Dell Fluid Cache for SAN Compatibility Matrix April 2016 Rev.
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Contents Chapter 1: Overview...................................................................................................................... 4 About this document.......................................................................................................................................................... 4 Abbreviations........................................................................................................................................................................
1 Overview Dell Fluid Cache for SAN is a server-side caching accelerator software. Fluid Cache makes high-speed PCI Express (PCIe) SSDs a shared, distributed cache resource. Fluid Cache is deployed on clusters of Dell PowerEdge systems connected using RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE)-enabled Ethernet adapters and operates within a SAN environment employing a Dell Compellent backing store.
2 Dell Fluid Cache for SAN Compatibility Matrix Topics: • • • • • • • • Supported Fluid Cache versions General Requirements Compatible operating systems Compatible client servers Compatible cache contributor servers Compatible storage controller, EM, and SC ESXi Fluid Cache Host connectivity to back-end SC8000 SAN storage Compatible cache network switches Supported Fluid Cache versions Following are the supported Fluid Cache for SAN versions: ● Fluid Cache for SAN for Linux systems, version 2.1.
Table 2. Compatible operating systems (continued) Fluid Cache for SAN version Compatible operating system NOTE: vSphere Enterprise Plus license required for SR-IOV support (for Mellanox ConnectX-3 Adapters). NOTE: VMware ESXi 5.5 versions up to update 3 and VMware ESXi 6.0 versions up to update 2 support iSCSI or FC to access Fluid Cache volumes. 2.1.0 (Linux) ● ● ● ● ● ● Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 (64-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 (64-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
PowerEdge modular servers Compatible with following modular servers within M1000e and FX2s chassis running the latest firmware versions. ● M1000e: ○ Dell PowerEdge M620 ○ Dell PowerEdge M820 ○ Dell PowerEdge M630 ● FX2s: ○ PowerEdge FC630 PowerEdge tower servers Compatible with Dell PowerEdge T630 running the latest firmware versions. Compatible network adapters Cache network adapters The following table lists the Fluid Cache versions and compatible cache network adapters. Table 3.
● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● QLogic 2560, single-port 8 GB, Optical Fibre Channel HBA QLogic 2562, dual-port 8 GB, Optical Fibre Channel HBA QLogic 2660, single-port 16 GB, Fibre Channel HBA, full height QLogic 2662, dual-port 16 GB, Fibre Channel HBA, full height Emulex LPE 12000, single-port 8 GB, Fibre Channel HBA Emulex LPE 12002, dual-port 8 GB, Fibre Channel HBA Emulex LPe16000B, single-port 16 GB, Fibre Channel HBA Emulex LPe16002B, dual-port 16 GB, Fibre Channel HBA iSCSI HBAs and Software iSCSI Initiator For
● http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/storage/w/wiki/2648.dell-compellent ● http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/tags/Compellent ESXi Fluid Cache Host connectivity to back-end SC8000 SAN storage The following are the required iSCSI and Fibre Channel ESXi host back-end connectivity to Dell Storage Controller SC8000 SAN Storage platforms. ● SCSI/iSCSI ( iSCSI to both standard CML volumes and FLDC volumes) — Requires a minimum of one dual port iSCSI NIC/HBA adapters.
3 Other important Fluid Cache for SAN compatibility information The following table lists Fluid Cache for SAN compatibility and interoperability information with other miscellaneous features or products. Table 6. Miscellaneous Fluid Cache for SAN compatibility information Feature or Product Support capability by Dell Fluid Cache for SAN Live Volume Not Supported Replication: Sync Not Supported. If it is configured, can cause data loss.
