Dell EMC PowerVault MD32XX/36XX Series Support Matrix

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Supported operating systems

Where clustering is supported by the operating system, it is also supported on the Dell EMC PowerVault MD3200, MD3200i, MD3600i, MD3600f, MD3260, MD3260i, MD3660i, and MD3660f series storage arrays, subject to the following limitations:

Windows Server 2008 R2 - Windows Server 2016:

Maximum iSCSI nodes are 16
Maximum SAS nodes is 4
Maximum FC nodes is 16

Table 1. Dell EMC PowerVault MD-Series operating system support. This table describes the supported operating system of Dell EMC PowerVault MD-Series.
Operating system	SAS host server	iSCSI host server	Management station	Fibre Channel host server	Notes & required hotfixes
Windows Server 2016*
Standard server (core and desktop experience)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	The Microsoft MPIO feature musts installed prior to installing the Module Disk Storage Manager (MDSM) located on the resource DVD available on Dell.com/support. Failure to do so will require MDSM to be installed a second time.
Data center server (core and desktop experience)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	The Microsoft MPIO feature musts installed prior to installing the Module Disk Storage Manager (MDSM) located on the resource DVD available on Dell.com/support. Failure to do so will require MDSM to be installed a second time.
Windows Server 2012 R2 (U1)*
Standard server and core	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	KB2966870
Data center server and core	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	KB2966870
Foundation server and core	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	KB2966870
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1*
Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Enterprise and Core	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	KB2522766 KB2637197
Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Data center and Core	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	KB2522766 KB2637197
Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Foundation and Core	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	KB2522766 KB2637197
Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Web and Core			Yes		KB2522766 KB2637197
Windows 2008 Storage Server R2 SP1 all editions	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	KB2522766 KB2637197
Windows 2008 R2 SP1 HPC Server	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	KB2522766 KB2637197
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 (x64 only)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Basic Server install (Minimum)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 (x64 only)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Basic Server install (Minimum)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 (x64 only)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Basic Server install (Minimum) The Linux sg driver has been disabled by default in RHEL 7.1 and is required for in-band management. To workaround this, manually issue modprobe sg or add it to an init script. After the driver is loaded, in-band management will be available. For more information about this issue, refer to RHEL 7.1 Release Notes, issue BZ#1186462.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (x64 only)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Basic Server install (Minimum)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 (x64 only)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Basic Server install (Minimum)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 (x64 only)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Basic Server install (Minimum)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 (x64 only)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Basic Server install (Minimum)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 (x64 only)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Basic Server install (Minimum)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 (x64 only)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Basic Server install (Minimum)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12.2 (x64 only)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12.1 (x64 only)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x64 only)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11.4(x64 only)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Virtualization Hosts / Hypervisors**
VMware vSphere 6.5	Yes	Yes		Yes	For supported array firmware versions, see VMware https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?cc=www&client=VMware_Site&entqr=0&ud=1&num=20&output=xml_no_dtd&proxystylesheet=VMware_gsa_Site&site=VMware_Site&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=hcl&x=4&y=4 Direct attached iSCSI connection is not supported with VMware vSphere Supported path policies: MRU RR
VMware vSphere 6.0 (U1, U2, U3)	Yes	Yes		Yes	For supported array firmware versions, see VMware https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?cc=www&client=VMware_Site&entqr=0&ud=1&num=20&output=xml_no_dtd&proxystylesheet=VMware_gsa_Site&site=VMware_Site&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=hcl&x=4&y=4 Direct attached iSCSI connection is not supported with VMware vSphere Supported path policies: MRU RR
VMware vSphere 5.5 (U3)	Yes	Yes		Yes	For supported array firmware versions, see VMware https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?cc=www&client=VMware_Site&entqr=0&ud=1&num=20&output=xml_no_dtd&proxystylesheet=VMware_gsa_Site&site=VMware_Site&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=hcl&x=4&y=4 Direct attached iSCSI connection is not supported with VMware vSphere Supported path policies: MRU RR
VMware vSphere 5.1 (U3)	Yes	Yes			For supported array firmware versions, see VMware https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?cc=www&client=VMware_Site&entqr=0&ud=1&num=20&output=xml_no_dtd&proxystylesheet=VMware_gsa_Site&site=VMware_Site&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=hcl&x=4&y=4 Direct attached iSCSI connection is not supported with VMware vSphere Supported path policies: MRU RR
Citrix XenServer	Yes	Yes		Yes	For supported XS releases see http://hcl.xensource.com/
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 SP1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 with Hyper-V	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows Desktop operating systems
Windows 10 (x64 only) Pro Enterprise			Yes
Windows 8.1 (x64 only) Pro Enterprise			Yes
Windows 8 (x64 only) Pro Enterprise			Yes
Windows 7 ( x86, x64)			Yes

NOTE:
- Core editions Windows servers can only manage storage arrays by using the SMcli client.
- The VMware Hardware Compatibility List only shows support for RAID controller firmware version 07.84. However, this indicates support for all firmware versions 07.84.xx.xx or later.