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2׀Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix
Rules First
Gen.
Second
Gen.
Although a 100-Mbps host NIC is supported, 1-Gbps NICs
are highly recommended for iSCSI data transfer and
enhanced I/O performance.
√√
The management Ethernet part of the RAID controller
module must be connected to a switch port that is
configured to use Auto-Negotiate
√√
The link rate of 10Mb is not supported for iSCSI data
transmission.
√√
10/100 Mb NIC connections are supported on the
MD3000i management ports. A 100-Mbps management
link is recommended.
√√
When using multiple (NICs) in the same server, up to four
NICs per host are supported to one MD3000i array. If
multiple NICs are installed, it is recommended that
different subnets be used for management and iSCSI data
links.
√√
NIC teaming is only supported with VMware ESX server
and Citrix XenServer Dell Edition.
√√
Dell recommends that you enable your switch Spanning
Tree setting to Port Fast when using with the MD3000i
iSCSI ports and host server ethernet ports. (The Port Fast
setting allows switch ports to be in a faster forwarding
state, allowing network traffic iSCSI login sessions to be
established with minimum wait time.)
√√
Ethernet switch ports that are connected to host server
ethernet ports and MD3000i iSCSI ports may be set to
support standard frames (MTU=1500) or Jumbo Frames
(MTU=9000). For Jumbo Frame support Server NIC
Host ports, MD3000i iSCSI ports and all intermediate
network ports must have Jumbo Frame support enabled
√√
Cat 5/e or better ethernet cables are required for use with
the MD3000i
√√
DHCPv6 is not supported. √√
Both IPv4 and IPv6 are supported on the iSCSI data ports. √√
For routable addresses, the IPv6 Router is required to
advertise with only 64bit prefix lengths.
√√
The management ports only support IPv4. √
The management ports support both IPv4 and IPv6. √

Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix l 3
Rules First
Gen.
Second
Gen.
IPv6 is supported with homogenous Microsoft Windows
2008 environments only.
√
IPv6 should be disabled on Linux targets that do not
support it to prevent login failure.
√
If using IPv6, all hosts connected to the MD3000i should
support IPv6 with the MD3000i
√√
Only one type of iSCSI initiator can be used in a host
system. For example, if the Broadcom NetXtreme II 5709
iSCSI Initiator is used, then all the iSCSI initiators in the
system must be Broadcom NetXtreme II 5709 iSCSI
Initiators and the software initiator must not be used with
other NICs in the system.
√√
Table 2. Environment
Rules First
Gen.
Second
Gen.
A server can connect to a maximum of three MD3000i
storage arrays.
√√
A maximum of 16 physical host servers can be attached to
the storage array.
√√
A maximum of 32 virtual host servers can be attached to the
storage array (note: running the iSCSI initiator at the
hypervisor level counts as a single host even if the storage is
shared by all guest OSes)
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The MD3000i supports up to eight nodes in Microsoft®
Windows Server®2003 Cluster environment and up to
sixteen nodes in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Cluster
environment.
√√
Connecting an MD3000i and an MD3000 to the same host
is not supported.
√
Table 3. Considerations

4׀Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix
Rules First
Gen.
Second
Gen.
When using the Microsoft or Linux iSCSI Initiator, IQN
identification must be used.
√ √
When using the Microsoft or Linux iSCSI Initiator, all
NICs in the same host will use the same iSCSI name. The
name will identify the host and the NICs will not be
identifiable.
√√
Dell MPP drivers are required for multi-path support (refer
to Table 10). Linux open framework dm-mpp (multi-path)
drivers are not supported with the MD3000i.
√√
Only the Dell Linux MPP multi-path driver should be
loaded on a Linux host server**
√√
MD3000 and MD3200 series supported on a single Linux
host**
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Microsoft “dynamic disks” are not supported by the
Microsoft iSCSI Initiator under Windows 2003. Windows
2008 native iSCSI Initiator supports dynamic disks.
√√
Up to two Dell PowerVault MD1000 expansion enclosures
can be attached to the MD3000i for a total of 45 SAS and/or
SATA physical disks.
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Attached MD1000 expansion enclosures must be set to
unified mode.
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Virtual disk failover requires a dual-controller configuration
and at least one iSCSI session to each controller.
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Link failover requires at least two iSCSI connections
established to the controller.
√√
The enclosure can contain a mixture of SAS and SATA II
physical disks.
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SAS and SATA disks cannot be mixed in a disk group. √√
A hot spare for a disk group must be a physical disk of equal
or greater size than any of the member disks.
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The hot spare for a disk group with SAS physical disks must
be a SAS disk.
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The hot spare for a disk group with SATA physical disks
must be a SATA disk.
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When using out-of-band management with SMcli by
specifying the RAID Controller management port IP
addresses on the MD Storage Array, SMcli commands that
change the attributes of a virtual disk, virtual disk copy, or
snapshot virtual disk, must have management access to the
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Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix l 5
Rules First
Gen.
Second
Gen.
owning RAID Controller Module to complete. Where
applicable it is a best practice to specify both management
port IP addresses on the SMcli invocation: "SMcli
192.168.128.101 192.168.128.102 -c".
Maximum virtual disk size cannot exceed 2 Terabytes. √
Each virtual disk is limited to a maximum of 30 physical
disks.
√
Virtual disk size can exceed 2TB and is limited by the type
of RAID group, number of drives in the RAID group and
the size of the drives (Up to 45 disks can be used in RAID 0
and 44 disks in RAID 10. RAID 5 and RAID 6 are limited to
a maximum of
30 disks).
√
The use of disk labels is recommended while mounting
LUNs on linux operating systems.
√√
Disk Groups can be migrated between a Dell PowerVault
MD3000 and a Dell PowerVault MD3000i by following the
appropriate Disk Group migration procedure*
√
Refer to MD3xxx series coexistence compatibility matrix if
you wish to use the MD3000 with the MD3000i or the
MD3200 series of arrays.
√
*Refer to Disk Group Migration section of the MDSM User’s Guide
** For 2nd Gen arrays, refer to coexistence whitepaper for supporting MD3000i and MD3200
series products on a single host.
Statement of Support
When the MD3000i is connected to non-Dell supplied networking components or
servers, Dell Technical Support will provide "best effort" technical assistance in
troubleshooting those components. For any additional support, users will be
referred to the provider of the non-Dell supplied equipment.
Supported Operating Systems
Table 4. Supported Operating Systems for iSCSI Host Servers
Operating System First Gen. Second
Gen. Required Hotfixes

6׀Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix
Operating System First Gen. Second
Gen. Required Hotfixes
Microsoft®Windows Server®
2003 32-bit Standard and
Enterprise SP1
√KB950903 and KB943545
provide required storport
driver updates
Microsoft®Windows Server®
2003 32-bit Standard and
Enterprise R2 and SP2
√√KB950903 and KB943545
provide required storport
driver updates
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Standard and Enterprise x64
Edition SP1
√KB950903 and KB943545
provide required storport
driver updates
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Standard and Enterprise x64
Edition R2 and SP2
√√KB950903 and KB943545
provide required storport
driver updates
Microsoft Windows Storage
Server 2003 SP1
√KB950903 and KB943545
provide required storport
driver updates
Microsoft Windows Storage
Server 2003 R2
√√KB950903 and KB943545
provide required storport
driver updates
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
SP1, SP2 32-bit Standard and
Enterprise
√√
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
SP1, SP2 x64 Standard and
Enterprise
√√
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
SP1, SP2 DataCenter edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008
SP1,SP2 Server Core Standard
and Enterprise
√√
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
R2 x64 Standard and Enterprise
√
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
R2 DataCenter edition
√
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
R2 Server Core Standard and
Enterprise
√
Windows Server 2008 supporting
Hyper-V
√√KB950050 needed.
Microsoft Hyper-V Server
2008 and Microsoft Hyper-V
Server 2008 R2 are not
supported.
Windows Server 2008 R2
supporting Hyper-V
√Microsoft Hyper-V Server
2008 and Microsoft Hyper-V

Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix l 7
Operating System First Gen. Second
Gen. Required Hotfixes
Server 2008 R2 are not
supported.
VMware ESX 3.5 and VMware
ESX 3i version 3.5
√√
VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1 √
Citrix XenServer Dell Edition 4.1 √
Citrix XenServer Dell Edition 5.0 √√Multipathing not supported
Citrix XenServer Dell Edition 5.5 √
Red Hat Enterprise Linux V4.0
Update 4, Update 5, Update 6,
(AS, ES, WS), 32 bit and 64 bit
(2.6 kernel; No XEN support)
√
Red Hat Enterprise Linux V4.0
Update 7, Update 8 (AS, ES,
WS), 32 bit and 64 bit (2.6 kernel;
No XEN support)
√
Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.0,
V5.0 Update 1 and V5.0 Update 3
(AS, ES, WS), 32 bit and 64 bit
(2.6 kernel; No XEN support)
√
Red Hat Enterprise Linux V5.0
Update 2, Update 3 , Update 4,
Update 5 (AS, ES, WS), 32 bit
and 64 bit (2.6 kernel; No XEN
support)
√
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
V9.0 x64 Service Pack 2 and
Service Pack 3 (2.6 kernel; No
XEN support)
√
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
V9.0 x64 Service Pack 4 (2.6
kernel; No XEN support)
√√
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
V10.0 x64 Service Pack 1 (2.6
kernel; No XEN support)
√
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
V10.0 x64 Service Pack 2, Service
Pack 3 (2.6 kernel; No XEN
support)
√
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
V11 and V11 SP1 x64 (2.6 kernel;
No XEN support)
√
XEN kernel not supported √√

8׀Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix
Operating System First Gen. Second
Gen. Required Hotfixes
Microsoft Windows 7
(management station only, no
I/O)
√
Microsoft Windows Vista®
(management station only, no
I/O)
√√
Microsoft Windows XP
Professional SP2 (management
station only, no I/O)
√√
Supported iSCSI Initiators
Table 5. Supported iSCSI Initiators (Only Software Initiators are Supported)
Operating System First
Gen.
Second
Gen.
Required Patches (available on the
MD3000i Resource CD)
Microsoft iSCSI Initiator 2.08 2.08 (available from www.microsoft.com)
Microsoft Windows
Server 2008 iSCSI
Initiator
built in built in
VMware ESX Server
iSCSI Initiator
built in built in
Citrix XenServer Dell
Edition open iSCSI
Initiator
built in built in
Red Hat Enterprise
Linux V4.0 (AS, ES,
WS), 32 bit and 64-bit
built in built in iscsi_sfnet-4.0.1.11.3e - 1dkms.noarch.rpm
(RHEL v4 U4 only)
Red Hat Enterprise
Linux V5.0 (AS, ES,
WS), 32 bit and 64-bit
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SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server V11.0
built in built in
SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server V10.0
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SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server V9.0
built in built in scsi_mod-sles9sp3-dkms.noarch.rpm
(SUSE v9 SP3 only)
iscsi-88.31.2_sles9sp31dkms.
noarch.rpm (SUSE v9 SP3 only)

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