OSM Information
More configuration information for host, target, switch, or optical equipment may be available on the OSM web site.
For HBA or CNA driver and firmware version and storage firmware version, see the following OSM websites to obtain their latest support matrix.
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Dell EMC—See the Dell EMC Interoperability support matrices. Refer to this matrix for comprehensive list of the latest supported Dell EMC storage arrays. Support Matrix is located here: http://elabnavigator.dell.com/vault/html/Stand-Alone_Switch.html. Target codes are listed here: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000228560/minimum-recommended-and-latest-code-versions-for-networking-products
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Hitachi Vantara—See the Product Interoperability Documentation: https://support.hitachivantara.com/en/answers/interoperability.html
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HPE—See the HPE Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge (SPOCK) website : https://www.hpe.com/storage/spock
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IBM—See http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/ssic/interoperability.wss
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NetApp—See the Interoperability Matrix Tool (IMT): https://www.netapp.com/company/interoperability/
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Pure Storage—See https://support.purestorage.com/FlashArray/Getting_Started_with_FlashArray/Compatibility_Matrix#Network_Adapters.2C_HBAs_and_Switches
The following table provides details on Disk Storage support.
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Vendor |
Model |
Protocol |
Cisco MDS 9xxx |
Cisco Nexus 9xxx |
Cisco Nexus 7xxx |
Cisco Nexus 5xxx |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
IBM |
DS8870/DS8880/DS8890 |
FC, FICON |
Yes |
— |
— |
Yes |
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DS8900 |
Yes |
— |
— |
Yes |
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XIV Gen 3 |
Yes |
— |
— |
Yes |
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FlashSystem 840/V840 |
FC, FCoE |
Yes |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
|
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SAN Volume Controller (SVC) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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FlashSystem 900, 9000, 9100 |
FC, FCoE, NVMe/FC |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
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FlashSystem 5000, 7200, 9200 |
Yes |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
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Storwize 5100, 7000 |
Yes |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
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FlashSystem 7300, 9500 |
FC, NVMe/FC |
Yes |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
|
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FlashSystem A9000 |
FC |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
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Dell EMC |
VMAX Family |
FC, FCoE, FICON |
Yes |
— |
— |
— |
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VNX and VNXe Family |
FC, FCoE |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
XtremIO |
FC |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
DDR670 |
Yes |
— |
— |
Yes |
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VPLEX |
Yes |
— |
— |
Yes |
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Unity Family |
Yes |
— |
— |
Yes |
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PowerStore Family |
FC, NVMe/FC |
Yes |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
|
|
PowerMAX |
FC, NVMe/FC, FICON |
Yes |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
|
|
SC Series |
FC |
Yes |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
|
|
Hitachi Vantara |
Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) 5100, 5100H, 5200, 5200H, 5500, 5500H, 5600, 5600H |
FC, NVMe/FC, FICON |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) One Block 24, 26, 28, 26 QLC |
FC, NVMe/FC |
Yes |
— |
— |
— |
|
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Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) G1000/G1500/F1500 |
FC, FCoE, FICON |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
Yes |
|
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Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) E990, E790, E790H, E590, E590H, E1090, E1090H, G900, G800, G700, G600, G400, G370, G200, F900, F800, F700, F600, F400, F370, F350 |
FC |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
Yes |
|
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HPE |
P9500 |
FC, FCoE |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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3PAR StoreServ 7000/8000/9000/10000/20000 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Primera 600 Storage |
FC |
Yes |
— |
— |
Yes |
|
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Alletra 6000, 9000 |
Yes |
— |
— |
— |
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MSA 1050/1060/2040/2050/2060 |
Yes |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
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XP7, XP8 |
FC, FICON |
Yes |
— |
— |
Yes |
|
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Nimble Storage CS Series |
FC |
Yes |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
|
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Nimble Storage AFA Series |
Yes |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
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NetApp |
AFF A-Series/C-Series |
FC, FCoE, NVMe/FC |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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FAS2000 |
FC, FCoE |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
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FAS3000 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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FAS6000 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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FAS8000 |
FC, FCoE, NVMe/FC |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
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FAS9000 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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EF280, E2800 |
FC |
Yes |
— |
— |
Yes |
|
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EF570, EF600, E5700 |
FC, NVMe/FC |
Yes |
— |
— |
Yes |
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Pure Storage |
FA-400 Series |
FC |
Yes |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
|
FlashArray//M Series |
Yes |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
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FlashArray//X Series |
FC, NVMe/FC |
Yes |
Yes |
— |
— |
|
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FlashArray//XL Series |
Yes |
Yes |
— |
— |
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FlashArray//C Series |
Yes |
Yes |
— |
— |
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FlashArray//E Series |
Yes |
Yes |
— |
— |
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Huawei |
OceanStor F/V3 series 2100V3/2200, V3/2600, V3/2600F, V3/2800, V3/5300, V3/5500, V3/5500F, V3/5600, V3/5600F, V3/5800, V3/5800F, V3/6800, V3/6800F, V3/6900, V3/18500, V3/18500F, V3/18800, V3/18800F V3 |
FC, FCoE, NVMe/FC |
Yes |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
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OceanStor DoradoV3 series Dorado 3000 V3/5000 V3/6000 V3/18000 V3 |
Yes |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
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OceanStor K/F/V5 series 2600 V5/2800 V5/5100K V5/5200K V5/5300 V5/5300F V5/5300K V5/5500K V5/5500 V5/5500F V5/5600 V5/5600F V5/ 5800 V5/5800F V5/6800 V5/6800F V5/18500 V5/18500F V5/18800 V5/18800F V5 2810 V5/5110 V5/5110F V5/5110 V5 Enhanced/5110F V5 Enhanced/5210 V5/5210F V5/5210 V5 Enhanced/5210F V5 Enhanced/5310 V5/5310F V5/5510 V5/5510F V5/5610 V5/5610F V5/ 5810 V5/5810F V5/6810 V5/6810F V5/18510 V5/18510F V5/18810 V5/18810F V5 |
Yes |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
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OceanStor DoradoV6 series Dorado 3000 V6/5000 V6/6000 V6/8000 V6/18000 V6 /5300 V6/5500 V6/5600 V6/5800 V6/6800 V6/18500 V6/18800 V6/18800K V6 |
Yes |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
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OceanStor A series OceanStor A310/A800 |
— |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
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OceanStor Dorado V7 series Dorado 5000/6000/8000/18000 5500/5600/6800/18500/18800 |
Yes |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
The following table provides details on Cisco UCS-B Series Fabric Interconnect support.
| Vendor | Model | Protocol | Cisco MDS 9xxx | Cisco Nexus 5xxx/2xxx | Cisco Nexus 7xxx | HBA/CNA/Operating Systems and UCS-M Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco |
Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects, |
FC, FCoE, NVMe/FC | MDS NX-OS 7.x and above from Table 1 for 7.x |
NX-OS 6.0(2)N1(1) and above from Table 1 for 6.x NX-OS 7.0(1)N1(1) and above from Table 1 for 7.x |
NX-OS 7.x and above from Table 1 for 7.x |
All HBA/CNA/Operating Systems and UCS releases listed in UCS HCL below are supported with Cisco MDS and Cisco Nexus products.http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/unified-computing-system/products-technical-reference-list.html |
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Cisco UCS 6300 Series Fabric Interconnects, |
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Cisco UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnects |
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Cisco UCS 6536 Fabric Interconnect |
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Cisco UCS 9108 100G Intelligent Fabric Module |
The following table provides details on NVMe over FC and FCoE support matrix.
 Note |
Refer to Storage Vendors Matrix support documents for end to end NVMe/FC support details. |
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Cisco MDS and Nexus Switches |
Vendor |
HBA Model |
Operating System |
Cisco MDS 9xxx |
Cisco Nexus 5xxx |
Cisco Nexus 9xxx |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Cisco MDS 97xx Cisco MDS 9396S Cisco MDS 9396T1 Cisco MDS 9220i2, Cisco MDS 9250i Cisco MDS 9132T Cisco MDS 9148S Cisco MDS 9148T3 Cisco MDS 9148V4 Cisco MDS 9124V5 Cisco MDS 9396v6 Cisco Nexus 56xx Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX Cisco Nexus 93360YC-FX2 |
Emulex |
LPe 32000, LPe 35000 LPe 36000 |
Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2019 SLES 12 SP4 SLES 15 RHEL 7.6 and above RHEL 8.0 and above OL 8.2 (UEK) ESXi 7.0 |
MDS NX-OS 8.2(1) and above from Table 1 for 8.x |
NX-OS 7.3(3)N1(1) and above from Table 1 for 7.x |
NX-OS 7.0(3)I7(3) and above from Table 1 for 7.x |
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QLogic |
QLE 2700, QLE 2600 |
SLES 12 SP4 SLES 15 RHEL 7.6 RHEL 8.0 |
MDS NX-OS 8.2(1) and above from Table 1 for 8.x |
NX-OS 7.3(3)N1(1) and above from Table 1 for 7.x |
NX-OS 7.0(3)I7(3) and above from Table 1 for 7.x |
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|
Cisco |
VIC 14xx |
RHEL 8.1 SLES 12 SP3 SLES 15 SP1 and above ESX 6.x and 7.x |
MDS NX-OS 8.2(1) and above from Table 1 for 8.x |
NX-OS 7.3(3)N1(1) and above from Table 1 for 7.x |
NX-OS 7.0(3)I7(3) and above from Table 1 for 7.x |
The following table provides details on Storage array support based on vendor self-certification.
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Vendor |
Model |
Protocol |
Cisco MDS 9xxx |
Cisco Nexus 7xxx |
Cisco Nexus 5xxx |
HBA/CNA |
Operating System |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Fujitsu |
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX60 Sx, DX100 Sx, DX200 Sx, DX500 Sx, DX600 Sx, DX900 Sx, DX200F, AF150 Sx, AF250, AF250 Sx, AF650, AF650 Sx |
FC |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
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FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX8700 S3, DX8900 S3, DX8900 S4 |
Yes |
— |
— |
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FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX60 S2, DX80 S2, DX90 S2 |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
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FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX400 S2 Series, DX8000 S2 Series |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
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FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX60, DX80, DX90 |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
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FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX400 Series |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
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FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX8000 Series |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
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FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS 2000, 4000, 8000 |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
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FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX100 S3, DX200 S3, DX500 S3, DX600 S3 |
FCOE |
— |
— |
Yes |
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FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX80 S2, DX90 S2 |
— |
— |
Yes |
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FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX400 S2 Series |
— |
— |
Yes |
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FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX8000 S2 Series |
— |
— |
Yes |
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FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS AX Series |
FC, FCoE, NVMe/FC |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS HX2000 Series |
FC, FCoE |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS HX6000 Series |
FC, FCoE, NVMe/FC |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS HB1000 Series, HB2000 Series |
FC |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
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FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS AB Series, HB5000 Series |
FC, NVMe/FC |
Yes |
— |
Yes |
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Tegile Systems |
IntelliFlash Storage Array Family7 |
FC |
Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(9) and above |
— |
NX-OS 6.0(2)x(x) and above from Table 1 for 6.x NX-OS 7.0(5)x(x) and above from Table 1 for 7.x |
Qlogic 2500 Series Emulex 12000 CISCO VICM81KR CISCO VIC122x CISCO VIC128x CISCO VIC13xx |
Windows2012 R2,SP1 RHEL 6.5 ESXi 5.5,5.1 ESX 5.0 |
|
Infinidat |
InfiniBox F-Series |
FC |
Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(9) and above |
— |
Yes |
Qlogic 2600 Series Qlogic 2700 Series LPE16000 Series LPE35000 Series |
Windows 2016 Windows 2019 RHEL 7.9 RHEL 8.2 ESXi 6.7U3 |
|
Kaminario |
K2 All Flash Array |
FC |
Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(9) and above |
— |
NX-OS 7.3(0)N1(1) and above from Table 1 for 7.x |
Qlogic 2600 Series Qlogic 2500 Series |
Windows2012 R2, SP1 Solaris 11 RHEL 7.2 ESX 6.0 |
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Vexata |
VX-100F |
FC |
Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 8.2(1) and later from Table 1 for 8.x |
— |
— |
Qlogic 2500 Series Qlogic 2600 Series Qlogic 2700 Series Emulex 12000 Emulex 16000 Emulex 32000 CISCO VIC122x CISCO VIC 128x |
Windows2012 R2,SP1 RHEL 7 SuSE 12 ESXi 5.5, ESX 6.5 |
The following table provides details on Tape Storage support.
| Vendor | Library/Drive Model | Protocol | Cisco MDS 9xxx | Cisco Nexus 7xxx | Cisco Nexus 5xxx |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle/STK | SL3000(Library) | FC | Yes | — | Yes |
| SL500 (Library) | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| SL150(Library) | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| L700(Library) | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| L180(Library) | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| VTLplus | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| STK-9840-C | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| STK-9840-D | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| STK-9940-B | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| STK-T10K-A | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| STK-T10K-B | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| STK-T10K-C | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| STK-T 10K-D | FC/FCoE | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| HP LTO5 | FC | Yes | — | Yes | |
| HP LTO6 | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| IBM LTO5 | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| IBM LTO6 | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| IBM LTO7 | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| HP HH LTO5 | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| HP HH LTO6 | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| IBM HH LTO6 | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| IBM HH LTO7 | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| HPE | LTO3 | FC | Yes | — | Yes |
| LTO4 | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| LTO5 | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| LTO5HH | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| LTO6HH | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| LTO6 | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| LTO7 | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| LTO8 | Yes | — | — | ||
| LTO9 | Yes | — | — | ||
| IBM | 3584 (Library) | FC | Yes | — | Yes |
| 3592-EO5 | Yes | — | — | ||
| 3952 – E08 | Yes | — | — | ||
| 3952 – E06 | Yes | — | — | ||
| LTO3 | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| LTO4 | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| LTO5 | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| LTO6 | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| LTO7 | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| LTO8 | Yes | — | — | ||
| LTO9 | Yes | — | — | ||
| LTO10 | Yes | — | — | ||
| TS4300 (Library) | Yes | — | — | ||
| Quantum | I500 (Library) | FC | Yes | — | Yes |
| HP LTO5 | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| HP LTO6 | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| IBM LTO5 | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| IBM LTO6 | Yes | — | Yes | ||
| Spectralogic | T50e (Library) | FC | Yes | — | — |
| IBM HHLTO6 | Yes | — | — |
The following table provides details on recommended iSCSI initiators.
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iSCSI Initiators |
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Open iSCSI 2.0-873.29.el6 |
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Microsoft iSCSI Initiator 6.2.9200.16813, 6.1.7601.18386 and 6.3.9600.17090 |
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