EMC Simple Support Matrix

EMC Symmetrix VMAX

MARCH 2011
P/N 300-012-334 REV A01
ECO 79019

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 Versions listed in Table 1 and Table 2 represent minimum supported revisions for EMC® Symmetrix® VMAX™
Enginuity™ versions 5875 and 5874. Table 3 through Table 6 list the required Symmetrix director bit settings.
Table 1 VMAX Enginuity 5875
Platform OS Version Path Management Solutions Enabler VMAX Features Interoperability
Support
PowerPath® Native MPIO Veritas SE TimeFinder® Virtual Virtual Dynamic Federal Switches HBAs
DMP Provisioningl Provisioning™ Cache Live
Host Partitioning Migration
Reclamation
HP-UX 11iv1, 11iv2, 5.1 SP1 and Yes (11iv3 Yes 7.2 Yes Yes Symantec SF Yes Refer to See ESM See ESM
11iv3 2 only) 5.1 SP1 EMC
AIX AIX 5200-10- 5.3 Yes No 7.2 Yes Yes No Yes Federated Anya 6228 or
08-0930k Live later
Migration
5300-09-01- 5.0 MP3 Symantec SF Yes Simple
0847k 5.1 SP1 Support
6100-02-01- 5.0 MP3 Matrix
0847k
Netware 6.5 SP5 3.0.6 HF1 No No No Yes Yesc No Yes Anya QLogicd

Linux RHEL 4.0 U2 5.1.0 Noh 4.1 7.2 Yes Yes Symantec SF Yes Anya Anyb,d,f,g
5.1 SP1
OEL 4.0 U4 Yes 5.0 MP2

AX 2.0 GA 5.3.0 Noi No No

SLES 9 SP3 5.1.0 Yes 4.1 MP2 Symantec SF

5.1 SP1
Solaris 8 Sparc, 9 5.1 MPxIO 5.0 MP3 72 Yes Yes Symantec SF Yes Anya Anyb,e
Sparc, 10 RP4 5.1 SP1
Sparc,
10_x86
VMware 3.5 N/A NMP No 7.2 Yes Yes No Yes Anya Anyb

4 5.4

4.1j 5.4 SP2

Windows Windows 5.2 No 4.3 7.2 Yes Yes Symantec SF Yes Anya Anyb
2003 SP2 5.1 SP1m
Windows Native MPIO 5.1
2008 SP1
Windows 5.3.1
2008 R2

Components
Contact your EMC account team for any microcode NDU (non-disruptive upgrade) requirements or pre-requisites.

Switches a. ALL EMC-recommended FC SAN switches are supported, including Brocade, Cisco, and QLogic. Ports connected to the VMAX must be running at 2 Gb/s or later.

HBAs b. All EMC-recommended Host Bus Adapters from Brocade, Emulex, and QLogic as supported by the Server vendor. Ports connected to the VMAX must be running at 2 Gb/s or
later.
Notes c. Supported as a thick device only.
d. FC-SW connectivity only if using 1 Gbs HBAs.
e. FC-SW connectivity only if using 1 Gbs HBAs. Emulex 1Gb HBA requires lpfc driver v6.02hx2. QLogic 1 Gb HBA requires QLA driver v4.15.03. Solaris 8 support covered by
E-Lab Navigator Extended Solutions statement.
f. 8 Gbs support begins with RHEL 4.7, RHEL 5.2, OEL 4.0 U7, OEL 5.2, SLES 10 SP2, AX 2.0 SP3, and AX 3.0 SP2.
g. Supports 1GB HBAs but only with FC_SW connectivity.
h. MPIO with RHEL supported at RHEL 4.0 U3 and later.
i. MPIO with AX supported at AX 2.0 SP1 and later.
j. Minimum ESX 4.1 required to support new 5875 VMware VAAI API.
k. Minimum ODM definition 5.3.0.3 required for VMAX connectivity.
l. Refer to the E-Lab Navigator (http://elabnavigator.emc.com) EMC Virtual Provisioning table for additional supported configurations and support information.
m. Requires Symantec patch version 5.1.20007.87.

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 Table 2 VMAX Enginuity 5874
Platform
Support OS Version Path Management Solutions Enabler VMAX Features Interoperability
PowerPath Native MPIO Veritas SEl TimeFinder Virtual Dynamic Switches HBAs
DMP Provisioningk Cache
Partitioning

HP-UX 11iv1, 11iv2, 11iv3 5.1 SP1 and 2 Yes (11iv3 Yes 7.1 Yes Yes Yes See ESM See ESM
only)
j
AIX AIX 5200-10-08-0930 5.3 Yes No 7.0 Yes Yes Yes Anya 6228 or later

5300-09-01-0847j 5.0 MP3

6100-02-01-0847j

Netware 6.5 SP5 3.0.6 HF1 No No No Yes Yesc Yes Anya QLogicd

Linux RHEL 4.0 U2 5.1.0 Noh 4.1 7.0 Yes Yes Yes Anya Anyb,d,f,g

OEL 4.0 U4 Yes 5.0 MP2

AX 2.0 GA 5.3.0 Noi No

SLES 9 SP3 5.1.0 Yes 4.1 MP2

Solaris 8 Sparc, 9 Sparc, 10 5.1 MPxIO 5.0 MP3 7.0 Yes Yes Yes Anya Anyb,e
Sparc, 10_x86 RP4
VMware 3.5 N/A NMP No 7.0 Yes Yes Yes Anya Anyb

4 5.4

4.1 5.4 SP2

Windows Windows 2003 SP2 5.2 No 4.3 7.0 Yes Yes Yes Anya Anyb

Windows 2008 SP1 Native MPIO 5.1

Windows 2008 R2 5.3.1

Components
Switches a. ALL EMC-recommended FC SAN switches are supported, including Brocade, Cisco, and QLogic. Ports connected to the VMAX must be running at 2 Gb/s or later.

HBAs b. All EMC-recommended Host Bus Adapters from Brocade, Emulex, and QLogic as supported by the Server vendor. Ports connected to the VMAX must be running at
2Gb/s or later.
Notes c. Supported as a thick device only.
d. FC-SW connectivity only if using 1Gbs HBAs.
e. FC-SW connectivity only if using 1Gbs HBAs. Emulex 1 Gb HBA requires lpfc driver v6.02hx2. QLogic 1 Gb HBA requires QLA driver v4.15.03. Solaris 8 support
covered by E-Lab Navigator Extended Solutions statement.
f. 8 Gbs support begins with RHEL 4.7, RHEL 5.2, OEL 4.0 U7, OEL 5.2, SLES 10 SP2, AX 2.0 SP3, and AX 3.0 SP2.
g. Supports 1 GB HBAs but only with FC_SW connectivity.
h. MPIO with RHEL supported at RHEL 4.0 U3 and later.
i. MPIO with AX supported at AX 2.0 SP1 and later.
j. Minimum ODM definition 5.3.0.3 required for VMAX connectivity.
k. Refer to the E-Lab Navigator (http://elabnavigator.emc.com) EMC Virtual Provisioning table for additional supported configurations and support information.
l. SE 7.0 is supported up to Enginuity 5874.121.102. Above that requires SE 7.1 or later.

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 Table 3 lists the required Symmetrix director bit settings for Fibre Channel switches.
Table 3 Symmetrix director bit settings for Fibre Channel switches
Category Flag Default Windows Windows Linux HP-UX HP-UX IBM AIX VMware Solaris HP- HP- Celerra Netware AS400 Fujitsu Fujitsu
Description 2K3 2K8 11iV1 11i1V3 TRU64 OpenVMS BS2000/ OSD/
and OSD XC
11iV2
FC Loop ID 0 NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC
SCSI Soft Reset s NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC
SCSI Environment e NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC E E
Reports to
Host
SCSI Common C NC NC NC NC NC c NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC
SN
SCSI Disable d NC NC D NC NC NC NC D NC NC NC D NC D D
Queue
Reset on
Unit
Attention
SCSI Avoid Reset arb NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC ARB NC NC NC NC
Broadcast
SCSI SCSI3 SC3 SC3 SC3 sc3 NC NC SC3 sc3 sc3 NC NC NC NC NC NC NC
Interface
SCSI SCSI SPC2 SPC2 SPC2 spc2 spc2 SPC2 SPC2 SPC2 SPC2 spc2 spc2 SPC2 spc2 SPC2 SPC2 SPC2
Primary
Commands
SCSI OS2007 OS07 OS07 OS07 OS07 NC OS07 OS07 OS07 OS07 OS07 OS07 NC NC NC NC NC
SCSI Enable v NC NC NC V V NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC
Volume Set
Addressing
FC Non np NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC
Participate
Hard
Addressing
FC Enable point PP NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC
to point
mode
FC Unique UWN NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC
Worldwide
Name
SCSI Initiator ACLX aclx aclx aclx aclx aclx aclx aclx aclx aclx aclx aclx aclx aclx aclx aclx
Group
Open VMS ovms NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC OVMS OVMS NC NC NC NC NC
FC Enable Auto EAN NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC
Negotiation
FA AS400 as4 NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC AS4 NC NC
FC Link Speed 4G NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC
SCSI WPB (not wpb NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC
controllable
from user)
Legend: Disabled (off & default value)
Enabled (on & default value)
Optional
NC (No change)

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 Table 4 lists the required Symmetrix director bit settings for Fibre Channel Direct Connect.
Table 4 Symmetrix director bits for Fibre Channel Direct Connect
Category Flag Default Windows Windows Linux HP-UX HP-UX IBM AIX VMware Solaris HP- HP- Celerra Netware AS400 Fujitsu Fujitsu
Description 2K3 2K8 11iV1 11i1V3 TRU64 OpenVMS BS2000/ OSD/
and OSD XC
11iV2
FC Loop ID 0 0-126 0-126 0-126 0-126 0-126 0-126 0-126 0-126 0-126 0-126 0-126 0-126 0-126 0-126 0-126
SCSI Soft Reset s NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC
SCSI Environment e NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC E E
Reports to
Host
SCSI Common SN C NC NC NC NC NC c NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC
SCSI Disable d NC NC D NC NC NC NC D NC NC NC D NC D D
Queue Reset
on Unit
Attention
SCSI Avoid Reset arb NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC ARB NC NC NC NC
Broadcast
SCSI SCSI3 SC3 SC3 SC3 sc3 NC NC SC3 sc3 sc3 NC NC sc3 sc3 sc3 sc3 sc3
Interface
SCSI SCSI SPC2 SPC2 SPC2 spc2 spc2 SPC2 SPC2 SPC2 SPC2 spc2 spc2 SPC2 spc2 SPC2 SPC2 SPC2
Primary
Commands
SCSI OS2007 OS07 OS07 OS07 OS07 NC OS07 OS07 OS07 OS07 OS07 OS07 NC NC NC NC NC
SCSI Enable v NC NC NC V V NC NC NC V V NC NC NC NC NC
Volume Set
Addressing
FC Non np NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NP NP
Participate
Hard
Addressing
FC Enable point PP pp pp pp pp pp pp pp pp pp pp pp pp pp pp pp
to point mode
FC Unique UWN NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC
Worldwide
Name
SCSI Initiator ACLX aclx aclx aclx aclx aclx aclx aclx aclx aclx aclx aclx aclx aclx aclx aclx
Group
Host Open VMS ovms NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC OVMS OVMS NC NC NC NC NC
FC Enable Auto EAN NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC EAN EAN EAN EAN EAN
Negotiation
Host FA AS400 as4 NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC AS4 NC NC
FC Link Speed 4G NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC
SCSI WPB (not wpb NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC
controllable
from user)
Legend: Disabled (off & default value)
Enabled (on & default value)
Optional
NC (No change)

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Table 5 lists the required Symmetrix director bit settings for iSCI.
Table 5 Symmetrix director bits for iSCSI
Category Flag Description Default Windows 2K3 Windows 2K8 Linux IBM AIX VMware Solaris

FC Loop ID 0 NC NC NC NC NC NC
SCSI Soft Reset s NC NC NC NC NC NC
SCSI Environment Reports to e NC NC NC NC NC NC
Host
SCSI Common SN C NC NC NC c NC NC
SCSI Disable Queue Reset on d NC NC D NC NC D
Unit Attention

SCSI Avoid Reset Broadcast arb NC NC NC NC NC NC

SCSI SCSI3 Interface SC3 SC3 SC3 sc3 SC3 sc3 sc3
SCSI SCSI Primary SPC2 SPC2 SPC2 spc2 SPC2 SPC2 SPC2
Commands
SCSI OS2007 OS07 OS07 OS07 OS07 OS07 OS07 OS07
SCSI Enable Volume Set v NC NC NC NC NC NC
Addressing
FC Non Participate Hard np NC NC NC NC NC NC
Addressing
FC Enable point to point PP NC NC NC NC NC NC
mode
FC Unique Worldwide Name UWN NC NC NC NC NC NC
SCSI Initiator Group ACLX ACLX ACLX ACLX ACLX ACLX ACLX
Host Open VMS ovms NC NC NC NC NC NC
SCSI WPB (not controllable wpb NC NC NC NC NC NC
from user)
SCSI Initiator Session ID isid NC NC NC NC NC NC
iSCSI IPV4 address 0.0.0.0 0-255.0-255.0- 0-255.0-255.0- 0-255.0-255.0- 0-255.0-255.0- 0-255.0-255.0- 0-255.0-255.0-
255.0-255 255.0-256 255.0-257 255.0-258 255.0-250 255.0-260
iSCSI IPV4 Netmask 0 0-32 0-32 0-32 0-32 0-32 0-32
iSCSI Link Speed 1 GB 10 GB 10 GB 10 GB 10 GB 10 GB 10 GB
iSCSI Default Gateway 0.0.0.0 0-255.0-255.0- 0-255.0-255.0- 0-255.0-255.0- 0-255.0-255.0- 0-255.0-255.0- 0-255.0-255.0-
255.0-255 255.0-255 255.0-255 255.0-255 255.0-255 255.0-255
iSCSI iSNS IP Address 0.0.0.0 NC NC NC NC NC NC
iSCSI Max Transmission Unit 1500 NC NC NC NC NC NC
Legend: Disabled (off & default value)
Enabled (on & default value)
Optional
NC (No change)

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Table 6 lists the required Symmetrix director bit settings for FCoE.
Table 6 Symmetrix director bits for FCoE
Category Flag Description Default Windows Windows Linux HP-UX HP-UX IBM AIX VMware Solaris HP- HP-OpenVMS
2K3 2K8 11iV1 11i1V3 TRU64
and
11iV2
SA Soft Reset s NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC
SA Environment e NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC
Reports to Host
SA Common SN C NC NC NC NC NC c NC NC NC NC
SA Disable Queue d NC NC D NC NC NC NC D NC NC
Reset on Unit
Attention
SA Avoid Reset arb NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC
Broadcast
SA SCSI3 Interface SC3 SC3 SC3 sc3 NC NC SC3 sc3 sc3 NC NC
SA SCSI Primary SPC2 SPC2 SPC2 spc2 spc2 SPC2 SPC2 SPC2 SPC2 spc2 spc2
Commands
SA OS2007 OS07 OS07 OS07 OS07 NC OS07 OS07 OS07 OS07 OS07 OS07
FA Enable Volume v NC NC NC V V NC NC NC NC NC
Set Addressing
FA Open VMS ovms NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC OVMS OVMS
SA WPB (not wpb NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC NC
controllable from
user)
FA Simple scm scm scm scm scm scm scm scm scm scm scm
Configuration
Management
(not controallable
from user)
FA FC-BB-6 FC-BB-6 FC-BB-6 FC-BB-6 FC-BB-6 FC-BB-6 FC-BB-6 FC-BB-6 FC-BB-6 FC-BB-6 FC-BB-6 FC-BB-6
standard (not
controllable from
user)
MAX FCF logins 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(not controalable
from user)
Data VLAN ID 1 ( not 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
controllable from
user)
Legend: Disabled (off & default value)
Enabled (on & default value)
Optional
NC (No change)

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