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Revision as of 21:38, 14 June 2016
Contents
- 1 QuantaStor Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)
- 1.1 Servers for QuantaStor SDS Appliances
- 1.2 External Expansion Storage / JBOD
- 1.3 SAS HBAs & SAS/SATA RAID Controllers
- 1.4 HDD Disk Devices
- 1.5 SSD Journal Disk Devices
- 1.6 Fibre Channel HBAs (Target)
- 1.7 Network Interface Cards (NICs)
- 1.8 Infiniband Adapters
- 1.9 Recommended Client / Initiator NICs, HBAs and Fibre Channel Adapters
- 1.10 Recommended Client side ISCSI Software Initiators
QuantaStor Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)
QuantaStor is Linux based with a v3.19 Linux kernel which provides broad support for the latest hardware. Hardware listed below has been tested for specific compatibility with QuantaStor to ensure system stability, performance and compatibility. If you have questions about specific hardware compatibility please contact support@osnexus.com for assistance.
Servers for QuantaStor SDS Appliances
Vendor | Model | Boot Controller | CPU | Memory |
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Cisco | UCS C3x60 Series | UCS RAID (OEM MegaRAID) | Dual Xeon E5-2620v3/v4 or faster | 64GB-256GB |
Dell | R730/R730xd/R720/R630/R620 | Dell PERC H7xx (OEM MegaRAID) | Dual Xeon E5-2620v3/v4 or faster | 64GB-256GB |
HPE | DL360/DL380/Apollo 4xxx Series | HPE P4xx w/ FBWC | Dual Xeon E5-2620v3/v4 or faster | 64GB-256GB |
Lenovo/IBM | x3650 M5/M4/M4 BD, x3250 M5 | ServeRAID M5xxx (OEM MegaRAID) | Dual Xeon E5-2620v3/v4 or faster | 64GB-256GB |
SuperMicro | All X10 & X9 based servers | SMC AOC (OEM MegaRAID) | Dual Xeon E5-2620v3/v4 or faster | 64GB-256GB |
External Expansion Storage / JBOD
- QuantaStor supports SAS/SATA & NVME external Expansion Shelves / JBOD devices from Dell, HP, IBM/Lenovo and SuperMicro.
- All JBOD must have two or more SAS expansion ports per module to allow for SAS multipathing. For chaining of expansion shelves three or more SAS ports are required per expander.
Vendor | JBOD Model |
---|---|
Cisco | All Models |
IBM/Lenovo | All Models |
Dell | All Models |
HPE | All Models |
SuperMicro | All Models (HA requires dual expander [E26, E2C]) |
SAS HBAs & SAS/SATA RAID Controllers
- All RAID controllers should be equipped with a battery or capacitor backed up memory cache such as a BBU/CacheVault/MaxCache device.
- External SAS HBA's should be configured to ignore Boot ROM from Disk Devices. For LSI Controllers, this option is called 'Boot Support' and should be set to 'OS only' in the MPTSAS BIOS.
Vendor | Model | Type | QS Managed w/ Call-home |
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Adaptec | 5xxx/6xxx/7xxx/8xxx | SATA/SAS | Yes |
Cisco | UCS RAID | SATA/SAS | Yes |
DELL | PERC H7xx, H8xx | SATA/SAS | Yes |
HP | SmartArray P4xx/P8xx | SATA/SAS | Yes |
LSI/Avago | MegaRAID (all models) | SATA/SAS | Yes |
LSI/Avago | Nytro MegaRAID (all models) | SATA/SAS | Yes |
LSI/Avago | Nytro WarpDrive (all models) | PCIe SSD | Yes |
HGST/STEC | s1120 PCIe Accelerator (all variants) | PCIe SSD | N/A |
IBM | ServeRAID M5xxx | SATA/SAS | Yes |
FusionIO | ioDrive / ioDrive Duo / ioDrive Octal | PCIe | N/A |
LSI/Avago | 9300-4i, 9300-4i4e, 9300-8i, 9300-8e, 9300-16e, 9300-16i, 9302-16e | SAS 12GB/s | Yes |
LSI/Avago | 9207-8e, 9205-8e, 9200-8e, 9206-16e, 9217-4i4e, 9217-8i, 9211-8i | SATA/SAS 6GB/s | Yes |
HDD Disk Devices
- Optimal configurations use NL-SAS, and 10K SAS enterprise grade HDDs with high MTBF ratings suited for storage of critical data.
- Always verify specific compatibility with RAID Controller and/or SAS HBA using vendors HCL.
Vendor | Model |
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Hitachi (HGST) UltraStar | 10K SAS, NL-SAS & Enterprise SATA Drives |
Seagate Enterprise Capacity/Enterprise Performance | 10K SAS, NL-SAS & Enterprise SATA Drives |
Western Digital RE(RAID Edition) | 10K SAS, NL-SAS & Enterprise SATA Drives |
Toshiba Enterprise Capacity/Enterprise Performance | 10K SAS, NL-SAS & Enterprise SATA Drives |
SSD Journal Disk Devices
- Always verify drive compatibility with your specific HBA/RAID controller vendor's latest HCL.
- Always use Datacenter or Enterprise grade SSDs.
- Always select journal SSDs with 10x DWPD (drive writes per day) or higher.
Vendor | Model | Type | Use Case |
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Intel | DC S3710 | SATA | Ceph Journal/CacheCade |
Micron | M510DC, M500DC, M600, P400m, P410m, P420m | SATA | Ceph Journal/CacheCade |
Micron | S6xxDC Series (Write Endurance models) | SAS | ZFS ZIL/Ceph Journal/CacheCade |
HGST / STEC | Ultrastar SSD (Write Endurance models) | SAS | ZFS ZIL/Ceph Journal/CacheCade |
Samsung | 845DC / PM863 | SATA | Ceph Journal/CacheCade |
Seagate | 600 Pro | SATA | Ceph Journal/CacheCade |
Fibre Channel HBAs (Target)
- QuantaStor SDS only supports Qlogic Fibre Channel HBAs for use with the FC SCSI target feature.
Vendor | Model | Type |
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QLogic (including all OEM models) | QLE26xx | 16Gb |
QLogic (including all OEM models) | QLE25xx | 8Gb |
QLogic (including all OEM models) | QLE24xx | 4Gb |
Network Interface Cards (NICs)
- QuantaStor supports almost all 1GB and 10/100 network cards on the market
- High speed 10GbE/40GbE NICs that have been tested for compatibility, stability and performance with QuantaStor are as listed.
Vendor | Model | Type | Connector |
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Intel | All 1GbE, 10GbE, and 40GbE models | 1GbE/10GbE/40GbE | QSFP, SFP+, 40GbE/10GbE/1GbE Base-T |
Emulex | OneConnect OCe14xxx Series | 10GbE/40GbE | QSFP |
Mellanox | ConnectX-3 EN/VPI Series | 10GbE/40GbE/56GbE | QSFP |
Mellanox | ConnectX-3 Pro EN/VPI Series | 10GbE/40GbE/56GbE | QSFP |
Interface Masters | NIAGARA 32714L (OEM Intel) | Quad-port 10GbE | SFP+ |
Infiniband Adapters
Vendor | Model | Type |
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Mellanox | ConnectX Series | 20Gb (DDR) |
Mellanox | ConnectX-2 VPI Series | 40Gb (QDR) |
Mellanox | ConnectX-3 VPI Series | 40/56Gb (QDR) |
Recommended Client / Initiator NICs, HBAs and Fibre Channel Adapters
There are no known limitations with hardware on the initiator side. The following list outlines the network adapters that engineers at OSNEXUS have tested for stability, performance and compatibility.
Use | Vendor | Models | Notes |
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iSCSI/NFS | Atto Tech. | FastFrame FF-NS12 | 10GbE |
iSCSI/NFS | Chelsio | N3xx, T4 | 10GbE |
iSCSI/NFS | Intel | X520/X540 (all Intel 10GbE variants) | 10GbE |
iSCSI/NFS | Interface Masters | NIAGARA 32714L | Quad-port 10GbE |
Fibre Channel | ATTO Tech. | Celerity FC-82EN | 8Gb FC |
Fibre Channel | QLogic | QLE26xx | 16Gb FC |
Fibre Channel | QLogic | QLE25xx | 8Gb FC |
Fibre Channel | QLogic | QLE24xx | 4Gb FC |
Infiniband | Mellanox | ConnectX & ConnectX-2 VPI Series | 20Gb (DDR) & 40Gb (QDR) |
Recommended Client side ISCSI Software Initiators
Vendor | Operating System | iSCSI Initiator |
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Microsoft | Windows XP, 7, 8, 10, Windows 2003 Server, 2008 Server, 2008 Server R2, 2012 Server | Windows iSCSI |
Apple | Mac OS X v10.5 'Leopard', v10.6 'Snow Leopard', v10.7 'Lion', v10.8 'Mountain Lion', v10.9 'Mavericks', v10.10 'Yosemite', v10.11 'El Capitan' | ATTO Xtend SAN initiator(globalSAN is not supported) |
Citrix | XenServer 5.x (iSCSI, FC, NFS), XenServer 6.x (iSCSI, FC, NFS), Citrix Ready Certified | iSCSI SR, NFS SR, StorageLink SR |
VMware | VMware ESXi 4.x, 5.x, 6.x (iSCSI, FC, NFS) | VMware initiator |
Linux | RHEL, SUSE, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, OEL, etc. (all major distros) | open-iscsi |