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IBM System Storage DS3000 Interoperab ility Matri x - 1 - IBM System Storage DS3000 series Interoperability Matrix Last Revised: November 7, 2008.
IBM System Storage DS3000 Interoperab ility Matri x - 2 - Table of Contents Important Disclaimer Information ................................................................................. 3 What’s new in the DS3000 Interop Matrix? ...............
IBM System Storage DS3000 Interoperab ility Matri x - 3 - Important Disclaimer Information The following compatibilit y/interoperability info rmation provided by IBM should be used as a reference guide only, because hardware a nd so ftware levels and releases may vary, and numerous hardware and software combinations ar e possible .
IBM System Storage DS3000 Interoperab ility Matri x - 4 - 5/9/2008 update: - Added Windows Server 2008 support (see page 15) - Currency for Linux and AIX operating system s (see page 15) - Additional .
IBM System Storage DS3000 Interoperab ility Matri x - 5 - What is in the box? The DS3000 series enclosure ships with the following hardware and software items. Hardware 1. Hard disk drive fil ler panels (12) 2. RAID controllers (up to 2) 3. Power supplies (2) 4.
IBM System Storage DS3000 Interoperab ility Matri x - 6 - DS3000 Storage Controllers and Expansion Units Description Part No. / SEO ID MTM FC Comments DS3200 SAS Storage Controllers IBM System Storage.
IBM System Storage DS3000 Interoperab ility Matri x - 7 - DS3000 Series Advanced Features Structure Out-of-the-box: 4 par titions on DS320 0, DS3300, a nd DS3400, Attachment License for 1 – 3 EXP300.
IBM System Storage DS3000 Interoperab ility Matri x - 8 - DS3000 Hardware & Software Options DS3200 DS3300 DS3400 Description PN MTM FC Single Dual Single Dual Single Dual Hardware Options DS3000 .
IBM System Storage DS3000 Interoperab ility Matri x - 9 - 1M LC-LC Fibre Channel Cable 39M5696 1726 3703 - - - - Y Y 5M LC-LC Fibre Channel Cable 39M5697 1726 3704 - - - - Y Y 25M LC-LC Fibre Channel .
IBM System Storage DS3000 Interoperab ility Matri x - 10 - Minimum Non-IBM Server Hardware Requ irements Server Processor Spee d Memory Intel Compatiable server s 1 Intel Pe ntium® or Pent ium-equiva.
IBM System Storage DS3000 Interoperab ility Matri x - 11 - Supported iSCSI Host Bus Adapters (HBA) Description PN DS3300 iSCSI HBAs 1 2 3 - for System x servers IBM Qlogic iSCSI Single Port PCI-e HBA .
IBM System Storage DS3000 Interoperab ility Matri x - 12 - Supported Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBA) for Servers Description PN FC DS3400 8Gbps – for System x servers QLogic 8Gb FC Single-port.
IBM System Storage DS3000 Interoperab ility Matri x - 13 - Supported Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBA) / Expansion Cards for IBM BladeCenter Description PN FC DS3400 4Gbps – for BladeCenter serv.
IBM System Storage DS3000 Interoperab ility Matri x - 14 - Supported SAN Switches Description PN DS3400 8Gbps – for ser vers IBM System Storage SAN24B-4 Express 249824E Y IBM System Storage SAN40B-4.
IBM System Storage DS3000 Interoperab ility Matri x - 15 - Supported Operating Systems Description DS3200 DS3300 DS3400 Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 U7 AS and ES for x86/ AMD64/EM64T Y 1 Y Y Red H.
IBM System Storage DS3000 Interoperab ility Matri x - 16 - Other Supported Software Products Management Applications DS3200 DS3300 DS3400 IBM Director v 5.2.0 1 Y Y Y IBM System Storag e Productivity Center 1 .2 (p reviously called TotalStorage Produ ctivity Center) - - Y Storage Virtualization IBM SAN Volume Contr oller 4.
IBM System Storage DS3000 Interoperab ility Matri x - 17 - Supported Hard Disk Drives (HDD) DS3200, DS3300, DS3400, and EX P3000 can have up to 12 HDDs: SAS or SATA or both. Up to 3 EX P3000s can be at tached to the DS 3200, DS3 300, and DS34 00 for expa nsion up the 4 8 HDDs total.
IBM System Storage DS3000 Interoperab ility Matri x - 18 - Warranty and Maintenance Offerings Description PN (Option) MTM FC DS3200 DS3300 DS3400 EXP3000 3-year IOR 9 x 5 Four (4) hour 44J8067 N/A 724.
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