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 2. Rules for all ME4 Series storage systems (continued)
Rule SAS 10GBase-T
iSCSI
CNC
● 4 ports iSCSI
● 2 ports FC and 2 port iSCSI
Virtual volume snapshots:
● Maximum snapshots per pool = 512
● Maximum base volumes per system = 1024
● Maximum base snapshots per volume
○ 254 in the volume snapshot tree with a license and the large pools feature
disabled in the CLI
○ 8 in the volume snapshot tree with the large pools feature enabled in the CLI
● Maximum mappable snapshots per system = 1024
NOTE: Active snapshots and replications use a substantial amount of the reserved
space and undesired effects might occur if the reserved space is completely
consumed. Use the CLI command show snapshot-space to monitor space
usage.
Virtual volume replication:
● Maximum number of peer connections per system = 4
● Maximum number of replicated volumes per system = 32
● Maximum number of replicated sets for a volume = 1
● Maximum number of volumes for a replicated volume group = 16, if no other
volumes belong to a replication set
● Minimum replication frequency that can be scheduled = 1
N/A
Maximum SCSI reservations
● Per controller module = 1024
● Per LUN = 1
Maximum SCSI registrations for virtual storage
● Per system: 32768
● Per LUN: 4096
Maximum SCSI registrations for linear storage
● Per system: 32768
● Per FC LUN: 128
● Per iSCSI LUN: 85-128 depending on IQN length
● Per SAS LUN: 128
● Presenting the same volume (LUN) through FC AND iSCSI to one or more hosts or
host groups is not supported.
N/A N/A
Table 3. Rules for ME4012 and ME4024 storage systems
Rule SAS 10GBaseT
iSCSI
CNC
System maximum is up to 4 PB or 336 disk drives, whichever comes first. For
example:
● 336 disk drives x 12 TB = 4 PB
● 252 disk drives x 16 TB = 4 PB
Up to nine additional ME412/ME424 expansion enclosures or three ME484 expansion
enclosures are supported. A combination of ME412/ME424 and ME484 expansion
enclosures is not supported.
● 2U12 storage system + nine 2U12 expansion enclosures = 120 disk drives
● 2U12 storage system + nine 2U24 expansion enclosures = 228 disk drives
● 2U12 storage system + three 5U84 expansion enclosures = 264 disk drives
● 2U24 storage system + nine 2U12 expansion enclosures = 132 disk drives
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