EMC Simple Support Matrix

EMC Unified VNXe Series

OCTOBER 2015
P/N 300-012-439 REV 29

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These tables list E-Lab qualified specific versions or ranges for EMC Unified VNXe3300/3200/3150/3100.
Table 1 lists the supported platforms in a VNXe operating environment. Table 2 lists the minimum versions needed for VNXe
applications. Table 3 lists Web browser support for Unisphere. Table 4 lists capacity limits. Table 5 lists replication limits.
Table 6 and Table 7 describe what types and how many 2U DAEs can be used in either a dual SP VNXe3100 platform or in a
single SP VNXe 3100 platform. Table 8 and Table 9 describe what types and how many 2U DAEs can be used in either a dual SP
VNXe3150 platform or in a single SP VNXe 3150 platform. Table 10 provides a matrix describing how many DAEs can be used in
a VNXe3300platform. Table 11 provides a matrix describing how many DAEs can be used in a VNXe3200 platform.
Table 1 VNXe operating environment v2.3.1 is the minimum requirement to support the following features (Page 1 of 2)
Path Management
Management
Host
Protocols
Software
Cluster
Software

PowerPath
Platform Support

Native Symantec Native

MPIO Veritas
LVM
DMP

Symantec
Veritas
VxVM

6.0.1 6.1.1 g

5.1 SP1 6.0.1

AIX 6100-08-01-1245
AIX 7100-02-00-1241

5.7 - 6.0

IBM VIOS 2.2, 2.3

HP-UX 11iv3 (11.31)

5.2 - 5.2 P04

Citrix XenServer 5.6, 6.0 - 6.5 d

Native
Cluster

CIFS b

NFS
iSCSI b Fibre Channel
b
(VNXe3200
v2, v3
only)
Y

Yh

MAC OS X 10.10 c

Microsoft Windows 2003 (x86 and x64)

SP2 and R2 SP2

Linux AX 3 SP 3 and later

5.5 - 5.7 SP5 f

Linux AX 4.0 and later

5.6 - 5.7 SP5 f

Linux OL 6.x UEK R3

5.7 SP3 - 5.7 SP5, 6.0 f

Linux OL 6.x UEK R3 U2 and U3

Linux OL 7x UEK R3 U2 and U3
Linux RHEL 5.6 - 5.9
Linux RHEL 5.10 - 5.11

6.0 f
5.6 - 5.7 SP5, 6.0 f
5.7 SP1 P02 5.7 SP5, 6.0 f

Linux RHEL 6.0 and later

5.7 SP1 - 5.7 SP5, 6.0 f

Linux RHEL 7.0 and later

6.0 f

Linux SLES 11 SP 1 - SLES11 SP2

5.7 SP1 - 5.7 SP1 P03 f

Linux SLES 11 SP3

5.7 SP2 - 5.7 SP5, 6.0 f

6.0 f

Linux SLES 12

Microsoft Windows 2008 (x86) SP1 & SP2

Y
5.1 SP2 6.0.1

5.5 - 6.0

Microsoft Windows 2008 (x64) SP1 & SP2

Ya

Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 and R2 SP1

5.1 SP2 - 6.1

Microsoft Windows 2012

5.5 SP1 - 6.0

6.0.2 - 6.1

Microsoft Windows 2012 R2

5.7 SP4 - 6.0

6.1
5.1 - 6.2

Solaris 10 SPARC
Solaris 10 x86

6.0 PR1 6.0.5

Solaris 11 x86
Solaris 11.1 SPARC
Solaris 11.1 x86
Solaris 11.2 SPARC
Solaris 11.2 x86

4.1 (vSphere) e, i, j

PP/VE 5.4 SP2

VMware ESXi 5.0 j

PP/VE 5.7 PP/VE 5.9 SP1 P02

VMware ESXi 5.1 (vSphere) j

PP/VE 5.7 PO2 PP/VE 5.9 SP1 P02

VMware ESXi 5.5 (vSphere) j

PP/VE 5.9 PP/VE 5.9 SP1 P02

VMware ESXi 6.0 (vSphere) j

PP/VE 6.0

6.0.3 - 6.2
6.0.3 - 6.0.5
6.1.1 - 6.2

5.5 P04
PP/VE 5.4 PP/VE 5.4 SP2

10/19/15

5.5 P01 - 5.5 P04

VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 (vSphere) e, i, j

VMware ESX/ESXi

5.1 - 6.0.5

5.5 - 5.5 P04

Solaris 11 SPARC

6.0.5

3.3 - 3.3u2
4.0
4.1

4.2

VxDMP
6.0 - 6.0.1

VxDMP
6.1, 6.2

N/A

Table 1 VNXe operating environment v2.3.1 is the minimum requirement to support the following features (Page 2 of 2)

Legend:

Table 1 footnotes:

Blank = Not supported

Y = Supported
N/A = Not applicable

a. Microsoft Support For settings, refer to EMC knowledgebase solution emc000191294, Configuring MPIO on Windows Server 2008/
2012.
b. PowerPath and Native MPIO support applies only to storage provided via the ISCSI protocol. CIFS and NFS do not use the multipath
failover software on a server that contains storage provided via CIFS, NFS, and iSCSI protocols.
c. MAC OS X 10.10 and earlier is supported for CIFS client connectivity in switched environments only. Advanced services (e.g., Replication,
etc.) are not supported.
d. VNXe3200 supported on Citrix XenServer 6.0 and higher.
e. VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 and 4.1 are not supported on VNXe3200.
f. Version and kernel specific.
g. VxVM is only supported with Fibre Channel attach.
h. PowerPath is only supported with the VNXe 3200.
i. This operating system is currently EOL. All corresponding configurations are frozen. It may no longer be publicly supported by the
operating system vendor and will require an extended support contract from the operating system vendor in order for the configuration
listed in the ESSM to be supported by EMC. It is highly recommended the customer upgrade the server to an ESSM-supported
configuration.
j. All released updates of VMware ESX/ESXi versions are supported unless specified by another footnote. Please contact the server vendor
for the update level required for a specific server.

Note: The EMC Support Matrix, located at https://elabnavigator.emc.com, indicates which operating systems (OS) have been tested.
Support for other operating systems are strictly based on generic protocol support by the native OS.
Note: Direct host-attach configurations are supported on VNXe3200 only for FC and iSCSI.
Note: For specialized and end of life configurations, refer to https://elabnavigator.emc.com/eln/extendedSupport.

Table 2 lists the versions of application software tested and supported by VNXe. OS platform support can be found on the
vendors website.
Table 2

CommVault

EMC

Applications minimum supported revisions for new feature support

CommVault Simpana a v9.0 and v10.0

EMC NetWorker

a v7.5,

v7.6, v8.0, v8.1, v8.2

CommVault Compatibility Matrix

EMC Product: Compatibility Matrix

Data Domain b v5.0, v5.1, v5.2, v5.3, v5.4, v5.5, v5.6

Avamar with ADS a v7.1 and v7.2
Avamar with DD
Symantec
IBM

EMC

a v7.1

and v7.2

Symantec Backup Exec a v2012

Backup Exec 2012 Compatibility Matrix

Symantec NetBackup a v7.5 and v7.6

Symantec NetBackup Compatibility Matrix

IBM TSM

a v6.2.2

IBM TSM Compatibility Matrix

RecoverPoint 4.1.1 and later

Replication Manager

Legend:
Blank = Not supported
Y = Supported
N/A = Not applicable

EMC Avamar Compatibility Matrix

c v5.3.23

Supported with VNXe 3200 OE v3.x MR 1.1 and later

EMC Product: Compatibility Matrix

NAS Replication c

Supported VNXe to VNXe, VNX or Celerra (DART 6.0+)

iSCSI (RM v5.3.2) Replication Supported VNXe to VNXe, VNX or Celerra
(DART 6.0+) RPQ required for VNX for DART ISCSI support.

Anti-virus Server Integration

FLR (File Level Retention) Toolkit

Windows XP, Vista, Win7, Server 2K3, Server 2K8 and Win8

Symantec SAV for NAS 5.1, 5.2, 5.2.7.53, 5.2.8

Symantec Protection Engine 7.0, 7.5
McAfee VirusScan 8.5i Patch2, 8.7i, 8.7i_3, 8.8 Patch-1 and above
Computer Associates Trust r8, r8.1
Sophos Anti-Virus v3.82, 5x and 6x family, v7.0.2, v7.3, v7.5, v7.6, v9.x,v10.x
Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows v6.0 or v8.0
Trend Micro ServerProtect 5.5.8
Trend Micro ServerProtect for Storage 6.0
Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.04,11.06,12.1RU1, 12.1RU1 MP1,
12.1RU2, 12.1RU2 MP1, 12.1RU3, 12.1RU5, 12.1RU6
Microsoft SCEP 2012, v4.3, v4.5, v4.7, and v4.8
FSecure ESS 11.01.157

Footnotes:
a. NDMP three-way support only.
b. NDMP Tape Server only.
c. Not supported on VNXe3200.

Table 3 Web Browser support for Unisphere for VNXe

Web Browser

10/19/15

Version

Adobe Flash Player

v11or later

Google Chrome

v33 or later

Microsoft Internet Explorer

v10

Mozilla Firefox

v28 or later
3

Table 4

Capacity limits

Capacity limits
VNXe3100
Single SP
(4 GB Memory Only)

VNXe3100
Dual SP
(4 GB & 8 GB
Memory)

VNXe3150
VNXe3300 Dual SP VNXe3200 Dual SP
Single SP/ Dual SP (12 GB Memory Only) (24 GB Memory Only)
(8 GB Memory Only)

Number of Hosts

128

256

128 / 256

512

256

Maximum Block HA Hosts (2 initiators per host)

64

128

64/128

256

256

Snapshots per Virtual Disk a

1000

1000

1000

N/A

256

Maximum number of Shared Folders + Snapshots of

Shared Folders + iSCSI Virtual Disks per SP e

200

200 with 4 GB memory

600 with 8 GB memory

600 / 600

800

500 (shared folders and

snap of shared folders) +
500 FC/iSCSI Virtual
Disks

128 File Systems

128 LUNs

256 File Systems

1256 LUNs

128/256 File Systems

128/256 LUNs

512 File Systems

512 LUNs

500 File Systems

500 LUNs

128

256 b

128 / 256 b

512 c

500

Min = 1 GB
Max = 1.999 TB

Min = 1 GB
Max = 1.999 TB

Min = 1 GB
Max = 1.999 TB

Min = 1 GB
Max = 1.999 TB

Min = 1 GB
Max = 16 TB

Maximum number of iSCSI initiators (+ FC initiators

for VNXe3200)

128

256

128 / 256

512

256 (per SP)

Maximum number of Storage Servers / NAS

Servers e

12

12

12

12

24

Shared Folder Size / File System Size

Min = 1 GB
Max = 15.999 TB

Min = 1 GB
Max = 15.999 TB

Min = 1 GB
Max = 15.999 TB

Min = 1 GB
Max = 15.999 TB

Min = 3 GB
Max = 16 TB

VMware NFS Folder Size

Min = 10 GB
Max = 15.999 TB

Min = 10 GB
Max = 15.999 TB

Min = 10 GB
Max = 15.999 TB

Min = 10 GB
Max = 15.999 TB

96

96

96

96

Min = 3 GB (UFS 64),

10 GB (U32)
Max = 64 TB (UFS 64),
15.9 TB (U32)
96

NAS Shared Folders (System Limit)

128

256 b

128 / 256 b

512 c

256

NAS Shared Folders + VMware NFS Snapshots

(System Limit)
*Single SP numbers are based on 3 shared folders
+ maximum snaps. Limit will vary with configuration.

197*

512

197*/512

512

512

Maximum File Systems + LUNs

Maximum iSCSI Virtual Disks / LUNs
Maximum iSCSI Virtual Disk / LUNs Size

Snapshots per Shared Folder / File System

Number of CIFS Shares

150

300

150 / 300

300

300

Number of NFS Exports

150

300

150 / 300

300

300

Number of CIFS Shares + NFS Exports (VNXe3200

only)

300

500

300/500

500

500

Maximum Number of Open Files

200,000

200,000

200,000

200,000

200,000

Maximum Number of Files per Directory

500,000

500,000

500,000

500,000

500,000
10M
(UFS 64)

Maximum Subdirectories per Directory

65,000

65,000

65,000

65,000

65,000
10M
(UFS 64)

Number of NFS Connections

20,000

20,000

20,000

20,000

32,000

Number of CIFS Connections

20,000

20,000

20,000

20,000

32,000

Maximum Raw Capacity

144 TB

288 TB

144 TB / 288 TB

360 TB

500 TB

Maximum User Configurable Capacity

106 TB

224 TB

106 TB / 224 TB

278 TB

438 TB
Y

300 GB, 600 GB SAS 15K RPM

900 GB SAS 10K RPM

Yd

1 TB, 2 TB, and 3 TB NL SAS 7200 RPM

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Yd

2 TB and 4 TB NL SAS 7200 RPM

100 GB, 200 GB Flash

Legend:

Footnotes:

Blank = Not supported

Y = Supported

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

10/19/15

The maximum number of vdisk snapshots per system is 1,000.

Recommended as 128 per SP.
Recommended as 256 per SP.
NEBS versions of these drives are also available for the VNXe3300.
Total maximum count includes all Shared Folders, Shared Folders Snaps (including internal snaps that are automatically created
by Replication; two per Shared Folder), VMware datastores, Hyper-V datastores, Exchange storage resources, and Generic
iSCSI storage. This number does not include iSCSI snapshots. If the maximum number per SP is exceeded, upgrade will fail with
instructions to reduce the total number of these objects.

Replication limits
VNXe3100
Single SP/ Dual SP

Table 5

Replication

Maximum number of Replication Sessions

VNXe3150
Single SP/ Dual SP

VNXe3300

VNXe3200

16 / 32

16 / 32

64

256

VNXe replicated to VNXe

VNXe replicated to VNX

VNXe replicated to Celerra (DART 6.0+)

VNX replicated to VNXe

a, b

VNX2 replicated to VNXe b file only

VNXe replicated to VNX2 file only
Celerra (DART 6.0+) replicated to VNXe

Legend:

Note: Requires the Remote Protection Pack and the Application Protection Pack for all iSCSI LUN replications.
Footnotes:

Blank = Not supported

Y = Supported

a. Requires an RPQ if the replication target is a VNX. CIFS and NFS do not require RPQ.
b. VDM, FLR-C, Multi-protocol Filesystems, NFSv4, FileMover, and Local Quotas are not supported on VNXe.

In Table 6 through Table 10, the letter X in the matrix indicates that there is no 2U DAE available (supported) beyond that point. In
Table 6 through Table the Total column in shows the total number of disks available (supported) using a combination of the 2U DPE
and the 2U DAE for that particular configuration.
Table 6

VNXe3100 DPE and DAE configuration rules for dual SP configuration

VNXe3100 Dual SP platform

Table 7

DPE

DAE1

DAE2

DAE3

DAE4

DAE5

DAE6

DAE7

Total

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

96

12

12

12

12

12

12

25

97

12

12

12

12

12

25

12

97

12

12

12

12

25

25

98

12

12

12

12

25

12

12

97

12

12

12

25

25

12

98

12

12

25

25

25

99

12

25

25

25

12

99

VNXe3100 DPE and DAE configuration rules for single SP configuration

VNXe3100 Single SP platform

Table 8

DPE

DAE1

DAE2

DAE3

DAE4

DAE5

DAE6

DAE7

Total

12

12

12

12

48

12

12

25

49

12

25

12

49

VNXe3150 DPE and DAE configuration rules for dual SP configuration

VNXe3150 Dual SP platform

10/19/15

DPE

DAE1

DAE2

DAE3

DAE4

DAE5

DAE6

DAE7

Total

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

96

12

12

12

12

12

12

25

97

12

12

12

12

12

25

12

97

12

12

12

12

25

25

98

12

12

12

12

25

12

12

97

12

12

12

25

25

12

98

12

12

25

25

25

99

12

25

25

25

12

99

25

25

25

25

100

25

25

25

12

12

99
5

VNXe3150 DPE and DAE configuration rules for dual SP configuration

Table 8

VNXe3150 Dual SP platform

DPE

DAE1

DAE2

DAE3

DAE4

DAE5

DAE6

DAE7

Total

25

25

12

12

12

12

98

25

12

12

12

12

12

12

97

25

12

12

12

12

25

98

VNXe3150 DPE and DAE configuration rules for single SP configuration

Table 9

VNXe3150 Single SP platform

Table 10

Table 11

10/19/15

DPE

DAE1

DAE2

DAE3

DAE4

DAE5

DAE6

DAE7

Total

12

12

12

12

48

12

12

25

49

12

25

12

49

25

25

50

25

12

12

49

VNXe3300 DPE and DAE configuration rules for the VNXe3300 platform
DPE

DAE1

DAE2

DAE3

DAE4

DAE5

DAE6

DAE7

Total

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

120

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

25

130

15

15

15

15

15

15

25

25

140

15

15

15

15

15

25

25

25

150

15

15

15

15

25

25

25

15

150

15

15

15

25

25

25

25

145

15

15

25

25

25

25

15

145

15

25

25

25

25

25

140

25

25

25

25

25

25

150

25

25

25

25

25

15

140

25

25

25

25

15

15

15

145

25

25

25

15

15

15

15

15

150

VNXe3200 DPE and DAE configuration rules for the VNXe3200 dual SP platform

DPE

DAE1

DAE2

DAE3

DAE4

DAE5

DAE6

DAE7

DAE8

DAE9

DAE10

DAE11

Total

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

144

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

25

145

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

25

25

146

12

12

12

12

12

12

25

25

25

147

12

12

12

12

25

25

25

25

144

12

12

25

25

25

25

25

149

25

25

25

25

25

25

150

25

25

25

25

25

12

12

149

25

25

25

25

12

12

12

12

144

25

25

25

12

12

12

12

12

12

147

25

25

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

146

25

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

145