Dell EMC PowerVault MD34XX/38XX Series Support Matrix

Dell PowerVault MD3x60 Series Dense Storage Arrays support a maximum of 180 physical disk drive slots (with premium feature activation). These additional slots support is provided only by up to two Dell PowerVault MD3060e expansion enclosures. For a system without premium feature activation, the physical disk drive slot limit is 120.

Table 1. Expansion enclosures supported on dense (4U) storage arraysThis table describes the expansion enclosures supported on dense (4U) storage arrays.

Enclosure model	Minimum firmware version
MD3060e	03.9F

Dell PowerVault MD34xx/38xx series storage arrays support a maximum of 192 physical disk drive slots (with premium feature activation). These additional slots can be provided by up to 15 MD1200 expansion enclosures, seven MD PowerVault MD1220 expansion enclosures, or a combination of both. When a combination of expansion enclosures is used, the total number of physical disk drive slots in the system cannot exceed 192. For a system without premium feature activation, the physical disk drive limit is 120.

Table 2. Expansion enclosures supported on non-dense (2U) storage arraysThis table describes the expansion enclosures supported on non-dense (2U) storage arrays.

Enclosure model	Minimum firmware version
Dell PowerVault MD1200	1.06
Dell PowerVault MD1220	1.06

NOTE:

• Attaching a 4U (dense) expansion enclosure to a 2U (non-dense) RAID storage array is not supported.
• You cannot attach a 2U expansion enclosure to a 4U RAID storage array.
• All EMMs in an expansion stack must be at the same firmware level.