Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Support Matrix
Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series StorageSystemSupport MatrixFebruary 2021Rev. A15
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ContentsChapter 1: Introduction. 4Changes to revision A15 of the Support Matrix. 4Chapter 2: Supported data protocols. 5Chapter 3: Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series storage system rules.6Chapter 4: Default IPv4 Settings for management ports.11Chapter 5: Default IPv4 settings for iSCSI ports.12Chapter 6: Supported RAID controller firmware. 13Chapter 7: Supported iSCSI software initiators. 14Chapter 8: Supported protocol offload (TOE/iSCSI) adapters. 15Chapter 9: Supported Fibre Channel and iSCSI SFP transceivers. 16Chapter 10: Supported SAS and Twinax direct-attach cables. 17Chapter 11: Supported physical disk drives. 18Chapter 12: Supported expansion enclosures.20Chapter 13: Supported management software.21Chapter 14: Supported operating systems. 22Chapter 15: Operating systems with ALUA support. 25Chapter 16: Supported device mapper software. 26Chapter 17: Supported SAS host bus adapters. 27Chapter 18: Supported Fibre Channel host bus adapters.28Chapter 19: Supported Fibre Channel and iSCSI direct-attach configuration operating systems.30Chapter 20: Dell EMC Storage Support Policy.31Contents3
1IntroductionThis document provides information about supported software and hardware for Dell EMC PowerVault ME4012, ME4024, andME4084 storage systems, and usage considerations, recommendations, and rules.The Support Matrix contains the latest compatibility and interoperability information. If you observe inconsistencies betweenthis information and other documentation, consider this document superseding.NOTE: Unless specified, all information in this document is applicable to the latest RAID controller firmware versionavailable at www.dell.com/support.Topics: Changes to revision A15 of the Support MatrixChanges to revision A15 of the Support Matrix Corrected errors in the supported physical disk drives chapter Updated the firmware versions for some supported physical disk drives4Introduction
2Supported data protocolsThis section lists the PowerVault ME4 series models and supported data protocols.NOTE: The PowerVault ME4 series does not support changing or converting from one data protocol to another dataprotocol.Table 1. Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series models and supported data protocolsDell EMC PowerVault ME4 modelData protocol and drivesME4012 (SAS)12 Gbps direct attached SAS storage system with 12 drives (3.5 inch)ME4024 (SAS)12 Gbps direct attached SAS storage system with 24 drives (2.5 inch)ME4084 (SAS)12 Gbps direct attached SAS storage system with 84 drives (3.5 inch)ME4012 (10GBase-T iSCSI)10 Gbps iSCSI network storage system with 12 drives (3.5 inch)ME4024 (10GBase-T iSCSI)10 Gbps iSCSI network storage system with 24 drives (2.5 inch)ME4084 (10GBase-T iSCSI)10 Gbps iSCSI network storage system with 84 drives (3.5 inch)ME4012 (CNC)16 Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) and/or 10 Gbps iSCSI network storage system with12 drives (3.5 inch)ME4024 (CNC)16 Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) and/or 10 Gbps iSCSI network storage system with24 drives (2.5 inch)ME4084 (CNC)16 Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) and/or 10 Gbps iSCSI network storage system with84 drives (3.5 inch)NOTE: Dell EMC PowerVault ME4012 and ME4024 storage systems support up to nine ME412/ME424 expansion enclosures orthree ME484 expansion enclosures. A combination of ME412/ME424 and ME484 expansion enclosures is not supported. Dell EMC PowerVault ME4084 storage systems support up to three ME484 expansion enclosures.Supported data protocols5
3Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series storagesystem rulesThis section contains both general and model-specific connectivity and consideration rules for Dell EMC PowerVault ME4storage systems. The rules that are listed in the following table apply to all Dell EMC PowerVault models. For rules applyingto specific Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 models, see Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Rules for Non-dense,2U Models Only (Dell EMC PowerVault ME4012 and ME4024) and Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System rules fordense, 5U models only (Dell EMC PowerVault ME4084).NOTE: The Dell EMC PowerVault ME4084 platform is supported in dual-controller module configurations only.Table 2. Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Rules for All ModelsRuleSAS10GBase-T CNCiSCSIMaximum number of host servers a single storage system can connect to with oneRAID controller module installed4256256Maximum number of host servers a single storage system can connect to with twoRAID controller modules installed8 (4, ifusing highavailabilityorredundancy)256256Maximum number of Dell 12 Gbps SAS HBA cards supported in a single host serverattached to single system (Dell recommends that you use two Dell 12 Gb SAS HBAcards for all redundant cabling configurations)2 (eachcard hastwo ports)N/AN/AN/AN/A44Unused ports on a Dell EMC 12 Gbps SAS HBA card already connected to a Dell EMCPowerVault ME4 SAS storage system cannot connect to another device (such as atape drive or other model storage system)Maximum number of Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series storage system a host servermay connect to2 (HA)A hot-spare for a disk group must be a physical disk drive of equal or greater size thanany of the member disksOn Linux systems, Device Mapper multipath is required for multipath supportCoexistence of several Linux multi-path drivers is not supported. When using a DellEMC PowerVault ME4 series storage system with Linux host servers, only the LinuxDevice Mapper failover driver is supportedVirtual disks on Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series storage system cannot be used forbootingDisk Groups can be migrated between a Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series storagesystems by following the appropriate disk pool migration procedureMaximum SSD cache size allowed is two SSDsAll iSCSI host ports on a controller must have the same port speedMaximum 12 Gbps SAS cable length supported is 4 m6Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series storage system rulesN/A
Table 2. Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Rules for All Models (continued)RuleSAS10GBase-T CNCiSCSIiSCSI network rules:N/A If the iSCSI initiators are connected to Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 series throughthe network switches, make sure that your switches support IEEE 802.3x flowcontrol, and the flow control is enabled for both sending and receiving on all switchports and server NIC ports If you do not enable the flow control, your iSCSI storage storage may experiencedegradation of the I/O performance In addition to enabling the Ethernet IEEE 802.3x flow control, Dell recommendsthat you disable unicast broadcast storm control on the switch ports connected tothe iSCSI initiators and target storage systems and turn on the "PortFast" modeof the spanning tree protocol (STP) on the switch ports connected to the iSCSIinitiators and target system Note that turning on the PortFast mode is different from turning off the wholeoperation of STP on the switch. With PortFast on, STP is still enabled on theswitch ports. Turning off STP may affect the entire network and can leave thenetwork vulnerable to physical topology loops.For optimal I/O performance, avoid having more than one iSCSI session originatingfrom one host iSCSI port to the same controller. Ideally, the iSCSI host NIC mustconnect to only one iSCSI target port on the storage subsystemN/AThe FC can connect at either or 8 Gbps and 16 Gbps, however 16 Gbps isrecommendedNOTE: Only 16 Gbps adapters are supported. See Supported Fibre Channel hostbus adapters on page 28.N/AThe 10GBaseT iSCSI controller module can auto-negotiate to 1 Gbps. The CNCrequires a 10 Gbps connectionN/ARemote replication is not supported when the replication connection is directlyconnected. It must be in a switch topologyN/AReplication within iSCSI topology between ME4 series storage systems is supportedregardless of connection speed. Replication between iSCSI and FC topology is notsupportedN/AReplication within FC topology between ME4 storage systems is supported regardlessof connection speed. Replication between iSCSI and FC topology is not supportedN/AN/AN/AN/AOnline Physical Disk Firmware Upgrade is not supported and might cause hosts to loseconnectivity with the storage system.When using physical disks of 6 TB or larger capacity, it is recommended to use eithera RAID 6 Disk Group or an ADAPT Disk Pool. Due to the increased amount of timetaken to reconstruct and copy-back, the chances for a second drive failure increaseson either a RAID 1/10 or a RAID 5 Disk GroupData Assurance capable drives are supported in the storage system, however the DataAssurance feature is not available for these storage systemsTo create an NRAID, RAID-0, or RAID-3 (linear-only) disk group, you must use the CLI.For more information see the Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System CLIGuide.Disk groups and pools Maximum virtual pools per controller module 1 Maximum usable virtual pool size per controller module 512 TiB with the largepools feature disabled in the CLI and 1 PB with the large pools feature enabled inthe CLINOTE: Active snapshots and replications use a substantial amount of thereserved space and undesired effects might occur if the reserved space isDell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series storage system rules7
Table 2. Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Rules for All Models (continued)Rule SAScompletely consumed. Use the CLI command show snapshot-space tomonitor space usage.Maximum disk-group size Unlimited (non-ADAPT); 1PB (ADAPT)Maximum disk groups per pool 16Maximum virtual disk groups per controller module 16Maximum linear disk groups per controller module 32Maximum dedicated spares per linear disk group 4Maximum global spares per system 64Maximum ADAPT groups per controller module 4Maximum ADAPT single disk size 64TiBADAPT stripe width 8 2Minimum/maximum disks per virtual disk group: NRAID (non-RAID):1/1 (read cache only) RAID 0: 2/2 (read cache only) RAID 1: 2/2 RAID 3 Not supported RAID 5: 3/16 RAID 6: 4/16 RAID 10: 4/16 RAID 50: Not supported ADAPT: 12/128Minimum/maximum disks per linear disk group: NRAID (non-RAID):1/1 RAID 0: 2/16 RAID 1: 2/2 RAID 3: 3/16 RAID 5: 3/16 RAID 6: 4/16 RAID 10: 4/16 RAID 50: 6/32 ADAPT: 12/128Volumes, Initiators, hosts, and mapping: Maximum virtual volumes per system 1024 Maximum linear volumes per system 512 (recommended) Maximum volume size – 128 TiB (approximately 140 TB) Maximum mappable volumes (LUNs) per disk group 128 Maximum mappable virtual volumes (LUNs) per pool 512 Maximum mappable linear volumes (LUNs) per pool 128 Maximum mappable volumes (LUNs) per controller module 512 Maximum virtual volumes per pool 1024 (512 base volumes and 512 snapshots)NOTE: Active snapshots and replications use a substantial amount of thereserved space and undesired effects might occur if the reserved space iscompletely consumed. Use the CLI command show snapshot-space tomonitor space usage. Maximum linear volumes per pool 1024 Maximum virtual volumes per volume group 1024 Maximum volume groups per controller module 256 Maximum volumes per host port 1024 (Microsoft Windows limits access to 256) Maximum initiators per host port 1024 Maximum initiators per controller module 4096 Maximum initiators per host 1288Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series storage system rules10GBase-T CNCiSCSI
Table 2. Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Rules for All Models (continued)Rule MaximumMaximumMaximumMaximumSAS10GBase-T CNCiSCSIN/AN/Ahosts per host group 256host groups per system 32commands per LUN (preferred path 4096queue depth per host port 1024Supported FC/iSCSI module host-port configurations per controller module: 4 ports FC 4 ports iSCSI 2 ports FC and 2 port iSCSIVirtual volume snapshots: Maximum snapshots per pool 512 Maximum base volumes per system 1024 Maximum base snapshots per snappable volume 254 in the volume snapshot tree with a license and the large pools featuredisabled in the CLI 8 in the volume snapshot tree with the large pools feature enabled in the CLI Maximum mappable snapshots per system 1024NOTE: Active snapshots and replications use a substantial amount of the reservedspace and undesired effects might occur if the reserved space is completelyconsumed. Use the CLI command show snapshot-space to monitor spaceusage.Virtual volume replication: Maximum number of peer connections per system 4 Maximum number of replicated volumes per system 32 Maximum number of replicated sets for a volume 1 Maximum number of volumes for a replicated volume group 16, if no othervolumes belong to a replication set Minimum replication frequency that can be scheduled 1N/AMaximum SCSI reservations Per controller module 1024 Per LUN 1Maximum SCSI registrations for virtual storage Per system: 32768 Per LUN: 4096Maximum SCSI registrations for linear storage Per system: 32768 Per FC LUN: 128 Per iSCSI LUN: 85-128 depending on IQN length Per SAS LUN: 128 Presenting the same volume (LUN) through FC AND iSCSI to one or more hosts or N/Ahost groups is not supported.N/ATable 3. Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Rules for Non-dense, 2U Models Only (DellEMC PowerVault ME4012 and ME4024)RuleSAS10GBaseTiSCSICNCSystem maximum is up to 4 PB or 336 disk drives, whichever comes first. Forexample: 336 disk drives x 12 TB 4 PB 252 disk drives x 16 TB 4 PBDell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series storage system rules9
Table 3. Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Rules for Non-dense, 2U Models Only (DellEMC PowerVault ME4012 and ME4024) (continued)RuleSAS10GBaseTiSCSICNCUp to nine additional ME412/ME424 expansion enclosures or three ME484 expansionenclosures. A combination of ME412/ME424 and ME484 expansion enclosures is notsupported. 2U12 storage system nine 2U12 expansion enclosures 120 disk drives 2U12 storage system nine 2U24 expansion enclosures 228 disk drives 2U12 storage system three 5U84 expansion enclosures 264 disk drives 2U24 storage system nine 2U12 expansion enclosures 132 disk drives 2U24 storage system nine 2U24 expansion enclosures 240 disk drives 2U24 storage system three 5U84 expansion enclosures 276 disk drivesEmbedded SMI-S provider: Maximum mapping paths (where a path is a volume that is presented through ahost port to an initiator) 250 SMI-S is not supported for a system with 5U84 enclosures Presenting the same volume (LUN) through FC AND iSCSI to one or more hosts or N/Ahost groups is not supported.N/ATable 4. Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System rules for dense, 5U models only (Dell EMCPowerVault ME4084)RuleSASSystem maximum is up to 4 PB or 336 disk drives, whichever comes first. Forexample: 336 disk drives x 12 TB 4 PB 252 disk drives x 16 TB 4 PBSupport for up to three ME484 additional expansion enclosures: 5U84 storage systems three 5U84 expansion enclosures 336 disk drivesDisk drive blanks are not required for empty drive slotsMinimum number of disks in an enclosure is 28 The number of rows must not differ by more than 1 between the top and bottomdrawers. The rows should be populated from front to rear of drawerSMI-S is not supported for a system with 5U84 expansion enclosures10Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series storage system rules10GBaseTiSCSICNC
4Default IPv4 Settings for management portsNOTE: No default gateway is set.By default, the management ports on the storage system are set to DHCP. If DHCP fails, the following IPv4 settings are used:Table 5. Default IPv4 Management Port AddressesController/PortIPv4 AddressSubnet MaskController 010.0.0.2255.255.255.0Controller 110.0.0.3255.255.255.0Default IPv4 Settings for management ports11
5Default IPv4 settings for iSCSI portsBy default, the iSCSI ports on the storage system are set to 0.0.0.0 static IP address.12Default IPv4 settings for iSCSI ports
6Supported RAID controller firmwareNOTE: Dell EMC recommends gathering support information before performing any firmware update. Only drivers and firmware released by Dell are supported. For the latest driver and firmware releases, see the Drivers &Downloads section at www.dell.com/support.Table 6. Latest RAID controller firmware versionSoftwareVersionRAID controller firmwareGT280R008-04Supported RAID controller firmware13
7Supported iSCSI software initiatorsTable 7. Supported iSCSI InitiatorsOperating SystemSW Initiator VendorSW Initiator VersionNotesWindows Server OSMicrosoftRTM or laterIncluded with OSCitrix XenServerCitrixRTM or laterIncluded with OSRed Hat Enterprise LinuxRed HatRTM or laterIncluded with OSSUSE Linux EnterpriseServerSUSERTM or laterIncluded with OSVMware vSphereVMwareRTM or laterIncluded with OSNOTE: For more information about OS support, see Supported operating systems.14Supported iSCSI software initiators
8Supported protocol offload (TOE/iSCSI)adaptersStandard Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters are supported when used with supported software iSCSI initiators. Hostsmust have a standards compliant iSCSI initiator to access Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series storage. Initiator support is providedby the initiator or operating system vendor.Dell EMC PowerVault does not support Converged Network Adapters (CNA) in Converged mode. Although Dell EMCPowerVault does not endorse or support initiators directly, this support matrix provides some useful configuration informationfor common initiators.Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage Systems work with any RFC 3720 iSCSI compliant initiators. The initiator mustsupport all mandatory iSCSI features (IPSec is not required). This information is subject to change without notice. Dell EMC isnot responsible for any errors in this information.CAUTION: Hardware initiators are not supported by Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage Systems.Read the initiator documentation and Release Notes from the particular vendors, and the Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 S
Dell EMC PowerVault ME4084 storage systems support up to three ME484 expansion enclosures. 2. Supported data protocols 5. Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series storage system rules. This section contains both general and model-specific connectivit
Table 3. Dell EMC PowerVault MD-Series storage array rules for non-dense, 2U models only (MD3200, MD3220, MD3200i, MD3220i, MD3600i, MD3620i, MD3600f and MD3620f) Rule Dell EMC PowerVault MD3200 series Dell EMC PowerVault MD3200i series Dell EMC PowerVault MD3600i series Dell EMC PowerVault MD3600f series 6 Gbps SAS 1 Gbps iSCSI 10 Gbps iSCSI 8 .
Table 3. Dell EMC PowerVault MD-Series storage array rules for non-dense, 2U models only (MD3200, MD3220, MD3200i, MD3220i, MD3600i, MD3620i, MD3600f and MD3620f) Rule Dell EMC PowerVault MD3200 series Dell EMC PowerVault MD3200i series Dell EMC PowerVau lt MD3600i series Dell EMC PowerVau lt MD3600f series 6 Gbps SAS 1 Gbps iSCSI 10 Gbps iSCSI .
To learn more about these and other ME4 Series features, refer to the ME4 Series Administrator's Guide and Deployment Guide, and the additional documentation listed in appendix A. 1.2 Microsoft Hyper-V overview The Windows Server platform leverages Hyper-V for virtualization technology. Initially offered with Windows
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