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14 Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series and VMware vSphere | 3922-BP-VM
4 Host bus adapters
This section provides host bus adapter (HBA) information for SAS, Fibre Channel, and iSCSI cards that
provide the most effective communication between the server and the ME4 Series array.
4.1 Fibre Channel and SAS HBAs
To obtain drivers for the Fibre Channel or 12 Gb SAS HBAs shipped in 13th-generation and 14th-generation
Dell EMC PowerEdge™ servers, download the Dell-customized ESXi embedded ISO image from Dell
Support. The drivers are fully compatible with the ME4 Series array and do not require further configuration.
4.2 iSCSI HBAs
The ME4 Series array is only certified with the vSphere ESXi software iSCSI initiator. No dependent,
independent, or iSCSI offload cards are supported.