AbstractThe documents titled Supported Hardware List and Recommended Software Levels provide the operating systems, Host adapters, SAN fabric elements, RAID controllers and selected other hardware that have been tested or qualified by IBM. This page combines the previously separate Software and Hardware support matrices.For operating systems, we show the latest tested release levels and service packs. Only the listed operating systems are supported. For host adapters, SAN fabric elements and RAID controllers, we list our currently recommended firmware and/or BIOS levels and formally support only the hardware listed.While these levels are not mandatory levels for a customer to be supported by IBM, they are the recommended levels. There may be known operational issues with older firmware and BIOS levels and, in these cases, a customer working with the IBM Support center may be directed to upgrade a component to a recommended level.Storwize V7000 will support all OS applications at any level that run to the standard block level OS interface. This includes such applications as Oracle, HP Virtual Connect, etc.Note:. The levels shown in italic text indicate previously recommended levels.

Pianos USB Audio and MIDI Interfaces MIDI Interfaces Keyboard Controllers Microphones Accessories Legacy. You must select a series. Step 2 - Product You must select a product. You must select a operating system. AIR 192 4 Windows Driver v1.0.3. AIR HUB Windows Driver v1.0.5. AIR 192 14 Windows Driver v1.0.2. AIR 192 8 Windows Driver v1.0.5. This software bundle includes the Dell Update Package to install QLogic Fibre Channel Firmware on the following adapters QLE2560 FC8 Single Channel HBAQLE2562 FC8 Dual Channel HBAFC8 Embedded Mezz Card QME2572.

The level shown in bold text indicates the latest recommended level. EOL - (End of Life):Where interoperability items have gone end of life (out of support) and are no longer supported by the vendor either generally or by extended service contact IBM will continue to support the environment on a best can do basis. Where issues occur which are deemed by IBM support to be directly related to items which are no longer generally supported by the vendor IBM may direct customers to upgrade a component to a recommended level. HP 9000 Series Servers (PA-RISC 64bit) & HP Itanium ServersThe following patches should be applied to the base OS:BUNDLE11i(B.3) HWEnable11i(B.064)FEATURE11i(B.063)QPK1123(B.064)Set PV (Physical Volume) timeout to 60 seconds when using PV Links. This is to avoid I/O timeouts during fabric maintenance and IBM Storwize V7000 CCLs (Concurrent code loads)BUNDLE11iB.3 Required Patch Bundle for HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23),FEATURE11iB.070a Feature Enablement Patches for HP-UX 11i v2,HWEnable11iB.070 Hardware Enablement Patches for HP-UX 11i v2,OnlineDiagB.11.23.10.05 HPUX 11.23 Support Tools Bundle,QPKAPPSB.072 Applications Patches for HP-UX 11i v2,QPKBASEB.072 Base Quality Pack Bundle for HP-UX 11i v2,HPUX11i-OE-MCB.

HP-UX Mission Critical Operating Environment Component. Supported OS VersionsSolaris 11.0Solaris 11.1Solaris 11.2Oracle VM Server for SPARCversion 3.0Minimum Storwize V7000 Version 6.4.1.5An issue has been identified with certain Solaris versions that may cause I/O failures during a failover scenario. The effected Versions are S11.1SRU20 and later, S11.2 and later, S11.2SRUThe following IDRs resolve the issue and are available directly from OracleIDR1352.1 for Solaris 11.1.21.4.1IDR1565.1 for Solaris 11.2.4.6.0IDR1563.1 for Solaris 11.2.2.5.0, 11.2.2.7.0,11.2.2.8.0. IBM System Storage TS7650G ProtecTier De-duplication GatewayPlease see the for support and configuration detailsSupport for BladeServer ConfigurationsIBM Storwize V7000 supports Server Blades that meet all of the following criteria;1. The Server blade contains Qlogic and Emulex generic chip sets running the IBM or equivalent supported Drivers;and2. These generic chip sets and drivers are present in the IBM Storwize V7000 support matrix for HBAs used in non Blade servers;and3. The Server blade is running an OS that is present in the IBM Storwize V7000 support matrix;and4.

Either a Fibre Channel pass through module is used in the Blade server chassis to connect the Blades to an external FC network; orThe Fibre Channel switch module used in the Blade server chassis is equivalent (in the sense it runs the same microcode on the same switch hardware base) to a discrete Fibre Channel switch that is already listed in the IBM Storwize V7000 support matrix.Examples of specific BladeCentre configurations that IBM includes in IBM Storwize V7000 interoperability testing currently include:IBM Flex V7000 and General Flex Systems Support. SAN boot (IPL) is supported from IBM Storwize V7000however the IPL processes can fail because there is no multipath supportduring the boot processRemove the ql2xfailover=0 parameter from the IBM modprobe.confSupported with Emulex 11000 and QLogic 2460With 90Y3566 & 90Y3550+ the BNT 10 Port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module (PN 46C7191) and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module (PN 46M6172) are required components.PN 90Y3550 must be upgraded with PN 49Y4265 (Advanced Upgrade). PNIC mode only when used with the IBM Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Module (P/N 69Y1909) pNIC or vNIC1 mode when used with the IBM BNT 10 Port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module (P/N 46C7191). Vdisk expansion & contraction is not supportedIBM Storwize V7000 Supports two node Native ClustersWith 90Y3566 & 90Y3550+ the BNT 10 Port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module (PN 46C7191) and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module (PN 46M6172) are required components.PN 90Y3550 must be upgraded with PN 49Y4265 (Advanced Upgrade). PNIC mode only when used with the IBM Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Module (P/N 69Y1909) pNIC or vNIC1 mode when used with the IBM BNT 10 Port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module (P/N 46C7191). Single path SAN bootProblem: SLES 11Server x8664 doesn't boot after OS installation on SAN disk.

Problem appears when Adaptec Raid controller BIOS (local disk) and Emulex HBA BIOS are active.Solution: Host boots from SAN disk when local disk controller BIOS is disabled.Expand / shrink vdiskWarning: data loss possible!!!!!With 90Y3566 & 90Y3550+ the BNT 10 Port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module (PN 46C7191) and QLogic Virtual Fabric Extension Module (PN 46M6172) are required components.PN 90Y3550 must be upgraded with PN 49Y4265 (Advanced Upgrade). PNIC mode only when used with the IBM Brocade Converged 10GbE Switch Module (P/N 69Y1909) pNIC or vNIC1 mode when used with the IBM BNT 10 Port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module (P/N 46C7191). VMware Native Multipathing Plugin (NMP)ControllersPlease refer to the Configuration Guide which details the recommended customer configurable settings that should be applied for each storage controller type.Multipathing.

Round Robin: IO is distributed over multiple ports on the controller. Mdisk Group Balanced: IO is sent to one target port on the controller for each mdisk. Gempc twin smart card driver. The assignment of ports to mdisks is chosen to spread all the mdisks within a mdisk group across all of the active target ports as evenly as possible. Single port active: All IO is sent to a single port on the controller for all mdisks.

Controller Balanced: IO is sent to one target port on the controller for each mdisk. The assignment of ports to mdisks is chosen to spread all the mdisks accross all of the active target ports as evenly as possible.IBM Storwize V3700. Dynamic expansion of controller LUNs is not supportedPlease refer the for the latest recommended DS5000 client software, RDAC levels, specific configuration guidelines, cabling requirements & restrictions when attaching EXP5000 and EXP810DS5000 copy services (FlashCopy, VolumeCopy, MetroMirror) can be used with Storwize V7000.DS5000 range maximum LUNs per partition is currently 256, limiting the number of LUNs from a single DS5000 to a Storwize V7000 cluster to 256.RAID-5 Array size must be 4+1 or largerRAID-6 Array size must be 4+1+1 or larger. 5100SwitchesIBM Storwize V7000 supports NPIV products in the SAN with the restriction that these products can only be used for host attachment. An example of an NPIV product is the Brocade Access Gateway module for the BladeCenter.FCIP technology listed on the IBM SAN Support pages can be used in IBM Storwize V7000 configurations for the following uses:1) iSCSI host attachment.

Please refer to the iSCSI Host Attachment section for more information.2) Links between two IBM Storwize V7000 clusters in a Metro Mirror or Global Mirror configuration. Please refer to the for details.

Clustered FCoE hosts are not supportedQfabric is supported as an FCoE Transit switch, and QFX3500 Standalone is supported acting as an FCoE to FC Gateway device above the Brocade SAN with Fibre Channel connections to Storwize V7000. Direct attach of Qfabric or QFX3500 to Storwize V7000 is not supported.Other Hardware & SoftwareTechnologies for extending the distance between two IBM Storwize V7000 clusters can be broadly divided into the following two categories.Inter Cluster Fibre Channel ExtendersFibre channel extenders simply extend a fibre channel link by transmitting fibre channel packets across long links without changing the contents of those packets. IBM has tested a number of such fibre channel extender technologies with IBM Storwize V7000 and will support fibre channel extenders of all types provided that they are planned, installed and operated as described in the document.Inter Cluster SAN RoutersSAN routers extend the scope of a SAN by providing 'virtual nPorts' on two or more SANs. The router arranges that traffic at one virtual nPort is propagated to the other virtual nPort but the two fibre channel fabrics are independent of one another.

Thus nPorts on each of the fabrics cannot directly log into each other. There are distance restrictions imposed due to latency. The amount of latency which can be tolerated depends on the type of copy services being used (Metro Mirror or Global Mirror). Details of the maximum latencies supported can be found in the.Due to the more complex interactions involved, IBM explicitly tests products of this class for interoperability with IBM Storwize V7000.The following SAN Routers are supported for use with IBM Storwize V7000 when planned, installed and operated as described in the document.

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