Nytro XD Solution Requirements

> Nytro XD Solution Requirements

> Supported Operating Systems

> | Microsoft® Windows®

> | Windows 2008 R2/2008 R2-SP1/2008 SP2

> | Windows Server 2012

> | Linux™

> | Red Hat® Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

> • | RHEL 5.4 to 6.3

> | SuSE® Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)

> • | SLES 11/SLES 11 SP1/SLES 11 SP2

> | Kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) Hypervisor

> • | Single VM

> | Oracle Linux (OL)

> | OL 6.1/6.2

> | CentOS

> | CentOS 5.7/5.8

> | CentOS 6.1/6.2

> | Ubuntu 10.04/11.10/12.04

> | Debian 6.0.5

> NOTE The StorCLI utility is supported only on RHEL 5.8/6.2 and SLES 11 SP2.

> NOTE The MegaRAID Storage Manager application does not support OEL, CentOS, Debian, and Ubuntu OSs. Use the MegaCLI utility to configure the Nytro XD solution on these OSs.

> Hardware Requirements

> | A x64 Server with at least one free PCIe slot for the cache device.

> | RAM size

> | To support 300 GB of cache capacity, a minimum of 1GB RAM is required.

> | To support maximum (6.4 TB) cache capacity, a minimum of 5GB RAM is required.

> Additional Software Requirements

> | libudev RPM, Lib_Utils RPM, and device mapper tools (specifically, /sbin/dmsetup).

> Dependency

> | udev

> Firmware Requirements

> To download the latest Nytro WarpDrive card firmware, visit:

> | http://www.lsi.com/products/storagecomponents/Pages/NytroXD_BLP4-400.aspx

> Or

> | http://www.lsi.com/products/storagecomponents/Pages/NytroXD_BLP4-800.aspx

> Supported Cache Devices

> There must be at least one Nytro WarpDrive card with the Nytro XD solution license enabled. The Nytro XD solution supports LSI Nytro XD BLP4-400 and LSI Nytro XD BLP4-800. The standard Nytro XD solution does not support any other type of cache device.

> Supported Virtual Drives

> The Nytro XD solution supports the SCSI, SAS devices (SAS, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel), SATA (SATA devices are supported if they are behind SCSI controller), iSCSI, and Fibre Channel devices.

> NOTE At the operating system level, the SAS devices and the SATA devices behind SCSI controller appear as SCSI devices.

> NOTE The Nytro XD solution does not support concurrent access of the same storage device by multiple servers. The Nytro XD solution cannot monitor storage subsystems that provide restore capability from a back-up source that directly connects to the subsystem.

> NOTE VDs cannot be boot drives.

> Maximum Supported Values

> | The Nytro XD solution supports a maximum of 64 virtual drives.

> | The Nytro XD solution supports a maximum of 8 cache devices.

> | The Nytro XD solution supports a maximum of 6.4 TB cache size.

> Nytro XD Solution Installer Package

> The LSI-specific Nytro XD solution installer package contains these components:

> | Nytro XD solution – The solution that contains the filter driver and caching library.

> | MegaCLI – A command line interface (CLI). You can use this utility to configure, add/remove cache devices and virtual drives.

> | StorCLI – A command line interface that is a easy to use, consistent, and easy for script tool. The MegaCLI commands can be run on the Storage Command too (StorCLI) tool.

> | MegaRAID Storage Manager application – A GUI application that enables you to easily configure the controllers, cache device, and virtual drives on the server.

> | Kernel driver for Nytro WarpDrive Controller.

> | .NET framework V4.

> | Windows Visual C++ 2012 redistributable.

DB15-000917-02-January 2013
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