Cisco Nexus 5000 Family Interoperability Support Matrix - Disc Storage Interoperability Matrix [Support]

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Disk Storage Interoperability Matrix

EMC

HDS

Network Appliance

Disk Storage Interoperability Matrix

This chapter lists storage systems qualified by the Original Storage Vendors (OSMs), Cisco's Partners, and Cisco's Data Center InterOperability Lab for supporting seamless deployment of Storage Area Networks using the Nexus 5000 family products.

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Table 6-1 Qualified Storage Systems

Vendor

Disk Storage Model

Page

EMC

Symmetrix DMX-3

2

CLARiiON CX3

3

CDL 720

3

HDS

AMS 1000

4

USP V

4

Network Appliance

FAS v940c, v3070

5

EMC

Table 6-2 Symmetrix DMX-3

Operating System

Multipath Support

(PowerPath)

Converged Network Adapter (CNA)¹

NX-OS

MDS OS/FM

Type

Version

Windows 2003

R2 32bit

5.1.0 (build 51)

QLogic: QLE8000

4.0(0)N1(2a)

4.0(1a)N1(1)

3.2(3a)/3.4(1a)

4.1(3)/4.1(3)²

Emulex: LP21002-M

R2 64bit

5.1 SP1 (build2)

QLogic: QLE8000

Emulex: LP21002-M

Windows 2008

32bit

5.1 SP2 (build11)

QLogic: QLE8000

Emulex: LP21002-M

64bit

5.1 SP2 (build11)

QLogic: QLE8000

Emulex: LP21002-M

RedHat Linux

RHEL 5.1 32bit

5.0.1 (build 22)

QLogic: QLE8000

Emulex: LP21002-M

RHEL 5.1 64bit

5.1.0 (build 194)

QLogic: QLE8000

Emulex: LP21002-M

SUSE Linux

SLES-10 32bit

5.1.0 (build 194)

QLogic: QLE8000

Emulex: LP21002-M

SLES-10 64bit

5.1.0 (build 194)

QLogic: QLE8000

Emulex: LP21002-M

¹The latest qualified version of the FCoE driver can be downloaded from the support page of the CNA partner website. Direct Attach Storage (DAS) configuration is not supported.

²Cisco MDS NX-OS 4.1(3) and FM 4.1(3) arescheduled for release in Feb-09.

Table 6-3 CLARiiON CX3

Operating System

Multipath Support

(PowerPath)

Coverged Network Adapter (CNA)¹

NX-OS

MDS OS/FM

Type

Version

Windows 2003

R2 32bit

5.1.0 (build 51)

QLogic: QLE8000

4.0(0)N1(2a)

4.0(1a)N1(1)²

3.2(3a)/3.4(1a)

4.1(3)/4.(1(3)³

Emulex: LP21002-M

R2 64bit

5.1 SP1 (build2)

QLogic: QLE8000

Emulex: LP21002-M

Windows 2008

32bit

5.1 SP2 (build11)

QLogic: QLE8000

Emulex: LP21002-M

64bit

5.1 SP2 (build11)

QLogic: QLE8000

Emulex: LP21002-M

RedHat Linux

RHEL 5.1 32bit

5.0.1 (build 22)

QLogic: QLE8000

Emulex: LP21002-M

RHEL 5.1 64bit

5.1.0 (build 194)

QLogic: QLE8000

Emulex: LP21002-M

SUSE Linux

SLES-10 32bit

5.1.0 (build 194)

QLogic: QLE8000

Emulex: LP21002-M

SLES-10 64bit

5.1.0 (build 194)

QLogic: QLE8000

Emulex: LP21002-M

¹The latest qualified version of the FCoE driver can be downloaded from the support page of the CNA partner website.

²Fibre Channel Direct Attach Storage (DAS) configuration is supported.

³Cisco MDS NX-OS 4.1(3) and FM 4.1(3) are scheduled for release in Feb-09.

Table 6-4 CDL 720

Operating System

Converged Network Adapter (CNA)¹

Backup Application

NX-OS

MDS OS/FM

Type

Version

Windows 2003

R2 32bit

QLogic: QLE8000

4.0(0)N1(2a)

3.2(3a)/3.4(a1)

Emulex: LP21002-M

NetBackup 6.0

¹The latest qualified version of the FCoE driver can be downloaded from the support page of the CNA partner website. Direct Attach Storage (DAS) configuration is not supported.

HDS

Table 6-5 AMS 1000

Operating System

Multipath Support

Coverged Network Adapter (CNA)¹

NX-OS

MDS OS/FM

Type

Version

Windows 2003

R2 32bit

HDLM 6.0

QLogic: QLE8000

4.0(0)N1(2a)

3.3(1c)/3.4(1a)

R2 64bit

Emulex: LP21002-M

Windows 2008

32bit

Emulex: LP21002-M

64bit

QLogic: QLE8000

RedHat Linux

RHEL 5.1 32bit

Device Mapper

QLogic: QLE8000

RHEL 5.1 64bit

Emulex: LP21002-M

SUSE Linux

SLES-10 32bit

Emulex: LP21002-M

SLES-10 64bit

QLogic: QLE8000

¹The latest qualified version of the FCoE driver can be downloaded from the support page of the CNA partner website. Direct Attach Storage (DAS) configuration is not supported.

Table 6-6 USP V

Operating System

Multipath Support

Converged Network Adapter (CNA)¹

NX-OS

MDS OS/FM

Type

Version

Windows 2003

R2 32bit

HDLM 6.0

QLogic: QLE8000

4.0(0)N1(2a)

3.3(1c)/3.4(1a)

R2 64bit

Emulex: LP21002-M

Windows 2008

32bit

Emulex: LP21002-M

64bit

QLogic: QLE8000

RedHat Linux

RHEL 5.1 32bit

Device Mapper

QLogic: QLE8000

RHEL 5.1 64bit

Emulex: LP21002-M

SUSE Linux

SLES-10 32bit

Emulex: LP21002-M

SLES-10 64bit

QLogic: QLE8000

¹The latest qualified version of the FCoE driver can be downloaded from the support page of the CNA partner website. Direct Attach Storage (DAS) configuration is not supported.

Network Appliance

Table 6-7 FAS v940c, v3070

Operating System

ONTAP version

Coverged Network Adapter (CNA)¹

NX-OS

MDS OS/FM

Type

Version

Windows 2003

EE (SP1 IA64)

7.2.5.1, 7.3.0

QLogic: QLE8000

4.0(0)N1(1a)

4.0(1a)N1(1)²

3.3(1c)/3.4(1a)

4.1(3)/4.1(3)

Emulex: LP21002-M

Windows 2008

Hyper V

Emulex: LP21002-M

QLogic : QLE8000

Windows 2008

Emulex: LP21002-M

QLogic: QLE8000

RedHat Linux

RHEL 5

QLogic: QLE8000

SUSE Linux

SLES-10

Emulex: LP21002-M

QLogic: QLE8000

VMware ESX

3.5 Update 3

QLogic: QLE8000

Emulex: LP21002-M

¹The latest qualified version of the FCoE driver can be downloaded from the support page of the CNA partner website. Direct Attach Storage (DAS) is supported starting with Nx code vesrion 4.0(1a)N1(1) and higher.

²Cisco MDS NX-OS 4.1(3) and FM 4.1(3) are scheduled for release in Feb-09.