Cisco Data Center Interoperability Support Matrix
Fabric Services Interoperability Matrix

Table Of Contents

Fabric Services Interoperability Matrix

SANTap DVT Interoperability Support Matrix

HDS

IBM

HP

Network Appliance

EMC

Data Mobility Manager (DMM)

EMC

IBM

HP

HDS

Network Appliance

Storage Media Encryption (SME)

Symantec

EMC

HP

BakBone Software

IBM

FC-IP SAN Extension


Fabric Services Interoperability Matrix


This chapter lists Cisco fabric applications supported b the SSM module and tested by Cisco's Solution-Interoperability Engineering group (iLAB) to ensure seamless installation at the end-user data center.

SANTap DVT Interoperability Support Matrix

Data Mobility Manager (DMM)

Storage Media Encryption (SME)

FC-IP SAN Extension

SANTap DVT Interoperability Support Matrix

Table 3-1 SANTap DVT Interoperability Support Matrix

Storage Partner
Storage System Model
Page

HDS

TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform (USP), Adaptable Modular Storage, Lightning,

3

IBM

ESS 2105 model 800, DS 8100

4

DS4200 (FAStT 700), DS4500 (FAStT 900) HP

5

HP

HP MSA 1500, HP EVA XL4000 (HSV200, HSV201), 6000 (HSV200, HSV201), 8000 (2Gb or 4Gb)(HSV210

6

Network Appliance1

v3070c, FAS3050c, FAS940c (Ontap 7.2.4)

7

EMC2

Symmetrix DMX1000, DMX3, CX500, CX700

8

1 For Network Appliance SANTap/ReplicatorX support matrix, goto: http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/olio/guides/tdps/tdps_interoperability_guide.xls

2 For EMCSANTap/RecoverPoint support, use the EMC e-Lab Navigator web tool.


HDS

Table 3-2 TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform (USP), Adaptable Modular Storage, Lightning

Operating System
Host Bus Adapter
Multipath Support
Switch Fabric1
SAN-OS/SSI
Type
Version

Windows 2003

Enterprise

Edition SP2/R2

Emulex: LPe11000, LP11000, LP10000

Qlogic: QLA2340, QLE2460

HDLM

MDS9513

MDS9509

MDS9506

MDS9216A

MDS9216i

3.0(1)/3.0.1

3.0(2a)/3.0.2i

3.0(3)/3.0.3i

3.1(2b) / 3.1(2b)

3.1(3a) / 3.1(3)

3.2(2c) / 3.2(2b)

2 3.2(2c) / 3.2(3)

3.3(1c)/3.2(3r)

4.1(1b)/4.1(1b)

MDS9222i

MSM 18+4

4.1(1b)/4.1(1b)

Netware

6.5 SP5

QLogic: QLA2340

bundled

HPUX

11i, 11iv2

HP: A6795A

HDLM

AIX

5.2, 5.3

IBM: 5715, 6239

VMWare

ESX 3.0.1

QLogic: QLA2340

bundled

Solaris

9

Emulex: LP10000, LP11000, LPe11000

HDLM

QLogic: QLA2340

HDLM

Linux

RedHatAS 4.0 UP4

Emulex: LPe11000, LP11000, LP10000

HDLM

1 Refer to the following link for SAN-OS Release Compatibility Matrix for Storage Service Module: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/storage/san_switches/mds9000/sw/ssi/compatibility/matrix/SSImtx.html

2 This combination is supported on SANTap fabric service only.


IBM

Table 3-3 ESS 2105 model 800, DS 8100

Operating System
Host Bus Adapter
Multipath Support
Switch Fabric1
SAN-OS/SSI
Type
Version

Windows 2003

Enterprise SP1

Emulex: LP11002

SDD

MDS9513

MDS9509

MDS9506

MDS9216A

MDS9216i

3.0(1)/3.0.1

3.0(2a)/3.0.2i

3.0(3)/3.0.3i

3.1(2b) / 3.1(2b)

3.1(3a) / 3.1(3)

3.2(2c) / 3.2(2b)

2 3.2(2c) / 3.2(3)

3.3(1c)/3.2(3r)

4.1(1b)/4.1(1b)

MDS9222i

MSM 18+4

4.1(1b)/4.1(1b)

Solaris

10

QLogic: QLA2462

AIX3

5.3

IBM: FC5716

Linux RedHat

4.0

QLogic: QLA2462

1 Refer to the following link for SAN-OS Release Compatibility Matrix for Storage Service Module: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/storage/san_switches/mds9000/sw/ssi/compatibility/matrix/SSImtx.html

2 This combination is supported on SANTap fabric service only.

3 SDD support for the DS8000 storage array family is in SSI 3.2(2b) version and higher.


Table 3-4 DS4200 (FAStT 700), DS4500 (FAStT 900) HP

Operating System
Host Bus Adapter
Multipath Support
Switch Fabric SAN-OS/SSI
Type
Version

Windows 2000

Advanced Server SP4

QLogic: QLA2462

RDAC1

MDS9513

MDS9509

MDS9506

MDS9216A

MDS9216i

3.0(1)/3.0.1

3.0(2a)/3.0.2i

3.0(3)/3.0.3i

3.1(2b) / 3.1(2b)

3.1(3a) / 3.1(3)

3.2(2c) / 3.2(2b)

2 3.2(2c) / 3.2(3)

3.3(1c)/3.2(3r)

4.1(1b)/4.1(1b)

MDS9222i

MSM 18+4

4.1(1b)/4.1(1b)

AIX

5.3

IBM: FC5716

Solaris

10

Emulex: LP11002

MPXIO

1 For AIX, RDAC is supported on SSI image 3.2(2b) and higher

2 This combination is supported on SANTap fabric service only.


HP

Table 3-5 HP MSA 1500, HP EVA XL4000 (HSV200, HSV201), 6000 (HSV200, HSV201), 8000 (2Gb or 4Gb)(HSV210

Operating System
Host Bus Adapter
Multipath Support
Switch Fabric1
SAN-OS/SSI
Type
Version

Windows 2000

Advanced Server SP4 (IA32)

QLogic: QLA2342

MPIO-DSM

MDS9513

MDS9509

MDS9506

MDS9216A

MDS9216i

3.0(1)/3.0.1

3.0(2a)/3.0.2i

3.0(3)/3.0.3i

3.1(2b)/3.1(2b)

3.1(3a)/3.1(3)

3.2(2c) / 3.2(2b)

2 3.2(2c) / 3.2(3)

3.3(1c)/3.2(3r)

4.1(1b)/4.1(1b)

MDS9222i

MSM 18+2

4.1(1b)/4.1(1b)

Windows 2003

Enterprise

Edition SP1 (IA32, IA64, x64)

HP: QMH2462 (C-Class Mezzanine)

Qlogic: QLE2462, QLA2342

Emulex: LPe1105, LP11002-M4, LP1050DC.

HPUX

11.23, 11.11

HP: AB378A, A6826A

SecurePath

PVlink

Linux RedHat

4.0 (IA32)

Emulex: LPe1105 (C-Class Mezzanine)

Multipulse

4.0 (IA64)

QLogic: QLA2460

Qlogic-MPIO

1 Refer to the following link for SAN-OS Release Compatibility Matrix for Storage Service Module: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/storage/san_switches/mds9000/sw/ssi/compatibility/matrix/SSImtx.html

2 This combination is supported on SANTap fabric service only.


Network Appliance

Table 3-6 v3070c, FAS3050c, FAS940c (Ontap 7.2.4)

Operating System
Host Bus Adapter
Multipath Support
Switch Fabric1
SAN-OS/SSI
Type
Version

Windows 2000

Advanced Server SP4 (IA32)

Emulex: LP11000

MPIO-DSM

MDS9513

MDS9509

MDS9506

MDS9216A

MDS9216i

2 3.2(2c) / 3.2(3)

3.3(1c)/3.2(3r)

4.1(1b)/4.1(1b)

MDS9222i

MSM 18+4

4.1(1b)/4.1(1b)

Windows 2003

Enterprise

Edition SP2/R2

QLogic: QLA2342

Emulex: LP11002

IA64

QLogic: Mezzannine QMH2462

HPUX

11.23

HP: A6795A

PVlink

AIX

5.3

Emulex: LP10000

MPIO-DSM

Solaris

10 U1

Emulex: LP11000

MPXIO

10 U3

QLogic: QLA2462

Linux RedHat

4.0 U4

Emulex: LPe11000

QLogic: QLA2460, Mezzannine QMH2462

Device Mapper

1 Refer to the following link for SAN-OS Release Compatibility Matrix for Storage Service Module: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/storage/san_switches/mds9000/sw/ssi/compatibility/matrix/SSImtx.html

2 This combination is supported on SANTap fabric service only.


EMC

Table 3-7 Symmetrix DMX1000, DMX3, CX500, CX700

Operating System
Host Bus Adapter
Multipath Support
Switch Fabric1
SAN-OS/SSI
Type
Version

Windows 2003

Enterprise

Edition

Emulex: LP9002DC, 10000, LP1105 (IBM Blade Center), LP9802DC, LP11000

QLogic: QMC2462 (Mezannine card)

Power Path

MDS9513

MDS9509

MDS9506

MDS9216A

MDS9216i

3.0(2a)/3.0.2j

3.1(2b)/3.1(2b)

3.1(3a)//3.1(3)

3.2(2c) / 3.2(2b)

2 3.2(2c) /3.2(3) 3.3(1c)/3.2(3r)

AIX

5.1, 5.2, 5.3

IBM: 6239, 6228

HPUX

11iv2 (PA-RISC, IA-64)

HP: A6826A, A6795A

Linux RedHat

4.0 AS

QLogic: QLA234, Mezannine card

Emulex: LP1105 (Mezzannine card)2

Solaris

8, 9, 10

Emulex: LP10000, LP10000DC

QLogic: QLA2342

Sun: X6768A

1 Refer to the following link for SAN-OS Release Compatibility Matrix for Storage Service Module: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/storage/san_switches/mds9000/sw/ssi/compatibility/matrix/SSImtx.html

2 This combination is supported on SANTap fabric service only.


Data Mobility Manager (DMM)

Table 3-8 Data Mobility Manager1

Software Partner
Storage Array
Page

EMC

Transfering data from Existing CLARiiON 600 to New CLARiiON 700

13

Transfering data from Existing CLARiiON 600 to New DMX 3000

13

Transfering data from Existing Symmetrix-5 to New DMX 3000

14

Transferinf Data from Existing Symmetrix 8430 to new HDS USPV

14

Transferinf Data from Existing DMX-3 to new CLARiiON 600

14

Transfering Data from Existing DMX-3 to new CLARiiON 600, then from this CLARiiON 600 back to DMX-3

15

Under VCS control, transfering Data from Existing DMX-3 to new DMX-3

15

IBM

Transfering data from Existing FAStT to New DS4500

16

Transfering data from Existing ESS 2105 model 800 to New DS8000

16

Transfering data from Existing ESS 2105 model 800 to New DS8000

17

Transfering data from Existing HP EVA 4000 to New IBM DS8100

17

Transfering data from Existing HP XP12000 to New IBM DS8100

17

Under VMware ESX environment, transfering data from Existing FAStT900 to New IBM DS4500

18

Under MSCS, transfering data from Existing HDS 9585v to New IBM DS8100

18

HP

Transfering data from Existing EVA 5000 to New EVA 4000/ 8000

19

Transfering data from Existing EVA 5000 to New XP12000

19

Transfering data from Existing EVA 5000 to New XP12000

19

Under Oracle RAC environment, transfering data from Existing HP EVA 4000 to New HP EVA 4000

20

Transfering data from Existing XP1024 to New XP12000

20

HDS

Transfering data from Existing HDS9585 to New HDS9970v

21

Transfering data from Existing HDS9585 to New TagmaStore

21

Transfering data from Existing HDS9000 to New TagmaStore

22

Transfering data from Existing HDS9200 to New HDS USPV

22

Network Appliance

Transfering data from Existing FAS940C to New FAS940C

23

1 The following matrices includes configurations tested and certified by Cisco Quality Assurance labs. For more details on the listed configs including the SAN-OS and SSI versions, send an inquiry request to "mds-rpq@cisco.com". For configurations other than listed below, please send an RPQ request to "mds-rpq@cisco.com".

1 Starting with NX-OS 4.1(1b), DMM method3 will be supported via RPQ only.


EMC

Table 3-9 Transfering data from Existing CLARiiON 600 to New CLARiiON 700

Operating Systems
OS Version
Host Bus Adapter
Multipath App.
Volume Manager
Switch

Windows 2003

SP1

QLogic: QLE2462

PowerPath

Windows Native

MDS9500

MDS 9216A

MDS9216i

MDS 9222i

Emulex: LPe11002-M4

Linux RedHat

AS 3.0

QLogic :QLE2462

PowerPath

LVM

Emulex: LPe11002

AS 4.0

QLogic: QLE2462

Device Mapper

LVM2

Emulex: LPe11002-M4

PowerPath

LVM2

Solaris

10

Emulex: LPe11002-M4 (Leadville)

Veritas DMP

VxVm

PowerPath

HPUX

11iv2

HP: AB378-60101

HP PVLinks

LVM

PowerPath

AIX

5.3

IBM: 03N5014

PowerPath

LVM


Table 3-10 Transfering data from Existing CLARiiON 600 to New DMX 3000

Operating Systems
OS Version
Host Bus Adapter
Multipath App.
Volume Manager
Switch

Windows 2003

SP1, SP2

QLogic: QLE2462

PowerPath

Windows Native

MDS9500

MDS 9216A

MDS9216i

MDS 9222i

Emulex: LPe11002-M4

Linux RedHat

AS 3.0

Emulex: LPe11002-M4

PowerPath

LVM

AS 4.0

QLogic: QLE2462

PowerPath

LVM2

Emulex: LPe11002-M4

Device Mapper

LVM2

Solaris

10

Emulex: LPe11002-M4 (Leadville)

Veritas DMP

VxVm

PowerPath

HPUX

11iv2

HP: AB378-60101

HP PVLinks

LVM

PowerPath

AIX

5.3

IBM: 03N5014

PowerPath

LVM


Table 3-11 Transfering data from Existing Symmetrix-5 to New DMX 3000

Operating Systems
OS Version
Host Bus Adapter
Multipath App.
Volume Manager
Switch

Windows 2003

SP1

QLogic: QLE2462

PowerPath

Windows Native

MDS9500

MDS 9216A

MDS9216i

MDS 9222i

Emulex: LPe11002-M4

Linux RedHat

AS 3.0

QLogic :QLE2462

PowerPath

LVM

Emulex: LPe11002-M4

AS 4.0

QLogic: QLE2462

PowerPath

LVM2

Emulex: LPe11002-M4

Device Mapper

LVM2

Solaris

10

Emulex: LPe11002-M4 (Leadville)

Veritas DMP

VxVm

PowerPath

HPUX

11iv2

HP: AB378-60101

HP PVLinks

LVM

PowerPath

AIX

5.3

IBM: 03N5014

PowerPath

LVM


Table 3-12 Transferinf Data from Existing Symmetrix 8430 to new HDS USPV

Operating Systems
OS Version
Host Bus Adapter
Multipath App.
Volume Manager
Switch

Windows 2003

SP2

QLogic: QLE2462

PowerPath

Windows Native

MDS9500

MDS 9216A

MDS9216i

MDS 9222i

 

Linux RedHat

AS 4.0

Emulex: LPe11002-M4

PowerPath

LVM2

Solaris

10

Emulex: LPe11002-M4 (Leadville)

Veritas DMP

VxVm

HPUX

11iv2

HP: AB378-60101

HP PVLinks

LVM

AIX

5.3

IBM: 03N5014

PowerPath

LVM


Table 3-13 Transferinf Data from Existing DMX-3 to new CLARiiON 600

Operating Systems
OS Version
Host Bus Adapter
Multipath App.
Volume Manager
Switch

Solaris

8

Emulex: LPe11002-M4 (Leadville)

Veritas DMP

PowerPath

VxVm

MDS9500

MDS 9216A

MDS9216i

MDS 9222i


Table 3-14 Transfering Data from Existing DMX-3 to new CLARiiON 600, then from this CLARiiON 600 back to DMX-3

Operating Systems
OS Version
Host Bus Adapter
Multipath App.
Volume Manager
Switch

Windows 2003

SP2

QLogic :QLE2462

PowerPath

Windows Native

MDS9500

MDS 9216A

MDS9216i

MDS 9222i

AIX

5.3

IBM: 03N5014

MPIO

LVM


Table 3-15 Under VCS control, transfering Data from Existing DMX-3 to new DMX-3

Operating Systems
OS Version
VCS version
Host Bus Adapter
Multipath App.
Volume Manager
Switch

Solaris

10

5.0 with IO fencing enabled

Emulex: LPE11002-M4

Veritas DMP

VxVm

MDS9500

MDS 9216A

MDS9216i

MDS 9222i

5.0 with IO fencing disabled


IBM

Table 3-16 Transfering data from Existing FAStT to New DS4500

Operating Systems
OS Version
Host Bus Adapter
Multipath App.
Volume Manager
Switch

Windows 2003

SP1

QLogic: QLE2462

RDAC

Windows Native

MDS9500

MDS 9216A

MDS9216i

MDS 9222i

Emulex: LPe11002-M4

Linux RedHat

AS 3.0

QLogic :QLA2342

RDAC

LVM

AS 4.0

QLogic: QLA2342

Device Mapper

LVM2

Emulex: LPe11002-M4

RDAC

LVM2

Solaris

10

Emulex: LPe11002-M4 (Leadville)

Veritas DMP

VxVm

RDAC

HPUX

11iv2

HP: AB378-60101

HP PVLinks

LVM

RDAC

AIX

5.3

IBM: 03N5014

RDAC

LVM


Table 3-17 Transfering data from Existing ESS 2105 model 800 to New DS8000

Operating Systems
OS Version
Host Bus Adapter
Multipath App.
Volume Manager
Switch

Windows 2003

SP1

QLogic: QLA2342

SDD

Windows Native

MDS9500

MDS 9216A

MDS9216i

MDS 9222i

Emulex: LPe11002-M4

Linux RedHat

AS 3.0

Emulex: LPe11002-M4

SDD

LVM

AS 4.0

Emulex: LPe11002-M4

Device Mapper

LVM2

SDD

LVM2

Solaris

10

Emulex: LPe11002-M4 (Leadville)

Veritas DMP

VxVm

SDD

HPUX

11iv2

HP: AB378-60101

HP PVLinks

LVM

SDD

AIX

5.3

IBM: 03N5014

SDD

LVM


Table 3-18 Transfering data from Existing DS4500 to New DS8000

Operating Systems
OS Version
Host Bus Adapter
Multipath App.
Volume Manager
Switch

Windows 2003

SP1

QLogic: QLA2342

RADAC, SDD

Windows Native

MDS9500

MDS 9216A

MDS9216i

MDS 9222i

Emulex: LPe11002-M4

Linux RedHat

AS 3.0

QLogic: QLA2342

SDD

LVM

AS 4.0

Emulex: LPe11002-M4

SDD

LVM2

QLogic: QLA2342

Device Mapper

LVM2

Solaris

10

Emulex: LPe11002-M4 (Leadville)

Veritas DMP

VxVm

RDAC, SDD

HPUX

11iv2

HP: AB378-60101

HP PVLinks

LVM

RDAC, SDD

AIX

5.3

IBM: 03N5014

RDAC, SDD

LVM


Table 3-19 Transfering data from Existing HP EVA 4000 to New IBM DS8100

Operating Systems
OS Version
Host Bus Adapter
Multipath App.
Volume Manager
Switch

Windows 2003

SP2

QLogic: QLE2462

MPIO

Windows Native

MDS9500

MDS 9216A

MDS9216i

MDS 9222i

Solaris

10

Emulex: LPe11002-M4 (Leadville)

Veritas DMP

VxVm

AIX

5.3

IBM: 03N5014

HP MPIO / AIX MPIO

LVM


Table 3-20 Transfering data from Existing HP XP12000 to New IBM DS8100

Operating Systems
OS Version
Host Bus Adapter
Multipath App.
Volume Manager
Switch

Windows 2003

SP2

QLogic: QLE2462

MPIO

Windows Native

MDS9500

MDS 9216A

MDS9216i

MDS 9222i

Solaris

10

Emulex: LPe11002-M4 (Leadville)

Veritas DMP

VxVm


Table 3-21 Under VMware ESX environment, transfering data from Existing FAStT900 to New IBM DS4500

Operating Systems
OS Version
Host Bus Adapter
Multipath App.
Volume Manager
Switch

VMware ESX

ESX Server 3.0.1

Linux RH 4.0

QLogic: QLA2432

VMware Native

VMware Native

MDS9500

MDS 9216A

MDS9216i

MDS 9222i

VMware ESX

ESX server 3.0.1

Windows 2003 Server

QLogic: QLA2432

VMware Native

VMware Native


Table 3-22 Under MSCS, transfering data from Existing HDS 9585v to New IBM DS8100

Operating Systems
OS Version
Host Bus Adapter
Multipath App.
Volume Manager
Switch

Windows 2003

SP2

QLogic: QLE2462

HDLM

Windows Native

MDS9500

MDS 9216A

MDS9216i

MDS 9222i


HP

Table 3-23 Transfering data from Existing EVA 5000 to New EVA 4000/ 8000

Operating Systems
OS Version
Host Bus Adapter
Multipath App.
Volume Manager
Switch

Windows 2003

SP1

QLogic: QLE2462

SecurePath

Windows Native

MDS9500

MDS 9216A

MDS9216i

MDS 9222i

Emulex: LPe11002-M4

Linux RedHat

AS 3.0

Emulex: LPe11002-M4

SecurePath

LVM

AS 4.0

QLogic: QLE2462

QL Failover

LVM2

Emulex: LPe11002-M4

Device Mapper

LVM2

Solaris

10

Emulex: LPe11002-M4 (Leadville)

Veritas DMP

VxVm

MPXIO

HPUX

11iv2

HP: AB378-60101

HP PVLinks

LVM

SecurePath

AIX

5.3

IBM: 03N5014

SecurePath

LVM


Table 3-24 Transfering data from Existing EVA 5000 to New XP12000

Operating Systems
OS Version
Host Bus Adapter
Multipath App.
Volume Manager
Switch

Windows 2003

SP1

QLogic: QLE2462

MPIO

Windows Native

MDS9500

MDS 9216A

MDS9216i

MDS 9222i

Emulex: LPe11002-M4

Linux RedHat

AS 3.0

QLogic: QLE2462

QL Failover

LVM

AS 4.0

QLogic: QLE2462

QL Failover

LVM2

Emulex: ?

Multipulse

LVM2

Solaris

10

Emulex: LPe11002-M4 (Leadville)

Veritas DMP

VxVm

MPXIO

HPUX

11iv2

HP: AB378-60101

HP PVLinks

LVM

SecurePath

AIX

5.3

IBM: 03N5014

SecurePath

LVM


Table 3-25 Under Oracle RAC environment, transfering data from Existing HP EVA 4000 to New HP EVA 4000

Operating Systems
OS Version
Oracle RAC/ Clusterware
Host Bus Adapter
Multipath App.
Volume Manager
Switch

Linux RedHat

AS 4.0

Oracle DB 11g R1

Oracle Clusterware

11gR1

Emulex:LPe11002-M4

Emulex Multipulse

HP Multipulse

LVM2

MDS9500

MDS 9216A

MDS9216i

MDS 9222i