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Tape Storage Interoperability Matrix

IBM

Oracle

Quantum

HP

Overland Storage

SONY

ATTO

Crossroad Systems

Tape Acceleration

IOA


Tape Storage Interoperability Matrix

This chapter lists tape storage libraries and drives tested by Cisco's Solution-Interoperability Engineering group (iLAB) and/or self-certified by OEMs/Partners.


IBM

Table 3-2 IBM 3590 /3592 E11/E1A and H11/H1A 

Operating System
Tape Drive Models
Type
Version

AIX

5.1 & later

Native FC standalone or in a 3494 tape library or Silo

Windows 2003

Stnd & Enterp. Edition

Windows 2000

Server, Adv. Server (SP3 or later)

Linux

RH 2.1 & later

SLES 7 & later

Solaris

2.6, 7, 8, 9 & later

HP-UX

11.0, 11i


Table 3-3 IBM Ultrium 3584 UltraScalable

Operating System
Tape Drive Models
Type
Version

AIX

5.1, 5.2, 5.3 & later

IBM:

LTO-3 FC

LTO-2 FC

Windows 2003

Stnd & Ent. Edition

Windows 2000

Server, Adv. Server (SP3 or later)

Linux

RH 2.1 & later

SLES 7 & later

Solaris

2.6, 7, 8, 9 & later

HP-UX

11.0, 11i

OS/400

V5R2, V5R3 & later


Table 3-4 IBM Ultrium 3583 Scalable

Operating System
Tape Drive Models
IBM iSCSI Support
Type
Version

AIX

5.1, 5.2, 5.3

Native FC LTO-2, LTO-3

or

Integrated SDG

Module

No

Windows 2003

Stand, Adv. Edition

Yes

Windows 2000

Server, Adv. Server (SP3 & later)

Linux

RH 2.1 & later

SLES 7 & later

No

Solaris

2.6, 7, 8, 9, 10

HP-UX

11.0, 11i

OS/400

V5R2, V5R3 & later

FC LTO-2, LTO-3


Table 3-5 IBM Ultrium 3582

Operating System
Tape Drive Models
IBM iSCSI Support
Type
Version

AIX

5.1, 5.2

Native FC LTO-2

LTO-3

No

Windows 2003

Standard Edition

Enterprise Edition

Yes

Windows 2000

Server

Advanced Server (SP3 or later)

Linux

RH 2.1 & higher

SLES 7 & higher

No

Solaris

2.6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & later

HP-UX

11.0, 11i


Oracle

Table 3-6 VTL version 5

Operating System
Tape Drive
Models
Level
Version
   

STK: T10000B

HP: LTO

IBM: LTO

Windows 2003

Enterprise

Windows 2008

Enterprise

Linux

RHAT 4, 5 & later

SUSE 10 & later

Solaris

10 & later


Table 3-7 L700e, L180

Operating System
 
Tape Drive
Models
Level
Version

Windows 2003

Enterprise

STK: 9840A FC, 9840B FC, 9840C FC, 9940A FC, 9940B FC, T10000 FC

IBM: LTO Gen-2 FC, LTO Gen-3 FC

HP: LTO Gen-2 FC, LTO Gen-3 FC

Quantum: SDLT-600 FC, S4 FC

Windows 2008

Enterprise

AIX

5.1, 5.2, 5.3 & later

Linux

RedHat 4 & later

SUSE 7 & later

HPUX

11.0, 11i

Solaris

8, 9 & later


Table 3-8 L8500

Operating System
Tape Drive
Models
Level
Version

Windows 2003

Enterprise

STK: 9840A FC, 9840B FC, 9840C FC, 9940A FC, 9940B FC, T10000 FC 2G, T10000 FC 4G

IBM: LTO Gen-2 FC, LTO, Gen-3 FC 4G

HP: LTO Gen-2 FC, LTO, Gen-3 FC 4G

Quantum: SDLT-600 2G FC

Windows 2008

Enterprise

Linux

RedHat 4 & later

SUSE 7 & later

AIX

5.1, 5.2, 5.3 & later

HPUX

11.0, 11i

Solaris

7, 8, 9, 10


Table 3-9 SL500

Operating System
Tape Drive
Model
Level
Version

Windows 2003

Enterprise

IBM: LTO Gen-2 FC, LTO Gen-3 FC , LTO Gen-4 FC

HP: LTO Gen-2 FC, LTO Gen-3 FC, LTO Gen-4 FC

Windows 2008

Enterprise

Linux

RedHat 4 & later

SUSE 7 & later

AIX

5.1, 5.2, 5.3 & later

HPUX

11.0, 11i

Solaris

8, 9, 10 & later


Table 3-10 SL3000

Operating System
Tape Drive
Model
Level
Version

Windows 2003

Enterprise

IBM: LTO Gen-3 FC, LTO Gen-4 FC

STK: T10000B, 9840D

HP: LTO Gen-3 FC, LTO Gen-4 FC

Windows 2008

Enterprise

AIX

5.3 & later

Linux

RedHat 4 & later

SUSE 7 & later

HPUX

11i

Solaris

9, 10 & later


Quantum

Table 3-11 Scalar 24

Operating System
Tape Drive Models
Type
Version

Windows 2003

Enterprise

IBM: LTO Gen-2 FC, LTO Gen-3 FC 4G, LTO Gen-4 FC 4G

Quantum: SDLT-600 2G FC

AIX

5.4& later

Linux

RedHat 4 & later

SUSE 7 & later

Solaris

9, 1 0& later


Table 3-12 Scalar 50

Operating System
Tape Drive Models
Type
Version

Windows 2003

Enterprise

HP: LTO Gen-3 FC 4G, LTO Gen-4 FC 4G

Quantum: DLT-S4 4G FC, Quantum LTO-3 HH

Linux

RedHat 4 & later

SUSE 7 & later

Solaris

9, 10 & later


Table 3-13 Scalar I500

Operating System
Tape Drive Models
Type
Version

Windows 2003

Enterpris

IBM: LTO Gen-2 FC, LTO Gen-3 FC, LTO Gen 4 FC, LTO-Gen 5 8G

HP: LTO Gen-4 FC, LTO Gen 5 FC 8G

Windows 2008

Enterprise

Solaris

9, 10 & later

Linux

RH 4 & later

HPUX

11iv2, 11iv3

AIX

5.4 & later


Table 3-14 Scalar i2000/i6000

Operating System
Tape Drive Models
Type
Version

Linux

RedHat 4 & later

IBM: LTO Gen-2 FC, LTO Gen-3 FC, LTO Gen-4 FC

HP: LTO Gen-3 FC, LTO Gen-4 FC, LTO Gen-5 8G

Quantum: S4 FC, SDLT-600 2G FC

Windows 2008

Enterprise

Windows 2003

Enterprise

Solaris

8, 9, 10 & later

HPUX

11iv2, 11vi3

AIX

5.4& later


Table 3-15 PX720

Operating System
Tape Drive Models
Type
Version

Windows 2003

Enterprise

Quantum: SDLT S4 4G FC, SDLT 600 2G FC

HP: LTO Gen-2 2G FC, LTO Gen-3 4G FC, LTO Gen-3 2G FC, LTO Gen-4 4G FC

   

Solaris

9,10& later

HPUX

11iv2


Table 3-16 Sacalar i40/180

Operating System
Tape Drive Models
Type
Version

Windows 2003

Enterprise

IBM: LTO Gen-4, LTO Gen-5

HP: LTO Gen-4, LTO Gen-5

Windows 2008

Enterprise

Solaris

9, 10 & later

HPUX

1liv2, 1 liv 3

AIX

5.4 and later


Table 3-17 DXI 7500

Operating System
 
Tape Drive Models
Type
Version

Windows 2003

Enterprise

IBM: LTO Gen-2, LTO Gen-3, LTO Gen-4

HP: LTO Gen-2, LTO Gen-3, LTO Gen-4

Windows 2008

Enterprise

Linux

RedHat 4, 5


Table 3-18 DXI 6540/6550 NAS Device

Operating System
Tape Drive Models
Type
Version

Windows 2003

Enterprise

IBM: LTO Gen-2, LTO Gen-3, LTO Gen-4

HP: LTO Gen-2, LTO Gen-3, LTO Gen-4

Windows 2008

Enterprise

Linux

RedHat 4, 5


HP

Table 3-19 HP MSL, ESL, EML Series

Operating System1
Host Bus Adapter
Tape Drive Models

Windows

HP: All HP supported models

HP: LTO-1, LTO-2, LTO-3, LTO-4, LTO-5

Solaris

Linux

HPUX

AIX

Open VMS

Netware

1 Refer to the EBS compatibility matrix at the following link for more information on supported operating systems and applications: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/ebs/index.html


Table 3-20 HP VLS Series

Operating System1
Host Bus Adapter
Tape Drive Models

Windows

HP: All HP supported models

HP: All supported emulated tape drives

Solaris

Linux

HPUX

AIX

Open VMS

Netware

1 Refer to the EBS compatibility matrix at the following link for more information on supported operating systems and applications: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/ebs/index.html


Overland Storage

Table 3-21 Neo Series

Operating System
Host Bus Adapter
Tape Drive
Models
Type
Version

Windows 2000

Advanced Server (SP3)

QLogic: QLA2300

HP:

LTO-1, LTO-2

Qntm ATL:

SDLT320

HP:

LTO-1, LTO-2

Qntm ATL:

SDLT320

Emulex: LP9802


SONY

Table 3-22 PetaSite

Operating System
Host Bus Adapter
Tape Drive
Models
Type
Version

Windows 2000

Advanced Server (SP2)

Emulex: LP9802

SONY:

SDZ 100 SAIT

SDZ 130 SAIT

Solaris

8, 9

Emulex: LP8000, LP9002

QLogic: QLA2310, QLA2342

Sun: X6767A, X6727A

Irix

6.5.18m, 6.5.19m, 6.5.21m & APD2.7

SGI: PCI-FC-1P (QLA2200)

QLogic: QLA2340

HP-UX

11i

HP: A5158A

Emulex: LP9002

Linux

RedHat 8

QLogic: QLA2300


ATTO

Table 3-23 Fibre Storage

Operating System
Host Bus Adapter
Tape Library Model
Tape Drive
Models
Type
Version
Model

Windows Server 2003

Enterprise Edition10

ATTO: FC3300

FB 1180

FB1290

FB2300

FB4500

IBM LTO-2

IBM LTO-2

IBM LTO-2

SDLT 220

Windows 2000

Professional

ATTO: FC-21PS

FB2400

IBM LTO-2

Mac OSX Tiger

10.4.2

ATTO: FC-41XS, FC-42XS

FB2300

SDLT220

Mac OSX Panther

Panther

ATTO: FC-21PS


Crossroad Systems

Table 3-24 Storage Routers 8000 /6000/10000

Operating System
Host Bus Adapter
Model
Cisco Tested
Type
Version

Solaris

8

QLogic: QLA2200, QLA2342

CR 8000

fw: 4.03.27

Yes

JNI: FCE 1473

CR 10000

(set at 2G)

4.0.3.27

JNI: FCE 1473

CR 6000


Table 3-25 Storage Routers 4250

Operating System
Host Bus Adapter
Model
Cisco Tested
Type
Version

Windows 2000

AS

QLogic: QLA2200

CR 4250

fw: 306 2009m

Yes

Emulex: LP9002DC


Tape Acceleration

Table 3-26 SAN-OS 2.x, 3.x, 4.x Tape Acceleration Feature

Tape Drive
Symantec
NetBackup
Legato Networker
CA BrightStor
HP Data Protector
Commvault Galaxy
IBM TSM

IBM LTO-2, 3, 4

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

Yes

Yes

IBM 3590/3592

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

Yes

Yes

HP LTO-2, 3, 4

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

   

HP LTO-1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

   

HP NSR Bridge

     

Yes

   

Crossroad Systems

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

STK T9840

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

Yes

 

STK T9940

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

Yes

 

STK T10KA

Yes

Yes

       

STK T10KB

Yes

Yes

       

EMC CDL

Yes

Yes

     

Yes

Sony SAIT

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

Yes

Yes

Quantum SDLT 600, S4

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

Yes

Yes


IOA

Table 3-27 Nexus-OS 4.x IO Acceleration Feature

Tape Drive
Symantec
NetBackup
Legato Networker
CA BrightStor
HP Data Protector
Commvault Galaxy
IBM TSM

IBM LTO-4

Yes

Yes

     

Yes

IBM LTO-3

           

IBM LTO-2

           

HP LTO-4

Yes

Yes

     

Yes

HP LTO-3

           

HP LTO-2

           

Sun T9840C

           

Sun T9940B

           

Sun T10KA

           

Sun T10KB

           

Sun VTL+

 

Yes

       

EMC CDL

Yes

       

Yes

NetApp VTL

Yes

         

Quantum SDLT 600, S4

 

Yes