Support Matrix
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerVault MD34XX/38XX Series Support Matrix
- Introduction
- Data protocols
- Dell EMC PowerVault MD Series storage array rules
- Default IPv4 settings for management ports on Dell EMC PowerVault MD series storage arrays
- RAID controller firmware and NVSRAM
- iSCSI software initiators
- Protocol (TOE/iSCSI) offload adapters
- Fibre Channel SFP+ Transceiver support
- Physical disks
- Expansion enclosures
- Management software
- Operating systems
- Windows ODX
- ALUA support on host operating systems
- Device mapper software
- SAS host bus adapters
- Fibre Channel host bus adapters
- Fibre Channel direct-attach configuration operating systems
- Required timeout settings for Fibre Channel host bus adapters
- Supported Fibre Channel switches
Management software
The Dell EMC PowerVault MD Storage software is composed of the Modular Disk Storage Manager (MDSM) and the Modular Disk
Configuration utility (MDCU). These management utilities are available on the resource DVD provided with your system and online at
Dell.com/support. The Dell EMC PowerVault MD storage software is supported on all operating systems and guest operating systems
listed in the Error! Reference source not found. section. The management station must meet the following minimum requirements:
• 5 GB of free disk space
• For MDSM and MDCU, a graphical user interface (GUI) is required
The Dell EMC PowerVault MD-Series resource DVD and other supported management software details are shown in the following tables:
Table 12. Supported management software (Windows)
Software component Version Notes
Dell EMC PowerVault MD34/38 Series
Storage Arrays resource DVD
6.5.0.1
Modular Disk Storage Manager 11.25.0306.0026
Modular Disk Configuration utility 2.1.0.68 Supported on iSCSI only
Dell EMC PowerVault MD34/38 series
hardware provider VDS/VSS Providers*
D1.20.0G06.0004/S1.20.0G06.0004 Dell EMC is discontinuing support of the
VSS and VDS hardware providers. For
information about deprecation, see the Dell
EMC MD Series Storage Arrays
Information Update.
Dell EMC PowerVault MD Storage Array
vCenter plug-in
See Supported management software
(VMware vCenter plug-in).
Dell EMC PowerVault MD Storage Array
VASA Provider (iSCSI and Fibre Channel
only)
See Supported management software (VASA
provider support).
Supported on:
• Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1(64-bit
version only)
• Windows Server 2012
• Windows Server 2012 R2
Dell EMC PowerVault MD Storage Array
Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) (Fibre
Channel only)
See Supported management software (Storage
Replication Adapter Support).
* Maximum number of concurrent back ups supported while using the hardware provider VSS provider with clustered shared volumes is
two.
Table 13. Supported management software (Linux)
Software Component Version Notes
Dell EMC PowerVault MD Series Dense
Storage Arrays resource DVD
6.5.0.1
Modular Disk Storage Manager 11.25.0A06.0026
Modular Disk Configuration utility 2.1.0.68 Supported with iSCSI storage arrays only.
Table 14. Supported management software (VMware vCenter plug-in)
vCenter plug-in version VMware version supported Notes
3 All protocols:
• vSphere 6.5
This is compatible only with firmware
08.20.11.60 or later.
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