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.
NetApp FC SAN Host Support | |||
OS Vendor | HBA | Multipath | Host Cluster |
Microsoft
Windows / Hyper-V | Brocade
Emulex Qlogic | MPIO
NetApp Data ONTAP DSM Veritas™ DMP | MSCS
Veritas VCS |
VMware | Brocade
Emulex Qlogic | VMware NMP
Veritas DMP for VMware | MSCS
VirtualCenter (VMotion™) |
Oracle Linux® | Qlogic
Emulex | DM-MP
Veritas DMP | Oracle®
Clusterware Veritas VCS Veritas FSCFSRAC Red Hat Cluster Suite |
Oracle Solaris | Native
Emulex QLogic | MPxIO
Veritas DMP | Sun Cluster
Veritas VCS |
Red Hat Linux | Brocade
Emulex Qlogic | DM-MP
Veritas DMP | Oracle 10g™
RH Cluster Suite Veritas VCS Veritas FSCFSRAC |
SUSE Linux | QLogic
Emulex | DM-MP | Oracle 10g |
IBM AIX | Native | MPIO
Veritas DMP SANPath | PowerHA
VCS |
HP HP-UX | Native
Emulex | HP PVLinks
Veritas DMP | MC
ServiceGaurd Veritas VCS |
Novel NetWare | QLogic | QLogic | Novel Clusters |
OpenVMS | Emulex | OpenVMS | OpenVMS |
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.