Dell PowerFlex Appliance and PowerFlex Rack PowerFlex Manager 4.x Compatibility Matrix

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PowerFlex Manager 4.5.2 compatibility details

This section provides the PowerFlex Manager 4.5.2 compatibility details for PowerFlex rack components.

Table 1. PowerFlex Manager 4.5.2 compatibility detailsThe following table lists the PowerFlex Manager 4.5.2 compatibility details.
Component	Managed mode	Lifecycle mode	Alerting mode
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)	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)	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 15 SP3) (storage-only and compute-only) PowerFlex Manager support for PowerFlex rack with operating systems that are provided by customer is limited to installation only and no update.	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 15 SP3) (storage-only and compute-only) PowerFlex Manager support for PowerFlex rack with operating systems that are provided by customer is limited to installation only and no update.	Not applicable
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	Lifecycle mode when a supported adapter cannot be identified.	Not applicable
Networking	Managed mode requires a pair of the following server facing Dell and Cisco switches: The following switches are shipped and supported: Cisco Nexus 92348GC-X Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX3 Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2 Cisco Nexus 93240YC-FX2 Cisco Nexus 9364C-GX Dell PowerSwitch 4148T Dell S5232F-ON Dell S4148F-ON Dell S5248F-ON 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 PowerFlex Manager can monitor and update the accessible switches in managed mode. PowerFlex Manager does not support monitoring and updating of the Cisco Nexus EPLD version.	Lifecycle mode when a supported switch cannot be identified or cannot be granted with write access, provided the network configuration does not modify the node configuration. PowerFlex Manager can update only components with write access.	Not applicable
Storage	PowerFlex 4.5.2	PowerFlex 4.5.2	Not applicable
Security	CloudLink 7.1.9	CloudLink 7.1.9	Not applicable
RCM version	3.7.4.0	3.7.4.0	Not applicable

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