PowerFlex: CloudLink 7.x Support Matrix

Hypervisors supported by CloudLink

This topic provides information about the hypervisors supported by CloudLink.

● VMware ESXi

● Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)

● Microsoft Hyper-V

Platforms supported by CloudLink

This topic provides information about the platforms supported by CloudLink.

● Encryption for machines

○ Microsoft Windows

○ Linux

For more information about the supported operating systems, see the latest version of the Dell CloudLink Release Notes.

● Encryption for containers

○ Dell PowerFlex

○ Dell PowerScale

○ VMware Tanzu

● Cloud deployment

○ VMware Cloud on Amazon Web Services (AWS)

○ Microsoft Azure

○ OpenStack or KVM

○ AWS

● vVols encryption

○ Dell PowerFlex

○ Dell PowerStore

○ VMware

○ Dell VxRail 

Third party key protectors supported by CloudLink

This topic provides information about the key protectors supported by CloudLink.

● Azure Key Vault

● Cipher Trust 2.2

● SafeNet Luna SA 

Features supported by CloudLink integrated with PowerFlex

This topic provides information about the encryption features that CloudLink supports with PowerFlex.

● Encryption for PowerFlex—Encrypts software data at rest.

● Key Management of SEDs:

○ Advanced key management for deploying PowerFlex SED.

○ Automated deployment and configuration through PowerFlex Manager

PowerFlex software versions supported for CloudLink 

This topic provides information about the supported PowerFlex software for CloudLink.

 The following table lists the supported CloudLink and PowerFlex configurations. If you are using CloudLink for PowerFlex SDS-level encryption, then check the preceding table before deploying or upgrading CloudLink or PowerFlex.

Products that support CloudLink as a Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) server

This topic provides information about the products that support CloudLink as a Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) server.

● VMware

● Dell VxRail

● Dell PowerScale

● Dell Unity

● Dell PowerVault ML3 

See Dell CloudLink 7.x Support Matrix and Dell CloudLink 8.x Support Matrix