Previous Changes

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This includes Marvell’s own and all potential OEM Vendors. Any 32GB/s PCI 4.x QLogic HBA currently can only use the vendor’s own driver in a DataCore Server. For more details, see Fibre Channel Qualification Lists.

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Broadcom Emulex

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Updated entries for 32Gb/s and 64Gb/s Gen 7 HBAs. These are now supported in a DataCore Server as of SANsymphony 10.0 PSP 11. For more information, refer to Fibre Channel Qualification Lists.

Emulex 16 Gb/s (Gen 5/6) and 32Gb/s (Gen 6)

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The minimum Emulex firmware requirement for any Gen5/6 HBAs in a DataCore Server has been increased to 12.0.257.12 after problems on earlier firmware versions were reported by end users during upgrading from SANsymphony 10.0 PSP 8, please check your configuration and update your Emulex firmware first before attempting upgrades of SANsymphony. See Notes on HBA firmware for Emulex HBAs in the Fibre Channel Qualification Lists section.

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Added entries for 32Gb/s Gen 7 and 64Gb/s Gen 7 HBAs.

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This document has been reviewed for SANsymphony 10.0 PSP 9.

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All information regarding SANsymphony-V 9.x as this version is end of life (EOL).

For more information, see: End of life notifications for DataCore Software products.

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Emulex own and Emulex OEM branded 16/32 Gb/s HBAs

Added a note under each table describing the minimum Emulex firmware requirements for all new and existing SANsymphony installations.

Emulex rebranded HBAs

Dell EMC

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Added a table for all Dell EMC rebranded Emulex HBAs.

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16Gb/s - SN 1200E

32Gb/s - SN 1600E

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16Gb/s - ‘Gen 6’ HBAs

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Updated the new table to include all Emulex and QLogic rebranded HBAs

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This section is now organized by hardware vendor rather than by QLogic/ Emulex rebranding.

All Fibre Channel qualification lists

Hewlett-Packard - QLogic rebranded

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Do not use the DataCore Fibre Channel driver on this HBA.

When the DataCore Fibre Channel driver is applied to this HP, OEM QLogic adapter, it has been reported by users as being unstable. Symptoms include unexplained CRC errors and/or high Transmission and Link error counts.

For more information, refer to the section ‘Fibre channel adaptors’ in the Known Issues – Third-party hardware and software .

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The term ‘Vendor driver only’ is now being used in place of ‘Not Supported’ as this was misleading.

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16/32GB ATTO Celerity fibre channel HBAs are supported using the DataCore Emulex driver with SANsymphony 10.0 PSP 8 or later.

ATTO Celerity

Previously, all ATTO HBAs were listed as ‘Vendor driver only’.

DataCore 8GB Emulex driver,

DataCore 16/32GB Emulex driver

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Two new sections:

• The DataCore 8GB Emulex driver

• The DataCore 16/32GB Emulex driver

These both replace the single, generic ‘DataCore Emulex’ driver section for the new behavior introduced for 16/32GB Emulex HBAs.

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Added support for 32Gb/s HBAs with SANsymphony 10.0 PSP 7 update 2

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Added note for all HBAs that are only supported with 10.0 PSP 7 or later.

“Users with DataCore Servers still running Windows 2008 should contact Customer Support who will be able to help with providing the appropriate software for the QLogic HBA.”

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Updated the information regarding 16Gb/s HBAs

Support for 32Gb/s HBAs with SANsymphony 10.0 PSP 7 update 2

“End users that were already using DataCore's 16Gb/s Emulex Fibre Channel Driver before October 2016 (and were therefore supported by DataCore) should upgrade to PSP 7 update 2 as soon as it is available.”

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OEM Vendors are now listed underneath each of these HBA manufacturers rather than the other way around. This should make it easier to locate a specific model or part # for a given OEM.

Notes on fibre channel driver, firmware and BIOS

This entire section has been updated to include information specific to SANsymphony 10 PSP 7 update 2 and Emulex Fibre Channel HBAs

Updated

A footnote throughout the document stated that existing end-users that were already using DataCore's 16Gb/s Emulex Fibre Channel Driver 'before June 2017' would still be supported. This was incorrect. The note should have said 'before October 2016' This has now been corrected.

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Agilent, ATTO, Brocade and LSI - not supported with the DataCore Fibre Channel Driver.

HP branded - SN1000E - 16Gb/s - not supported with the DataCore Fibre Channel Driver.

Lenovo branded – QLogic and Emulex families

Four new sections have been added:

• Fibre Channel Driver firmware and BIOS notes - This contains information that was already stated in this document, but was not all in one place.

• Troubleshooting Fibre Channel Driver issues - This contains information that was already stated in this document, but was not all in one place.

• Replacing a Fibre Channel Driver - The information in this section has been copied (and updated) from the document 'Managing fibre channel drivers in a DataCore Server' - previously available from: http://datacore.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1547

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This section has been re-structured to take into account an enhancement in SANsymphony 10.0 PSP 7. The SANsymphony will be able to bind the DataCore QLogic Fibre Channel Driver to any QLogic HBAs in a DataCore Server.

Previously the driver would only be allowed to bind to HBAs that could be matched that matched from a 'known' list of maintained PCI_VENDOR strings held internally within the SANsymphony software, and any QLogic HBAs that were not in this list would be prohibited from using the DataCore QLogic Fibre Channel Driver. Users that are running versions of SANsymphony earlier than 10.0 PSP 7, please refer as before, to the tables for the list of QLogic HBAs that are supported using the DataCore QLogic Fibre Channel Driver.

This enhancement does not apply to Emulex HBAs. Please refer as before, to the tables for the list of Emulex HBAs that are supported using the DataCore Emulex Fibre Channel Driver.

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An additional statement has been added regarding these HBAs with regard to Emulex Driver/Firmware versions.

Customers already using the DataCore Emulex Fibre Channel Driver on this family of Emulex HBAs, will continue to be supported but they must not use the firmware that is included with any version 11.x Emulex driver package. Use only the firmware that is provided with the most current version 10.x Emulex driver package.

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These HBAs could not take the DataCore Fibre Channel Driver and are documented as 'Discontinued' by Emulex.

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These HBAs are 'Discontinued' by QLogic.

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Manufacturing Part #: YH1DK - SANsymphony 10.0 PSP 6 update 2 and greater

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Part #: 0T3TK5 - SANsymphony-V 10.0 PSP 6 update 2 and greater

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This section has been updated for clarity to help identify problems that users may encounter when an HBA does not automatically load the DataCore HBA driver.

Emulex Branded Fibre Channel HBAs - LPe12000

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This entry has now been changed to 'LPe1200x' – to cover all single, dual and quad port configurations of this model that are available.

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84E – SANsymphony 10.0 PSP 6 or later

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FC2242SR - Even though SANsymphony may still assign a DataCore driver to HBA, it is now considered 'End of Life' by Emulex so will no longer be supported in a DataCore Server.

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LPe16000-M6, LPe16002-M6, LPe16004-M6, LPe16004-M6-EI, LPe16000B-M6, LPe16002B-M6 and LPe16202-x

The above HBA is not supported. Customers that are already using the DataCore Emulex Fibre Channel Driver with this HBA in their DataCore Servers will continue to be supported. This HBA can still be used with the native driver as a connection to a storage array.

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LPe16000B-M6-F and LPe16002B-M6-F

The above HBA is not supported. Customers that are already using the DataCore Emulex Fibre Channel Driver with this HBA in their DataCore Servers will continue to be supported. This HBA can still be used with the native driver as a connection to a storage array.

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All SN1100E models

The above HBA is not supported. Customers that are already using the DataCore Emulex Fibre Channel Driver with this HBA in their DataCore Servers will continue to be supported. This HBA can still be used with the native driver as a connection to a storage array.

Updated

These HBAs are considered 'end of life' by QLogic and will no longer be supported using the DataCore Fibre Channel Driver after December 31st 2016.

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LPe12000, LPe15002B-M8 and LPe15004-M8

This entry previously stated: "Existing customers only: Before upgrading to SANsymphony 10.0 PSP 5 (no update) please refer to the SANsymphony 10.0 PSP 5 Release notes." SANsymphony 10.0 PSP 5 update 1 fixed the problem that this note was for - this note has now been removed.

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LPe111 and LPe1150

These HBAs were never supported with the DataCore Fibre Channel Driver and are now considered end of life by Emulex.

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QLE2694L

Now supported with SANsymphony 10.0 PSP 5 update 2 and greater

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QLE274X and QLE2694U

Now supported with SANsymphony 10.0 PSP 5 and greater

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LPe16xxx – 16GB

Use Emulex Firmware 10.x versions only.

Later 11.x Emulex Firmware, when used with the DataCore Emulex Driver, will result in unexpected behavior including random disconnects and HBA driver errors.

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Existing customers only:

Before upgrading to SANsymphony 10.0 PSP 5 (no update) please refer to the SANsymphony 10.0 PSP 5 Release notes.

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This chipset is not supported until SANsymphony 10.0 PSP 5.

This had previously been incorrectly listed as being supported with SANsymphony-V 10.0 PSP 4 update 1 and greater.

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LPe11000-M4 and LPe11002-M4

These HBAs are now considered 'end of life' by Emulex and will no longer be supported using the DataCore Fibre Channel Driver after September 30th 2016.

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Hewlett Packard - FC2242SR

These HBA is now considered 'end of life' by Emulex and will no longer be supported using the DataCore Fibre Channel Driver after September 30th 2016.

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269x

SANsymphony-V 10.0 PSP 4 update 1 and greater

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IBM - QMI2582

Supported with SANsymphony-V 10.0 PSP 4 update 1 and greater. This is an 8GB QLogic OEM-branded HBA

Cisco – QLE2672-CSC

Supported with SANsymphony-V 10.0 PSP 4 update 1 or later. This is a 16GB QLogic OEM-branded HBA.

OEM Branded Fibre Channel HBAs

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Hewlett-Packard – SN1000Q

Supported with SANsymphony-V 10.0 PSP 4 update 1 and greater. This is a 16GB QLogic OEM-branded HBA

This HBA was previously and incorrectly listed as being supported with SANsymphony-V 9.0 PSP 4 update 1 and any version of 10.x

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Hewlett Packard - SN1000E

This card is ‘not supported’ with the DataCore Fibre Channel Driver. Ii can still be used as a connection to the storage array but with the Storage Vendor’s preferred HBA driver.

Note: This card was incorrectly marked as being supported.

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Hewlett Packard - SN1000E

This is supported for use with the DataCore Fibre Channel Driver using SANsymphony-V 10.0 PSP 2 and greater

OEM Branded Fibre Channel HBAs

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• Hewlett Packard - SN1100E2P

  This was incorrectly stated as being supported with SANsymphony-V 10.0 PSP 1 update 1 and greater This listing now includes all SN1100E models but is only supported for use with the DataCore Fibre Channel Driver using SANsymphony-V 10.0 PSP 2 and greater.

• Hewlett Packard - 81E and 82E

  These were incorrectly stated as being QLogic OEM-branded HBAs when they are in fact Emulex OEM-branded HBAS and are 8GB not 16GB as previously documented.

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The DataCore Server – storage arrays

A new section.

OEM Branded Fibre Channel Host Bus Adaptors

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• OEM Branded Fibre Channel Host Bus Adaptors

  Emulex

  The generic entries for LPe15004 and LPe16xxx have been replaced with a more explicit list of models that are supported as of SANsymphony-V 10.0 PSP 1 update 1.

• OEM Branded Fibre Channel Host Bus Adaptors

  Fujitsu LPe12000-M8-FJ, LPe16000B-M6-F and LPe16002B-M6-F

  All are supported with SANsymphony-V 10.0 PSP 1 update 1 and greater

• Hewlett Packard - SN1100E2P

  This is supported with SANsymphony-V 10.0 PSP 1 update 1 and greater

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The information in this section has been completely updated with more explanatory notes and information. The old list of OEM HBA vendors that would not take the SANsymphony-V driver has been removed and is now covered in the new information at the start of this section.

Emulex:

Non-OEM Branded

OEM Branded

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The following entries have been moved from the Emulex ‘non-OEM Branded’ section to their relevant ‘OEM Branded’ sections:

• Fujitsu - MC-FC82E (LPe1205-F Blade)

• IBM – 95Y2375 (LPe1205A-IBM) – supported with SANsymphony-V 10.x or 9.0 PSP 3 and greater

• Oracle – SG-XPCIE2FC-ATCA-Z (LPeA11002-S) – supported with SANsymphony-V 10.x or 9.0 PSP 4

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The following entries have been removed:

Emulex - LP9000, LP9800 and LP10000 – These are HBAs that no longer are supported by Emulex.

QLogic - QL*22xx and QL*23xx – These HBAs are no longer are supported by QLogic.

While it is possible these older HBAs will still be recognized by SANsymphony-V (and that the DataCore Fibre Channel Driver will be loaded) DataCore recommend that they are not used for any critical applications as the adaptors’ firmware was never updated for use in the later versions of the Windows Operating System and so may affect the overall reliability of these in some situations that are out of control of SANsymphony-V.

Fibre Channel Host Bus Adaptors

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Emulex Corp. Added entries for LPe15004 and LPe16xxx.

Removed

All references to SANsymphony 7 have been removed.

DataCore Server - Fibre Channel Host Bus Adaptors

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Hewlett Packard – SN1000Q series. The HBA was erroneously listed as being supported in a DataCore Server for the DataCore Fibre Channel Driver in SANsymphony-V 9.0 PSP 4. However, while the chipset was supported the PCI_VENDOR strings were not recognized by the installer and so SANsymphony-V was not able to bind the DataCore Driver. This has now been fixed in SANsymphony-V 9.0 PSP 4 update 1 and re-documented accordingly.

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A new section ‘On OEM Branded Fibre Channel HBAs’

Cisco Systems Inc

EMC Corp.

Hitachi Data Systems

NetApp Inc.

Oracle Corp.

DataCore Server - Fibre Channel Host Bus Adaptors

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Hewlett Packard – SN1000Q series (Typo. Was previously listed as an SN10000Q)

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HP (Emulex) HP-LPe1205A

Combined

Combined the two documents: ‘DataCore Server Fibre Channel HBAs’ and ‘Host Fibre Channel over Ethernet CNAs’ together.

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An Overview section explaining, in detail, the difference between unqualified and unsupported.

Added more explicit clarifications for other hardware components – such as Fibre Channel over Ethernet CNAs for DataCore Servers, Network Interface Cards, iSCSI HBAs etc. - including vendors that are not (and have never been) supported with the DataCore Server port drivers.

Likewise, more explicit clarifications regarding Host servers and the same hardware components have also been added.

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Dell Inc. – 0187V / TC40H, and 9J1RG / 7JKH4 (these are QLogic Model numbers QLE 2662 now supported with SANsymphony-V 9.0 PSP 4)

Emulex – LPeA11002-S

Hewlett Packard – SN1000Q series (this is a QLogic Model numbers QLE 2662 now supported with SANsymphony-V 9.0 PSP 4)

DataCore Server - Fibre Channel Host Bus Adaptors

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Emulex – LPe11000x is now two separate entries: LP(e)11000-M4 and LP(e)11002-M4

Emulex – LP1150 is now LP(e)1150

QLogic – QLE 26xx is now QLE 267x

Host Server - Fibre Channel over Ethernet CNAs

All Fibre Channel over Ethernet CNAs are, like Fibre Channel HBAs considered supported unless explicitly stated (including in the Known Issues document)

QLogic 26xx HBA,

HP FC2142SR,

Emulex LPe1150

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QLogic 26xx HBA

HP FC2142SR

Emulex LPe1150

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QLE824x

Removed

This HBA is no longer supported for SANsymphony-V 9.x

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Emulex/HP LPe1205-HP HBA

Verified

Verified for SANsymphony-V 9.x. No new information added.

Updated

Emulex LP(e) 111, LPe1250 and LPe12xxx HBAs

Removed

References to ‘End of Life’ SANsymphony and SANmelody versions that are no longer supported as of July 31 2011.

Added

Added mistakenly deleted references to QLE* HBAs.

Added Emulex OCe11102-FX CAN.

Added

SANsymphony-V R8.0 PSP 1.

Emulex LPe12004

Removed

All references to NPIV as it no longer is an issue for DataCore Servers

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HP Blade BL490 G6

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QLogic 4/8Gb HBAs for VMware Application Servers

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QLE824x

Emulex OCe10102-FX CAN