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500T
1000T/1000X
3000T/3000X
5000T/5000X
7000T/7000X
9000T/9000X
1200T
3200T
5200T
9200T
Simple Support Matrix
July 19, 2023
Host Servers/ Adapters: All host systems are supported where the host vendor allows the host/OS/adapter combination. All Fibre Channel HBAs branded as Emulex , or QLogic with line speeds 8 Gb/s, 16 Gb/s or 32
Gb/s, including vendor rebranded versions of the same are supported. AIX and HP-UX vendor branded HBAs, also support the 4Gb/s FC link speed. 10 or 25 GbE Cisco, Emulex, or QLogic CNAs (10GbE, 25GbE,
iSCSI, FCoE via FC-gateway), including vendor rebranded versions of the same are supported. 10 or 25 GbE NICs for iSCSI connectivity as supported by the server and OS vendor are supported.
Following allowances for Firmware/BIOS, Drivers, and for specific Platforms: Any Dell or vendor-supplied firmware/BIOS that meets the ESM minimum version for specified OS platform are allowed (Newer versions of
the Firmware/BIOS higher than the minimum version are allowed). For Solaris, HP-UX and AIX platforms, Dell only supports the Driver/Firmware/BIOS versions supplied by the OS Vendor. For CNA (HBA) drivers refer
to ELN, https://elabnavigator.dell.com, for supported versions. For Linux Drivers not listed in the ESM refer to the ‘Linux Out of Kernel Drivers Support (LoS)’. If systems meet these criteria, no further ELN connectivity
validation or RPQ is required.
Switches:
• Visit https://elabnavigator.dell.com/ Simple Support Matrices (Storage) Switch Support for supported switch models and associated switch firmware revisions
• For Dell Switch interoperability, all associated Switch Firmware Revisions, Switch Management Software and other interop settings; See Advanced Query Wizard: Category/Switch/Sub-Category/All Switched Fabric
Topology Parameters Table.
• All Dell approved FCoE and iSCSI switches are supported as IP stand-alone ethernet switches.

PowerStoreOS: 1.0, 2.0, 2.1, 3.0, 3.2, 3.5

(All released service packs for PowerStoreOS are supported unless otherwise specified by a footnote.)

PowerStoreOS release Hardware models

1000T through 9000T

PowerStoreOS 1.0
1000X through 9000X

500T
1000T through 9000T
PowerStoreOS 2.0
1000X through 9000X

500T
1000T through 9000T
PowerStoreOS 2.1
1000X through 9000X*

500T
PowerStoreOS 3.0 1000T through 9000T
1200T through 9200T

500T
1000T through 9000T
PowerStoreOS 3.2 1000X through 9000X
1200T through 9200T

500T
1000T through 9000T
PowerStoreOS 3.5
1200T through 9200T

Notes:

• Tables 2 Through 14 contain additional support information on Backup applications supported, Limits and more.

• Refer to the Virtualization Hosting Server (Parent) Solutions table for supported KVM configurations.

• PowerPathsupport for AIX on PowerStore requires PowerStoreOS 3.2 or later

• PowerStore NDU is supported with Solaris native MPxIO starting from 11.4 SRU 35 and later. NDU support for earlier Solaris versions/updates should go through RPQ

• X Models require OS V2.1.1

Dell® E-LabTM qualified versions for PowerStore®

No. Platform Support EMC Native MPIO Symantec Native Cluster Symantec/ Veritas/ Infoscale/VCS/ Oracle RAC &
PowerPath® & DMP / Veritas/ SFRAC/VxCFS/ SFHA 3rd Party
Infoscale/ Clusters
VxVM
1 Citrix Systems Inc. Citrix Hypervisor [x86_64] 8.2 DM-MPIO XenServer HA
2 HPE HP-UX 11i v3 (HP-UX 11.31) DMP , HP- MC/Service Guard 11.20 19c RAC
UX Native
MPIO
3 IBM AIX 7.2 7.0 P03 AIX-MPIO , 7.4.2 - 8.0 Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) 7.4.2, Veritas 19c RAC
DMP Cluster Server (VCS) 8.0
4 IBM AIX 7.3 7.0 P03 AIX-MPIO 19c RAC
5 IBM VIOS 3.1.0.0,IBM VIOS 3.1.0.10,IBM VIOS 3.1.0.11,IBM VIOS 7.0 P03 AIX-MPIO
3.1.0.20,IBM VIOS 3.1.0.21,IBM VIOS 3.1.0.30,IBM VIOS
3.1.0.40,IBM VIOS 3.1.0.50,IBM VIOS 3.1.0.60,IBM VIOS 3.1.1.0,IBM
VIOS 3.1.1.10,IBM VIOS 3.1.1.20,IBM VIOS 3.1.1.21,IBM VIOS
3.1.1.25,IBM VIOS 3.1.1.30,IBM VIOS 3.1.1.40,IBM VIOS
3.1.1.50,IBM VIOS 3.1.1.60,IBM VIOS 3.1.2.0,IBM VIOS 3.1.2.10,IBM
VIOS 3.1.2.20,IBM VIOS 3.1.2.21,IBM VIOS 3.1.2.30,IBM VIOS
3.1.2.40,IBM VIOS 3.1.3.0,IBM VIOS 3.1.3.10,IBM VIOS 3.1.3.14,IBM
VIOS 3.1.3.21,IBM VIOS 3.1.4.0,IBM VIOS 3.1.4.10
6 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 7.0 - 7.2 P01 DMP , MPIO 7.4.2 - 8.0 Failover Clustering Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) 7.4.2, Veritas
Framework Cluster Server (VCS) 8.0
[default
DSM]
7 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 ,Microsoft Windows Server 2016 7.0 - 7.2 P01 DMP , MPIO 7.4.2 - 8.0 Failover Clustering Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) 7.4.2, Veritas 19c RAC
,Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Framework Cluster Server (VCS) 8.0
[default
DSM]
8 Microsoft Windows Server 2022 7.1 - 7.2 P01 MPIO Failover Clustering
Framework
[default
DSM]
9 Oracle Linux OL 7.x [x86_64] UEK UEK R5 U2 [4.14.35-1902],Oracle 7.1 - 7.4 DM-MPIO 19c RAC
Linux OL 7.x [x86_64] UEK UEK R5 U3 [4.14.35-1902.30*],Oracle
Linux OL 7.x [x86_64] UEK UEK R5 U4 [4.14.35-2025.40*]
10 Oracle Linux OL 7.x [x86_64] UEK UEK R5 U5 [4.14.35-2047.500] 7.1 - 7.4 DM-MPIO
11 Oracle Linux OL 7.x [x86_64] UEK UEK R6 U1 [5.4.17-2036],Oracle 7.2 - 8.0 DM-MPIO
Linux OL 7.x [x86_64] UEK UEK R6 U2 [5.4.17-2102]
12 Oracle Linux OL 7.x [x86_64] UEK UEK R6 U3 [5.4.17-2136] 7.4 - 8.0 DM-MPIO
13 Oracle Linux OL 7.x [x86_64] UEK UEK R6 [5.4.17-2011] 7.2 - 7.4 DM-MPIO 19c RAC
14 Oracle Linux OL 8.x [x86_64] UEK UEK R6 U1 [5.4.17-2036],Oracle 7.2 - 8.0 DM-MPIO
Linux OL 8.x [x86_64] UEK UEK R6 U2 [5.4.17-2102]
15 Oracle Linux OL 8.x [x86_64] UEK UEK R6 U3 [5.4.17-2136] 7.4 - 8.0 DM-MPIO
16 Oracle Linux OL 8.x [x86_64] UEK UEK R6 [5.4.17-2011] 7.2 - 7.4 DM-MPIO 19c RAC
17 Oracle Linux OL 8.x [x86_64] UEK UEK R7 [5.15.0-0] 7.5 - 8.0 DM-MPIO
18 Oracle Linux OL 8.x [x86_64] UEK UEK R7U1 [5.15.0-10*] DM-MPIO
19 Oracle Linux OL 9.x [x86_64] UEK UEK R7 [5.15.0-0] 7.5 - 8.0 DM-MPIO
20 Oracle Linux OL 9.x [x86_64] UEK UEK R7U1 [5.15.0-10*] DM-MPIO
 No. Platform Support EMC Native MPIO Symantec Native Cluster Symantec/ Veritas/ Infoscale/VCS/ Oracle RAC &
PowerPath® & DMP / Veritas/ SFRAC/VxCFS/ SFHA 3rd Party
Infoscale/ Clusters
VxVM
21 Oracle Solaris 10 SPARC,Oracle Solaris 10 x86 DMP , Solaris Cluster 3.3, Solaris
MPxIO Cluster 3.3 05/11 (Update
1), Solaris Cluster 3.3 3/13
(Update 2)
22 Oracle Solaris 11 SPARC,Oracle Solaris 11 x86 DMP , Solaris Cluster 4.0
MPxIO
23 Oracle Solaris 11.1 SPARC DMP , Solaris Cluster 4.1 Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) 7.4.2, Veritas
MPxIO Cluster Server (VCS) 8.0
24 Oracle Solaris 11.1 x86 DMP , Solaris Cluster 4.1
MPxIO
25 Oracle Solaris 11.2 SPARC DMP , Solaris Cluster 4.2 Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) 7.4.2, Veritas
MPxIO Cluster Server (VCS) 8.0
26 Oracle Solaris 11.2 x86 DMP , Solaris Cluster 4.2
MPxIO
27 Oracle Solaris 11.3 SPARC DMP , Solaris Cluster 4.3 Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) 7.4.2, Veritas 19c RAC
MPxIO Cluster Server (VCS) 8.0
28 Oracle Solaris 11.3 x86 DMP , Solaris Cluster 4.3 19c RAC
MPxIO
29 Oracle Solaris 11.4 SPARC DMP , 7.4.2 - 8.0 Solaris Cluster 4.4 Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) 7.4.2, Veritas 19c RAC
MPxIO Cluster Server (VCS) 8.0
30 Oracle Solaris 11.4 x86 MPxIO Solaris Cluster 4.4 19c RAC
31 Red Hat RHEL [x86_64] 7.5,Red Hat RHEL [x86_64] 7.6,Red Hat 7.1 - 7.3 DM-MPIO , 7.4.2 - 8.0 GFS2 (Global File System Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) 7.4.2, Veritas 19c RAC
RHEL [x86_64] 7.7 DMP 2) GFS2, High Availability Cluster Server (VCS) 8.0
Add-on 7.0
32 Red Hat RHEL [x86_64] 7.8 7.1 P02 - 7.4 DM-MPIO , 7.4.2 - 8.0 GFS2 (Global File System Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) 7.4.2, Veritas 19c RAC
DMP 2) GFS2, High Availability Cluster Server (VCS) 8.0
Add-on 7.0
33 Red Hat RHEL [x86_64] 7.9 7.2 - 8.0 DM-MPIO , 7.4.2 - 8.0 GFS2 (Global File System Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) 7.4.2, Veritas 19c RAC
DMP 2) GFS2, High Availability Cluster Server (VCS) 8.0
Add-on 7.0
34 Red Hat RHEL [x86_64] 8.0,Red Hat RHEL [x86_64] 8.1 7.1 - 7.4 DM-MPIO , 7.4.2 - 8.0 GFS2 (Global File System Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) 7.4.2, Veritas 19c RAC
DMP 2) GFS2, High Availability Cluster Server (VCS) 8.0
Add-on 8.0
35 Red Hat RHEL [x86_64] 8.2 7.2 - 7.4 DM-MPIO , GFS2 (Global File System Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) 7.4.2, Veritas 19c RAC
DMP 2) GFS2, High Availability Cluster Server (VCS) 8.0
Add-on 8.0
36 Red Hat RHEL [x86_64] 8.3 7.2 - 7.5 DM-MPIO GFS2 (Global File System
2) GFS2, High Availability
Add-on 8.0
37 Red Hat RHEL [x86_64] 8.4 7.3 SP1 - 8.0 DM-MPIO , GFS2 (Global File System Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) 7.4.2, Veritas 19c RAC
DMP 2) GFS2, High Availability Cluster Server (VCS) 8.0
Add-on 8.0
38 Red Hat RHEL [x86_64] 8.5 7.4 - 8.0 DM-MPIO , 8.0 GFS2 (Global File System Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) 7.4.2, Veritas
DMP 2) GFS2, High Availability Cluster Server (VCS) 8.0
Add-on 8.0
39 Red Hat RHEL [x86_64] 8.6 7.5 - 8.0 DM-MPIO , 8.0 GFS2 (Global File System Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) 7.4.2, Veritas 19c RAC
DMP 2) GFS2, High Availability Cluster Server (VCS) 8.0
Add-on 8.0
40 Red Hat RHEL [x86_64] 8.7 8.0 DM-MPIO , 8.0 GFS2 (Global File System
DMP 2) GFS2, High Availability
Add-on 8.0
41 Red Hat RHEL [x86_64] 8.8 8.0 DM-MPIO GFS2 (Global File System
2) GFS2, High Availability
Add-on 8.0
42 Red Hat RHEL [x86_64] 9.0 7.5 - 8.0 DM-MPIO , 8.0 GFS2 (Global File System Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) 8.0
DMP 2) GFS2, High Availability
Add-on 9.0
43 Red Hat RHEL [x86_64] 9.1 8.0 DM-MPIO GFS2 (Global File System
2) GFS2, High Availability
Add-on 9.0
44 Red Hat RHEL [x86_64] 9.2 DM-MPIO GFS2 (Global File System
2) GFS2, High Availability
Add-on 9.0
45 SUSE SLES [x86_64] 12 SP5 7.1 - 8.0 DM-MPIO , 7.4.2 - 8.0 High Availability Extension Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) 7.4.2, Veritas 19c RAC
DMP Cluster Server (VCS) 8.0
46 SUSE SLES [x86_64] 15 SP1 7.1 - 7.1 P02 DM-MPIO , 7.4.2 - 8.0 High Availability Extension Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) 7.4.2, Veritas 19c RAC
DMP Cluster Server (VCS) 8.0
47 SUSE SLES [x86_64] 15 SP2 7.2 - 7.3 DM-MPIO High Availability Extension
48 SUSE SLES [x86_64] 15 SP3 7.3 SP1 - 7.4 DM-MPIO , 7.4.2 High Availability Extension Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) 7.4.2, Veritas 19c RAC
DMP Cluster Server (VCS) 8.0
49 SUSE SLES [x86_64] 15 SP4 7.5 - 8.0 DM-MPIO High Availability Extension 19c RAC
50 VMware ESXi 7.0 (vSphere 7.0) 7.1 - 8.1 NMP VMware HA
51 VMware ESXi 8.0 (vSphere 8.0) 8.0 - 8.1 NMP VMware HA

Note: The information in this ESSM is a configuration summary. The versions listed in the columns represent versions that work with the listed Platform/Operating Systems
and Storage Array. Versions listed in the columns for each specific Platform/Operation System may not be interoperable. For more detailed information, refer to the Advanced
Query section on the ELN home page at https://elabnavigator.dell.com.
 JULY, 2023

POWERSTORE
SIMPLE SUPPORT MATRIX

500/1000/3000/5000/7000/9000
1200/3200/5200/9200
PowerStore OS 3.5

Tables 2-17 of the PowerStore™ Simple Support Matrix provide information

on Backup & NDMP applications, Limits, Replication, Metro, Anti-Virus, Dell
Ecosystem, Third-Party Ecosystem, Migration, VMware licensing, Switch/SFP
support, File Host OS support, NVMe/TCP and SFSS support

SUPPORT MATRIX
TABLE 2. 3-WAY NDMP BACKUP QUALIFIED VENDOR MATRIX

NDMP NDMP Capabilities PowerStore File OS

Vendor/Version Ver. Dump/tar DAR CORE DDAR Filters Int.Ckpt
Avamar with ADS/DD
Avamar
v19.2 4 No Yes No No Yes
Controlled
CommVault with NDMP
v11.28 4 Dump Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IBM Spectrum Protect
v8.1.16 4 Dump Yes Yes No No Yes
NetWorker with NDMP
v19.2.1 4 Dump/Tar Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Micro Focus Data Protector
v11 4 Dump Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Veritas Backup Exec
v22* 4 Dump Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Veritas NetBackup with NDMP
v10.0 4 Dump/Tar Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Footnote: Yes - Supported
No - Not supported
N/A - Not Applicable

CORE - Base NDMP operation (backup/restore)

DDAR - Directory Direct Access Restore
Filters - NDMP filters which you can specify
Int. Ckpt - internal NDMP checkpoint (SNAPSURE)

*Please consult with Veritas Backup Exec for specific BE22.x version which can
completely support PowerStore OS3.X for all NDMP topology.
TABLE 3. POWERSTORE MANAGER BROWSER SUPPORT

Web Browser Version

Chrome Latest

Edge Latest

Firefox Latest

Apple Safari v12.1 or later

TABLE 4. POWERSTORE 500/1000/3000/5000/7000/9000 LIMITS

Capacity Limits/
500 1000 3000 5000 7000 9000
Base Models
Physical Limits
2.2GHz 1.8GHz 2.1GHz 2.1GHz 2.4GHz 2.1GHz
Node CPU Type Xeon Xeon Xeon Xeon Xeon Xeon
Nodes per Appliance 2 2 2 2 2 2
Total Cores per Appliance 24 32 48 64 80 112
Total Memory (GB) per
192 384 768 1152 1536 2560
Appliance
Max Appliances per
4 4 4 4 4 4
Cluster*
Max No. of Physical
Drives (minus NVRAM 25 96 96 96 96 96
slots)
10/25/100GbE Ethernet:
24 24 24 24 24 24
Max ports per Appliance
16/32G FC: Max ports per
16 16 16 16 16 16
Appliance
Max FE Ports per
24 24 24 24 24 24
Appliance (all types)
12G SAS BE: Max Ports
4 4 4 4 4 4
per Appliance
Max Initiators per Cluster 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000
Max Initiators in a Host or
1024 1024 1024 1024 1024 1024
Host Group
Max Initiators per FC port 256 256 256 256 256 256
Max Hosts per Cluster 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000
Max Local and/or LDAP
100 100 100 100 100 100
Users per Cluster
Max Concurrent User
16 16 16 16 16 16
Logins per Cluster

Notes:
• Frontend protocols supported: iSCSI, FC, NVMe/TCP, NVMe/FC
• Direct attach to a host is supported on traditional FC only, not NVMe/FC
• Direct attach to a host is supported for both iSCSI and NVMe/TCP (w/o SFSS)
with both optical and copper cables
• Where direct attach is supported, the host is required to connect to both
nodes and must have the required multipath software
• NVMe/FC requires NPIV to be enabled at the switch
• AppsON is not supported with the 500 model

*Can mix and match any model, but all models in a cluster must be either T or X
Volume Limits
Max Volumes/Clones per
1000 2000 3000 4000 6000 16000
Appliance
Shared limit of Volumes, 6700 9600 10600 11600 13600 16000
Clones and vVols per
Appliance
Shared limit of Volumes, 32000 32000 32000 32000 32000 32000
Clones and vVols per
Cluster
Max Volumes in a Volume
75 75 75 75 75 75
Group
Max Volume Size (TB) 256 256 256 256 256 256
Max Volume Groups per
500 500 500 500 500 500
Cluster
Max Volume Groups per
125 125 125 125 125 125
Appliance
Max Volume mappings
4096 4096 4096 4096 4096 4096
per Host or Host Group
Max Volume mappings
24000 24000 24000 24000 24000 24000
per Appliance
Max VLANs per Appliance
32 32 32 32 32 32
or Cluster
Max VLANs per port 8 8 8 8 8 8
File Limits (only applicable to T models)
Max File System size (TB) 256 256 256 256 256 256
Max File systems per
1500 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500
Appliance
Max NAS servers per
50 50 50 250 250 50
appliance
Max File systems and
snapshots (. snapshots) 1500 1500 2000 2000 2000 2000
per Appliance
Maximum File snapshots
per Appliance (includes 25000 25000 25000 25000 25000 25000
protocol snaps)
Max File systems and
snapshots (. snapshots) 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500
per NAS Server
Max NAS Server Network
500 500 500 500 500 500
Interfaces Per Appliance
Max File systems per NAS 125 125 125 125 125 125
Server
Max SMB servers per NAS
1 1 1 1 1 1
Server
Max NFS servers per NAS
1 1 1 1 1 1
Server
Max SMB servers per 50 50 50 250 250 50
appliance
Max NFS servers per
50 50 50 250 250 50
appliance
SMB shares per appliance 5000 6000 8000 8000 8000 8000
NFS exports per appliance 5000 6000 8000 8000 8000 8000
SMB shares per File 3000 3000 3000 3000 3000 3000
System
NFS exports per File 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500
System
Number of SMB shares
+NFS exports per 10000 12000 16000 16000 16000 16000
appliance
Max tree quotas per FS 8191 8191 8191 8191 8191 8191
Max tree quotas per
200000 200000 200000 200000 200000 200000
Appliance / Cluster
Max user quotas per
Appliance / 200000 200000 200000 200000 200000 200000
Cluster/filesystem
File Names per
Directory/Sub-directories
10 10 10 10 10 10
/Files per directory
(Million)
Number of home
20000 20000 30000 40000 40000 3000
directories supported
SMB TCP connections (per
128000 128000 128000 128000 128000 128000
system)
NFS TCP connections (per
128000 128000 128000 128000 128000 128000
system)
Max TCP Connections per
153600 153600 153600 153600 153600 153600
System
Max unique ACLs per File
4 4 4 4 4 4
System (Million)
Directories supported per >10’s of >10’s of >10’s of >10’s of >10’s of >10’s of
File system (Billion) Billions Billions Billions Billions Billions Billions
Max File size (TB) 256 256 256 256 256 256
Max open Files/Directories 64000 512000 512000 512000 512000 512000
Max SDNAS VLAN per port 32 32 32 32 32 32
Files supported per File
32 32 32 32 32 32
System (Billion)
Minimum file system size
3 3 3 3 3 3
(GB)
Maximum # of Production
50 50 50 50 50 50
Interfaces per NAS Server
Max file Async replication
sessions per Appliance 125 125 125 125 125 125
(15min RPO)
Max file Async replication
sessions per Appliance (5- 75 75 75 75 75 75
min RPO)
Max Replicated Filesystem
125 125 125 125 125 125
per Appliance
Maximum # of Backup
Network Interface per NAS 10 10 10 10 10 10
Server

Note:
• NAS services are provided by one of the appliances in a cluster
• Pathname length – 1024 characters (SMB), NFS has no limit
• File system name length – 95 characters
• File /directory name length – 255 bytes for NFS and 255 characters for SMB
• NFS Exports and SMB Shares limits are the advised limits for an optimal system
experience. Higher limits may impose visible performance impact during a
simultaneous access and may also degrade UI management experience
• Home Directory limit is the tested limit representing the number of entries in
homedir config file. Use wild char with rules associated to user names to limit
the number of entries in the config file for optimal connectivity response time

Snapshots
Max Snapshots per
256 256 256 256 256 256
Volume/File System
Max Block Volume
50000 100000 100000 100000 100000 100000
Snapshots per Appliance
Max User Snapshots per
75000 125000 125000 125000 125000 125000
Appliance (Block + File)
Max Snapshots per
1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
Family*
Max Clones per Family* 32 32 32 32 32 32
Protection
Policies/Snapshot and 64 64 64 64 64 64
Replication Rules
Hierarchical Clone Limit 4 4 4 4 4 4

*Definition of Family:

A volume, volume group, or base storage container and all its derivative thin clones
and snapshots. This family includes snapshots and thin clones of the storage resource.

Replication & Backup

Max Replication sessions 125 125 125 125 125 125
Max Replicated at RPO of
500 500 500 500 500 500
≥15min
Max Replicated at RPO of
75 75 75 75 75 75
<15min
Max Replicated Volume
125 125 125 125 125 125
Groups
Max Metro Replication
64 64 64 64 64 64
Sessions
Max Volumes per Async
75 75 75 75 75 75
Replication Volume Group
Max Async Replication
8 8 8 8 8 8
Target Systems
Max concurrent NDMP
4 20 20 20 20 20
Sessions per Node
 vVols
Max vVol size (TB) 62 62 62 62 62 62
Max vVols and vVol snaps
14200 19000 24850 28700 33550 38800
per Appliance
Max vVols per Appliance 5700 7600 10600 11600 13600 16000
Max vVol mappings per
4096 4096 4096 4096 4096 4096
Host or Host Group
Max vVol mappings per
24000 24000 24000 24000 24000 24000
Appliance
Max Storage Containers 50 50 50 75 75 100
Shared limit of Volumes,
Clones and vVols per 6700 9600 10600 11600 13600 16000
Appliance
Shared limit of Volumes,
Clones and vVols per 32000 32000 32000 32000 32000 32000
Cluster
Importing data to PowerStore from other arrays (Block only)
Max Import Sessions
16 16 16 16 16 16
Copying On-Parallel
Max number of Remote
6 6 6 6 6 6
Systems for Import
Max number of Hosts for
64 64 64 64 64 64
Import
Max number of Volumes
in Ready-to-Cutover 16 16 16 16 16 16
State

Note:
• All limits in Table 4 are per Appliance unless otherwise noted
• vVols are supported via FC, iSCSI, and NVMe/FC
TABLE 5. POWERSTORE 1200/3200/5200/9200 LIMITS

Capacity Limits/
1200 3200 5200 9200
Base Models
Physical Limits
2.4GHz 2.1GHz 2.2GHz 2.2GHz
Node CPU Type Xeon Xeon Xeon Xeon
Nodes per Appliance 2 2 2 2
Total Cores per Appliance 40 64 96 112
Total Memory (GB) per
384 768 1152 2560
Appliance
Max Appliances per
4 4 4 4
Cluster*
Max No. of Physical
Drives (minus NVRAM 93 93 93 93
slots)
10/25/100GbE Ethernet:
24 24 24 24
Max ports per Appliance
16/32G FC: Max ports per
16 16 16 16
Appliance
Max FE Ports per
24 24 24 24
Appliance (all types)
Max Initiators per Cluster 2000 2000 2000 2000
Max Initiators in a Host or
1024 1024 1024 1024
Host Group
Max Initiators per FC port 256 256 256 256
Max Hosts per Cluster 2000 2000 2000 2000
Max Local and/or LDAP
100 100 100 100
Users per Cluster
Max Concurrent User
16 16 16 16
Logins per Cluster

Notes:
• Frontend protocols supported: iSCSI, FC, NVMe/TCP, NVMe/FC
• Direct attach to a host is supported on traditional FC only, not NVMe/FC
• Direct attach to a host is supported for both iSCSI and NVMe/TCP (w/o SFSS)
with both optical and copper cables
• Where direct attach is supported, the host is required to connect to both
nodes and must have the required multipath software
• NVMe/FC requires NPIV to be enabled at the switch

*Can mix and match any model, but all models in a cluster must be either T or X
Volume Limits
Max Volumes/Clones per
3000 4000 6000 16000
Appliance
Shared limit of Volumes,
Clones and vVols per 10600 11600 13600 16000
Appliance
Shared limit of Volumes, 32000 32000 32000 32000
Clones and vVols per
Cluster
Max Volumes in a Volume
75 75 75 75
Group
Max Volume Size (TB) 256 256 256 256
Max Volume Groups per
500 500 500 500
Cluster
Max Volume Groups per
125 125 125 125
Appliance
Max Volume mappings
4096 4096 4096 4096
per Host or Host Group
Max Volume mappings
24000 24000 24000 24000
per Appliance
Max VLANs per Appliance
32 32 32 32
or Cluster
Max VLANs per port 8 8 8 8
File Limits (only applicable to T models)
Max File System size (TB) 256 256 256 256
Max File systems per
2000 2000 2000 2000
Appliance
Max File systems and
snapshots (. snapshots) 2000 2000 2000 2000
per Appliance
Maximum File snapshots
per Appliance (includes 25000 25000 25000 25000
protocol snaps)
Max NAS servers per
50 250 250 250
appliance
Max NAS Server Network
500 500 500 500
Interfaces Per Appliance
Max File systems per NAS
125 125 125 125
Server
Max File systems and
snapshots (. snapshots) 1500 1500 1500 1500
per NAS Server
Max SMB servers per NAS
1 1 1 1
Server
Max NFS servers per NAS
1 1 1 1
Server
Max SMB servers per
50 250 250 250
appliance
Max NFS servers per
50 250 250 250
appliance
SMB shares per appliance 8000 8000 8000 8000
NFS exports per appliance 8000 8000 8000 8000
SMB shares per File 3000 3000 3000 3000
System
NFS exports per File
1500 1500 1500 1500
System
Number of SMB shares
+NFS exports per 16000 16000 16000 16000
appliance
Max tree quotas per FS 8191 8191 8191 8191
Max tree quotas per
200000 200000 200000 200000
Appliance / Cluster
Max user quotas per
Appliance / 200000 200000 200000 200000
Cluster/filesystem
File Names per
Directory/Sub-directories
10 10 10 10
/Files per directory
(Million)
Number of home
30000 40000 40000 40000
directories supported
SMB TCP connections (per
128000 128000 128000 128000
system)
NFS TCP connections (per
128000 128000 128000 128000
system)
Max TCP Connections per
153600 153600 153600 153600
System
Max unique ACLs per File
4 4 4 4
System (Million)
Directories supported per >10’s of >10’s of >10’s of >10’s of
File system (Billion) Billions Billions Billions Billions
Max File size (TB) 256 256 256 256
Max open
512000 512000 512000 512000
Files/Directories
Max SDNAS VLAN per port 32 32 32 32
Files supported per File
32 32 32 32
System (Billion)
Minimum file system size
3 3 3 3
(GB)
Maximum # of Production
50 50 50 50
Interfaces per NAS Server
Maximum # of Backup
Network Interface per 10 10 10 10
NAS Server
Note:
• NAS services are provided by one of the appliances in a cluster
• Pathname length – 1024 characters (SMB), NFS has no limit
• File system name length – 95 characters
• File /directory name length – 255 bytes for NFS and 255 characters for SMB
• NFS Exports and SMB Shares limits are the advised limits for an optimal system
experience. Higher limits may impose visible performance impact during a
simultaneous access and may also degrade UI management experience
• Home Directory limit is the tested limit representing the number of entries in
homedir config file. Use wild char with rules associated to user names to limit
the number of entries in the config file for optimal connectivity response time

Snapshots
Max Snapshots per
256 256 256 256
Volume/File System
Max Block Volume
100000 100000 100000 100000
Snapshots per Appliance
Max User Snapshots per
125000 125000 125000 125000
Appliance (Block + File)
Max Snapshots per
1000 1000 1000 1000
Family*
Max Clones per Family* 32 32 32 32
Protection
Policies/Snapshot and 64 64 64 64
Replication Rules
Hierarchical Clone Limit 4 4 4 4

*Definition of Family:

A volume, volume group, or base storage container and all its derivative thin clones
and snapshots. This family includes snapshots and thin clones of the storage resource.

Replication & Backup

Max Replication sessions
125 125 125 125
for Block
Max Replicated Volumes
500 500 500 500
at RPO of ≥15min
Max Replicated Volumes
75 75 75 75
at RPO of <15min
Max Replicated Volume
125 125 125 125
Groups
Max Volumes per Async
75 75 75 75
Replication Volume Group
Max Async Replication
8 8 8 8
Target Systems
Max concurrent NDMP
20 20 20 20
Sessions per Node
vVols
Max vVol size (TB) 62 62 62 62
Max vVols and vVol snaps
24850 28700 33550 38800
per Appliance
Max vVols per Appliance 10600 11600 13600 16000
Max vVol mappings per
4096 4096 4096 4096
Host or Host Group
Max vVol mappings per
24000 24000 24000 24000
Appliance
Max Storage Containers 50 75 75 100
Shared limit of Volumes,
Clones and vVols per 10600 11600 13600 16000
Appliance
Shared limit of Volumes,
Clones and vVols per 32000 32000 32000 32000
Cluster
Importing data to PowerStore from other arrays (Block only)
Max Import Sessions
16 16 16 16
Copying On-Parallel
Max number of Remote
6 6 6 6
Systems for Import
Max number of Hosts for
64 64 64 64
Import
Max number of Volumes
in Ready-to-Cutover 16 16 16 16
State

Note:
• All limits in Table 5 are per Appliance unless otherwise noted
• vVols are supported via FC, iSCSI, and NVMe/FC
TABLE 6. REPLICATION SUPPORT

Block File vVols

Source/ Destination
RP4VM
Destination /Source
Sync Async Sync Async Sync Async
PowerStore PowerStore  ✓  ✓  ✓ ✓

Note:
• File support applies to T models only
• vVol async replication is supported both natively and via SRM
• Refer to “TABLE 16. FILE HOST OS SUPPORT” for host OS supported with
PowerStore File Async replication

Footnote:
✓– Supported
– Not Supported

TABLE 7. METRO SUPPORT

Version(s) Multipath Cluster Boot From Supported

OS Storage OS
Supported Software Software SAN Connectivity

6.7, 7.0, vSphere PowerStore

VMware NMP N FC, iSCSI
8.0 MSC OS 3.0

Note:
• Metro is supported only for Volumes – not including Clones, Volumes Groups,
NAS File Systems, vVols
• SCSI Reservations are not supported
• Metro Volume resize is only supported when the Metro Volume session is paused
• Remote Protection policy is not supported for Metro Volumes
• PowerStore X is not supported with Metro
TABLE 8. ANTIVIRUS SUPPORT

Please refer to this page for the latest supported CEE and Antivirus versions:

https://elabnavigator.dell.com/vault/pdf/CEE_CAVA_support_matrix.pdf

TABLE 9. I18N SUPPORT

Client Type Supported

SMB Clients UCS-2 (Unicode)

UNIX/LINUX Clients UTF8

TABLE 10. POWERSTORE FEDERAL COMPLIANCE

Features Version Supported/Status

Data at Rest Encryption (D@RE) in

PowerStore utilizes FIPS 140-2 validated
Self-Encrypting Drives (SEDs) by respective
drive vendors for primary storage (NVMe
SSD, NVMe SCM and SAS SSD).
Available
The 500T/1200T/3200T/5200T/9200T
models are FIPS 140-2 compliant. The
1000T/3000T/5000T/7000T/9000T can be
FIPS 140-2 compliant by upgrading to the
FIPS-capable NVRAM module.

D@RE supported External Key Managers ▪ Dell CloudLink v7.1.1

(KMIP)
▪ Thales Vormetric DSM v6.3.0
▪ Thales CipherTrust Manager v2.5
▪ Thales (Gemalto) KeySecure v8.12.1
▪ IBM GKLM v4.1.1
▪ Fornetix VaultCore v2.5

TLS 1.2 support by default, TLS 1.1 and

older are disabled by default. TLS 1.1 can be Included
optionally enabled

Native SHA2 certificate Included

Common Criteria In process

IPv6 Complete

Note: PowerStore does not support running both IPv4 and IPv6 in the same network at the same time.
You can use either IPv4 or IPv6 for the management network, but not both at the same time
TABLE 11. DELL ECOSYSTEM SUPPORT

Solution

Ansible Modules for PowerStore

AppSync

Avamar

CSI Driver for PowerStore

ESA for vRO

metro node

NetWorker

PowerPath Linux

PowerPath Windows

PowerPath VE

PowerProtect Data Manager

PowerShell Module for PowerStore

PowerSwitch

RecoverPoint for VMs

SmartFabric Storage Software for NVMe/TCP

SRA for PowerStore

Storage Resource Manager (SRM) for PowerStore

Terraform

VPLEX

Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) for vSphere Client

vRO Plugin for PowerStore

TABLE 12. ADVANCED APPS AND THIRD-PARTY ECOSYSTEM SUPPORT

Solution Version

Commvault IntelliSnap 11.23

IBM SVC 8.3.x.x, 8.4.x.x

OpenStack Cinder v1.x

Veeam Backup & Replication 11.x

Veeam Plugin for PowerStore 11.x

TABLE 13. IMPORTING DATA TO POWERSTORE FROM OTHER ARRAYS

Supported Combinations for Seamless Migration:

Storage Connectivity
OS Version(s) Supported
iSCSI FC
VNX2, Unity, SC, PS, PS
RHEL 7.5 VNX2, Unity
EQL (HIT LE 1.9)

RHEL 7.6-7.9 VNX2, Unity, SC VNX2, Unity

RHEL 8.0-8.4 VNX2, Unity, PS EQL, SC VNX2, Unity

RHEL 8.0 PS EQL (HIT 1.9) N/A

SLES 12 SP2 VNX2, Unity, SC VNX2, Unity

VNX2, Unity, PS, PS EQL

Linux SLES 12 SP3 VNX2, Unity
(HIT LE 1.9)

SLES 12 SP4 VNX2, Unity VNX2, Unity

SLES 12 SP5 Unity Unity

VNX2, Unity, SC, PS EQL

SLES 15 VNX2, Unity
(HIT 1.9), PS EQL

SLES 15 SP1 VNX2, Unity, PS EQL VNX2, Unity

SLES 15 SP2 Unity, PS EQL Unity

VMware vSphere 6.5U2, 6.7 PS EQL (Mem 1.7) N/A

Windows 2012 R2U1, 2016 VNX2, Unity, PS EQL (HIT

Unity
ME 5.5)
Windows
Windows 2019 VNX2, Unity, PS EQL (HIT
Unity
ME 5.5)

Note: Block-only support

Agentless Migration:

Source System Operating Environment

Dell EqualLogic PS 10.0.x or later
Dell Compellent SC 7.4.2.103 or later
Dell Unity XT 5.0.2.0.5.009 or later
Dell VNX2 5.33.021.5.256 or later
Dell XtremIO X1 4.0.25 or later
Dell XtremIO X2 6.2 or later
Dell VMAX 5977.1131.1131 or later
Dell PowerMax 5978.479.479 or later

Note: Block-only support with Linux/VMware/Windows/AIX. Solaris is not supported

TABLE 14. VMWARE LICENSING AND SUPPORT FOR POWERSTORE X

Required Licenses:

Product Licenses

vSphere Enterprise Plus or higher*

ESXi vSphere Remote Office Branch Office (ROBO) Advanced
vSphere Remote Office Branch Office (ROBO) Enterprise
vCenter Server Standard
vCenter vCenter Server Foundation
(Limited to 4 Hosts)

Note: vSphere and vCenter licenses are tied to VMware major releases
(example: 5.x, 6.x, 7.x – A 6.x license is not compatible with 7.x)

*4 Licenses required per Appliance - 2 CPUs per node x 2 Nodes per Appliance

Supported Versions:

PowerStore Version ESXi Versions* vCenter Versions**

OS v1.0, v1.0.1 6.7 EP 10

OS v1.0.2 6.7 EP 10, 6.7 EP 15, 6.7 P03 6.7.x, 7.0A, 7.0B, 7.0C, 7.0D

OS v1.0.3, v1.0.4 6.7 P03, 6.7 P04, 6.7 EP 18, 6.7 P05

OS v2.0.x 6.7 P05, 6.7 P06 6.7.x, 7.0.x

OS v2.1.1.x*** 7.0 U3C HotFix^, 7.0 U3D 7.0.2.x, 7.0.3.x

OS v3.2.x^^ 7.0 U3E, 7.0 U3G, 7.0 U3I, 7.0 U3L 7.0.2.x, 7.0.3.x, 8.0.x

*Refers to vSphere versions running on PowerStore X model internal nodes. Only Dell validated versions
of vSphere are supported. ESXi Version Name to Release Name and Build Number relation can be found at
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2143832

**Requires a version of vCenter that is compatible with the vSphere version. Please check compatibility at
https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/sim/interop_matrix.php

***Please note that PowerStore OS v2.1.0 only supports T models in the initial release. PowerStore OS
v2.1.1 introduces support for the X models

^This is a Dell PowerStore specific ESXi build number (19295755) – It is included as part of the
PowerStore OS 2.1.1 upgrade package available on the Dell support page
^^Please note that PowerStore OS v3.0 only supports T models in the initial release. PowerStore OS
v3.2.0 introduces support for the X models and will be the last official release that will support these
models.

TABLE 15. SWITCH AND SFP SUPPORT FOR POWERSTORE

Switch Support:

Please refer to the following for a comprehensive list of supported switches:

o Dell Networking Switches

o Third-Party/Stand-Alone Switches

All ethernet switches support the following traffic:

o iSCSI
o NAS
o Replication
o Intra-cluster communication
o PowerStore Import

SFP Support:

The following SFPs have been qualified and considered supported with PowerStore. You may experience
issues if you use other non-supported SFPs

Model Description

P1-SFP-16GB-FC 16G FC MULTIMODE OPTICAL SFP PAIR

P1-SFP-32GB-FC 32G FC MULTIMODE OPTICAL SFP PAIR

P1-SFP-10GB-OPT 10GBE OPTICAL SFP PAIR

P1-SFP-25GB-OPT 25GBE OPTICAL SFP PAIR

P1-SFP-100G-OPT 100GBE OPTICAL SWITCH QSFP QTY 1

Note: For 1Gbps SAN support, an RPQ must be submitted

TABLE 16. FILE HOST OS SUPPORT

Platform Operating System SMB/NFS Version(s) Supported

Windows 8.1 SMB 3.02

Windows 10 SMB 3.1.1

Windows 11 SMB 3.1.1

Windows Server 2012 SMB 3.0

Microsoft
Windows Server 2012 R2 SMB 3.02

Windows Server 2016 SMB 3.1.1

Windows Server 2019 SMB 3.1.1

Windows Server 2022 SMB 3.1.1

RedHat RHEL 7.5-7.9, 8.0-8.5, 9 NFS v3, NFS v4.0, NFS v4.1, NFS v4.2

SLES 12 SP3-SP5 NFS v3, NFS v4.0, NFS v4.1, NFS v4.2
SUSE
SLES 15, 15 SP1-SP4 NFS v3, NFS v4.0, NFS v4.1, NFS v4.2

Ubuntu Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04, 22.04 NFS v3, NFS v4.0, NFS v4.1, NFS v4.2

CentOS CentOS 7.5-7.9 NFS v3, NFS v4.0, NFS v4.1, NFS v4.2

Oracle Linux 7.7-7.9 UEK6, 8.1-8.5

Oracle NFS v3, NFS v4.0, NFS v4.1, NFS v4.2
UEK6

Apple macOS 10.15, 12.4 SMB v3.02, NFS v3, NFS v4.0

ESXi 6.5, 6.5 U1-U3, 6.7, 6.7 U1-

NFS v3, NFS v4.1
U3
VMware
ESXi 7.0, 7.0 U1-U3, 8.0,8,0 U1 NFS v3, NFS v4.1

Notes:
• File services are only available with PowerStore T models
• MAC OS v10.15 does not support the SMB Continuous Availability feature, this fails certain HA
 scenarios (e.g, async file replication) which depends on the CA support for continuous IO. Prior to
an async file replication planned failover, please quiesce all I/O on the MAC OS client

TABLE 17. NVMe/TCP AND SFSS SUPPORT

Please refer to the following for a comprehensive list of NVMe/TCP and SFSS supported hosts/switches:

o NVMe/TCP Host Support Matrix

o NVMe/TCP Switch Support Matrix
o SFSS Support and Interoperability Matrix

TABLE 18. Storage Direct SUPPORT Table

PPDD DDVE DDOS AWS

DD2200 6.2 6.2

DD9300 7.11 7.11

7.9 7.9 X