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IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller

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The table below provides a summary of SVC supported environments. For the most current, and more detailed, information, please see the ibm.com/systems/storage/software/virtualization/svc/interop.html detailed SVC interoperability information.

Storage systems support Specific models of the following storage systems:
  
  • IBM TotalStorage® Enterprise Storage Server®, IBM System Storage DS3000, DS4000®, DS5000, DS6000™, DS8000, N series


  • IBM XIV® Storage System


  • EMC Symmetrix DMX and 8000-series models


  • EMC CLARiiON CX-series models and FC4700


  • Hitachi Data Systems Thunder, Lightning, TagmaStore, AMS, WMS, Universal Storage Platform


  • Sun StorEdge systems, Sun StorageTek systems, FlexLine 200


  • Hewlett Packard MA8000, EMA12000, EMA16000, EVA family, MSA family, XP family


  • NetApp FAS


  • Bull StoreWay


  • Fujitsu Eternus


  • NEC iStorage


  • Pillar Axiom


  • Texas Memory Systems RamSan-500


  • Xiotech Emprise 5000

Host multipathing software
  • IBM System Storage Multipath Subsystem Device Driver (SDD)


  • Symantec/Veritas Volume Manager 3.5 MP3, 4.0, 4.1, 4.3, 5.0


  • PVLinks for HP-UX


  • MPIO for Windows® and IBM AIX®


  • MPxIO for Solaris


  • Native NetWare multipathing driver


  • Native VMware multipathing driver for VMware ESX 2.5 and later


  • Native multipathing drivers for OpenVMS, Tru64, SGI Irix


  • RDAC multipathing software for certain DS4000 environments

Operating system support
  • IBM AIX V4.3.3


  • IBM AIX 5L™ V5.1, V5.2, V5.3


  • IBM AIX V6.1


  • IBM z/VSE™ V4.2


  • IBM PowerVM™ Virtual I/O Server 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5


  • Microsoft® Windows 2000, 2003 and 2008


  • Microsoft Hyper-V


  • Novell NetWare V6.5


  • Sun Solaris 8, 9, 10


  • VMware ESX 2.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 3.0.2, 3.5, 3i


  • VMware vSphere™ 4


  • HP-UX 11.0, 11i V1, V2, V3


  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux®, Advanced Server 2.1, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0


  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, 9, 10, 11


  • Citrix Xen Server


  • HP Tru64 5.1A, 5.1B


  • HP OpenVMS 7.3-2, 8.2, 8.3


  • SGI Irix 6.5.28, Altix SLES 9


  • Mac OS X Server 10.5


  • IBM N series Gateways


  • NetApp V-Series


  • ONStor Clustered NAS Gateway

   For information on HBAs and clustering support with these operating systems, visit ibm.com/systems/storage/software/virtualization/svc/ and click on “Interoperability.”
Support for SAN switches—selected models from the following suppliers
  • Brocade


  • McDATA


  • Cisco


  • CNT

Service
  • Customer engineer (CE) installation


  • Hardware warranty, one year parts and labor


  • One year of software maintenance included


  • Software upgrades and fix packs available through Web download, may be installed nondisruptively

IBM Global Services storage services
  • Consult and design


    • Backup and continuity planning


    • Performance utilization and capacity planning



  • Integrate and deploy


    • Installation, cabling and site preparation


    • Migration and consolidation


    • Education and training



  • Operate and manage


    • System support and maintenance





 
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