Support Matrix
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Support Matrix
- Introduction
- Supported data protocols
- Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series storage system rules
- Default IPv4 Settings for management ports
- Default IPv4 settings for iSCSI ports
- Supported RAID controller firmware
- Supported iSCSI software initiators
- Supported protocol offload (TOE/iSCSI) adapters
- Supported Fibre Channel and iSCSI SFP+ transceivers
- Supported SAS and Twinax direct-attach cables
- Supported physical disk drives
- Supported expansion enclosures
- Supported management software
- Supported operating systems
- Operating systems with ALUA support
- Supported device mapper software
- Supported SAS host bus adapters
- Supported Fibre Channel host bus adapters
- Supported Fibre Channel and iSCSI direct-attach configuration operating systems
- Dell EMC Storage Support Policy
Supported expansion enclosures
Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage Systems can support a maximum of 336 physical disk drive slots depending on the
base system and the additional expansion enclosures.
Dell EMC PowerVault ME4012 and ME4024 models support up to nine additional ME412/ME424 expansion enclosures or three
ME484 expansion enclosures. A combination of ME412/ME424 and ME484 expansion enclosures is not supported.
Dell EMC PowerVault ME4084 dense systems support up to three ME484 expansion enclosures.
Table 12. Non-Dense (2U) Supported Expansion Enclosures
Enclosure Model Minimum Firmware Version
ME412 526E
ME424 526E
Table 13. Dense (5U) Supported Expansion Enclosures
Enclosure Model Minimum Firmware Version
ME484 526E
NOTE: Expansion enclosures are not supported on single-controller module storage systems.
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