Preventive Service Planning
Abstract
The documents titled Recommended Software levels provides supported levels of applications and tools that work if conjunction with IBM Storwize V7000/V5000.
While these levels are not mandatory levels for a customer to be supported by IBM, they are the recommended levels. There may be known operational issues with older firmware and BIOS levels and, in these cases, a customer working with the IBM Support centre may be directed to upgrade a component to a recommended level.
As of the 1st January 2017 all Host/Controllers/Switches/HBA configuration information is now provided by SSIC.
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/ssic/interoperability.wss
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Whilst IBM recommends these levels based upon the most recent testing, the following levels were tested against previous versions of Storwize V7000/V5000 and IBM will support the use of these levels with Storwize V7000/V5000 V8.1.x
If you have Interoperability requirements which are not listed in this document please contact your IBM Account Representative
16Gbps Fibre Channel Canister Connection
Please see SSIC for supported 16Gbps Fibre Channel configurations supported with 16Gbps node hardware. Note 16Gbps Node hardware is supported when connected to Brocade and Cisco 8Gbps or 16Gbps fabrics only.
Direct connections to 2Gbps or 4Gbps SAN or direct host attachment to 2Gbps or 4Gbps ports is not supported.
Other configured switches which are not directly connected to the16Gbps Node hardware can be any supported fabric switch as currently listed in SSIC.
Additional Links
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Last Updated
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Previously Supported Levels |
26 Jun 2019
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Supported Drive Types |
26 Apr 2012
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Easy Tier Function Supported Configurations |
26 Sep 2017
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Storwize V7000/V5000 Code Compatibility |
26 Sep 2017
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Non Disruptive Volume Move |
26 Jun 2019
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Transparent Cloud Tiering |
26 Sep 2017
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IP Quorum |
26 Sep 2017
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Supported Key Servers |
1 Nov 2018
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Other Hardware & Software
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Inter Cluster Fibre Extenders |
13 Feb 2013
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Inter Cluster SAN Routers |
09 Aug 2016
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VSS |
26 Jun 2019
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Management GUI |
26 Jun 2019
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GPFS / IBM Spectrum Scale |
11 Mar 2016
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IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager (FCM) / IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot |
01 Jul 2016
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Oracle |
26 Jun 2019
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Openstack |
26 Sep 2017
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Additional Links
Previously Supported Levels
Storwize V7000/V5000 Supported Drive Types
Storwize V7000 Easy Tier Function Supported Configurations
Tier 0 Storage | Tier 1 Storage | Tier 2 Storage | Notes |
Internal or externally virtualized flash storage | Internal or externally virtualized enterprise HDDs (10k/15k rpm) | Internal or externally virtualized nearline HDDs | Easy Tier is not supported in any configuration where flash storage is not exclusively being used as the Tier 0 storage. |
If there are no enterprise HDDs in the pool: Internal or externally virtualized nearline HDDs |
Storwize V7000/V5000 Code Compatibility
Storwize Version
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Storwize V7000 Non Disruptive Volume Move ( NDVM )
The following Fibre Channel attached host types are supported for non-disruptively moving a volume between I/O groups (control enclosures)
OS Version | Multipathing | Clustering | Notes |
AIX7.2TL0SP2 | SDDPCM 2.6.4.0 | Non Disruptive Volume Move may leave the same Volume mapped to different hosts in the same host cluster using different SCSI IDs. If the host cluster cannot tolerate this configuration then non disruptive move cannot be used. | In SDDPCM 2.6.4.0, a new command "changeprefcntl" is introduced to solve the host limitation - "Preferred paths are not detected after moving a volume to a new I/O group. " in SDDPCM 2.6.3.2 |
SDDPCM 2.6.5.1 | |||
SDDPCM 2.6.6.0 | For Host Clusters which cannot tolerate this condition users should quiesce their hosts, perform the NVDM steps to move the volumes to another IO group, reassign the SCSI IDs manually, then reconfigure and restart the hosts. | SAN Boot is supported. | |
SDDPCM 2.6.7.0 | NPIV is supported | ||
SDDPCM 2.6.8.0 | |||
AIX7.1 with VIOS 2.2.x(vSCSI) | AIXPCM with APAR IV42360 | PowerHA 7.1 Supported | In NPIV configuration when RAW I/O is running over a disk, some enabled paths of that disk may get failed/invalid during NDVM. The failed/invalid paths will be recovered automatically by AIX path health check hence application I/O will not be impacted. Disks used by filesystem do not have such issue. |
SVC host type should be changed to "TPGS" | |||
AIX7.1TL5 |
AIXPCM | ||
AIX7.1 TL3 SP03 | AIXPCM | Non Disruptive Volume Move may leave the same Volume mapped to different hosts in the same host cluster using different SCSI IDs. If the host cluster cannot tolerate this configuration then non disruptive move cannot be used. | |
Windows 2016
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MSDSM | Hyper-V Failover Cluster | SAN Boot is supported |
Windows 2012 | SDDDSM | Hyper-V Failover Cluster | Step4: Remove the original IO group |
Windows 2008 | SDDDSM | Procedures for a Windows cluster NDVM: | |
For Host Clusters which cannot tolerate this condition users should quiesce their hosts, perform the NVDM steps to move the volumes to another IO group, reassign the SCSI IDs manually, then reconfigure and restart the hosts. | |||
Hyper-V Failover Cluster | |||
RHEL7.4 | DMMP | ||
SLES12 SP3 | DMMP | ||
SLES11 SP1 | DMMP | ||
VMware ESxi6.5 | Native | VAAI is supported using NDVM with SVC | |
VMware ESXi6.0 | Native | ||
VMware ESXi5.5 | Native | ||
Solaris 11.3 SPARC | MPxIO | SAN Boot is supported | |
Solaris 11.1 SPARC | Veritas DMP | SAN Boot is supported | |
Solaris10u11 | MPxIO | SFHA 6.1 | |
Hewlett Packard B.11.31.1303 | Native | Service Guard 11.20 | SAN Boot is supported |
For all other host types, I/O should be quiesced when moving a volume.
Transparent Cloud Tiering
With the inclusion of transparent cloud tiering in SVC 7.8, you can configure a cloud account on the system to be able to create and restore cloud snapshots of system volumes. Please click the link for details:
IP Quorum
From IBM Spectrum Virtualize Software V7.6, IP quorum is supported to enable the use of a lower cost IP network-attached host as quorum disk to cope with tie-break situation.
Please refer to below table for OS support matrix
OS version | Oracle Java 7 | Oracle Java 8 | IBM Java 7 | IBM Java 8 | Open JDK 7 | Open JDK 8 |
Windows Server 2016 | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
Windows Server 2012R2 | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
Windows Server 2012 | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
Windows Server 2008R2 | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
Windows Server 2008 | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
RHEL 7.x | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
RHEL 6.x | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
SLES 12.x | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
SLES 11.x | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
CentOS 7.x | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
CentOS 6.x | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
AIX 7.x | √ | √ |
Supported Key Servers
Supported level are available at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10738187
Other Hardware & Software
Technologies for extending the distance between two IBM Storwize V7000 clusters can be broadly divided into the following two categories.
Inter Cluster Fibre Channel Extenders
Fibre channel extenders simply extend a fibre channel link by transmitting fibre channel packets across long links without changing the contents of those packets. IBM has tested a number of such fibre channel extender technologies with IBM Storwize V7000 and will support fibre channel extenders of all types provided that they are planned, installed and operated as described in the Configuration Guide document.
Inter Cluster SAN Routers
SAN routers extend the scope of a SAN by providing "virtual nPorts" on two or more SANs. The router arranges that traffic at one virtual nPort is propagated to the other virtual nPort but the two fibre channel fabrics are independent of one another. Thus nPorts on each of the fabrics cannot directly log into each other. There are distance restrictions imposed due to latency. The amount of latency which can be tolerated depends on the type of copy services being used (Metro Mirror or Global Mirror). Details of the maximum latencies supported can be found in the Software Installation and Configuration Guide.
Due to the more complex interactions involved, IBM explicitly tests products of this class for interoperability with IBM Storwize V7000.
The following SAN Routers are supported for use with IBM Storwize V7000 when planned, installed and operated as described in the Configuration Guide document.
Inter Cluster SAN Routers
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Firmware
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AKA
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Notes
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IBM# for IBM Badged Switch
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SAN16B-R SAN Router
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Brocade AP7420
SAN Router |
7.4.1d
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2109-A16
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SAN18B-R
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Silkworm 7500
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6.3.1b
6.3.2a 6.4.0b 6.4.0c 6.4.2a |
2005-R18
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SAN04B-R
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Silkworm 7500E
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6.3.1b
6.3.2a 6.4.0a 6.4.2a |
2005-R04
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SAN06B-R
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Silkworm 7800
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6.3.1a
6.3.1b 6.4.2a 6.4.3b 6.4.3c 7.0.1b 7.0.0c 7.0.0d 7.0.1b 7.0.2a 7.0.2.c 7.1.0c 7.1.1 7.1.1b 7.1.1c 7.1.1c1 7.1.2 7.1.2a 7.1.2b 7.2.0d 7.2.1a 7.2.1b 7.2.1c 7.2.1c1 7.2.1d 7.2.1e 7.2.1f 7.2.1g 7.3.0b 7.3.0c 7.3.1a 7.3.1b 7.3.1c 7.3.1d 7.3.1e 7.3.2 7.3.2a 7.3.2b 7.4.0a 7.4.0b 7.4.1 7.4.1a 7.4.1b 7.4.1c 7.4.1d |
2498-R06
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SAN42B-R
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Brocade 7840
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7.3.0b
7.3.0c 7.3.1a 7.3.1b 7.3.1c 7.3.1d 7.3.1e 7.3.2 7.3.2a 7.3.2b 7.4.0a 7.4.0b 7.4.1 7.4.1a 7.4.1b 7.4.1c 7.4.1d |
2498-R42
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M48 FC3450 Blade
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Silkworm 48000 director blade FR4-18i
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6.3.1b
6.3.2a 6.4.0a 6.4.0b 6.4.0c 6.4.1b 6.4.2a |
N/A
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SAN384B
SAN768B FC3890 |
FX8-24
Router Blade |
6.4.1b
6.4.2a 6.4.3b 6.4.3c 7.0.1b 7.0.0c |
2499-192
2499-384 |
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SAN384B-2
SAN768B-2 FC3890 |
FX8-24
Router Blade |
6.4.1b
6.4.2a 6.4.3b 6.4.3c 7.0.1b 7.0.0c |
2499-416
2499-816 |
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Cisco MDS 9000 Series Inter VSAN Routing
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QLogic 6142
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2.4.4.3
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VSS
VSS support can be found at:
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEPFA/landing/css_lifecycle_support_matrix_vssvds.html
Management GUI
To access the management GUI, you must ensure that your web browser is supported and has the appropriate settings enabled.
Support link
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For information on supported browsers & configuring you browser to work with the IBM Storwize V7000 management GUI please visit the
IBM Storwize V7000 Information Center |
GPFS / IBM Spectrum Scale Versions
AIX Level
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GPFS / IBM Spectrum Scale Version
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Note
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6.1
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3.5
4.1 |
Please see the following link for GPFS / IBM Spectrum ScaleDocumentation
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7.1
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3.5
4.1 |
RHEL Level
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GPFS / IBM Spectrum Scale Version
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Note
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5.6 and above
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3.5
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Please see the following link for GPFS / IBM Spectrum ScaleDocumentation
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6.2 & above
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4.1
4.1.1 |
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6.4 & above
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4.2
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7
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3.5.0.21 & above
4.1.0.4 & above |
IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager (FCM) / IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot
FlashCopy Manager / Spectrum Protect Snapshot Level
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FlashCopy Manager / Spectrum Protect Snapshot Information
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Notes
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4.1.6
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8.1.0
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Oracle
*Oracle Server Release
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Minimum Operating System
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Minimum IBM Storwize V7000 Level
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Clustering Support
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ASM
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Note
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11gR2 64bit
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AIX 7.1
RHEL6.10 SLES11 HPUX11iV3 Windows 2012 |
V6.1.x
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Yes
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Yes
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AIX 5.3 and AIX 6.1 are now end of service and as such no further fixes will be made available. Should you have an issue please upgrade to a supported version of AIX.
Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 v8.1 Restrictions Please visit the IBM Storwize V5000 v8.1 Restrictions Please visit this Flash if using Oracle ASM with HPUX On Linux servers running Oracle RAC 11GR2 set Parameter ”_asm_hbeatiowait ” to 65s or larger. |
12c
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AIX 7.1 TL3
RHEL6.10 RHEL7 HPUX11.31 Windows 2008 R2 Windows 2012 R2 Solaris 11.2 |
V7.3.x
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Yes
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Yes
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Please visit the IBM Storwize V7000 v8.1 Restrictions
Please visit the IBM Storwize V5000 v8.1 Restrictions Please visit this Flash if using Oracle ASM with HPUX For notes on Solaris 11.2 IDRs please see here |
RHEL6.10
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V7.5.x
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Openstack
Please link the following link for Openstack support.
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