iSCSI Host Platforms

NetApp delivers full support for iSCSI host connections with Windows®, Linux®, AIX, Solaris™, HP-UX, VMware® and NetWare enterprise operating systems. Network boot improves storage management and removes a requirement for boot storage at the server. In addition, NetApp® iSCSI host connections enable robust options for high-availability configurations via multipath and clustering, as shown in the following table:

OS Vendor

Initiator

Multipath

Cluster

Network Boot

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		 VMware NMP
Veritas DMP for VMware		 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