PowerStore: Supported and Unsupported Cluster configurations

Summary: Adding an appliance to the cluster requires satisfying several requirements to verify the cluster configuration is supported.

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Upon attempting to add a new appliance to an existing cluster may fail or an added appliance may show as "incompatible." There are various restrictions related to the appliance mode.

Appliance Hardware Generation

There are two PowerStore hardware generations (Gen1 and Gen2). Following are the hardware models for each generation and their supported appliance modes:

 
Gen 1
  • PowerStore 1000T
  • PowerStore 3000T
  • PowerStore 5000T
  • PowerStore 7000T
  • PowerStore 9000T
  • Block Optimized
  • Unified
Gen 2
  • PowerStore 500T
  • PowerStore 1200T
  • PowerStore 3200T
  • PowerStore 5200T
  • PowerStore 9200T
  • PowerStore 3200Q
  • Block Optimized
  • Unified

 

Supported Cluster Configurations

Following are all the supported cluster types and respective cluster configurations for each type: (BO=Block Optimized; U=Unified)

Cluster Type Description Cluster Type configurations

Block Optimized cluster

Only Block Optimized appliances
  • Gen 1/2 BO
  • Gen 1/2 BO+Gen 1/2 BO
  • Gen 1/2 BO+Gen 1/2 BO+Gen 1/2 BO
  • Gen 1/2 BO+Gen 1/2 BO+Gen 1/2 BO+Gen 1/2 BO

single Unified cluster

Starting from one Unified appliance, the remaining are Block-Optimized appliances.
  • Gen 1/2 U
  • Gen 1/2 U+Gen 1/2 BO
  • Gen 1/2 U+Gen 1/2 BO+Gen 1/2 BO
  • Gen 1/2 U+Gen 1/2 BO+Gen 1/2 BO+Gen 1/2 BO

Unsupported Cluster Configurations

Except for the above supported cluster configurations, all other cluster configurations are NOT supported. The following cases are not supported:

  1. Adding a Gen 1/2 Unified appliance to a cluster with a Block Optimized appliance.
  2. Adding an additional Gen 1/2 Unified appliance to a cluster with Single unified cluster.

Affected Products

PowerStore 1000T, PowerStore 1200T, PowerStore 3000T, PowerStore 3200Q, PowerStore 3200T, PowerStore 5000T, PowerStore 500T, PowerStore 5200Q, PowerStore 5200T, PowerStore 7000T

Products

PowerStore 9000T, PowerStore 9200T
Article Properties
Article Number: 000226344
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 23 Sept 2025
Version:  2
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