Support Matrix
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Support Matrix
- Contents
- Introduction
- Supported data protocols
- 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 hard 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
Table 17. Supported ME4 Series operating systems (continued)
Operating System SAS host
server
Fibre Channel
host server
iSCSI host
server
Notes & required hotfixes
Datacenter edition (Server Core*
mode supported)
The Microsoft MPIO feature
needs to be installed prior
to connecting to ME4 Series
Storage Systems.
BitLocker Drive Encryption is
not supported.
Foundation edition The Microsoft MPIO feature
needs to be installed prior
to connecting to ME4 Series
Storage Systems.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 (x64
only)
● Basic Server install
(Minimum)
● Device Mapper multipath
is required for multipath
support.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 (x64
only)
● Basic Server install
(Minimum)
● Device Mapper multipath
is required for multipath
support.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 (x64
only)
● Basic Server install
(Minimum)
● Device Mapper multipath
is required for multipath
support.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 (x64
only)
● Basic Server install
(Minimum)
● Device Mapper multipath
is required for multipath
support.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8 (x64
only)
● Basic Server install
(Minimum)
● Device Mapper multipath
is required for multipath
support.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 (x64
only)
● Basic Server install
(Minimum)
● Device Mapper multipath
is required for multipath
support.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 (x64
only)
● Basic Server install
(Minimum)
● Device Mapper multipath
is required for multipath
support.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 (x64
only)
● Basic Server install
(Minimum)
● Device Mapper multipath
is required for multipath
support.
Supported operating systems 23