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IP SAN Host Platforms

NetApp delivers full support for IP SAN 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.

OS Vendor Initiator Certified Solution Multipath Cluster Network Boot
Software Initiator,
3rd Party HBA		 Yes Active-Active
NetApp Data ONTAP DSM,
Microsoft MS DSM,
Veritas DMP DSM		 MSCS,
Veritas VCS		 HBA, S/W
Software Initiator,
3rd Party HBA		 Yes Active-Active
Red Hat RHEL Device Mapper (DM-MP)		 Red Hat Cluster Suite,
Oracle Clusterware		 HBA, S/W


Unbreakable Linux

 Software Initiator,
3rd Party HBA		 Yes Active-Active
Oracle OEL Device Mapper (DM-MP)		 Red Hat Cluster Suite,
Oracle Clusterware		 HBA, S/W
Software Initiator,
3rd Party HBA		 Yes Active-Active
Novell SUSE Device Mapper (DM-MP)		 Oracle Clusterware HBA, S/W
Software Initiator,
Native HBA		 Yes Active-Active
MPIO		 HA/CMP HBA, S/W
Software Initiator Yes Active-Active
MPxIO		 No No
Software Initiator Yes Active-Passive
PVlinks		 No No
Software Initiator,
3rd Party HBA		 Yes Active-Passive
VMware Distributed with ESX		 VMware ESX VMotion,
VMware HA		 HBA
Software Initiator Yes Trunking Novell Cluster Services No

Host Connectivity Solutions

Operating System Platform Supported iSCSI Initiator
Microsoft® Windows® Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator
Alacritech SES1001 iSCSI HBA
QLogic SANblade QLA4050/4052
QLogic SANblade QLE4060/4062
Linux® Red Hat iSCSI Software Initiator
SUSE iSCSI Software Initiator
Qlogic SANblade QLA4050/5052
IBM AIX IBM AIX iSCSI Software Initiator
Sun™ Solaris™ Sun Solaris iSCSI Software Initator
HP-UX HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator
VMware® ESX Native iSCSI Software Initiator
Qlogic SANblade QLA4050/4052
Qlogic SANblade QLE4060/4062
Novell NetWare™ Novell iSCSI Software Initiator