Protocol (TOE/iSCSI)
offload adapters
Standard Gigabit
and 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters are supported when used with supported
software iSCSI initiators. Hosts must have a standards compliant iSCSI
initiator to access Dell PowerVault MD Series storage. Initiator support
is provided by the initiator or operating system vendor. Dell PowerVault
does not support Converged Network Adapters (CNA) in Converged mode.
Although Dell PowerVault does not endorse or support initiators directly,
this support matrix provides some useful configuration information
for common initiators
Dell PowerVault MD Series Arrays
work with any RFC 3720 iSCSI compliant initiators. The initiator must
support all mandatory iSCSI features (IPSec is not required). This
information is subject to change without notice. Dell is not responsible
for any errors in this information
NOTE: Hardware initiators
are not supported by Dell.
Read the initiator documentation
and Release Notes from the particular vendors, and the Dell PowerVault
MD-Series Release Notes for up-to-date configuration recommendations.