Dell PowerVault MD3000i - Manual (Page 2)

2 ׀ Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix
Rules First
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Although a 100-Mbps host NIC is supported, 1-Gbps NICs
are highly recommended for iSCSI data transfer and
enhanced I/O performance. √ √
The management Ethernet part of the RAID controller
module must be connected to a switch port that is
configured to use Auto-Negotiate √ √
The link rate of 10Mb is not supported for iSCSI data
transmission. √ √
10/100 Mb NIC connections are supported on the
MD3000i management ports. A 100-Mbps management
link is recommended. √ √
When using multiple (NICs) in the same server, up to four
NICs per host are supported to one MD3000i array. If
multiple NICs are installed, it is recommended that
different subnets be used for management and iSCSI data
links. √ √
NIC teaming is only supported with VMware ESX server
and Citrix XenServer Dell Edition. √ √
Dell recommends that you enable your switch Spanning
Tree setting to Port Fast when using with the MD3000i
iSCSI ports and host server ethernet ports. (The Port Fast
setting allows switch ports to be in a faster forwarding
state, allowing network traffic iSCSI login sessions to be
established with minimum wait time.) √ √
Ethernet switch ports that are connected to host server
ethernet ports and MD3000i iSCSI ports may be set to
support standard frames (MTU=1500) or Jumbo Frames
(MTU=9000). For Jumbo Frame support Server NIC
Host ports, MD3000i iSCSI ports and all intermediate
network ports must have Jumbo Frame support enabled √ √
Cat 5/e or better ethernet cables are required for use with
the MD3000i √ √
DHCPv6 is not supported. √ √
Both IPv4 and IPv6 are supported on the iSCSI data ports. √ √
For routable addresses, the IPv6 Router is required to
advertise with only 64bit prefix lengths. √ √
The management ports only support IPv4. √
The management ports support both IPv4 and IPv6. √