Dell PowerVault NX1950 - Manual (Page 3)

Table 1-2. Minimum Supported BIOS Version for PowerEdge Systems
SMB (CIFS) and NFS Connectivity
Use a generic NIC 10/100/1000 for network file system (NFS) v2/v3 and Microsoft Server Message Block/Common Internet File System (SMB/CIFS) compliant
client connectivity.
Supported Hardware and Software for PowerVault NX1950 Storage Solution
Table 1 -3 to Table 1 -10 provide information about the required versions for various hardware and software components. You must install the software
components together as listed in the stack and not seperately.
Broadcom ® NetXtreme™ Family of
Adapters, NetXtreme II Family of
Adapters
l Driver Family Version, v.11.0/T4.1,
A00 or later
l Firmware, v.3.0.9 (NetXtreme)
l Firmware, v.4.0.3 (NetXtreme II)
Intel® NIC PRO/1000 Family of Adapters
l Driver Family Version, v.10.0 or
later
l Intel network adapter firmware
v.2.0.8
NOTE: For details about supported BFi host and minimum required BIOS
version, see Table 1 -2 .
Microsoft Windows Server®
2008 Built-In Initiator Non-iSCSI boot
Generic NIC 10/100/1000
Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 x86 Web, DataCenter, Standard, and
Enterprise Editions and Windows Server 2008 x64 Web, DataCenter, Standard,
and Enterprise Editions
iSCSI boot
NOTE: iSCSI boot is not supported for
Dell|EqualLogic storage solution.
Broadcom ® NetXtreme™ Family of
Adapters, NetXtreme II Family of
Adapters
l Driver Family Version, v.11.0/T4.1,
A00 or later
l Firmware, v.3.0.9 (NetXtreme)
l Firmware, v.4.0.3 (NetXtreme II)
Intel® NIC PRO/1000 Family of Adapters
l Driver Family Version, v.10.0 or
later
l Intel network adapter firmware
v.2.1.15.2
Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 x86 Standard and Enterprise Editions and
Windows Server 2008 x64 Standard and Enterprise Editions
ESX iSCSI Initiator Dell supports iSCSI Sessions from the
Guest OS and ESX Layer to a Standalone
NX1950. VMware™ ESX Server™ 3.0.1 or later
NOTE: For information about configuring Boot from iSCSI, see Dell PowerEdge Systems—Instructions to Perform iSCSI Boot for Dell PowerVault NX1950
Storage Solution on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com.
NOTE: For information on PowerVault NX1950 storage system and VMware, see the Dell and VMware website at www.dell.com/vmware.
PowerEdge System Minimum Supported BIOS Version
1900 2.0.1
1950 2.0.1
2900 2.0.1
2950 2.0.1
2970 1.3.4
6950 1.3.5
1955 1.4.2
NOTICE: The PowerVault NX1950 storage solution is a network storage device that runs a specially configured version of Microsoft Windows Unified
Data Storage Server 2003. Do not change the hardware or the software components unless they are listed in this document.