Dell DX6000 Manuel

Dell™DX Object Storage Platform Interoperability

Guide

This document provides information about the supported hardware and software versions for Dell™DX Object

Storage Platform systems.

Supported Hardware

This section lists the hardware supported by DX Object Storage Platform. Where applicable, firmware and driver

versions are also listed.

BIOS Versions

Table 1 lists the BIOS version supported by the DX6000 system.

Platform

BIOS Version Supported

DX6000

2.0.13 or later

DX6012S

1.2.12 or later

DX6004S

1.0.0 or later

Table 1. Supported System BIOS

Hard Drives

The DX Object Storage Platform supports internal 3.5-inch hard drives only. Table 2 lists the supported hard drives

and RAID types.

Platform

Hot-swappable (Yes/No)

Raid Type

Drives

DX6000

Yes

Raid 5

3.5-inch SATA 250GB or 1TB and

3.5-inch NearLine SAS 500GB or 1TB

DX6012S

No1

No RAID

3.5-inch SATA 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, or 2TB and

3.5-inch NearLine SAS 500GB, 1TB, or 2TB

DX6004S

No1

No RAID

3.5-inch SATA 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, or 2TB and

3.5-inch NearLine SAS 500GB, 1TB, or 2TB

Table 2. Supported Hard drives

1Hot removal of drive is supported. Reinserting or adding a new hard drive requires reboot of the DX6012S and DX6004S.

Supported Controllers

Table 3 lists the supported RAID controllers, supported firmware, and driver versions.

Platform

Controller

Type

RAID

Controller

Number of

Controllers

Firmware Revision

BIOS Revision

Driver

Revision

DX6000

Internal

H700

12.0.1-00 or later

12.0.1-00 or later2

4.17-2 or later

DX6012S

Internal

H200

07.02.42.00 or later

07.11.01.00 or later2

N/A3

DX6004S

Internal

H200

07.02.42.00 or later

07.11.01.00 or later2

N/A3

Table 3. Supported RAID Controllers

2Dell DX Compatibility Manager and DX Storage Node Console report RAID controller BIOS Revisions. The corresponding RAID

controller firmware updates available at www.support.dell.com are referenced by Firmware Revision.

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3The Drivers are applicable to DX6000 platform only as DX6012S and DX6004S run PXE bootable image from DX6000 that has

embedded OS, Drivers and Application.

Table 4 lists the supported network interface controllers (NICs), supported firmware and driver versions.

Platform

NIC

Firmware Revision

Driver Revision

DX6000; DX6012S; DX6004S

Broadcom®NetXtreme™II

5.2.0 or later

14.2.0 or later4

DX6000; DX6012S

Intel®PRO PCI-E Gigabit (2007)

N/A

11.2 or later4

Table 4. Supported Network Interface Controllers

4The Drivers are applicable to DX6000 platform only as DX6012S and DX6004S run PXE bootable image from DX6000 that has

embedded OS, Drivers and Application.

Table 5 lists supported remote access controllers (iDRAC) and corresponding firmware versions.

Platform

iDRAC

Firmware Revision

DX6000

iDRAC Express or iDRAC Enterprise (optional)

1.41 or later

DX6012S

iDRAC Express or iDRAC Enterprise (optional)

1.41 or later

DX6004S

iDRAC Express or iDRAC Enterprise (optional)

1.54 or later

Table 5. Supported Remote Access Controllers

Supported Software

This section lists the supported operating systems and applications on the DX Object Storage Platform. Dell DX

Object Storage Platform Compatibility Manager can be used to determine software component versions.

Supported Operating System

Table 6 lists the supported operating systems for the DX Object Storage Platform Software.

Platform

DX Platform Software

OS Support

DX6000

1.0

Red Hat®Enterprise Linux®5.3 64-bit

2.0.0

Red Hat®Enterprise Linux®5.5 64-bit

Table 6. Supported Operating Systems

Note: DX Object Storage Platform is not intended to be used as a web server or host any other services

other than those specified in this document.

Supported Dell Applications

Table 7 lists the supported applications for the DX Object Storage Platform Software.

Table 7. Supported Applications

Platform

Dell Applications

DX Platform Software 1.0

DX Platform Software

2.1.1

DX6000

Dell DX Object Storage Platform Compatibility Manager

A01

A03 or later

Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator

6.2 or later

6.4 or later

Dell Management Console5

1.01 or later

Dell DX Content Router Rules Configurator (CRRC)

N/A

A00 or later

Dell Unified Server Configurator –Lifecycle Controller

Enabled (USC-LCE)

A00 or later

DX6012S

Dell Unified Server Configurator –Lifecycle Controller

Enabled (USC-LCE)

A00 or later

DX6004S

Dell Unified Server Configurator –Lifecycle Controller

Enabled (USC-LCE)

A03 or later

5Dell Management Console is not installed on the DX Object Storage Platform but is a Management Application to remotely

monitor the platform status.

Supported DX Object Storage Platform Application Software Stack

Table 8 lists the application software stack supported on the DX Object Storage Platform.

Platform

Component

CSN 1.0

CSN 2.1.1

DX6000

DX Object Storage Software

4.0.0 to 4.0.3; 4.0.3

patch for DX6004S support

5.1.0 or later

DX Content Router Software

2.0 to 2.1.2

2.3.0 or later

DX Proxy

1.0 to 1.1

1.3.2 or later

DX SDK

1.0 to 1.1

1.3.2 or later

Table 8. Supported Object Storage Platform Software Stack

Browser Validation list for DX Object Storage Platform

The following list of browsers have been tested and validated with DX Object Storage Platform.

Browser

Linux

Windows®

Internet Explorer®v7

Internet Explorer® v8

Firefox v3.0

Firefox v 3.0.5

Table 9. Supported Browsers

Note: Other browsers, not tested in Dell Labs may also work with the Dell DX Object Storage Platform.

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