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 EMC ClouldLink Release Notes.

● Encryption for containers

○ Dell EMC PowerFlex

○ Dell EMC PowerScale

○ VMware Tanzu

● Cloud deployment

○ VMware Cloud on Amazon Web Services (AWS)

○ Microsoft Azure

○ OpenStack or KVM

○ AWS

● vVols encryption

○ Dell EMC PowerFlex

○ Dell EMC PowerStore

○ VMware

○ Dell EMC 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 are supported by CloudLink 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 KMIP server

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

● VMware

● Dell EMC VxRail

● Dell EMC PowerScale

● Dell EMC Unity

● Dell EMC PowerVault ML3 

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