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The documents titled Supported Hardware List and Recommended Software Levels provide the operating systems, host adapters, SAN fabric elements, RAID controllers and selected other hardware that have been tested or qualified by IBM.
For operating systems, we show the latest tested release levels and service packs. Only the listed operating systems are supported. For host adapters, SAN fabric elements and RAID controllers, we list our currently recommended firmware and/or BIOS levels and formally support only the hardware listed.
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.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: SAN Volume Controller V3.1.0 is no longer supported. Refer to the SAN Volume Controller Support Statement for further information.
Whilst IBM recommends these levels based upon the most recent testing, the following levels were tested against previous versions of SVC and IBM will support the use of these levels with SVC V3.1.0:
V2.1.0 - Recommended Software Levels for SAN Volume Controller
SAN File System V2.2.3
SAN File System V2.2.3 | Link | Notes |
Please refer to the following link for a list of systems supported by SAN File System Version 2.2.3 | SLES 8 Metadata Server (xSeries) | |
SLES 9 Metadata Server (xSeries) |
IBM recommends these levels for use with SVC based upon the most recent testing, however they are not mandatory for a customer to be supported by IBM. Please click Here for more information
Host Operating System Levels
Operating System | Maintenance Level | Notes |
AIX 4.3.3 | Maintenance Level 11 | |
AIX 5.1 | Maintenance Level 9 (ML09) | |
AIX 5.2 | Technology Level 8 (TL08) | |
AIX 5.3 | Technology Level 4 (TL04) | |
Windows NT 4 | SP6a | |
Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 Advanced Server | SP4 Update Rollup 1 | |
Windows 2003 Server (Standard and Enterprise Edition) (32 bit only) | SP1 Please click on the following link to refer to the Microsoft Help and Support article 909360: Microsoft Help and Support | Windows 2003 R2 is supported. Please refer to the following link for additional support information Windows Server 2003 R2 Partners |
Red Hat EL Advanced Server 2.1 | U7 2.4.9-e.62 EL Kernel | Fabric maintenance and CCL restrictions apply, please visit Software Restrictions for further details |
Red Hat EL Advanced Server 3.0 | U5 2.4.21-32.0.1 ELHugemem Kernel | |
SLES 8 United Linux 1.0 | SP4 2.4.21-292 | |
zSeries SP4 2.4.21-295 | zSeries Notes: Kernel requires fix for IBM bugzilla 16690 Mode: LPAR (31 / 64 bit) and z/VM (31 / 64 bit) Running under z/VM 64 bit V5 R1.0 service level 0501 Models Supported: zSeries z800 - IBM 2066 zSeries z890 - IBM 2086 zSeries z900 - IBM 2064 zSeries z990 - IBM 2084 | |
SLES 9 Novell/SuSE | SP1 2.6.5-7.151 | xSeries Intel Servers Only |
SP1 - Kernel 2.6.5-7.151-pSeries64 | pSeries (IBM p5 Only) | |
SP3 Requires a minimum kernel of 2.6.5-7.243-S390 | zSeries Notes: Supported Machines: zSeries z800 - IBM 2066 zSeries z800 - IBM 2086 zSeries z900 - IBM 2064 zSeries z990 - IBM 2084 zSeries z9-109 | |
SP1 - Kernel 2.6.5-7.151-smp | HS20 / HS40 Blade | |
HP-UX 11.0 | for PA-RISC (64 bit only) | The following patches should be applied to the base OS: HWE1100 (B.11.00.0403.3) QPK1100 (B.11.00.64.4) plus the latest PDC firmware for the model Set PV (Physical Volume) timeout to 90 seconds when multipathed with SDD, and 60 seconds when using PV Links. This is to avoid I/O timeouts during fabric maintenance and SVC CCLs (Concurrent code loads) |
HP-UX 11i | v1 for PA-RISC (64 bit only) | The following patches should be applied to the base OS: BUNDLE11i (B.11.11.0306.1) HWEnable11i (B.11.11.0412.5) GOLDAPPS11i (B.11.11.0506.4) GOLDBASE11i (B.11.11.0506.4) plus the latest PDC firmware for the model Set PV (Physical Volume) timeout to 90 seconds when multipathed with SDD, and 60 seconds when using PV Links. This is to avoid I/O timeouts during fabric maintenance and SVC CCLs (Concurrent code loads) |
SunOS / Solaris | V5.9 / 9 (64 bit only) | |
V5.8 / 8 (64 bit only) | ||
Novell NetWare 6.5 | SP2 | |
SP4a | ||
VMware ESX 2.5.3 | Build 22981 | Guest OS - Windows 2000 and 2003 ( Clustered & Non Clustered) RH2.1, RH3.0, SLES8, SLES9 Support for Virtual Center/VMotion |
VMware ESX 2.5.2 | Build 16390 | Guest OS - Windows 2000 and 2003 ( Clustered & Non Clustered) RH2.1, RH3.0, SLES8, SLES9 Support for Virtual Center/VMotion |
VMware ESX 2.1 with VMFS disks | Build 7728 | Novell 6.5 as a guest operating system only Supported in single path mode only, please visit Software Restrictions for further details Only VMFS mode disk are supported Vmotion is not supported |
Tru64 | 5.1A | LUN numbering: When mapping vdisks to hosts, only LUNs in the range 0 to 254 can be used Expanding SVC vdisks is supported (upon vdisk expansion, the disk label still shows original size however the disk needs to be re labelled and AdvFS file system extended) Shrinking SVC vdisks is not supported SVC Copy Services Configuration / LUN Synthesis: With AdvFS, it is possible to map a FC target to the same machine as a FC source. In order to use the same domain name, manual link to the new disk (ln -s /dev/disk/dskNc) has to be created in the /etc/fdmns/domain_name directory |
5.1B-2 PK 4 Build 2650 |
IBM recommends these levels for use with SVC based upon the most recent testing, however they are not mandatory for a customer to be supported by IBM. Please click Here for more informationMultipathing / Host Drivers, Clustering and SAN Boot support - By Host Operating System
Please refer to the Host Attachment Guide for more detailed information on the supported functions below.
*devices.fcp.disk.ibm.rte / devices.fcp.disk.ibm2145.rte / devices.fcp.disk.ibm.mpio.rte.tar
Multipath Driver | *Host Attachment Script | SAN Boot Support | Clustering Support | Notes | |||||
AIX 4.3.3 | No | No | |||||||
AIX 5.1 | No | HACMP 4.5 SVC Supports up to 32 nodes per HACMP cluster | HACMP 5.1 SVC Supports up to 32 nodes per HACMP cluster | HACMP 5.2, 5.2/XD APAR Requirements: HACMP #IY68370 HACMP #IY66135 HACMP #IY69084 HACMP #IY70300 HACMP #IY70301 HACMP #IY70337 AIX ML 5100-07 SVC Supports up to 32 nodes per HACMP cluster | - | - | |||
AIX 5.2 | No | HACMP 5.2, 5.2/XD APAR Requirements: HACMP #IY68370 HACMP #IY66135 HACMP #IY69084 HACMP #IY70300 HACMP #IY70301 HACMP #IY70337 AIX ML 5200-04 AIX #IY65814+ SVC Supports up to 32 nodes per HACMP cluster | HACMP 5.3/XD APAR Requirements: HACMP IY84883 Technology Level 8 (TL08) SVC Supports up to 32 nodes per HACMP cluster | HACMP 5.4/XD Technology Level 8 (TL08) SVC Supports up to 32 nodes per HACMP cluster | |||||
Veritas DMP | N/A | Yes with APAR IY67584 IY65717 IY59620 | Veritas Storage Foundation HA v4.0 with MP3 with Point Patch | The point patch for VSF 4.0 MP3 related to IBM SVC can be obtained via Symantec Tech support. IBM does NOT support I/O fencing of VCS on AIX for SVC at this time | |||||
HACMP 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 Technology Level 8 (TL08) HACMP volume groups must be defined as Enhanced Concurrent Mode, in either concurrent or non-concurrent resource groups | With MPIO APAR IY79157 For Restrictions please Visit the following Flash Announcement: Operating SAN Volume Controller with MPIO / SDDPCM | ||||||||
AIX 5.3 | No | - | HACMP 5.1 APAR Requirements: HACMP APAR #IY61441 RSCT APAR #IY61740 AIX APAR #IY60930 AIX APAR #IY61034 AIX APAR #IY62191 SVC Supports up to 32 nodes per HACMP cluster | HACMP 5.2, 5.2/XD APAR Requirements: HACMP #IY68370 HACMP #IY66135 HACMP #IY69084 HACMP #IY70300 HACMP #IY70301 HACMP #IY70337 AIX ML 5300-01 AIX #IY65664 AIX #IY65815 SVC Supports up to 32 nodes per HACMP cluster | HACMP 5.3/XD APAR Requirements HACMP IY84883 Technology Level 4 (TL04) SVC Supports up to 32 nodes per HACMP cluster | HACMP 5.4/XD Technology Level 4 (TL04) SVC Supports up to 32 nodes per HACMP cluster | |||
Veritas DMP | N/A | Yes | Veritas Storage Foundation HA v4.0 with MP3 with Point Patch | The point patch for VSF 4.0 MP3 related to IBM SVC can be obtained via Symantec Tech support. IBM does NOT support I/O fencing of VCS on AIX for SVC at this time | |||||
HACMP 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 Technology Level 4 (TL04) HACMP volume groups must be defined as Enhanced Concurrent Mode, in either concurrent or non-concurrent resource groups | With MPIO APAR IY79165 For Restrictions please Visit the following Flash Announcement: Operating SAN Volume Controller with MPIO / SDDPCM | ||||||||
No | No | ||||||||
Please visit the following Flash Announcement: With VIO Client vSCSI APAR IY79360 With VIO Client MPIO APAR IY79165 With VIO Server MPIO APAR IY79165 | |||||||||
Red Hat AS 2.1 | N/A | No | No | ||||||
Red Hat AS 3.0 | N/A | No | No | ||||||
SLES 8 (x86) | N/A | No | No | ||||||
SLES 8 (ppc) | N/A | No | No | ||||||
SLES 8 (zSeries) | LVM version lvm-1.0.5-125 | N/A | Yes | No | SAN boot (IPL) is supported from SVC however the IPL processes can fail because there is no multipath support during the boot process | ||||
SLES 9 (x86) | SDD 1.6.1.0-4 We recommend using the 2.6.5-7.267 kernel Please note: Kernel 2.6.5-7.193 is not supported | N/A | Yes SP1 - Kernel 2.6.5.7.151-smp using QLogic 2342 adapter (see Supported Hardware List) | No | |||||
SLES 9 (pSeries) | N/A | Yes (see Supported Hardware List) | No | (IBM p5 Only) | |||||
SLES 9 (zSeries) | multipath-tools-0.4.5-0.11 | N/A | Yes (see Supported Hardware List) | No | SAN boot (IPL) is supported from SVC however the IPL processes can fail because there is no multipath support during the boot process | ||||
SLES 9 (HS20 / HS40 Blade) | SDD 1.6.1.0-4 We recommend using the 2.6.5-7.267 kernel Please note: Kernel 2.6.5-7.193 is not supported | N/A | Yes (see Supported Hardware List) | No | |||||
Windows NT | N/A | No | No | ||||||
Windows 2000 | N/A | SVC supports up to 2 Windows 2000 nodes per MSCS cluster | Please visit the V3.1.0 Software Restrictions document for information regarding Windows SAN Boot Clusters (MSCS) | ||||||
Windows 2003 (32 bit only) | N/A | SVC supports up to 8 Windows 2003 nodes per MSCS cluster | Please visit the V3.1.0 Software Restrictions document for information regarding Windows SAN Boot Clusters (MSCS) | ||||||
Windows 2003 (MPIO) (32 bit only) | N/A | Yes - Using QLogic 23xx adapters only (see Supported Hardware List) | SVC supports up to 8 Windows 2003 nodes per MSCS cluster Using QLogic 23xx adapters only (see Supported Hardware List) | Please visit the V3.1.0 Software Restrictions document for information regarding Windows SAN Boot Clusters (MSCS) MPIO is not supported on IBM BladeCenter® configurations | |||||
Solaris 8 (64 bit only) | N/A | No | No | ||||||
Symantec/VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1 | N/A | Yes - Using Emulex LP8000 adapters (see Supported Hardware List) | Symantec/VERITAS Cluster Server v4.1 SVC Supports up to 4 nodes per cluster | ||||||
Solaris 9 (64 bit only) | N/A | No | No | ||||||
Symantec/VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1 | N/A | Yes | Symantec/VERITAS Cluster Server v4.1 SVC Supports up to 4 nodes per cluster | ||||||
MPXIO | N/A | No | Sun Cluster 3.1 (Supported on Sun-badged HBA's only) SVC Supports up to 4 nodes per cluster | Limit the number of paths per device to 2. (4-server cluster) No unattended concurrent code loads. Any activity that involves some paths to the disks going offline needs manual intervention to check path status and to switch them to online state if required | |||||
HP-UX 11.0 (64 bit only) | N/A | No | No | See Host Operating System table above for patches | |||||
PV Links | N/A | Yes | Service Guard V11.14 SVC Supports up to 16 nodes per cluster | ||||||
HP-UX 11i v1 (64 bit only) | N/A | No | No | See Host Operating System table above for patches | |||||
PV Links | N/A | Yes | Service Guard V11.16 SVC Supports up to 16 nodes per cluster | ||||||
Novell Netware 6.5 SP2 | Native Netware Multipathing Driver | N/A | No | Novell Cluster Services v 1.7 SVC Supports up to 32 nodes per cluster | |||||
Novell Netware 6.5 SP4a | Yes | No | |||||||
VMWare ESX2.1 | Multipathing driver not supported | N/A | Boot support limited to guest operating systems only | Neither VMWare or Guest OS can be clustered | |||||
VMWare ESX2.5.3 | Native VMWare Multipathing Driver | N/A | Boot support for guest operating systems & Servers | Clustering support on Windows Guest OS only | Guest OS: W2k W2K3 Clustered & Stand Alone RH2.1 RH3.0 SLES8 SLES9 | ||||
VMWare ESX2.5.2 | Native VMWare Multipathing Driver | N/A | Boot support for guest operating systems & Servers | Clustering support on Windows Guest OS only | Guest OS: W2k W2K3 Clustered & Stand Alone RH2.1 RH3.0 SLES8 SLES9 | ||||
Tru64 | Native Tru64 Multipathing Driver | N/A | Yes on HP AlphaServer hosts | TruCluster Server Software | |||||
IBM recommends these levels for use with SVC based upon the most recent testing, however they are not mandatory for a customer to be supported by IBM. Please click Here for more informationOther Multipath Drivers Tested with SVC
As per the table above, the following multipath drivers can be used on hosts connected to SVC
Operating System | Driver |
Windows 2000 / 2003 | Symantec VERITAS Storage Foundation v4.3 with Qlogic HBAs Only We strongly recommend you install Maintenance Pack 1 of VERITAS Storage Foundation v4.3. This can be downloaded with the help of VERITAS Technical Support. Please visit the following release notes: VERITAS Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 4.3 Release Notes |
Solaris 8 / 9 | Symantec/VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1 |
Solaris 9 | MPXIO |
HP-UX 11.0 | Service Guard V11.14 PVlinks |
HP-UX 11i v1 | Service Guard V11.16 PVlinks |
Novell Netware | Native Multipath Driver |
VMware | Native Multipath Driver |
IBM recommends these levels for use with SVC based upon the most recent testing, however they are not mandatory for a customer to be supported by IBM. Please click Here for more informationMultipath Driver Co-existence with SDD
The following multipath drivers have been tested for co-existence with SDD.
Certain Configurations for the host are required under these conditions. Please refer to the Configuration Guide and Host Attachment Guide for this information
Operating System | Driver |
Windows NT | RDAC |
Windows 2000 | RDAC |
Windows 2003 | RDAC |
AIX 4.3.3/5.1/5.2/5.3 | RDAC |
Solaris 8 | Symantec/VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1 |
Solaris 9 | Symantec/VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1 |
HP-UX 11i v1 | Service Guard V11.16 PVlinks |
IBM recommends these levels for use with SVC based upon the most recent testing, however they are not mandatory for a customer to be supported by IBM. Please click Here for more informationDS4000 Client Software and RDAC Levels
Please refer to the DS4000 website for the latest recommended DS4000 client software and RDAC levels
GPFS / RVSD Versions
AIX Level | GPFS | RVSD | RVSD/PSSP | Note |
5.2 | 2.3 + 3.1 + 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | Peristent Reservations are not supported |
5.3 | 2.3 + 3.1 + 3.2 | 4.1 | N/A |
IBM recommends these levels for use with SVC based upon the most recent testing, however they are not mandatory for a customer to be supported by IBM. Please click Here for more informationVSS
Operating System | VSS | Note |
Windows 2003 | Please visit the following link for VSS support information |
IBM recommends these levels for use with SVC based upon the most recent testing, however they are not mandatory for a customer to be supported by IBM. Please click Here for more informationTotalStorage Productivity Center for Disk
TPC Level | Required TPC Patch | Recommended SVC Levels | Required SVC Console Levels | Note |
V2.3 | Please visit the following link to download a patch which allows TPC V2.3 to support SVC This fix is available for Windows and Linux systems and also enables audit logging: Required Patch | V3.1.0.3 or later However we recommend the latest SVC V3.1.0.x release available | N/A | Please visit the following link for the IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Disk |
V3.1.1 | N/A | V3.1.0.547 or later | Please visit the following link for the IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Disk TPC V3.1.0 is NOT Recommended |
IBM recommends these levels for use with SVC based upon the most recent testing, however they are not mandatory for a customer to be supported by IBM. Please click Here for more informationTotalStorage Productivity Center Replication Manager
Replication Manager Level | Note |
V2.3 | Please visit the following link: TPC for Replication 2.3 - SVC FlashCopy Session Usage Considerations |
IBM recommends these levels for use with SVC based upon the most recent testing, however they are not mandatory for a customer to be supported by IBM. Please click Here for more informationOracle
*Oracle Server Release | Operating System | Minimum SVC Level | Note |
8.1.7 | Solaris 8 | V2.1.0 | |
9i | V3.1.0 | ||
Solaris 9 | V3.1.0 (Oracle RAC also) | ||
AIX 5.1 | V2.1.0 |
*These levels are not the only supported levels, they are an indication of the SVC and Oracle levels which have been submitted to the Oracle Storage Certification Program (OSCP). Other versions of Oracle may also be used as required
Master Console Software Levels
Application | Level | Note | ||
Windows 2000 Service Pack | SP4 | |||
Windows 2000 Hotfixes | - KB823559 - KB823980 - (SP4) Q818043 | |||
Windows 2003 | ||||
Microsoft Internet Explorer | V6 SP1 (6.0.2800.1106) | |||
IBM Tivoli Storage Area Network Manager Bonus Pack | (PLEASE NOTE: If DB2 is installed and being used with IBM Tivoli Storage Area Network Manager Bonus Pack, fixpack 4 for DB2 MUST be installed on the master console) DB2 Fixpack 4 | |||
IBM DB2 | V8.1.4 | |||
Host Bus Adapter Driver | V 8.2.3.63 | |||
PuTTY | V0.58 | |||
IBM Director Server | 4.2 | |||
IBM TotalStorage SAN Volume Controller Console (SVCC) | ||||
Adobe Acrobat Reader | V6.0.1 | |||
Connection Manager | 1.2.1 | |||
QLogic Driver QLA2342 | V9.0.1.15 | |||
IBM NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adapters | 2.91.0.0 | Windows 2003 | ||
IBM Broadcom 570x-based Gigabit Ethernet Adapters | 2.78 ndis v5 driver | Windows 2000 | ||
IBM DS4000 (FAStT) Storage Manager Client | V9.1.0.G5.05 | |||
Java 2 Runtime Environment Standard addition | ||||
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