IBM SYSTEM STORAGE DS5000 - Manual (Page 11)

Digital Media Storage Solution Installation Guide 11
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Planned Future Enhancements
Additional Linux HBA choices and Windows Server 200x Meta data Controller
7. Expand RHEL/SLES connectivity choices (Planned)
a. Add ATTO HBA‟s for either MDC‟s and/or clients using RDAC MPP
i. This step is not tied to any other steps and may occur at any time after step 3
b. Add ATTO HBA‟s for either MDC‟s and/or clients using ATTO multipathing driver
i. This step is not tied to any other steps and may occur at any time after step 3
8. Add Windows Server 200x as either StorNext clients
or as StorNext MDC‟s
(Planned)
a. Windows client Server 200x
i. Using
previously supported QLogic and/or Emulex HBA‟s
ii. Using ATTO HBA‟s with either RDAC MPP or ATTO multipathing driver
b. We will NOT add this until AFTER the Windows Clients (XP, Vista, Windows 7) are
added to reduce confusion
APPLE, WINDOWS, and STORNEXT SUPPORT MATRIX
O/S Architecture HBA MPF Supported
Meta Data Controller
Linux
RHEL 5.3 x64 As currently supported
(Qlogics/Emulex) RDAC (MPP) Yes
Linux RHEL 5.3 x64 ATTO ATTO Planned
Linux SLES 10.2 x64 As currently supported
(Qlogics/Emulex) RDAC (MPP) Yes
Linux RHEL 5.3 x64 ATTO ATTO Planned
Client
Apple
OSX
Leopard x64 ATTO ATTO Yes
Apple
OSX Snow Leopard x64 ATTO ATTO Yes
Linux RHEL 5.3 x86, x64 As currently supported
(Qlogics/Emulex) RDAC (MPP) Yes
Linux RHEL 5.3 x86, x64 ATTO ATTO Yes
Linux SLES 10.2 x86, x64 As currently supported
(Qlogics/Emulex) RDAC (MPP) Yes
Linux SLES 10.2 x86, x64 ATTO ATTO Yes
Windows 2003 SP2 x86, x64 As currently supported
(Qlogics/Emulex) MPIO/DSM Planned
Windows 2008 SP2 x86, x64 As currently supported
(Qlogics/Emulex) MPIO/DSM Planned
Windows 2008 R2 x86, x64 As currently supported
(Qlogics/Emulex) MPIO/DSM Planned
Windows Windows 7 x86 ATTO ATTO Planned
Windows Vista x86 ATTO ATTO Planned
Windows XP x86 ATTO ATTO Planned
Mixed As appropriate above As appropriate
above