Dell PowerVault MD3820f - Manual (Page 12)

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NOTE: For detailed information on OS support, refer to Supported Operating
Systems section of this document.
Supported Protocol Offload (TOE / iSCSI) Adapters
Standard Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters are supported when used with supported
software iSCSI initiators. Hosts must have a standards compliant iSCSI initiator to access MD
Series storage. Initiator support is provided by the initiator/operating system vendor. Dell
PowerVault does not support Converged Network Adapters (CNA) in Converged mode.
Although PowerVault does not endorse or support initiators directly, this support matrix
provides some useful configuration information for common initiators.
Dell's PowerVault MD Series Arrays will work with any RFC 3720 iSCSI compliant initiators.
The initiator MUST support all mandatory iSCSI features (IPSec is not required). This
information is subject to change without notice. Dell is not responsible for any errors in this
information. Hardware initiators are not expressly supported by Dell.
Also, be sure to read the initiator documentation and release notes from the particular
vendors, as well as the MD Series release notes for up to date configuration
recommendations.
Fibre Channel SFP+ Transceiver Support
Table 9. Supported Fibre Channel SFP+ Transceivers
Description Manufacturer Mfr. Part Number Dell P/N
16G SFP (FC) Short wave Finisar FTLF8529P3BCVA TDTCP
16G SFP (FC) Short wave Avago AFBR-57F5MZ-NA2 TDTCP
Supported Physical Disks
Only physical disks with a Dell P/N from the table below are supported. All other physical
disk drives purchased from the Dell Software and Peripheral store with a part number other
than specified below are not supported.
Refer to the MD3400/MD3800i/MD3860i/MD3860f Drivers and Downloads section on
support.dell.com for the latest available physical disk firmware.