AX4-AIX iSCSI Question

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I'm getting mixed messages as to whether AIX is supported on the AX4 iSCSI box. I've heard No, Sure, I think so, and Yes. I'm getting ready to buy an AX4 for Windows and VM usage but really want to also do iSCSI on my AIX boxes. Anyone know?

TIA,
Harold

AndreaMazzai1 · Answer

Hello Harold,I'm in pre-sales so I more or less know where to find information regarding sales questions...Have a look here: iSCSI Supported Configurations Overviewhttp://www.emc.com/microsites/clariion-support/pdf/ax45_support_config_overview_iscsi.pdf It claims: The following operating systems are supported:◆ AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1◆ HP-UX 11.11 and 11.23◆ Linux:¿ RedHat 4.0 and 5.0¿ Novell SUSE 9 and 10◆ Solaris 10 (SPARC and x86)◆ VMware ESX Server 3 and 3.5◆ Windows 2000◆ Windows Server 2003You may find other useful information on EMC AX4 support site (free access for everyone): www.emc.com/ax4supportRegards,Andrea

FresnoRed · Answer

Andria,Thanks for the response. Yeah, I've seen that and we are going on that as gospel. My problem is that the docs, at one time, also listed AIX as supported for the Celerra iSCSI and then that seemed to disappear and I spent several hours trying to make something work that wouldn't. Being in a local gov't data center it's part of my job description to waste time, but I still try to avoid it when possible. Thanks again for your response.Harold

RRR · Answer

Being in a local gov't data center it's part of my job description to waste timeIt's the same everywhere

kelleg · Answer

This is the latest information from the EMC Support Matrix - there is a PDF for the AX4-5i that contains the latest supported configurations - all the other Clariions are there as well

Home > Support > Interoperability and Product Lifecycle Information > E-Lab Interoperability Navigator - then click on the link "Launch E-Lab Interoperability Navigator"

https://elabnavigator.emc.com/do/navigator.jsp

IBM AIX: 5.2 5200−10−02−0730, 5.3
5300−06−02−0727

Generic NIC 10/1001, Generic NIC
GbE note 1

EMC CLARiiON AX4−5 notes 2, 3, 4, 5

1. Driver Version Native AIX driver
2. For the AX4−5 array, single SP support requires minimum PowerPath 5.1.1
3. For the AX4−5 array, PowerPath SE support requires minimum PowerPath 5.1.1
4. For the AX4−5 array, only 1 iSCSI initiator login per SP is supported, per server
5. A single server can not connect to a CX3−10c or AX4−5 storage system through both its Fibre Channel data ports and its iSCSI Channel data ports. Fibre channel data ports
and iSCSI channel data ports on the same array have to be connected to different servers.

regards,

glen kelley

CLARiiON

AX4-AIX iSCSI Question

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