IBM System storage DS6000 Series, Overview

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January 31, 2008 DS6000 Interoperability Matrix Page 17
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General notes:
This Interoperability file will be sun-setting, please begin to use and familiarize yourself with the System Storage Interoperation
Center (SSIC):
http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/config/ess/index.jsp
DS Open API – (CIM Agent):
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Not available.
DS CLI:
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Available for System i AIX, OS/400 V5R2, i5/OS V5R3, and V5R4 platforms.
Boot device support:
Requires IOP 2847 and V5R3 M5 or later for System i
servers. See the IBM System i Redbook for more information.
SDD:
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Not available. Multi-path support is provided in i5/OS V5R3.
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Available when running the System i platforms with supported AIX, SuSE SLES 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 U2, and
U3 (32-bit, x64-bit) operating systems.
Device Mapper Multipath (DMM):
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Available for SUSE Linux Enterprise 10. For more information, refer to:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=540&context=ST52G7&dc=D430&uid=ssg1S4000107&loc=en_US&cs=
utf-8&lang=en#DM
Boot device support
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The DS6800 is supported as a boot device on System i platforms that support Fibre Channel boot capability. Boot
support is available for AIX and Linux operating systems with SDD. Refer to the
IBM System Storage DS6000 Host
Systems Attachment Guide for additional information.
Path Control Module (SDDPCM):
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Available for System i platforms running AIX 5.2 ML5 (or later) and AIX 5.3 ML1 (or later) with latest released
maintenance levels. Default PCM is not supported.