Dell Fluid Cache for SAN Compatibility Matrix
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Contents 1 Overview.................................................................................................................4 About this document............................................................................................................................ 4 Abbreviations......................................................................................................................................... 4 2 Dell Fluid Cache for SAN Compatibility Matrix...............................
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.
Abbreviations Description SR-IOV Single root I/O virtualization PERC Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 5
Dell Fluid Cache for SAN Compatibility Matrix 2 Supported Fluid Cache versions Following are the supported Fluid Cache for SAN versions: • Fluid Cache for SAN for Linux systems, version 2.1.0 • Fluid Cache for SAN for VMware systems, version 2.1.0 General Requirements • Verify with your account team for supported VMware and Linux configuration for Fluid Cache deployments.
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.
• • • Dell PowerEdge R630 Dell PowerEdge R720 Dell PowerEdge R730 NOTE: Dell PowerEdge R730 is a validated Cache Contributor server that does not support SSDs.
Fluid Cache version Adapter Required driver version (Required) Minimum firmware version Rack servers Blade servers Dual Port 10 GbE KR Mezzanine Adapter 2.1.0 (Linux) • • • Mellanox ConnectX-3 Dual Port 10 GbE SFP+ Adapter Mellanox ConnectX-3 Dual Port 40 GbE QSFP+ Adapter Mellanox ConnectX-3 Dual Port 10 GbE KR Mezzanine Adapter • RHEL 6.7: 3.2-1.0.1.1 * The Mellanox ConnectX-3 Driver version 2.0-2.6.8 will not install by default on OEL6.4 systems. Workaround: Edit the distro file for RHEL6.
Compatible cache media The following table lists the supported cache media with compatible storage sizes, drivers, versions, and maximum SSD storage capacity supported by Fluid Cache on each cache node. NOTE: The SSD cache media are supported only with the validated driver versions listed in the table. Table 4. Compatible cache media Cache media Supported storage size Dell Express Flash 175 GB or 350 GB PCIe SSD SLC Drives Dell Express Flash PCIe SSD MLC NVMe Drives 400 GB, 800 GB or 1.
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.
Other important Fluid Cache for SAN compatibility information 3 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.
