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FC Host Platforms

NetApp delivers full support of Fibre Channel (FC) host connections with leading operating systems-Windows®, ESX Server, Solaris™, Oracle® Enterprise Linux®, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux, AIX, HP/UX, NetWare, and OpenVMS. NetApp enables robust options for high-availability configurations via multipathing and clustering-supporting native and server- and storage-independent host software, as shown in the following table.

OS Vendor	HBA	Multipath	Host Cluster	Volume Mgr	File System
	Emulex Qlogic	MPIO Veritas™ DMP*	MSCS Veritas VCS*	LDM Veritas VxVM*	NTFS
	Emulex Qlogic	VMware	MSCS VirtualCenter (VMotion)	VMware	VMFS RDM Raw
	Native Emulex Qlogic	MPxIO VERITAS DMP	Sun Cluster VERITAS VCS	SVM VERITAS VxVM	UFS VERITAS VxFS
	QLogic Emulex	DM-MP	Oracle 9i™, Oracle 10g RAC	LVM LVM2	ext3 ext2 Reiser
	QLogic Emulex	DM-MP Veritas DMP*	Oracle 9i™, 10g RAC RH Cluster Suite Veritas VCS*	LVM LVM2 Veritas VxVM*	ext3 ext2 Reiser GFS Veritas VxFS*
	QLogic Emulex	DM-MP	Oracle 9i, Oracle 10g RAC	LVM LVM2	ext3 ext2 Reiser
	Native	MPIO* Veritas DMP	HACMP VCS	LVM Veritas VxVM	JFS/HFS Raw Veritas VxFS
	Native Emulex*	HP PVLinks VERITAS DMP	MC ServiceGuard VERITAS VCS	LVM VERITAS VxVM	JFT/HFS Raw VERITAS VxFS
	QLogic	QLogic	Novell Clusters		NSS
OpenVMS*	Emulex	OpenVMS	OpenVMS	OpenVMS	ODS

NetApp fully qualifies its Data ONTAP® operating system and portfolio of Fibre Channel-enabled storage and virtualization products with leading operating systems and application and database software. From Windows Server catalog certification to VMware SAN compatibility guide to Symantec and Veritas hardware compatibility listing to Oracle storage compatibility program, NetApp Fibre Channel solutions deliver enterprise-grade compatibility and performance.