NetApp delivers full support for iSCSI host connections with leading enterprise operating systems—Windows®, Linux®, AIX, Solaris, HP/UX, VMware®, and NetWare. Network boot improves storage management and removes a requirement for boot storage at the server. And NetApp® enables robust options for high-availability configurations via multipath and clustering, as shown in the following table.
|
Software initiator,
third-party HBA |
Active-Active
NetApp Data ONTAP® DSM,
Microsoft MS DSM,
Veritas™ DMP DSM |
Microsoft Cluster Server,
Veritas VCS |
HBA, S/W |
|
Software initiator,
third-party HBA |
Active-Active
VMware NMP distributed with ESX |
VMware ESX VMotion™,
VMware HA |
HBA |
|
Software initiator,
third-party HBA |
Active-Active
Red Hat RHEL device mapper (DM-MP), Veritas DMP |
Red Hat Cluster Suite,
Oracle Clusterware, Veritas VCS |
HBA, S/W |
|
|
Software initiator,
third-party HBA |
Active-Active
Oracle OEL device mapper (DM-MP), Veritas DMP |
Red Hat Cluster Suite,
Oracle Clusterware, Veritas VCS |
HBA, S/W |
|
Software initiator, third-party HBA |
Active-Active
MPxIO, Veritas DMP |
Veritas VCS |
HBA |
|
Software initiator,
third-party HBA |
Active-Active
Novell SUSE device mapper (DM-MP), Veritas DMP |
Oracle Clusterware, Veritas VCS |
HBA, S/W |
|
Software initiator,
native HBA |
Active-Active
MPIO |
HA/CMP |
HBA, S/W |
|
Software initiator |
Active-Passive
PVlinks |
No |
No |
|
Software initiator |
Trunking |
Novell Cluster Services |
No |
