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1 DSCM Deployment and Configuration Guide dell EMC Storage Compatibility Matrix for SC, PS, and FS Series Arrays Abstract This document provides guidance on host and switching devices that are validated for use with dell EMC SC Series, dell PS Series, and dell FS Series (FluidFS) Storage solutions. May 2021 Table of contents 2 dell EMC Storage Compatibility Matrix for SC, PS, and FS Series Arrays | DSCM Table of contents 1 Overview .. 5 Definitions .. 5 Abbreviations and Terminology .. 5 Conventions used in this document.

2 7 2 dell Storage support policy statement .. 8 Level 1: Full contractual support .. 8 Level 2: Conditional support .. 8 Level 3: Commercially reasonable effort .. 9 Level 4: No support .. 9 Support for cross-platform coexisting solutions .. 9 FS Series additional support statement .. 10 Switch support policy .. 10 Client OS environment support policy .. 11 MD Series support policy statement .. 11 Other statements .. 11 Operating system , switch, and server adapter 11 Server interoperability.

3 12 Host connectivity adapters and server vendor support .. 12 Persistent 12 Limits of supportability .. 12 3 Switches .. 13 Fibre Channel Switches (SC, SCv, and FS Series) .. 13 Fibre channel over Ethernet Switches (SC Series) .. 14 iSCSI Switches .. 15 1/10 iSCSI Switches (SC, SCv, and FS Series) .. 15 25/100Gb iSCSI Switches (SC, SCv Series) .. 16 1/10Gb Switches (PS Series) .. 17 iSCSI over DCB support (SC, SCv and PS Series) .. 24 4 Host connectivity .. 29 Required Adapter and Server OS Settings.

4 29 Fibre Channel Adapters (SC and SCv Series) .. 30 iSCSI Adapters .. 67 iSCSI converged network and host bus adapters (SC and SCv Series).. 67 Software iSCSI initiators (SC and SCv Series) .. 75 iSCSI converged network and host bus adapters (PS Series) .. 80 Table of contents 3 dell EMC Storage Compatibility Matrix for SC, PS, and FS Series Arrays | DSCM Network interface cards for boot from SAN and DCB support for iSCSI (PS Series) .. 87 Software iSCSI initiators (PS Series) .. 90 SAS Adapters (SC and SCv Series).

5 92 Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Adapters (SC, SCv Series) .. 100 FCoE converged network and host bus adapters (SC, SCv Series) .. 100 Software FCoE initiators (SC and SCv Series) .. 105 5 Other support matrices .. 106 Cisco UCS support .. 106 Storage virtualization appliances .. 106 KMS solutions .. 106 Data Protection .. 107 A Required Adapter and Server OS Settings .. 108 Adapter Settings .. 108 Cisco Fibre Channel Adapters .. 108 Emulex Fibre Channel Adapters .. 108 QLogic Fibre Channel Adapters (and re-branded adapters based on QLogic).

6 109 Server OS Settings .. 110 Windows Server 2008r2 .. 110 Windows Server 2012 and Later .. 116 Linux (Red Hat, SuSE, Oracle, Ubuntu) .. 122 VMware .. 125 Oracle Solaris .. 126 IBM AIX .. 127 Citrix Hypervisor (XenServer) .. 128 HP-UX 11i .. 129 B SC and SCv Fibre Channel Zoning .. 130 C Deprecated devices .. 131 Host configurations .. 131 SC Series .. 131 PS Series .. 141 Deprecated switches .. 145 SC Series and PS Series .. 145 FS Series .. 147 D Technical support and additional resources.

7 148 Related documentation .. 148 RPQ process .. 148 Table of contents 4 dell EMC Storage Compatibility Matrix for SC, PS, and FS Series Arrays | DSCM The information in this publication is provided as is. dell Inc. makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to the information in this publication, and specifically disclaims implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Use, copying, and distribution of any software described in this publication requires an applicable software license.

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9 dell , EMC, dell EMC and other trademarks are trademarks of dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners. [4/23/2020] [Deployment and Configuration Guide] [DSCM]Overview 5 dell EMC Storage Compatibility Matrix for SC, PS, and FS Series Arrays | DSCM 1 Overview This Compatibility Matrix describes SAN components (such as switches, host bus Adapters, and operating systems) that have been tested in dell Storage labs. The testing results demonstrate that dell SC Series, PS Series, and FS Series products, as tested and under normal operating conditions, will operate as expected and as described in dell Storage product documentation.

10 The first portion of this document describes the dell commitment to supporting the various products that have been tested and those products or components that have not been tested. This section describes a multi-tiered support policy that describes any limitations to a customer s supportability for dell and non- dell components when those components or their constituent software (such as drivers and firmware) are not listed in this Matrix . The second part of this document lists switches that have been tested and confirmed to be interoperable with dell SC Series, PS Series, and FS Series products.