EMC Simple Support Matrix

EMC Symmetrix VMAX

MARCH 2011 P/N 300-012-334 REV A02 ECO 79019

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Versions listed in Table 1 and Table 2 represent minimum supported revisions for EMC Symmetrix VMAX Enginuity versions 5875 and 5874. Table 3 through Table 5 list the required Symmetrix director bit settings.
Table 1

Platform Support

OS Version

VMAX Enginuity 5875 Path Management Solutions Enabler SE

VMAX Features

Interoperability

PowerPath Native MPIO Veritas DMP

AIX

HP-UX Linux

AIX 5200-1008-0930k 5300-09-010847k 6100-02-010847k 11iv1, 11iv2, 11iv3 RHEL 4.0 U2 OEL 4.0 U4 AX 2.0 GA

5.3

Yes

No 5.0 MP3 5.0 MP3

7.2

TimeFinder Virtual Virtual Provisioningl Provisioning Host Reclamation Yes Yes No Symantec SF 5.1 SP1

Dynamic Federal Switches HBAs Cache Live Partitioning Migration Yes Yes Refer to Anya 6228 or EMC later Federated Live Migration Simple Support See ESM See ESM Matrix Anya Anyb,d,f,g

5.1 SP1 and Yes (11iv3 2 only) 5.1.0 Noh Yes 5.3.0 Noi Yes No MPxIO

Yes 4.1 5.0 MP2 No 4.1 MP2 No

7.2 7.2

Yes Yes

Yes Yes

Symantec SF 5.1 SP1 Symantec SF 5.1 SP1 No Symantec SF 5.1 SP1 No Symantec SF 5.1 SP1

Yes Yes

SLES 9 SP3 5.1.0 Netware Solaris 6.5 SP5 8 Sparc, 9 Sparc, 10 Sparc, 10_x86 3.5 4 4.1j Windows Windows 2003 SP2 Windows 2008 SP1 Windows 2008 R2 3.0.6 HF1 5.1

No

Yes Yes

Yesc Yes

Yes Yes

Anya Anya

QLogicd Anyb,e

5.0 MP3 7.2 RP4

VMware

N/A 5.4 5.4 SP2 5.2

NMP

No

7.2

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Anya

Anyb

No

4.3

7.2

Yes

Yes

Symantec SF 5.1 SP1m

Yes

Anya

Anyb

Native MPIO 5.1 5.3.1

Components Contact your EMC account team for any microcode NDU (non-disruptive upgrade) requirements or pre-requisites. Host All clusters as currently supported in E-Lab Navigator. This release does not change any supported Symmetrix cluster environment requirements. Clustering Switches a. ALL EMC-recommended FC SAN switches are supported, including Brocade, Cisco, and QLogic. Ports connected to the VMAX must be running at 2 Gb/s or later. HBAs Notes
b. All EMC-recommended Host Bus Adapters from Brocade, Emulex, and QLogic as supported by the Server vendor. Ports connected to the VMAX must be running at 2 Gb/s or later. c. Supported as a thick device only. d. FC-SW connectivity only if using 1 Gbs HBAs. e. FC-SW connectivity only if using 1 Gbs HBAs. Emulex 1Gb HBA requires lpfc driver v6.02hx2. QLogic 1 Gb HBA requires QLA driver v4.15.03. Solaris 8 support covered by E-Lab Navigator Extended Solutions statement. f. 8 Gbs support begins with RHEL 4.7, RHEL 5.2, OEL 4.0 U7, OEL 5.2, SLES 10 SP2, AX 2.0 SP3, and AX 3.0 SP2. g. Supports 1GB HBAs but only with FC_SW connectivity. h. MPIO with RHEL supported at RHEL 4.0 U3 and later. i. MPIO with AX supported at AX 2.0 SP1 and later. j. Minimum ESX 4.1 required to support new 5875 VMware VAAI API. k. Minimum ODM definition 5.3.0.3 required for VMAX connectivity. l. Refer to the E-Lab Navigator (http://elabnavigator.emc.com) EMC Virtual Provisioning table for additional supported configurations and support information. m. Requires Symantec patch version 5.1.20007.87.

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Table 2

VMAX Enginuity 5874 Path Management PowerPath Native MPIO Veritas DMP Solutions Enabler VMAX Features Interoperability SEl TimeFinder Virtual Dynamic Switches HBAs Provisioningk Cache Partitioning 7.0 Yes Yes Yes Anya 6228 or later

Platform Support

OS Version

AIX

AIX 5200-10-08-0930j 5.3 5300-09-01-0847j 6100-02-01-0847j

Yes

No 5.0 MP3

HP-UX Linux

11iv1, 11iv2, 11iv3 RHEL 4.0 U2 OEL 4.0 U4 AX 2.0 GA SLES 9 SP3

5.1 SP1 and 2 Yes (11iv3 only) 5.1.0 Noh Yes 5.3.0 5.1.0 3.0.6 HF1 5.1 N/A 5.4 5.4 SP2 5.2 No Noi Yes No MPxIO NMP

Yes 4.1 5.0 MP2 No 4.1 MP2 No 5.0 MP3 RP4 No

7.1 7.0

Yes Yes

Yes Yes

Yes Yes

See ESM Anya

See ESM Anyb,d,f,g

Netware Solaris VMware

6.5 SP5 8 Sparc, 9 Sparc, 10 Sparc, 10_x86 3.5 4 4.1

No 7.0 7.0

Yes Yes Yes

Yesc Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes

Anya Anya Anya

QLogicd Anyb,e Anyb

Windows

Windows 2003 SP2 Windows 2008 SP1 Windows 2008 R2

4.3

7.0

Yes

Yes

Yes

Anya

Anyb

Native MPIO 5.1 5.3.1

Components Host All clusters as currently supported in E-Lab Navigator. This release does not change any supported Symmetrix cluster environment requirements. Clustering a. ALL EMC-recommended FC SAN switches are supported, including Brocade, Cisco, and QLogic. Ports connected to the VMAX must be running at 2 Gb/s or later. Switches HBAs Notes
b. All EMC-recommended Host Bus Adapters from Brocade, Emulex, and QLogic as supported by the Server vendor. Ports connected to the VMAX must be running at 2Gb/s or later. c. Supported as a thick device only. d. FC-SW connectivity only if using 1Gbs HBAs. e. FC-SW connectivity only if using 1Gbs HBAs. Emulex 1 Gb HBA requires lpfc driver v6.02hx2. QLogic 1 Gb HBA requires QLA driver v4.15.03. Solaris 8 support covered by E-Lab Navigator Extended Solutions statement. f. 8 Gbs support begins with RHEL 4.7, RHEL 5.2, OEL 4.0 U7, OEL 5.2, SLES 10 SP2, AX 2.0 SP3, and AX 3.0 SP2. g. Supports 1 GB HBAs but only with FC_SW connectivity. h. MPIO with RHEL supported at RHEL 4.0 U3 and later. i. MPIO with AX supported at AX 2.0 SP1 and later. j. Minimum ODM definition 5.3.0.3 required for VMAX connectivity. k. Refer to the E-Lab Navigator (http://elabnavigator.emc.com) EMC Virtual Provisioning table for additional supported configurations and support information. l. SE 7.0 is supported up to Enginuity 5874.121.102. Above that requires SE 7.1 or later.

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Table 3 lists the required Symmetrix director bit settings for Fibre Channel switches.
Table 3

Symmetrix director bit settings for Fibre Channel switches

Category Flag Default Windows Windows Linux HP-UX HP-UX IBM AIX VMware Solaris HPHPCelerra Netware AS400 Fujitsu Fujitsu Description 2K3 2K8 11iV1 11i1V3 TRU64 OpenVMS BS2000/ OSD/ and OSD XC 11iV2 0 NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC FC Loop ID SCSI SCSI Soft Reset Environment Reports to Host Common SN Disable Queue Reset on Unit Attention Avoid Reset Broadcast SCSI3 Interface SCSI Primary Commands OS2007 Enable Volume Set Addressing Non Participate Hard Addressing Enable point to point mode Unique Worldwide Name Initiator Group Open VMS s e NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC E NC E

SCSI SCSI

C d

NC NC

NC NC

NC D

NC NC

NC NC

c NC

NC NC

NC D

NC NC

NC NC

NC NC

NC D

NC NC

NC D

NC D

SCSI SCSI SCSI

arb SC3 SPC2

NC SC3 SPC2

NC SC3 SPC2

NC sc3 spc2

NC NC spc2

NC NC

NC SC3

NC sc3 SPC2

NC sc3 SPC2

NC NC spc2

NC NC spc2

ARB NC SPC2

NC NC spc2

NC NC

NC NC

NC NC SPC2

SPC2 SPC2

SPC2 SPC2

SCSI SCSI

OS07 v

OS07 NC

OS07 NC

OS07 NC NC V

OS07 OS07 V NC

OS07 NC

OS07 NC

OS07 NC

OS07 NC

NC NC

NC NC

NC NC

NC NC

NC NC

FC

np

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

FC

PP

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

FC

UWN

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

SCSI

ACLX ovms

aclx NC NC NC NC

aclx NC NC NC NC NC

aclx NC NC NC NC NC

aclx NC NC NC NC NC

aclx NC NC NC NC NC

aclx NC NC NC NC NC

aclx NC NC NC NC NC

aclx NC NC NC NC NC

aclx

aclx

aclx NC NC NC NC NC

aclx NC NC NC NC NC

aclx NC NC AS4 NC NC

aclx NC NC NC NC NC

aclx NC NC NC NC NC

OVMS OVMS NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC

FC

Enable Auto EAN Negotiation FA AS400 as4 Link Speed 4G

FC SCSI

WPB (not wpb NC controllable from user) Legend: Disabled (off & default value) Enabled (on & default value) Optional NC (No change)

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Table 4 lists the required Symmetrix director bit settings for Fibre Channel Direct Connect.
Table 4

Symmetrix director bits for Fibre Channel Direct Connect

Category Flag Default Windows Windows Linux HP-UX HP-UX IBM AIX VMware Solaris HPHPCelerra Netware AS400 Fujitsu Fujitsu Description 2K3 2K8 11iV1 11i1V3 TRU64 OpenVMS BS2000/ OSD/ and OSD XC 11iV2 0 0-126 0-126 0-126 0-126 0-126 0-126 0-126 0-126 0-126 0-126 0-126 0-126 0-126 0-126 0-126 FC Loop ID SCSI SCSI Soft Reset s NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC E NC E Environment e Reports to Host Common SN C Disable Queue Reset on Unit Attention Avoid Reset Broadcast SCSI3 Interface SCSI Primary Commands OS2007 Enable Volume Set Addressing Non Participate Hard Addressing Enable point to point mode Unique Worldwide Name Initiator Group Open VMS d

SCSI SCSI

NC NC

NC NC

NC D

NC NC

NC NC

c NC

NC NC

NC D

NC NC

NC NC

NC NC

NC D

NC NC

NC D

NC D

SCSI SCSI SCSI

arb SC3 SPC2

NC SC3 SPC2

NC SC3 SPC2

NC sc3 spc2

NC NC spc2

NC NC

NC SC3

NC sc3 SPC2

NC sc3 SPC2

NC NC spc2

NC NC spc2

ARB sc3 SPC2

NC sc3 spc2

NC sc3

NC sc3

NC sc3 SPC2

SPC2 SPC2

SPC2 SPC2

SCSI SCSI

OS07 v

OS07 NC

OS07 NC

OS07 NC NC V

OS07 OS07 V NC

OS07 NC

OS07 NC

OS07 V

OS07 V

NC NC

NC NC

NC NC

NC NC

NC NC

FC

np

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NP

NP

FC FC

PP UWN

pp NC

pp NC

pp NC

pp NC

pp NC

pp NC

pp NC

pp NC

pp NC

pp NC

pp NC

pp NC

pp NC

pp NC

pp NC

SCSI Host FC Host FC SCSI

ACLX ovms

aclx NC NC NC NC

aclx NC NC NC NC NC

aclx NC NC NC NC NC

aclx NC NC NC NC NC

aclx NC NC NC NC NC

aclx NC NC NC NC NC

aclx NC NC NC NC NC

aclx NC NC NC NC NC

aclx

aclx

aclx NC EAN NC NC NC

aclx NC EAN NC NC NC

aclx NC EAN AS4 NC NC

aclx NC EAN NC NC NC

aclx NC EAN NC NC NC

OVMS OVMS NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC

Enable Auto EAN Negotiation FA AS400 as4 Link Speed 4G

wpb NC WPB (not controllable from user) Legend: Disabled (off & default value) Enabled (on & default value) Optional NC (No change)

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Table 5 lists the required Symmetrix director bit settings for iSCSI.
Table 5

Symmetrix director bits for iSCSI Default 0 s Windows 2K3 NC NC NC NC NC NC SC3 SPC2 OS07 NC NC NC NC ACLX NC NC NC 0-255.0-255.0255.0-255 0-32 10 GB 0-255.0-255.0255.0-255 NC NC Windows 2K8 NC NC NC NC NC NC SC3 SPC2 OS07 NC NC NC NC ACLX NC NC NC 0-255.0-255.0255.0-256 0-32 10 GB 0-255.0-255.0255.0-255 NC NC Linux NC NC NC NC D NC sc3 spc2 OS07 NC NC NC NC ACLX NC NC NC IBM AIX NC NC NC c NC NC SC3 SPC2 OS07 NC NC NC NC ACLX NC NC NC VMware NC NC NC NC NC NC sc3 SPC2 OS07 NC NC NC NC ACLX NC NC NC Solaris NC NC NC NC D NC sc3 SPC2 OS07 NC NC NC NC ACLX NC NC NC 0-255.0-255.0255.0-260 0-32 10 GB 0-255.0-255.0255.0-255 NC NC

Category FC SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI FC FC FC SCSI Host SCSI SCSI iSCSI iSCSI iSCSI iSCSI iSCSI iSCSI Legend:

Flag Description Loop ID Soft Reset

Environment Reports to e Host Common SN C Disable Queue Reset on d Unit Attention Avoid Reset Broadcast SCSI3 Interface SCSI Primary Commands OS2007 Enable Volume Set Addressing Non Participate Hard Addressing Enable point to point mode Unique Worldwide Name Initiator Group Open VMS WPB (not controllable from user) Initiator Session ID IPV4 address IPV4 Netmask Link Speed Default Gateway iSNS IP Address Max Transmission Unit arb SC3 SPC2 OS07 v np PP UWN ACLX ovms wpb isid 0.0.0.0 0 1 GB 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 1500

0-255.0-255.0- 0-255.0-255.0- 0-255.0-255.0255.0-257 255.0-258 255.0-250 0-32 0-32 0-32 10 GB 10 GB 10 GB 0-255.0-255.0- 0-255.0-255.0- 0-255.0-255.0255.0-255 255.0-255 255.0-255 NC NC NC NC NC NC

Disabled (off & default value) Enabled (on & default value) Optional NC (No change)

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