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2 Setup prerequisites
Verify system requirements prior to building or upgrading your environment. To view the current product
support matrix, see the section, "Storage Replication Adapter for VMware SRM", in the Dell Storage Manager
Administrator’s Guide.
2.1 Storage Replication Adapter
The SC Series Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) must be installed on each SRM server. SC Series offers
SRAs for both the Photon operating-system based SRM appliance and the Windows-based SRM installation.
Live Volume stretched storage support was added in Dell™ Storage Manager (DSM) 2016 R1. It is highly
recommended to use the most current version of DSM and SRA.
Note: Refer to the VMware Compatibility Guide for SRA version compatibility.
2.2 Dell Storage Manager
A DSM deployment is required for SRM functionality. DSM 2016 R1 or newer is required for stretched storage
supported by Live Volume in SRM. It is highly recommended to use the most current version of DSM and
SRA. The Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) makes calls directly to the DSM Data Collector to manipulate
the storage in order to carry out SRM requested tasks. To ensure compatibility with SRM and the SRA, see
the section, "Storage Replication Adapter for VMware SRM", in the Dell Storage Manager Administrator’s
Guide.
2.3 SC Series
SRM and array-based replication requires two SC Series systems licensed with Remote Data Instant Replay
(replication) replicating between each other in one or both directions. SRM using vSphere replication can
leverage any Dell EMC storage certified for use with vSphere including SC Series storage. For the current
product support matrix, see the section, "Storage Replication Adapter for VMware SRM", in the Dell Storage
Manager Administrator’s Guide.
2.4 VMware vSphere
Compatible versions of VMware SRM, VMware vCenter™ Server, and vSphere hosts are required. To see a
list of software versions required for SRM to function, check the VMware Product Interoperability Matrix. SRM
is supported with vCenter Server for Essentials, vCenter Server Foundation, and vCenter Server Standard.