This section provides the
PowerFlex Manager 4.5.2 compatibility details for
PowerFlex appliance components.
Table 1. PowerFlex Manager 4.5.2 compatibility detailsThe following table lists the PowerFlex Manager 4.5.2 compatibility details.
Component
Compatibility
Nodes
PowerFlex R650/R750 (hyperconverged, storage-only, and compute-only)
PowerFlex R6525/R7525 (compute-only)
PowerFlex R640/R740xd (hyperconverged, storage-only, and compute-only)
PowerFlex R840 (hyperconverged and compute-only)
PowerFlex R650 (management controller)
PowerFlex R650 (PowerFlex file)
PowerFlex R650 (VMware NSX Edge node)
Operating system/hypervisor
VMware ESXi-7.0U3 (management controller)
VMware-VCSA-all-7.0 3 (management controller)
VMware-ESXi-7.0U3 (hyperconverged and compute-only)
Embedded operating system based on SLES 15 SP4 (storage-only)
PowerFlex Manager support for
PowerFlex appliance with operating systems that are provided by customer is limited to installation only and no update.
Adapters
NVIDIA ConnectX-6 LX
NVIDIA ConnectX-6 DX
NVIDIA ConnectX-5 OCP/PCIe
NVIDIA ConnectX-4 rNDC
Intel X710/I350 rNDC
Broadcom 57414 V1 2x25 OCP
Broadcom 57414 V2 2x25
Broadcom 57414 V1 2x25
Networking
Deployment requires a pair of the following switches:
Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX3 (access or management-aggregation)
Cisco Nexus 93240YC-FX2 (access or leaf)
Cisco Nexus 92348GC-X (management)
Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2 (aggregation or spine)
Cisco Nexus 9364C-GX2 (spine or leaf)
Dell PowerSwitch S4148F-ON (access)
Dell PowerSwitch S5224F-ON (access)
Dell PowerSwitch S5248F-ON (access)
Dell PowerSwitch S5296F-ON (access)
Dell PowerSwitch 4148T (management)
Dell PowerSwitch S5232F-ON (aggregation)
The following switches are supported but no longer shipped:
Cisco Nexus 31108TC-V
Cisco Nexus 3172TQ
Cisco Nexus 93180YC-EX
Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX
Cisco Nexus 9236C
Cisco Nexus 3132
Cisco Nexus 3164
Cisco Nexus 9364C
After deploying,
PowerFlex Manager can monitor and update the switches.
PowerFlex Manager does not support monitoring and updating of the Cisco Nexus EPLD version.
