Detailed System Requirements
Abstract
What are the supported components of IBM Spectrum Control™ V5.4.0 and later? Where can I install the Storage Resource Agent (SRA)? What operating systems are supported? What Hypervisors and VMware data sources can be monitored?
Content
IBM Spectrum Control supports these operating systems for the Storage Resource Agent (SRA):
IBM Spectrum Control supports monitoring these Hypervisors and VMware data sources:
IBM Spectrum Control supports these components for the Storage Resource Agent (SRA):
IBM AIX®
| Platform |
Storage
Resource Agent |
Clustering
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File Systems
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Volume Managers
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AIX 6.1
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No 1
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AIX 7.1
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No 4
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AIX 7.2
(64 bit) -POWER7 -POWER8 -POWER9 in POWER8 compatibility mode -POWER9 in POWER9 mode |
Yes | |||
| AIX 7.3 (64 bit) -POWER8 -POWER9 in POWER8 compatibility mode -POWER9 in POWER9 mode |
Yes 5 | |||
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AIX Agent Notes:
The Storage Resource agent for IBM AIX is a native 64-bit application and cannot be used on 32-bit operating systems.
1 AIX 6.1 has reached end of support. For more information see the AIX support lifecycle information: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1012517 2 Support exists for file systems and volumes created through Veritas File System (VxFS) and Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) release 4.x, 5.x, as long as those file systems and volumes conform to file systems and volumes created with version 3.x of VxFS and VxVM. Volumes and file systems with new features specifically introduced with VxFS and VxVM release 4.x, 5.x cannot be used. 3 Refer to the PowerHA for AIX version compatibility matrix for further details regarding PowerHA requirements. 4 AIX 7.1 has reached end of support. For more information see the AIX product lifecycle information: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1174144
5 AIX 7.3 is supported starting with IBM Spectrum Control 5.4.5.2
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Linux®
| Platform 3, 5 |
Storage Resource Agent
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Clustering
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File Systems
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Volume Managers
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| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 |
No 4
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None
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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No 8
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7
- x86-64 - POWER7 (64-bit) - POWER7+ (64-bit) - POWER8 (64-bit) - zSeries (64-bit) 7 |
Yes 5, 6, 10 EOL
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 8
- x86-64 - POWER8 (64-bit) - POWER9 (64-bit) - zSeries (64-bit) 7 |
Yes 5
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 9.2, 9.3
- x86-64 - POWER8 (64-bit) - POWER9 (64-bit) - zSeries (64-bit) 7 |
Yes 5
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 |
No 9
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None
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Linux Agent Notes:
1 Support exists for file systems and volumes created through Veritas File System (VxFS) and Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) release 4.x, 5.x, as long as those file systems and volumes conform to file systems and volumes created with version 3.x of VxFS and VxVM. Volumes and file systems with new features specifically introduced with VxFS and VxVM release 4.x, 5.x cannot be used. 2 IBM Spectrum Scale is not a supported file system for Storage Resource agents running on Linux on zSeries. 3 The Storage Resource agent for Linux (excluding the IBM Power and IBM zSeries architectures) is a native 64-bit application and cannot be used on 32-bit operating systems. For IBM Power and zSeries architectures, it is a 32-bit application that can run in compatibility mode on hosts with 64-bit processors, requiring the 32-bit compat-libstdc++-33 RPM. 4 Red Hat has ended support for version 5 of Enterprise Linux product, therefore IBM Spectrum Control has removed support for this version of Linux for current and previous versions of Spectrum Control. For more information see the Life-Cycle section on this web page: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/ 5 The SRA supported Linux operating systems on POWER are big endian. 6 Minimum version of RHEL required is RHEL 7.3. Supported on IBM Spectrum Control 5.4.0 - 5.4.10.2 7 The Storage Resource agent on zSeries only supports direct attached disks.
8 Red Hat has ended support for version 6 of Enterprise Linux product, therefore IBM Spectrum Control has removed support for this version of Linux for current and previous versions of Spectrum Control. For more information see the details here: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/ and https://access.redhat.com/discussions/4768501
9 SUSE has ended support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, therefore IBM Spectrum Control has removed support for this version of Linux for current and previous versions of Spectrum Control. For more information see the details here: https://www.suse.com/lifecycle/#suse-linux-enterprise-server-11
10 Red Hat has announced that June 30, 2024 is end of support for version 7 of Enterprise Linux product, and therefore IBM Spectrum Control will also remove support for this version of Linux for current and previous versions of Spectrum Control. For more information, see the Life-Cycle section here: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata
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Microsoft Windows™
| Platform |
Storage Resource Agent
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Clustering
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File Systems
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Volume Managers
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| Windows Server 2008 |
No 1
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None
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
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No 1
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Windows Server 2012
(x86-64) - Datacenter Edition - Standard Edition |
No 2
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Windows Server 2012 R2
(x86-64) - Datacenter Edition - Standard Edition |
No 2
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Windows Server 2016
(x86-64) - Datacenter Edition - Standard Edition |
Yes | |||
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Windows Server 2019
(x86-64) - Standard Edition |
Yes | |||
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Windows Server 2022
(x86-64) - Standard Edition |
Yes
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Windows Agent Notes:
1 Microsoft has ended support of all versions of Windows Server 2008, therefore IBM Spectrum Control has removed support of Windows Server 2008 for current and previous versions of Spectrum Control. For more information see the Microsoft support lifecycle.
2 Microsoft has ended support of all versions of Windows Server 2012, therefore IBM Spectrum Control has removed support of Windows Server 2012 for current and previous versions of Spectrum Control. For more information see the Microsoft support lifecycle.
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VM on Hyper-V
| Platform |
Storage Resource Agent
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| Microsoft Hyper-V |
No
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VM on KVM
| Platform |
Storage Resource Agent
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KVM 2.0
(x86-64) |
Yes 1
See corresponding operating system for platform support 2
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VM on KVM Agent Notes:
1 Spectrum Control SRA is supported when installed on a supported operating system. See corresponding operating system tables above for platform support.
2 Total Disk Space and Available Disk Space cannot be determined with the Storage Resource Agents for any guest operating systems. |
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VM on VMware®
| Platform |
Storage Resource Agent
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VMware ESXi 5.5.x, 6.0.x, 6.5.x, 6.7.x, 7.0.x 2
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Yes 1
See corresponding operating system for platform support
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VM on VMware Notes:
1 Spectrum Control SRA is supported when installed on a supported operating system. See corresponding operating system tables above for platform support.
2 Support added for ESXi 7.0.x starting with Spectrum Control 5.4.2 |
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Hypervisors and VMware® monitoring support
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Vendor
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Supported Platform
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Supported Functions
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Supported Storage Systems for Monitoring & LUN Correlation |
| VMWare1 | ESXi Server 7.0.x 2, 3 |
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| ESXi Server 6.7.x 2 | |||
| vCenter 6.7.x 2 | |||
| ESXi Server 6.5.x 2 | |||
| vCenter 6.5.x 2 | |||
| ESXi Server 6.0.x 2 | |||
| vCenter 6.0.x 2 | |||
| ESXi Server 5.5.x | |||
| vCenter 5.5.x | |||
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Hypervisor Monitoring Notes:
1 The free edition of ESXi is not supported since the vSphere API is read-only. Additional information is available here: https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2012/02/introduction-to-the-vsphere-api-part-1.html 2 Spectrum Control does not support vSphere Virtual Volumes (vVol) for LUN correlation or monitoring. 3 SRA support starts with Spectrum Control 5.4.2. LUN correlation and monitoring is not yet supported.
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Multipathing
| Multipathing Product | Platform | Minimum Version 2 | Supported Features 1 |
| SDDDSM 2, 4 | Windows |
2.1.3.0-1 for 32-bit machines
2.2.0.0-11 for 64-bit machines |
All |
| SDDPCM 2, 4 | AIX |
2.2.0.x
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All |
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3.0.0.x
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All | ||
| AIX Multipath I/O | AIX | 2.2.0.x |
Probe
Path Status |
| 3.0.0.x | |||
| DM-Multipath 2 | SLES 11 |
device-mapper-1.02.27-8.6
multipath-tools-0.4.8-40.1 |
Full support 3 |
| EMC Powerpath 5 | AIX | 5.7 SP2 P04 |
Probe
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| Linux | 6.0 |
Probe
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| Windows | 6.0 |
Probe
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| Microsoft Multipath I/O (MPclaim) | Windows | Any |
Probe
Path Status |
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Multipathing Notes:
1 Supported features for IBM Spectrum Control include the following:
2 Additional information regarding version support for SDDDSM, SDDPCM, and DM-Multipath can be found here: System Storage Multipath Subsystem Device Driver support site 3 Path status monitoring with Linux MPIO drivers is available only for Linux x86-64. 4 IBM SDDDSM and SDDPCM do not support all devices, such as XIV. The Microsoft and AIX MPIO drivers do. 5 Additional information regarding active supported version (minimum version) of EMC Powerpath can be found here: Dell EMC E-Lab Interoperability Navigator
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Modified date:
03 July 2024
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