i

Symantec SF 5.1 SP2 k

7.2 - 7.3

Y 5.1.x g, i

Solaris 9 SPARC c Solaris 10 SPARC Solaris 10 (x86) Tru64 v5.1B-0 through v5.1B-6 f VMware ESX 3.5 c VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 (vSphere) c VMware ESX/ESXi 4.1 (vSphere) c, e, m VMware ESXi 5 (vSphere) m, n
5.3 - 5.3 P02 5.1 - 5.2.2
g

4.1 o MP1 5.0 MP3 SC 3.1 - 3.3 5.1 SP1 - 6.0 5.0 - 5.0 MP3 Y

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

Components Contact your EMC account team for any microcode NDU (non-disruptive upgrade) requirements or prerequisites. Recommended = EMC target versions. EMC advises using the latest recommended versions. Allowed = Older EMC-approved versions still functional but may not contain the latest fixes and features. Refer to product release notes for feature requirements. All EMC-recommended FC SAN switches (2 Gb/s or greater) from Brocade, Cisco, and QLogic for host and storage connectivity are supported. Switches Refer to the ELN Switched Fabric Topology Parameters table for supported switch fabric interoperability firmware and settings. All Fibre Channel HBAs from Emulex, QLogic (2 Gb/s or greater), and Brocade (8 Gb/s or greater), including vendor rebranded versions. Solaris Host Servers/ Adapters requires an RPQ when using any Brocade HBA. All 10 Gb/s Emulex, QLogic Brocade, and Cisco CNAs. All 1 Gb/s or 10 Gb/s NICs for iSCSI connectivity, as supported by Server/OS vendor. Any EMC or vendor-supported driver/firmware/BIOS. EMC recommends using the latest E-Lab Navigator listed driver/firmware/BIOS versions. Adapters must support link speed compatible with selected switch (fabric) or array (direct connect). All host systems are supported where vendor supports the host/OS/adapter combination. v5875.135.91: GA release. Virtual Provisioning Host (Thin) Reclamation support. Encryption support. Operating environment v5875.198.148: FCoE support added. Migration enhancements for using SRDF. Note: Refer to the ELN at http://elabnavigator.emc.com for the complete list of available versions. For complete details on FLM support, refer to the EMC Federated Live Migration Simple Support Matrix located at http://elabnavigator.emc.com. Federated Live Migration (FLM)
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Blank = Not currently supported N/A = Not applicable Y = Supported, not version-specific a. Minimum ODM definition 5.3.0.3 for AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1. Minimum ODM definition 6.0.0.0 for AIX 7.1. b. 8 Gbs support begins with AX 2.0 SP3, AX 3.0 SP2, OL 4.0 U7, OL 5.2, RHEL 4.7, RHEL 5.2, SLES 10 SP2. c. Supports 1 GB HBAs but only with FC_SW connectivity. d. MPIO with AX supported at AX 2.0 SP1 and later. MPIO with RHEL supported at RHEL 4.0 U3 and later. e. Minimum ESX 4.1 required to support new 5875 VMware VAAI API. f. Only server vendor-sourced HBAs are supported. g. PowerPath versions that have reached EOL require a PowerPath Extended Support agreement. h. When present in the range, versions between 4.1 MP1 - 5.0 MP3 are Allowed and versions between 5.1 SP1 - 6.0 are Recommended. i. Refer to E-Lab Navigator Extended Support tab for additional tier 2 OS support and End-of-Life products. Letter of Support may allow earlier versions. j. Pvlinks is an HP-UX alternate pathing solution that does not do support balancing. k. Requires Symantec patch vertsion 5.1 2007.87. l. Refer to the EMC Virtual Provisioning table (http://elabnavigator.emc.com) for all Virtual Provisioning (without host reclamation) qualified configurations. m. EMC VFCache is supported on Linux RHEL 5.6 and 5.7 only, VMware 4.1 and 5.0 only, and Windows 2008 x64 and R2 only. VFCache is supported on the following host server families: Cisco UCS, Dell PowerEdge, HP ProLiant DL, and IBM xSeries. n. Refer to the VMware vSphere 5 ESSM, located at http://elabnavigator.emc.com, Simple Support Matrix tab, Platform Solutions, for additional details. o. Thin devices are not supported with versions 4.x and earlier.

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Table 2

VMAX Enginuity 5874 Host Connectivity

Path and Volume Management PowerPath Native MPIO/ LVM Veritas / Symantec DMP/VxVM Recommended Allowed Native Cluster Veritas VCS/ SFRAC/ VxCFS Oracle RAC Solutions Virtual Provisioning Enabler SE

Platform Support AIX 5200-10-08-0930 a, e AIX 5300-09-01-0847 a, e AIX 6100-02-01-0847 a, e AIX 7100-00-02-1041 a, e HP-UX, 11iv1c, e HP-UX, 11iv2 c, e HP-UX, 11iv3 c, e Linux AX 2.0 GA, 3.0 Linux OL 4.0 U4 - U5, 5.0-5.7, 6 b, c Linux RHEL 4.0 U2 - 4.9, 5, 6 b, c, j Linux SLES 9 SP3 and SP4, SLES 10, SLES 11 b, c Microsoft Windows 2003 SP2 c Microsoft Windows 2008 (x86)

Recommended 5.3 SP1P01 5.3 - 5.5 P03

Allowed

5.5 - 5.5 P02 5.3 SP1 P01 5.5 P03 5.1 SP1 5.1 SP2 5.1 SP2

5.0 MP3 RP3 5.1 SP1 5.1 SP1 PR1

PowerHA (HACMP) 5.4 - 7.1

5.0 MP3 5.1 SP1 i 5.1 SP1 PR1

10g - 11g

Symantec SF 7.0 - 7.3 5.0 MP3 5.1 SP1 Symantec SF 5.1 SP1 PR1 7.3

11g 10g

Pvlinks j /Y Y Yd

3.5 5.01 5.1 SP1 - 6.0 5.0 5.0 - 5.1

SG 11.16 SG 11.19 SG 11.20 5.0 - 5.1 SP1 5.0 - 6.0

i i

7.1 - 7.3 10g - 11g Symantec SF 5.1 SP1 - 6.0

5.3 - 5.6 (Version/ kernel specific)

Y Yd Y 5.1 SP2 MPIO / Y 5.1 SP2 - 6.0 Y 5.1.x f, g MPxIO / Y 5.0 MP3 5.1 SP1 5.1 SP1 - 6.0 Y 5.1 SP1 - 6.0 i

5.0 MP2 - 5.1 RP1 4.1 MP1 l 5.1 RP1 5.0 - 5.1 SP1 Y MSCS Failover Cluster

5.0 MP2 6.0 i 4.1 MP1 l 6.0 i 5.0 - 5.1 SP2 i 5.0 - 6.0 i Symantec SF 10g - 11g 5.0 MP3 - 6.0 7.0 - 7.3

5.3 - 5.5 SP1

Microsoft Windows 2008 (x64) j 5.3.1 - 5.5 SP1 Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 j OpenVMS Alpha v7.3-2, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4 e OpenVMS Integrity v8.2-1, 8.3,8.31H1, 8.4 e Solaris 8 SPARC c, g Solaris 9 SPARC
c

5.1 SP1

Symantec SF 5.1 SP1 5.1 SP2 7.0 - 7.3 10g - 11g Symantec SF 5.1 SP2 - 6.0 7.0 - 7.3

Y 3.x l, 4.x l, 5.0 g 4.1 MP1 l 5.0 MP3 5.0 - 5.0 MP3 4.1 MP1 l5.0 MP3 i 4.1 MP1 l5.1 SP1 i 5.0 - 6.0 i 10g

SC 3.1 SC 3.1 - 3.2 SC 3.1 - 3.3

Solaris 10 SPARC Solaris 10 (x86) Tru64 v5.1B-0 through v5.1B-6 e VMware ESX 3.5 c VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 (vSphere) c VMware ESX/ESXi 4.1 (vSphere) j VMware ESXi 5 (vSphere) j, k

5.3 - 5.3 P02

5.1 - 5.2.2 f

Symantec SF 7.0 - 7.3 5.1 SP1 10g - 11g Symantec SF 5.1 SP1 - 6.0 7.0 - 7.3 N/A

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

11g

7.0 - 7.3

Components

Contact your EMC account team for any microcode NDU (non-disruptive upgrade) requirements or prerequisites.

Recommended = EMC target versions. EMC advises using the latest recommended versions. Allowed = Older EMC-approved versions still functional but may not contain the latest fixes and features. Refer to product release notes for feature requirements. Switches All EMC-recommended FC SAN switches (2 Gb/s or greater) from Brocade, Cisco, and QLogic for host and storage connectivity are supported. Refer to the ELN Switched Fabric Topology Parameters table for supported switch fabric interoperability firmware and settings. Host Servers/ Adapters All Fibre Channel HBAs from Emulex, QLogic (2 Gb/s or greater), and Brocade (8 Gb/s or greater), including vendor rebranded versions. Solaris requires an RPQ when using any Brocade HBA. All 10 Gb/s Emulex, QLogic Brocade, and Cisco CNAs. All 1 Gb/s or 10 Gb/s NICs for iSCSI connectivity, as supported by Server/OS vendor. Any EMC or vendor-supported driver/firmware/BIOS. EMC recommends using latest E-Lab Navigator listed driver/ firmware/BIOS versions. Adapters must support link speed compatible with selected switch (fabric) or array (direct connect). All host systems are supported where vendor supports thehost/ OS/adapter combination. v5874.121.102: GA release. 8 Gig support. Refer to the ELN at http://elabnavigator.emc.com for the complete list of available versions. Operating environment Federated Live Migration (FLM)

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Blank = Not currently supported N/A = Not applicable Y = Supported, not version-specific

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For complete details on FLM support, refer to the EMC Federated Live Migration Simple Support Matrix located at http://elabnavigator.emc.com. a. Minimum ODM definition 5.3.0.3 for AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1. Minimum ODM definition 6.0.0.0 for AIX 7.1. b. 8 Gbs support begins with AX 2.0 SP3, AX 3.0 SP2, OL 4.0 U7, OL 5.2, RHEL 4.7, RHEL 5.2, SLES 10 SP2. c. Supports 1 GB HBAs but only with FC_SW connectivity. d. MPIO with AX supported at AX 2.0 SP1 and later. MPIO with RHEL supported at RHEL 4.0 U3 and later. e. Only server vendor-sourced HBAs are supported. f. PowerPath versions that have reached EOL require a PowerPath Extended Support agreement. g. Refer to E-Lab Navigator Extended Support tab for additional tier 2 OS and End-of-Life products. Letter of Support may allow earlier versions. h. Pvlinks is an HP-UX alternate pathing solution that does not support load balancing. i. When present in the range, versions between 4.1 MP1 - 5.0 MP3 are Allowed and versions between 5.1 SP1 - 6.0 are Recommended. j. EMC VFCache is supported on Linux RHEL 5.6 and 5.7 only, VMware 4.1 and 5.0 only, and Windows 2008 x64 and R2 only. VFCache is supported on the following host server families: Cisco UCS, Dell PowerEdge, HP ProLiant DL, and IBM xSeries. k. Refer to the VMware vSphere 5 ESSM, located at http://elabnavigator.emc.com, Simple Support Matrix tab, Platform Solutions, for additional details. l. Thin devices are not supported with versions 4.x and earlier.

Table 3 lists the required VMAX director bit settings for Fibre Channel switches. Table 4 lists the required VMAX director bit settings for Fibre Channel Direct Connect. Table 5 lists the required VMAX director bit settings for iSCSI. Table 6 lists the required VMAX director bit settings for FCoE.
Table 3

VMAX director bit settings for Fibre Channel switches VMware Solaris HPHPCelerra Netware AS400 Fujitsu Fujitsu TRU64 OpenVMS BS2000/ OSD/ OSD XC

Category Flag 5875 Windows Windows Linux HP-UX HP-UX IBM Description Factory 2K3 SP1 2K8 11iV1 11i1V3 AIX Default and later and Settings 11iV2 FC Loop ID 0 SCSI SCSI Soft Reset s Environme nt Reports to Host Common SN Disable Queue Reset on Unit Attention Avoid Reset Broadcast SCSI3 Interface SCSI Primary Commands OS2007 Enable Volume Set Addressing Non Participate Hard Addressing Enable point to point mode Unique Worldwide Name Initiator Group Open VMS e

SCSI SCSI

C d D

(opt.) (opt.)
D D D

SCSI

arb

ARB

SCSI SCSI

SC3 SPC2 OS07 a v

(opt.) (opt.) b (opt.) (opt.) (opt.) (opt.)

V

(opt.)

sc3

sc3

(opt.) (opt.)
V

(opt.) (opt.)

spc2

SCSI SCSI

(opt.)

(opt.)

(opt.)

os07 V

FC

np

FC

PP

FC

UWN

SCSI

ACLX ovms

(opt.)
OVMS OVMS

FC

Enable EAN Auto Negotiation FA AS400 as4 Link Speed 4 Gb c

AS4

FC SCSI

WPB (not wpb controllable by user) Legend: Blank = No change from array factory default setting. Lowercase = Value disabled (off). Uppdercase = Value enabled (on).

(opt.) = Optional. (Optional settings are tolerated and may be used as required by specialized configuration.) Bold = Changed beginning with VMAX Enginuity 5875 code family. If using Enginuity 5874 code family, default values may be different; applied settings should be verified.
Notes:
a. SPC2 must be enabled when OSO7 is enabled. b. The SC3 bit for HP-UX 11i v1 and v2 can be optionally set as indicated only if the SPC2 bit is also set. c. When EAN is enabled (by default), the link speed is negotiated by the host up to the maximum capable speed.

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Table 4

VMAX director bits for Fibre Channel Direct Connect 5875 Windows Windows Linux HP-UX HP-UX IBM VMware Solaris Celerra Netware AS400 Fujitsu Fujitsu Factory 2K3 SP1 2K8 11iV1 11i1V3 AIX BS2000/ OSD/ Default and later and OSD XC Settings 11iV2 0 0-126 s e C d arb SC3 SPC2 OS07 a D E E

Category Flag Description

FC SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI FC FC FC SCSI Host FC Host FC SCSI

Loop ID Soft Reset Environment Reports to Host Common SN Disable Queue Reset on Unit Attention Avoid Reset Broadcast SCSI3 Interface SCSI Primary Commands OS2007

(opt.) (opt.)
ARB D D D

(opt.) (opt.)

(opt.) (opt.)
V NP pp

sc3

sc3 spc2

sc3 os07 V

sc3

sc3

(opt.) (opt.) (opt.) (opt.)

V NP

(opt.)

(opt.)

Enable Volume Set v Addressing Non Participate Hard np Addressing Enable point to point mode PP Unique Worldwide Name Initiator Group Open VMS Enable Auto Negotiation FA AS400 Link Speed UWN ACLX ovms EAN as4 4 Gb c

NP

NP

(opt.)

AS4

WPB (not controllable by wpb user) Legend: Blank = No change from array factory default setting. Lowercase = Value disabled (off). Uppdercase = Value enabled (on).

(opt.) = Optional. (Optional settings are tolerated and may be used as required by specialized configuration.) Bold = Changed beginning with VMAX Enginuity 5875 code family. If using Enginuity 5874 code family, default values may be different; applied settings should be verified.
Notes:
a. SPC2 must be enabled when OSO7 is enabled. b. The SC3 bit for HP-UX 11i v1 and v2 can be optionally set as indicated only if the SPC2 bit is also set. c. When EAN is enabled (by default), the link speed is negotiated by the host up to the maximum capable speed.

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Table 5

VMAX director bits for iSCSI 5875 Factory Default Settings 0 s e C D c (opt.) D (opt.) Windows 2K3 Windows 2K8 SP1 and later Linux IBM AIX VMware Solaris

Category

Flag Description

FC SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI FC FC FC SCSI Host SCSI SCSI iSCSI iSCSI iSCSI iSCSI iSCSI iSCSI Legend:

Loop ID Soft Reset Environment Reports to Host Common SN

Disable Queue Reset on d Unit Attention Avoid Reset Broadcast SCSI3 Interface SCSI Primary Commands OS2007 Enable Volume Set Addressing Non Participate Hard Addressing Enable point to point mode Unique Worldwide Name Initiator Group Open VMS arb SC3 SPC2 OS07 a v np PP UWN ACLX ovms

(opt.) (opt.) (opt.) (opt.)

(opt.)

(opt.)

WPB (not controllable by wpb user) Initiator Session ID isid IPV4 address IPV4 Netmask Link Speed Default Gateway iSNS IP Address Max Transmission Unit 0.0.0.0 0 1 Gb 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 1500 0-255.0-255.0-255.0-255 0-32

(opt.)
(opt.)

Blank = No change from array factory default setting. Lowercase = Value disabled (off). Uppdercase = Value enabled (on).

(opt.) = Optional. (Optional settings are tolerated and may be used as required fby specialized configuration.) Bold = Changed beginning with VMAX Enginuity 5875 code family. If using Enginuity 5874 code family, default values may be different; applied settings should be verified.
Notes:
a. SPC2 must be enabled when OSO7 is enabled.

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Table 6

VMAX director bits for FCoE 5875 Windows Windows Linux Factory 2K3 SP1 2K8 Default and later Settings s e C d arb SC3 SPC2 OS07 a v ovms wpb scm FC-BB-6 (disabled) 1 (disabled) 0 (disabled) ACLX D HP-UX HP-UX 11iV1 and 11i1V3 11iV2 IBM AIX VMware Solaris

Category Flag Description

SA SA SA SA SA SA SA SA FA FA SA FA FA

Soft Reset Environment Reports to Host Common SN Disable Queue Reset on Unit Attention Avoid Reset Broadcast SCSI3 Interface SCSI Primary Commands OS2007 Enable Volume Set Addressing Open VMS WPB (not controllable by user) Simple Configuration Management (not controllable by user) FC-BB-6 standard (not controllable by user) MAX FCF logins (not controllable by user) VLAN ID 1 ( not controllable by user)

(opt.) (opt.) (opt.) b (opt.) (opt.)

V

(opt.) (opt.) (opt.)

(opt.) (opt.)
V

(opt.)

(opt.)

Data

Initiator Group SCSI Legend: Blank = No change from array factory default setting. Lowercase = Value disabled (off). Uppdercase = Value enabled (on).

(opt.) = Optional. (Optional settings are tolerated and may be used as required by specialized configuration.) Bold = Changed beginning with VMAX Enginuity 5875 code family. If using Enginuity 5874 code family, default values may be different; applied settings should be verified.
Notes:
a. SPC2 must be enabled when OSO7 is enabled. b. The SC3 bit for HP-UX 11i v1 and v2 can be optionally set as indicated only if the SPC2 bit is also set.

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