Dell PowerFlex 4.6.x Install and Upgrade Guide

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Operating system requirements

The following table lists the required packages for each operating system for PowerFlex 4.6.x. A valid time source should be configured on all nodes before deploying PowerFlex.

For the most updated list of operating systems supported by PowerFlex, see Dell PowerFlex 4.6.x Support Matrix on the Dell Technologies support site for the supported versions.

Linux

Table 1. Linux requirementsThis table describes the required packages for Linux to deploy PowerFlex.
Component or feature	Required packages
All components, all Linux types	numactl libaio wget apr libapr python2-rpm or python3-rpm yum-utils
MDM	bash-completion (for SCLI completion) Latest version of Python 2.X or Python 3.X (for newer operating system such as RHEL 8.x) binutils java-11-openjdk-headless
storage data server	smartmontools smartmontoolslibs binutils sg3_utils hdparm pciutils
Diagnostic tools	sar sysstat
Storage controllers	DELL: perccli LSI raid controllers: storcli HP raid controllers: hpssacli
SDS nodes that support NVDIMMs or SDPMs	ndctl jq daxio libpmem
Secure authentication mode	Ensure that OpenSSL 64-bit v1.1 is installed on all servers in the system: libopenssl1_0_0-1.0.1g-0.40.1.x86_64.rpm openssl1-1.0.1g-0.40.1.x86_64.rpm
LDAP	Ensure that OpenLDAP 2.4 is installed on all servers
LIA	pciutils

VMware ESXi

PowerFlex only supports the SDC component VMware ESXi 7.0 for compute only nodes (SDC).

Microsoft Windows

PowerFlex only supports the SDC component on Microsoft Windows.

Table 2. Microsoft Windows requirementsThis table describes the required packages for Microsoft Windows to deploy PowerFlex.
Operating system	Requirement
Windows	Only SDC is a supported component on Windows. To install SDC, ensure that Security Update for x64-based Systems is installed. To use the secure authentication mode, ensure that these are installed on all servers in the system: OpenSSL 64-bit v1.0.1 or later (v1.1, however, is not supported) Visual C++ redistributable 2010 package, 64-bit The Microsoft Windows Storage Spaces feature (available from Windows 8.1 and later) is not supported in Microsoft failover cluster running on PowerFlex volumes.