PowerFlex 5.1: Support Matrix

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See Dell-PowerFlex-5.1.x/4.5.x-and-PowerFlex-Manager-5.1.x-Support-Matrix 

 

Manager 5.1 (core 4.5.6) PowerFlex® Support Matrix 
Column1 SDC NVMe Host/Client SDS (MG) SDS (FG)
(validated with SDPM )		 NVMe Target (SDT) SDR MDM NAS Controller (File) NAS Client (NFS\SMB) PFMP (PowerFlex Management Plaform) VxFlex Ready Node Linux (HCI) VxFlex Ready Node (CO) custom node (CO) custom node (SO) Appliance\Rack
PFMC		 Appliance\Rack VMware HCI (With SDC) Appliance\Rack Linux SO Appliance\Rack Managed CO using SDC Appliance\Rack External CO using SDC Appliance\Rack NVMe Host (External- Non Managed) Appliance\Rack NAS Controller (File) Comments
VCF 9.0.x,9.1 Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Supported 5.1 and above
ESXi 8.0 Update 3f and earlier Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes* No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No
*Running PFMP on ESXi 7.x\8.x s supported only through  manual install
SDC only, Configuration and management of HCI deployments is limited to PowerFlex appliance and PowerFlex rack.
ESXi 6.7 can still connect to PowerFlex and will be supported for Upgrade use cases only
ESXi 7.0 Update 3w and earlier Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes* No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No
*Running PFMP on ESXi 7.x\8.x s supported only through  manual install
SDC only, Configuration and management of HCI deployments is limited to PowerFlex appliance and PowerFlex rack.
ESXi 6.7 can still connect to PowerFlex and will be supported for Upgrade use cases only
SRM 8.7 No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No SRA to be available on Photon OS based appliance only 
SRM 8.8 No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No SRA to be available on Photon OS based appliance only
VLSR 9.0 No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No SRA to be available on Photon OS based appliance only
Nutanix                                            
Nutanix AOS 7.1 (AHV 10.1) Yes No No No No No No No No Yes* No No Yes No No No No No Yes No No  AHV will be 10.1 running on AOS 7.1 enabled from 4.6.2(core 4.5.4) onwards
*Running PFMP on Nutanix supported only through  manual install
Nutanix AOS 7.1.1.x (AHV 10.1) Yes No No No No No No No No Yes* No No Yes No No No No No Yes No No  AHV will be 10.1 running on AOS 7.1 enabled from 4.6.2(core 4.5.4) onwards
*Running PFMP on Nutanix supported only through  manual install
Nutanix AOS 7.5 (AHV 11.0) Yes No No No No No No No No Yes* No No Yes No No No No No Yes No No  AHV will be 11.0 running on AOS 7.5 enabled from 4.8(core 4.5.5) onwards
*Running PFMP on Nutanix supported only through  manual install
Nutanix AOS 7.5 (AHV 11.0) Yes No No No No No No No No Yes* No No Yes No No No No No Yes No No  AHV will be 11.0.1 running on AOS 7.5.1 enabled from 5.1.0.1, 4.8.0.x with core 4.5.5.x onwards
*Running PFMP on Nutanix supported only through  manual install. Refer:https://www.delltechnologies.com/asset/en-us/products/storage/selling-competitive/powerflex-nutanix-cloud-platform-technical-201.pptx
Microsoft Windows                                            
Windows Server 2016 + Hyper-V Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No No Only compute nodes (SDC) are supported on Windows Server 
Windows Server 2019 + Hyper-V Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No No Only compute nodes (SDC) are supported on Windows Server 
Windows Server 2022 + Hyper-V Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No No Only compute nodes (SDC) are supported on Windows Server 
Windows Server 2025 + Hyper-V Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No No Only compute nodes (SDC) are supported on Windows Server 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux                                             
RHEL 8.10 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No No No Yes No No  
RHEL 9.4 Yes* No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No No No Yes* No No * Upgrade only usecase supported
RHEL 9.5 Yes* No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No No No Yes* No No * Upgrade only usecase supported
RHEL 9.6 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No No No Yes No No Enabled from 4.8 (management) and 4.5.5(core) and above
RHEL 9.7 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No No No Yes No No Enabled from 5.1 (management) and 4.5.6(core) and above
RHEL 10 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No Enabled from 5.1 (management) and 4.5.6(core) and above
Rocky Linux                                            
Rocky Linux 8.10 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No Enabled from 4.6.1 (management) and 4.5.3(core) and above
Rocky Linux 9.4 Yes* No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No No No No Yes* Yes* No No No No Yes* No No Enabled from 4.6.1 (management) and 4.5.3(core) and above,
Upgrade only
Rocky Linux 9.5 Yes* No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No No No No Yes* Yes* No No No No Yes* No No * Upgrade only usecase supported.Enabled from 4.6.2 (management) and4.5.4(core) and above
Rocky Linux 9.6 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes* Yes* No No No No Yes No No Enabled from 4.8 (management) and4.5.5(core) and above
Rocky Linux 9.7 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes* Yes* No No No No Yes No No Enabled from 5.1 (management) and4.5.6(core) and above
Alma Linux                                            
Alma Linux 8.10 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No Enabled from 4.6.1 (management) and 4.5.3(core) and above
Alma Linux 9.4 Yes* No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No No No No Yes* Yes* No No No No Yes* No No * Upgrade only usecase supported. Enabled from 4.6.1 (management) and 4.5.3(core) and above,
Alma Linux 9.5 Yes* No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No No No No Yes* Yes* No No No No Yes* No No * Upgrade only usecase supported.Enabled from 4.6.2 (management) and 4.5.4(core) and above
Alma Linux 9.6 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes* Yes* No No No No Yes No No Enabled from 4.8 (management) and4.5.5(core) and above
Alma Linux 9.7 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes* Yes* No No No No Yes No No Enabled from 5.1 (management) and 4.5.6(core) and above
Debian                                            
Debian 12.5 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes* Yes* No No No No Yes No No Using self compile feature, SDC can be installed on Proxmox 8.2.x .Enabled from 4.6.1 (management) and 4.5.3(core) and above
Debian 12.9 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes* Yes* No No No No Yes No No Using self compile feature, SDC can be installed on Proxmox 8.2.x .Enabled from 4.6.2 (management) and 4.5.4(core) and above
Debian 13 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes* Yes* No No No No Yes No No Using self compile feature, SDC can be installed on Proxmox  9.x .Enabled from 5.1(management) and 4.5.6(core) and above
CentOS                                             
Stream 8.x Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes* Yes* No No No No Yes No No  
SUSE Linux                                            
SLES 12 SP5 Yes* No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No Yes* No No No No No No No No No Yes* No No *Upgrade only usecase supported
SLES 15 SP3 Yes* No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No Yes* No Yes* No Yes* *Upgrade only usecase supported
SLES 15 SP4 Yes* No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No Yes* No Yes* No Yes* *Upgrade only usecase supported
SLES 15 SP5 Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No Yes* No Yes* Yes* No *Upgrade only usecase supported
SLES 15 SP6 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes* Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes No Enabled from 4.6.1 (management) and 4.5.3(core) and above
SLES 15 SP7 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No Enabled from 5.1 (management) and 4.5.5.2 (core) and above
SLES 16 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No Enabled from 5.1 (management) and 4.5.5.2(core) and above
SLE Micro 5.5 Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No Enabled from 5.1 (management) and 4.5.5.2(core) and above
Citrix XenServer/Hypervisor                                            
XenServer 7.1 CU2 LTSR No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No  Only existing installs are supported, new installs need to wait for Citrix/XenServer to support PowerFlex
Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 CU1 Yes* No Yes* No No No Yes* No Yes* No No No No No No No No No Yes* No No Enabled via RPQ and planned to release post IRC1
Oracle Linux                                            
Oracle Linux 8.10 w/RH Kernels Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No No No Yes No No  
Oracle Linux 9.5 w/RH Kernels Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No No No Yes No No  
Oracle Linux 9.6 w/RH Kernels Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No No No Yes No No Enabled from 4.8 (management) and 4.5.5(core) and above
Oracle Linux 9.7 w/RH Kernels Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No No No Yes No No Enabled from 45.1 (management) and 4.5.5.2(core) and above
Oracle Linux 8.10 w/UEK R6 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No Yes No No  
Oracle Linux 9.5 w/UEK R7 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No Yes No No  
Oracle Linux 9.6 w/UEK R7 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No Yes No No Enabled from 4.8 (management) and 4.5.5(core) and above
Oracle Linux 9.7 w/UEK R7 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No Yes No No Enabled from 45.1 (management) and 4.5.5.2(core) and above
Oracle Linux 9.7 w/UEK R8 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No Yes No No Enabled from 45.1 (management) and 4.5.5.2(core) and above
IBM                                            
AIX 7.2 TL5 Yes No No No No No No No Yes* No No No No No No No No No Yes No No Includes PowerHA support. RPQ needed to support newer versions.
AIX 7.3 TL1 Yes No No No No No No No Yes* No No No No No No No No No Yes No No Includes PowerHA support. RPQ needed to support newer versions.
Ubuntu                                            
Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS and earlier Yes* No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No Yes* No No No No No No No No No Yes* No No *Upgrade only usecase supported
Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS and earlier Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes* No No No No No No No No No Yes No No  
Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS and earlier Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes* No No No No No No No No No Yes No No  
Kubernetes                                            
CSM 1.18 Yes* No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes* No No Driver available at https://github.com/dell/csi-powerflex.
Full platform support info at: https://dell.github.io/csm-docs/docs/csidriver/#supported-operating-systemscontainer-orchestrator-platforms
Quay.io :https://quay.io/repository/dell/storage/powerflex/sdc?tab=tags
RHEL CoreOS \ OpenShift  Yes No No No No No No No Yes* No No No No No No No No No Yes No No Available through CSI SDC container - https://quay.io/repository/dell/storage/powerflex/sdc?tab=tags
Microsoft                                            
Azure Local Solution 12.x Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No Enabled from 4.5.5 onwards
OpenStack                                            
OpenStack 17.1 Yes* No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No  
OpenStack 18.0 Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No  
Cloudlink                                            
Cloudlink 8.3 No No Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes No No Yes No No Yes No No No No refer to cloudlink documentation for supported OSs

 

 

  Manager 5.1(core v5.1) PowerFlex® Support Matrix 
Column1 SDC NVMe Host/Client Storage Node (PDS\DGWT)
(SDPM validated)		 NVMe Target (SDT) MDM PFMP (PowerFlex Management Plaform) VxFlex Ready Node Linux (HCI) VxFlex Ready Node (CO) custom node (CO) custom node (SO) Appliance\Rack
PFMC		 Appliance\Rack Linux SO Appliance\Rack Managed CO using SDC Appliance\Rack External CO using SDC Appliance\Rack NVMe Host (External- Non Managed) Comments
VMware                                
VCF 9.0.1, 9.1 Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No Supported from 5.1 onwards
ESXi 8.0 Update 3i Yes Yes No No No Yes* No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes
*Running PFMP on ESXi 7.x\8.x s supported only through  manual install
SDC only, Configuration and management of HCI deployments is limited to PowerFlex appliance and PowerFlex rack.
ESXi 6.7 can still connect to PowerFlex and will be supported for Upgrade use cases only
Microsoft Windows                                
Windows Server 2022 + Hyper-V Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No Yes No Only compute nodes (SDC) are supported on Windows Server 
Windows Server 2025 + Hyper-V Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No Yes No Only compute nodes (SDC) are supported on Windows Server 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux                                 
RHEL 8.10 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No No Yes No  
RHEL 9.6 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No No Yes No  
RHEL 9.7 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No No Yes No Supported from 5.1 onwards
RHEL 10 Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No Supported from 5.1 onwards
Rocky Linux                                
Rocky Linux 8.10 Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No No Yes No  
Rocky Linux 9.6 Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No No Yes No  
Rocky Linux 9.7 Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No No Yes No Supported from 5.1 onwards
Alma Linux                                
Alma Linux 8.10 Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No No Yes No  
Alma Linux 9.6 Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No No Yes No Supported from 5.1 onwards
Alma Linux 9.7 Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* No No No Yes No Supported from 5.1 onwards
SUSE Linux                                
SLES 15 SP5 Yes Yes No No No No No Yes* Yes* No No No No Yes Yes  
SLES 15 SP6 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes* Yes* No No Yes No Yes Yes  
SLES 15 SP7 Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Supported from 5.1 onwards
SLES 16 Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Supported from 5.1 onwards
SLE Micro 5.5 Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Supported from 5.1 onwards
Debian                                
Debian 12.9 Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No Supported from 5.1 onwards
Debian 13 Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No Supported from 5.1 onwards
Oracle Linux                                
Oracle Linux 8.10 w/RH Kernels Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No  
Oracle Linux 9.6 w/RH Kernels Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No  
Oracle Linux 9.7 w/RH Kernels Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No Supported from 5.1 onwards
Oracle Linux 8.10 w/UEK R6 Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No  
Oracle Linux 9.6 w/UEK R7 Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No  
Oracle Linux 9.7 w/UEK R8 Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No Supported from 5.1 onwards
IBM                                
AIX 7.2 TL5 Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No Includes PowerHA support. RPQ needed to support newer versions.
AIX 7.3 TL1 Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No Includes PowerHA support. RPQ needed to support newer versions.
Ubuntu                                
Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS and earlier Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No  
Kubernetes                                
CSM 1.18 No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Driver available at https://github.com/dell/csi-powerflex.
Full platform support info at: https://dell.github.io/csm-docs/docs/csidriver/#supported-operating-systemscontainer-orchestrator-platforms
Quay.io hub: https://quay.io/repository/dell/storage/powerflex/sdc?tab=tags
RHEL CoreOS \ OpenShift  No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Available through CSI SDC container - https://quay.io/repository/dell/storage/powerflex/sdc?tab=tags
OpenStack                                
Cinder G Release No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Support available by April/May 2026
RHOSP 18 .x No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Supported by June 2026
Cloudlink                                
Cloudlink 8.3 No No Yes No No No Yes No No Yes No Yes No No No refer to cloudlink documentation for supported OSs

 

Informazioni aggiuntive

  • Ready Node and custom node columns are consistent with the respective PowerFlex components and does not replace it.
  • Dell Technologies does not regularly certify vendor applications and/or database platforms with PowerFlex. 
  • In general, applications that use local block storage devices are supported, provided the underlying OS is listed in the matrix.
  •  The matrix lists specific operating systems and hypervisors that have been tested and qualified with PowerFlex systems. 
  • Any OS supported with Fine Granuality supports SDPM/NVDIMM 

 

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