This section provides the PowerFlex Manager 3.8 compatibility details for PowerFlex rack components.
Component | Managed mode | Lifecycle mode | Alerting mode |
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Nodes | PowerFlex R650/R750 (hyperconverged, storage-only, and compute-only)
PowerFlex R6525 (compute-only) PowerFlex R640/R740xd (hyperconverged, storage-only, and compute-only) PowerFlex R840 (hyperconverged and compute-only) |
PowerFlex R650/R750 (hyperconverged, storage-only, and compute-only)
PowerFlex R6525 (compute-only) PowerFlex R640/R740xd (hyperconverged, storage-only, and compute-only) PowerFlex R840 (hyperconverged and compute-only) |
PowerFlex R650/R750 (hyperconverged, storage-only, and compute-only)
PowerFlex R6525 (compute-only) PowerFlex R640/R740xd (hyperconverged, storage-only, and compute-only) PowerFlex R840 (hyperconverged and compute-only) |
Operating system/hypervisor | VMware ESXi 6.5U3n/6.7U3n/7.0U2d (hyperconverged and compute-only)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6/7.7/7.9 (compute-only)* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5/7.6/7.7/7.9 (storage-only)* CentOS 7.6/7.7/7.9 (compute-only)** Embedded operating system (storage-only) **PowerFlex Manager support for PowerFlex rack with these operating systems is limited to installation only and no update. |
VMware ESXi 6.5U3n/6.7U3n/7.0U2d (hyperconverged and compute-only)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5/7.6/7.7/7.9 (storage-only)** Embedded operating system (storage-only) PowerFlex rack only supports these operating systems. An update to these operating systems is not supported. |
Not applicable |
Adapters | Mellanox ConnectX-5 OCP/PCIe
Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx Intel X710/I350 rNDC Mellanox ConnectX-4 rNDC Mellanox ConnectX-4/ConnectX-5 |
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:
The following switches are supported but no longer shipped:
PowerFlex Manager can monitor and update the accessible switches in managed mode. |
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 only update components with write access. |
Not applicable |
Storage |
PowerFlex 3.6.0.1+ (hyperconverged, storage-only, and compute-only) PowerFlex 3.0.1.6+ (hyperconverged, storage-only, and compute-only) PowerFlex 2.6.1.1 HF2+ (hyperconverged, storage-only, and compute-only) |
PowerFlex 3.6.0.1+ (hyperconverged, storage-only, and compute-only) PowerFlex 3.0.1.6+ (hyperconverged, storage-only, and compute-only) PowerFlex 2.6.1.1 HF2+ (hyperconverged, storage-only, and compute-only) |
Not applicable |
Security |
CloudLink 7.1 CloudLink 7.0.2 |
CloudLink 7.1 CloudLink 7.0.2 |
Not applicable |
Compliance |
RCM 3.6.2.0+ / 3.6.1.0+ RCM 3.5.6.0+ / 3.5.5.0+ RCM 3.4.6.0+ / 3.4.5.0+ RCM 3.3.11.0+ / 3.3.10.0+ |
RCM 3.6.2.0+ / 3.6.1.0+ RCM 3.5.6.0+ / 3.5.5.0+ RCM 3.4.6.0+ / 3.4.5.0+ RCM 3.3.11.0+ / 3.3.10.0+ |
Not applicable |
+ Applicable only to the final digit in the version. See RCM Portal for more information.