3PAR InForm OS 2.2.4 Configuration Matrix (QL226-96281, November 2011)
Blue = new for this revision
Blade Server Operating Systems HBA Blade FC Switches / Interconnect Modules HBA Driver
Host Boot
HBA (BIOS)
MultiPath
Host
Clustering
IBM
BladeCenter
HS20/21/22, HS40/41,
LS20/21/22/41/42, JS21, JS22,
JS23, JS43 Blade
2GB QLogic
26K4859, 26K4841
4GB QLogic
26R0890S(QMC2462S), 26R0884(QMC2463),
41Y8527(QMI2472), 39Y9306(QMI3472),
44M6065(QMI2572), 44X1945(QMI2582),
44X1940(QMI3572)
————
4GB Emulex
39Y9186(LP1105-BC), 43W6859(LP1105-BCv)
8GB Emulex
46M6140(LPe1205-CIOv)
IBM BladeCenter FC Switch Module
McData FC Switch Module
39Y9284/9280 Cisco 4GB FC Switch Module
32R1813/1812 Brocade 4GB SAN Switch
44X1921/1920 Brocade 8GB SAN Swtich
(fabric mode or Access Gateway mode)
44X1907, 44X1913 QLogic Intelligent 8GB Pass-Thru Module
(supported at 4GB speed)
43W6723 QLogic Intelligent 4GB Pass-Thru Module
HP BladeSystem
c7000,c3000 (c-class)
BL260c, BL280c, BL460c,
BL465c, BL470c, BL480c,
BL490c, BL495c, BL680c,
BL685c, BL860c, BL870c Blade
8GB Emulex FC HBA
456972-B21 (LPe1205-HP)
4GB Emulex FC HBA
403621-B21 (LPe1105-HP)
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8GB QLogic FC HBA
451871-B21 (QMH2562)
4GB QLogic FC HBA
403619-B21 (QMH2462)
AE372A Brocade 4GB San Switch (fabric mode or Access Gateway
mode)
AG641A/AG642A Cisco MDS 9124e Switch (fabric mode or N-Port
Virtualizer FlexAttach mode)
409513-B21 HP Virtual Connect 4GB Fibre Channel Module
409513-B22 HP Virtual Connect 4GB Fibre Channel Module
572018-B21 HP Virtual Connect 8GB 20-port Fibre Channel Module
HP BladeSystem Virtual Connect Firmware (VC-Ether/VC-FC)
v1.21/1.10, v1.16/1.02, v1.31/1.20, v2.01/1.30, v2.02/1.30,
v2.10/1.32, v2.12/1.32, v2.34/1.41, v3.10/1.41, v3.15/1.41,
v3.17/1.41/1.04, v3.18/1.41/1.04
403626-B21 HP 4GB Fibre Channel Pass-thru Module
HP BladeSystem
(p-class)
BL20 Blade, BL25 Blade, BL30
Blade, BL35 Blade, BL45 Blade
2GB Emulex
394757-B21, 394588-B21
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4GB QLogic
300874-B21, 361426-B21, 381881-B21, 354054-B21
321145-001 HP 8-port OctalFC Interconnect Module
Dell PowerEdge
1855 Blade enclos., 1955 Blade
server
————
M1000e Blade enclos.
M600, M605-M610, M710,
M805, M905 Blade server
8GB Emulex
LPe1205-M
4GB Emulex
341-3575 (Lpe-1105-M)
————
2GB QLogic
341-3574 (QME2462)
4GB QLogic
430-2786 (QME2472)
8GB QLogic
(QME2572 - M610 only - Windows 2008 SP2, R2)
Brocade 4016 4GB FC Switch
Brocade 4424 4GB FC Switch
Brocade M5424 8GB FC Switch
(fabric mode or Access Gateway mode)
McData 4416 4GB FC Switch
Dell FC4 pass-through module
Sun Blade 6000 Chassis
T6300, T6320, T6340 Server
Module
Solaris SPARC
(Solaris 9 and 10)
4GB
SG-XPCIE2FC-QB4-Z
SG-XPCIE2FCGBE-Q-Z
SG-XPCIE2FC-EBA-Z
SG-XPCIE2FCGBE-E-Z
Refer to the
appropriate
operating system
matrix page for
supported
drivers from IBM
and HP
Refer to the
appropriate operating
system matrix page
for supported
clustering
Blade Servers Fibre Channel
Refer to the
appropriate
operating system
matrix page for
supported multipath
options
All except HP p-class
BL30/BL35 Blades
Refer to the
appropriate operating
system matrix page for
supported drivers from
Emulex, QLogic, IBM
or HP
AIX5.3, 6.1 (JS21/22/23/43)
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Windows 2003 x32, x64
————
Windows 2008 x32, x64
(Including Hyper-V)
————
VMware 3.x ESX/ESXi 4.0GA, 4.0
U1, 4.0 U2, 4.1, 4.1U
————
Linux (RH, SUSE)
(SLES9 SP2-SP3, SLES10 SP1-
SP3)
(RH4 U2-U8, RH5 U1-U4)
————
Solaris x86
(Solaris 9 and 10)
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HPUX 11iv3/11iv2 (HP c-class -
BL860c/BL870c)
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