3PAR InForm OS 2.2.4 Configuration Matrix (QL226-96281, November 2011)

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Operating System Server HBA HBA Driver Host Boot MultiPath Virtual OS Clustering
Virtual Machine
Clustering
Notes
Microsoft HyperV based on
W2K8 SP1, SP2, R2 SP1
Microsoft Failover Cluster No
Refer to the 2.2.3/2.2.4 IG for important queuing
and online upgrade considerations when using
Microsoft Failover Cluster.
VMware ESX and ESXi
3.0, 3.0.x,3.5(GA), 3.5 U1,
U2, U3, U4, U5
All QLogic and
Emulex Fibre
channel HBAs
supported by
VMware
VMware
embedded
(A/A, Policy-Fixed)
MSCS
N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) is not supported.
All releases support Fabric.
Support for direct FC as of 3.5 U1 and later.
LUN Queue Depth throttling with 3PAR InServ is
supported beginning in 3.5 U4. Refer to the
3PAR VMware ESX IG and VMware KB articles
1008113, 1010922 for further information and
setup.
VMware ESX and ESXi
4.0(GA), 4.0 U1, 4.0 U2,
4.0 U3, 4.1, 4.1U
All QLogic and
Emulex Fibre
channel HBAs
supported by
VMware
VMware
embedded
(A/A, Policy-Fixed &
A/A, Policy-Round Robin)
FC Fabric and FC direct support only. N-Port ID
Virtualization (NPIV) is not supported
Xen on RH5 SP2
Supported only with paravirtualized RH5 MU2
VM guest, fabric topology only.
Xen on SuSE10 SP2
Xen VM guests supported in the fully virtualized
mode:
W2K3 sp1
RH 5 MU2 (VM migrations unsupported)
SuSE 10 SP2
Xen VM guest supported in the paravirtualized
mode:
SuSE 10 SP2
RHEV – H
5u4 5u5 5u6 5u7
x64
Refer to RHEL OS
page for supported
versions
Refer to RHEL OS
page for supported
versions
Virtual Machine guest O/S
- Yes
Device mapper
KVM Clustering
5u4 5u5 5u6 5u7
Egenera PAN Manager (All
Egenera supported
pServer operating systems
and hypervisor’s)
5.1.X.X, 5.2.X
BladeFrame
EP (PRIMERGY BF400)
ES (PRIMERGY BF200)
EX (PRIMERGY BF400
S2)
(4.0.1 required)
Egenera supplied Egenera 6.0.7.02e,
8.01.07.15e
Yes,
(P-servers only)
Egenera embedded
Oracle VM Server 2.2.1,
Oracle VM Manager 2.2.0
x86, x64 Intel, AMD (as
supported by Oracle)
All QLogic and
Emulex Fibre
channel HBAs
supported by
Oracle
QLogic:
v8.03.00.10.02.02-k (in-
box)
Emulex: v8.2.0.39 (in-
box)
VMs boot from SAN
Device Mapper in-box in
Oracle OVM
device-mapper-1.0.2.28-
2.el5, device-mapper-
multipath-0.4.7-23.el5.4.0.1,
device-mapper-event-
1.02.28-2.el5
OCFS2
All guest operating systems supported by Oracle
VM with or without paravirtualized drivers where
available.
Citrix XenServer 5.5, 5.6,
5.6FP1, 5.6SP2, 6.0
x64 Intel, AMD
All QLogic and
Emulex HBAs
supported by
Cintrix XenServer
XenServer embedded
XenServer 5.5, 5.6 - No
XenServer 5.6FP1,
5.6SP2, 6.0 - Yes
Guest OS - Yes
embedded
XenServer 5.5 - No
XenServer 5.6, 5.6FP1,
5.6SP2, 6.0 - Yes
iSCSI and HA are not supported for
XenServer 5.5; For Citrix 5.6 and above refer
to the iSCSI section.
No
Virtual OS Fibre Channel
Refer to Windows 2008
Refer to SuSE10 SP2
No
VMware Cluster
Yes
No
YesESX
embedded
x86, x64
Intel, AMD
(as supported by
VMware)
No
Refer to RH5 MU2
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