System Requirements for the HPE Nimble Storage Array

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

Licenses

Install the following licenses.

Array	Snapshot Type	License
HPE Nimble Storage/ Nimble dHCI/ HPE Alletra 5000 Series/ HPE Alletra 6000 Series	Snapshot	None

Use the following version and firmware.

Important

Before you upgrade the HPE Nimble Storage firmware, move all snapshots to a secondary storage using the backup copy operation because array nodes will no longer be accessible using old interfaces.
Before you merge HPE Nimble Storage arrays to one group, move all snapshots to a secondary storage using the backup copy operation.

Array	Version and Firmware
HPE Nimble Storage/Nimble dHCI	3.x, 4.x, 5.0.x, 5.1.x, 5.2.x, 6.0.x, 6.1.x Note 4.4.1.x, 5.0.1.x and 5.0.2.x are not supported. AF-Series, CS-Series, HF-Series, and Nimble dHCI
HPE Alletra 5000 Series	6.1.x
HPE Alletra 6000 Series	6.0.x, 6.1.x

Use one of the following protocols.

Array	Protocol
HPE Nimble Storage/Nimble dHCI/HPE Alletra 5000 Series/ HPE Alletra 6000 Series	Fibre Channel iSCSI

Array

Protocol

HPE Nimble Storage/Nimble dHCI/HPE Alletra 5000 Series/ HPE Alletra 6000 Series

Fibre Channel

iSCSI

Install the following software.

Array	Required Software
HPE Nimble Storage/ Nimble dHCI/ HPE Alletra 5000 Series/ HPE Alletra 6000 Series	None

Open the following ports between the MediaAgent and the storage array: