System Requirements for the NetApp E-Series/LSI Storage Array

Before you configure your storage array, verify that your environment meets the following requirements.

Licenses

Install the following licenses.

Snapshot Type	License
Snapshot	Snapshot Legacy license for earlier snapshot engines with NetApp E-Series/LSI arrays
VolumeCopy	VolumeCopy
PiT (Point-in-Time)	Enable the default Premium features

Versions and Firmware

Use the following version and firmware.

Array	Version and Firmware
NetApp E-Series/LSI	Lenovo DE4000H, certified with SMI-S 11.62 Dell MD Series – 3000(i), 3200(i), 3220(i) IBM DS - 3200, 3300, 3400 - 3512, 3524, 3950, 4100, 4200, 4300, 4400, 4500 - 4700, 4800, 5020, 5100, 5300 SGI IS – 220, 350, 400, 4xxx, 5xxx SGI TP – 9300(s), 9400(s), 9500(s) Sun - 25xx, 61xx, 65xx, 6780, 9176, FLX210, FLX240, FLX280 NetApp E-Series E5500

Protocols

Use one of the following protocols.

Array	Protocol
NetApp E-Series/LSI	Fibre Channel iSCSI

Software

Install the following software.

Caution

The VolumeCopy engine does not work the SMI-S provider with firmware versions 11.40, 11.42, and 11.52. If you use the VolumeCopy engine with the SMI-S provider 11.40, 11.42, or 11.52, creating the volume copy relationship fails and it might also bring the SMI-S provider services down.

Array	Required Software
NetApp E-Series/LSI	LSI SMI-S server versions: 10.10.6054 10.30.0G00.009 10.32.0G00.002 10.34 11.40 11.42 11.50 11.52

Array

Required Software

NetApp E-Series/LSI

LSI SMI-S server versions:

10.10.6054
10.30.0G00.009
10.32.0G00.002
10.34
11.40
11.42
11.50
11.52

Ports

For snapshot operations, open ports 5988 (HTTP) and 5989 (HTTPS) between the server computers, MediaAgents, and client computers.