F5 Data Solutions Compatibility Matrix Last Revised: January 25, 2016 This document provides interoperability information intended for use as a reference guide in qualifying customer’s environments for use with the F5 ARX Data Management Operating System 6.4.0, 6.x.x, 5.3.x, v5.2.x, v5.1.x, v5.0.x, v4.1.x, v3.2.x and F5 Data Manager v3.1.x, v3.0.x and v2.6.1. Use this document for planning purposes only because hardware and software versions vary and numerous combinations are possible. The content of this document may change at any time. Please contact F5 Networks to review specific site requirements and questions. For ARX and Data Manager Versions not listed in this document and for storage systems and versions not covered in this solution matrix, please contact your F5 Networks representative or submit a Customer Special Request (CSR) to F5 Networks Data Solutions Product Management. F5 ARX and NAS / File-Server Compatibility This section lists common storage systems and file servers, as well as their respective software versions, which have been tested and qualified for interoperability with the F5 ARX. These servers were tested with the F5 ARX series intelligent file virtualization devices running the Data Management Operating System. Please contact F5 Networks to review any NAS or file server option not listed in this section. Supported Network File Virtual Present- Operating System Level6 Comments Platforms Protocols1,2 Snapshots5 ation Vols. Amazon S3 Amazon Simple Storage CIFS No Yes Requires ARX Cloud Extender v1.10.1.3 and ARX v5.1.9 or greater for CIFS Services (S3) NFS Requires ARX Cloud Extender v1.10.1 and ARX v6.0.0, v6.1.0 for NFS see Deployment Guide F5 ARX DG for Amazon S3 for details. Supports original CIFS (SMB) protocol AT&T AT&T Synaptic Storage as a CIFS No Yes Requires ARX Cloud Extender v1.8.1.19 or greater and ARX v5.2.2 or greater for CIFS Synaptic Service (powered by EMC NFS Atmos) Requires ARX Cloud Extender v1.10.1 or greater for NFS and ARX v6.0.0, v6.1.0 for NFS Utilizes EMC Atmos Supports original CIFS (SMB) protocol Dell Windows Storage Server 2008 CIFS Yes, CIFS Yes, CIFS Support 32-bit and 64-bit enabled systems 7 PowerVault R2 SP1 only only Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 supported w/ Series Windows Storage Server 20087 ARX V5.2.2 Windows 2003 Server R2 Server 2008 cluster and Server 2008 R2 Windows UDS Server 2003 R2 cluster are supported w/ ARX v5.1.0 and greater Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2 w/ WinRM 2.0 are supported w/ ARX virtual snapshots w/ ARX v5.1.5 and greater See F5 ARX DG for Dell for details. CIFS ABE is supported with Windows 2012; CIFS ABE is not supported with Windows 2008R2 Supports original CIFS (SMB) protocol Dell DX Dell DX 5.0.0 CIFS No Yes Requires ARX v6.0.0 or greater for CIFS Requires ARX v6.0.0, v6.1.0 for NFS Object Store NFS Requires ARX Cloud Extender version 1.9.0.2 or greater for CIFS Requires ARX Cloud Extender v1.10.1 for NFS Supports original CIFS (SMB) protocol F5 Networks Data Solutions Data Management OS v6.x.x / 5.3.x / v5.2.x / v5.1.x / v5.0.x / v4.1.x / v3.2.x and DM v3.01.x, v3.0.x, v2.6.x Solution Compatibility Matrix Supported Network File Virtual Present- Operating System Level6 Comments Platforms Protocols1,2 Snapshots5 ation Vols. EMC Atmos V1.3.x, V1.4.x REST API CIFS No Yes Requires ARX Cloud Extender v1.8.1.19 or greater and ARX v5.2.2 or greater for CIFS NFS Requires ARX Cloud Extender v1.10.1 or greater for NFS and ARX v6.0.0, v6.1.0 for NFS See Deployment Guide F5 ARX DG for EMC Atmos for details. Supports original CIFS (SMB) protocol EMC Atmos Atmos 2.1.2 with GeoDrive CIFS No Yes No support for CIFS compressed files or GeoDrive 1.1.3.8 installed on Windows sparse files Server 2008 R2 No ARX Metadata or quorum device on Atmos GeoDrive Not supported as an ARX Shadow Volume target No filer Sub-share support Supports original CIFS (SMB) protocol and SMB 2.0 with ARX v6.4.0 Tested with ARX v6.4.0. Consult your F5 representative on other ARX versions EMC Celerra DART 6.0, 5.6, 5.5, 5.4, 5.3 CIFS Yes, CIFS Yes Requires ARX v6.0.0 or greater for EMC EMC VNX VNX for File 7.0.35, 7.1.56.5 NFS & NFS VNX Requires ARX v6.2.0 or greater for ARX VNX2 8.1.2 MPNS3 Virtual Snapshots for CIFS and NFS Supports original CIFS (SMB) protocol and SMB 2.0 with ARX v6.4.0 No support for NFS UDP in the Virtual Data Mover (VDM) EMC / Data 5.4, 5.1.1.0 for NFS and CIFS NFS v3 TCP Yes, CIFS No Requires ARX v5.0.5 or greater for NFS Requires ARX v5.1.0 or greater for CIFS Domain 4.5.2.0, 4.7.3.0 for NFS CIFS & NFS Requires ARX v5.1.5 or greater for CIFS 4.7.3.0 for CIFS Virtual Snapshot support with Data Domain v4.7.x.x Requires ARX v6.2.0 for ARX Virtual Snapshots for CIFS and NFS with Data Domain OS v5.1.1.x No ARX Metadata or quorum device on Data Domain System Not supported as an ARX Shadow Volume target No CIFS Named Streams support No Access-based Enumeration support No NFS v3 UDP support by Data Domain No Data Domain Retention Lock support For CIFS, EMC recommends directory sizes of less than a thousand files when CIFS is the dominant protocol in use. Larger directory sizes will experience slower responses to metadata operations such as listing the files in the directory or opening a file. For details on scaling the max number of CIFS connections beyond 300 and tiered storage deployment best practices, see F5 ARX DG for Data Domain and other collateral. Supports original CIFS (SMB) protocol 2 F5 Networks Data Solutions Data Management OS v6.x.x / 5.3.x / v5.2.x / v5.1.x / v5.0.x / v4.1.x / v3.2.x and DM v3.01.x, v3.0.x, v2.6.x Solution Compatibility Matrix Supported Network File Virtual Present- Operating System Level6 Comments Platforms Protocols1,2 Snapshots5 ation Vols. EMC / Isilon OneFS 7.2.0.2, 7.1.0.0, 7.0.1.2 CIFS No No Requires ARX v6.2.0 HFRU#2 or greater for CIFS for CIFS NFSv3 TCP Requires ARX v6.3.0 HFRU#1 or greater for OneFS 7.2.0.2, 7.1.0.0, 7.0.1.2 NFSv2 NFS for NFS No support for Multi-protocol CIFS ABE is not supported with OneFS; Support for earlier OneFS Isilon has its own Share ABE feature that releases is now deprecated does not work with ARX. No CIFS Compression or CIFS Sparse Files support Does not support ARX CIFS Multiplexing feature. To host ARX metadata via NFS must enable mount access to subdirectories on Isilon OneFS.No support for NFSv3 UDP based on EMC recommendation; See EMC Best Practices document emc14001361. Supports original CIFS (SMB) protocol Hitachi 11.1, 10.0, 8.1, 7.x CIFS Yes, CIFS CIFS Yes ARX Virtual snapshots supported with ARX HNAS, NFS only NFS No v6.3.0 and greater powered by Requires ARX v6.1.1 or greater for HDS Bluearc HNAS v10.0 Requires ARX v5.2.2 or greater for CIFS Requires ARX v5.1.9 or greater for NFS Consult your F5 representative for details on Hitachi HNAS support Supports original CIFS (SMB) protocol HP X1000, Windows Storage Server 20087 CIFS Yes, CIFS Yes, CIFS Support 32-bit and 64-bit enabled systems X3000, Windows 2003 Server R2 only only Windows 2008 Server supported w/ ARX X5000 and V5.0.0 and greater All-in-One (NAS) Server 2008 cluster and Server 2008 R2 Storage cluster are supported w/ ARX v5.1.0 and Systems greater HP Proliant Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2 w/ WinRM (NAS) 2.0 are supported w/ ARX virtual snapshots w/ ARX v5.1.5 and greater CIFS ABE is supported with Windows 2012; CIFS ABE is not supported with Windows 2008R2 Supports original CIFS (SMB) protocol HP Polyserve Version 3.6.1.0536 CIFS No Yes Supported primarily for CIFS migration use case. Supported in Single-Active mode only; no support for Multi-Active mode support. Consult your F5 representative for details on HP Polyserve support. Supports original CIFS (SMB) protocol 3 F5 Networks Data Solutions Data Management OS v6.x.x / 5.3.x / v5.2.x / v5.1.x / v5.0.x / v4.1.x / v3.2.x and DM v3.01.x, v3.0.x, v2.6.x Solution Compatibility Matrix Supported Network File Virtual Present- Operating System Level6 Comments Platforms Protocols1,2 Snapshots5 ation Vols. IBM N series Data ONTAP 8.1.2 7-mode, CIFS Yes, CIFS Yes No support for CIFS sparse files 8.1.1 7-mode, 8.1 7-mode, NFS & NFS For CIFS and Multiprotocol deployments, 8.0.5 7-mode, 8.0.4 7-mode, MPNS3 ONTAP 7.2.6.1 and greater is supported with 8.0.3 7-mode, 8.0.2 7-mode ARX v3.2.3 and greater; ARX v4.1.1 and 8.0.1 7-mode, 8.0 7-Mode, greater; ARX v5.0.x and greater.