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4 Host connectivity
Configurations listed in this section are supported at Level 1 for the listed Adapter/NIC operating
system/driver/firmware and array firmware combinations.
The model SCv2000, SCv2020, and SCv2080 only support a subset of host operating systems. These are:
• Citrix XenServer (now known as Hypervisor),
• Microsoft Windows Server,
• SUSE SLES
• RHEL
• VMWare ESXi
All other supported Storage Center models support all OS’s and adapters listed in the following table.
Boot from SAN is tested with some OS-adapter combinations. If the BFS column has a “Y”, then Boot from
SAN was successfully tested with this OS-Adapter combination. If the BFS column has an “N”, then Boot
from SAN was not tested and is supported as Level 3, Commercially reasonable effort as described in 2.3
above. If the BFS column has a “Not Supported”, then Boot from SAN has not been tested and is not
supported, as described in section 2.4 above.
Unless otherwise noted, the OS-provided native multipath IO functionality for all validations listed.
4.1 Required Adapter and Server OS Settings
Server host bus adapters and converged network adapters (hereafter called adapters) require specific
configuration settings in order to maintain IO during Storage Center controller failovers and network/fabric
path failovers. Some of these settings are identical for all supported operating systems and others vary by
operating system. Refer to Appendix A, Required Adapter and OS Settings.