Promise Technology, Inc. VTrak M-Class Compatibility List, Version2.0-0
VTrak M-Class Compatibility List
Service Release 4/Mx10 Service Release 1
VTrak Systems:
· VTrak M500p - 3U/15-bay Ultra320 SCSI to SATAII RAID
· VTrak M300p - 2U/12-bay Ultra320 SCSI to SATAII RAID
· VTrak M200p - 2U/8-bay Ultra320 SCSI to SATAII RAID
· VTrak M500i - 3U/15-bay 1Gb iSCSI to SATAII RAID
· VTrak M300i - 2U/12-bay 1Gb iSCSI to SATAII RAID
· VTrak M200i - 2U/8-bay 1Gb iSCSI to SATAII RAID
· VTrak M500f - 3U/15-bay 2Gb FC to SATAII RAID
· VTrak M300f - 2U/12-bay 2Gb FC to SATAII RAID
· VTrak M200f - 2U/8-bay 2Gb FC to SATAII RAID
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VTrak M-Class Service Release 4:
Firmware: 2.14.0000.00
Software: 2.14.0000.00
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1. Host System Compatibility
Vendor Model / BIOS / Chipset / Platform Type / CPU TypeAsus A8N32-SLI-Deluxe / 1205 / nVidia nForce 4 SLI / AMD64 / AMD Athlon 64 X2
Asus M2n32 WS Professional / 304 / nVidia nForce 590 SLI / AMD64 / AMD Athlon 64 X2
Asus NCT-D / 1007 / Intel E7525 / Intel EM64T / Intel Xeon
Asus P5MT-M / 203 / Intel E7320 / 32-bit / Intel Pentium 4
Dell PowerEdge 1800 / A03 / Intel E7520 / Intel EM64T / Intel Xeon
Dell PowerEdge SC430 / A01 / Intel E7320 / 32-bit / Intel Pentium 4
Dell PowerEdge SC1420 / A03 / Intel E7320 / Intel EM64T / Intel Xeon
Gigabyte GA-9ILDR / F8 / Intel E7520 / Intel EM64T / Intel Xeon
IBM xSeries 226 Server / 1.33 / Intel E7530 / Intel EM64T / Intel Xeon
Intel SE7221BA1 / 163 / Intel E7221 / 32-bit / Intel Pentium 4
Intel SE7525GP2 / P06 / Intel E7525 / Intel EM64T / Intel Xeon
Intel SE7320SP2 / P06 / Intel E7320 / Intel EM64T / Intel Xeon
Intel SE7520AF2 / P09 / Intel E7520 / Intel EM64T / Intel Xeon
Intel DX955XBK / 2036 / Intel 955 / 32-bit / Intel Pentium 4
Intel P945GPT / 3869 / Intel 945 / 32-bit / Intel Pentium D
Intel SE7320NH1-E / 1179 / Intel E7320 / 32-bit / Intel Pentium 4
Intel 5000PSL-SAS / 59 / Intel 5000P / Intel EM64T / Intel Xeon
MSI K8N Master2-Far SATA / 1.1 / nVidia nForce Pro 2200 / AMD64 / AMD Opteron 244
MSI K8N Diamond Plus / 1 / nVidia nForce 4 SLI / AMD64 / AMD Athlon 64
Tyan 5360GNP / 1.02 / Intel E7520 / Intel EM64T / Intel Xeon
Tyan S2895 / 1.03 / nVidia nForce / AMD64 / AMD Opteron 244
Tyan K8SE S2892 / 2.01 / nVidia nForce / AMD64 / AMD Opteron 244
SuperMicro X6DVLG / R 1.0a / Intel E7320 / Intel EM64T / Intel Xeon
SuperMicro X6DALG / R 1.1c / Intel E7525 / Intel EM64T / Intel Xeon
SuperMicro X6DHEG / R 1.2a / Intel E7520 / Intel EM64T / Intel Xeon
SuperMicro X6DAE / 4.34 / Intel E7525 / Intel EM64T / Intel Xeon
SuperMicro H8DCE / 1.1b / nVidia nForce Pro 2200 / AMD64 / AMD Opteron 265
SuperMicro 7044hTr / 3.4.1 / Intel E7520 / Intel EM64T / Intel Xeon
SuperMicro X6DH3G / 1.03b / Intel E7320 / Intel EM64T / Intel Xeon
Sun Fire V120 Server / v2.0 / ALI - SUN / SPARC / UltraSPARC IIi
Sun Fire V240 Server / v2.0 / ALI - SUN / SPARC / UltraSPARC IIIi
Apple G5 / v3.03 / Apple / PPC / PPC
HP zx2000 Workstation / v2.31 / Agilent / IA64 / Intel Itainium 2
2. Operating Environment Compatibility
Operating System Interoperability Matrix / VTrak M500pVTrak M300p
VTrak M200p / VTrak M500i
VTrak M300i
VTrak M200i / VTrak M500f
VTrak M300f
VTrak M200f
Vendor / Core Platform / Type / U320 SCSI / 1Gb iSCSI / 2Gb Fibre
Microsoft / Windows NT 4.0 w/ SP6a / x86 / LS / NS / LS
Microsoft / Windows 2000 w/ SP4 / x86 / LS / NS / LS
Microsoft / Windows 2003 w/ SP1 / x86 / Supported / Supported / Supported
Microsoft / Windows 2003 w/ SP1 / x64 / Supported / Supported / Supported
Microsoft / Windows 2003 w/ SP1 / IA64 / Supported / Supported / Supported
Microsoft / Windows 2003 R2 w/ SP1 / x86 / Supported / Supported / Supported
Microsoft / Windows 2003 R2 w/ SP1 / x64 / Supported / Supported / Supported
Microsoft / Windows Longhorn Server / x86 / FS / FS / FS
Microsoft / Windows Longhorn Server / x64 / FS / FS / FS
Microsoft / Windows XP w/SP2 / x86 / Supported / Supported / Supported
Microsoft / Windows XP for x64 / x64 / Supported / Supported / Supported
Microsoft / Windows Vista Pro / x86 / FS / FS / FS
Microsoft / Windows Vista Pro / x64 / FS / FS / FS
RedHat / Enterprise Linux 4 Base / x86 / Supported / Supported / Supported
RedHat / Enterprise Linux 4 Base / x64 / Supported / Supported / Supported
RedHat / Enterprise Linux 4 U4 / x86 / Supported / Supported / Supported
RedHat / Enterprise Linux 4 U4 / x64 / Supported / Supported / Supported
RedHat / Enterprise Linux 5 Beta / x86 / FS / FS / FS
RedHat / Enterprise Linux 5 Beta / x64 / FS / FS / FS
RedHat / Fedora Core 4 / x86 / Supported / Supported / Supported
RedHat / Fedora Core 4 / x64 / Supported / Supported / Supported
RedHat / Fedora Core 5 / x86 / Supported / Supported / Supported
RedHat / Fedora Core 5 / x64 / Supported / Supported / Supported
SuSE / Enterprise Linux 9 w/SP3 / x86 / Supported / Supported / Supported
SuSE / Enterprise Linux 9 w/SP3 / x64 / Supported / Supported / Supported
SuSE / Enterprise Linux 10 / x86 / Supported / Supported / Supported
SuSE / Enterprise Linux 10 / x64 / Supported / Supported / Supported
SuSE / Professional 10 / x86 / Supported / Supported / Supported
SuSE / Professional 10 / x64 / Supported / Supported / Supported
FreeBSD / FreeBSD 6.1 / x86 / Supported / NS / Supported
FreeBSD / FreeBSD 6.1 / x64 / Supported / NS / Supported
SCO / OpenServer 5.0.7 / x86 / Supported / NS / Supported
SCO / UnixWare 7.1.4 / x86 / Supported / NS / Supported
Sun / Solaris 9 / x86 / LS / NS / LS
Sun / Solaris 9 / SPARC / LS / NS / LS
Sun / Solaris 10 / x86 / Supported / Supported / Supported
Sun / Solaris 10 / x64 / Supported / Supported / Supported
Sun / Solaris 10 / SPARC / Supported / Supported / Supported
Apple / Mac OS 10.3 / PPC / LS / NS / LS
Apple / Mac OS 10.4 / PPC / Supported / NS / Supported
Novell / NetWare 6.0 w/SP6 / x86 / LS / NS / LS
Novell / NetWare 6.5 w/SP5 / x86 / Supported / NS / Supported
VMware / ESX Server 3.0 / x86 / FS / FS / FS
VMware / ESX Server 3.0 / x64 / FS / FS / FS
LS – Legacy Support (not tested with currently released firmware package).
FS – Future Support (OS is targeted for future support).
NS – Not Supported (No host support available for test).
Supported – OS has been tested with the Promise VTrak systems and has been deemed compatible.
3. Hard Disk Drive Compatibility
Nearline Storage Drives [SATA]Vendor / Family / Model / Capacity / Interface/Queue / Firmware
Hitachi / Deskstar T7K500 / HDT725050VLA380 / 500 GB / 3.0Gb/s - NCQ / Not Tested
Maxtor / MaXLine Pro 500 / 7H500F0 / 500 GB / 3.0Gb/s - NCQ
MaXLine III / 7V320F0 / 320 GB / 3Gb/s - NCQ / VA101650
MaXLine Plus II / 7Y250M0 / 250 GB / 1.5Gb/s / YAR51EW0
Seagate / Barracuda ES / ST3750640NS / 750 GB / 3.0Gb/s - NCQ / 3AEF
NL35.2 / ST3500641NS / 500 GB / 3.0Gb/s - NCQ / 3AGE
NL35.2 / ST3500641NS / 500 GB / 3.0Gb/s - NCQ / 3AAE
NL35.2 / ST3400833NS / 400 GB / 3Gb/s - NCQ / 3AAE
NL35.2 / ST3250642NS / 250 GB / 3Gb/s - NCQ / 3AAE
NL35.1 / ST3400832NS / 400 GB / 1.5Gb/s - NCQ / 5.01
NL35.1 / ST3250823NS / 250 GB / 1.5Gb/s - NCQ / 5.01
Western Digital / Raptor / WD1500ADFD / 150 GB / 1.5Gb/s - NCQ / 20.07P20
Raptor / WD740GD / 74 GB / 1.5Gb/s - TCQ / 31.08F31
Caviar RE2 / WD5000YS / 500 GB / 3Gb/s / 07.02E07
Caviar RE2 / WD4000YR / 400 GB / 1.5Gb/s - NCQ / 01.06A01
Caviar RE / WD2500SD / 250 GB / 1.5Gb/s / 08.02D08
Caviar RE / WD2000SD / 200 GB / 1.5Gb/s / 08.02D08
Caviar RE / WD1600YS / 160 GB / 3Gb/s / 02001c03
Caviar RE / WD1200SD / 120 GB / 1.5Gb/s / 08.02D08
Caviar RE / WD2500YD / 250 GB / 3.0Gb/s - NCQ / Not Tested
Desktop Storage Drives [SATA]
Vendor / Family / Model / Capacity / Interface/Queue / Firmware
Hitachi / Deskstar 7K500 / HDS725050KLA360 / 500 GB / 3.0Gb/s - NCQ / A10C
Deskstar T7K250 / HDT722525DLA380 / 250 GB / 3Gb/s - NCQ / K440A80A
Deskstar 7K80 / HDS728080PLA380 / 80 GB / 3Gb/s - NCQ / PF20A60A2NH6
DeskStar 7K400 / HDS724040KLSA80 / 400 GB / 1.5Gb/s - TCQ / KFAOA46A
DeskStar 7K250 / HDS722525VLSA80 / 250 GB / 1.5Gb/s - TCQ / V36OA63A
Deskstar 7K250 / HDS722580VLSA80 / 80 GB / 1.5Gb/s - TCQ / V320
Maxtor / DiamondMax 11 / 6H500F0 / 500 GB / 3.0Gb/s - NCQ / H802W9MH
DiamondMax 10 / 6V250F0 / 250 GB / 3Gb/s - NCQ / VA101650
DiamondMax 10 / 6V200E0 / 200 GB / 3Gb/s - NCQ / VA101650
DiamondMax 10 / 6V160E0 / 160 GB / 3Gb/s - NCQ / VA101650
DiamondMax 10 / 6V080E0 / 80 GB / 3Gb/s - NCQ / VA101650
DiamondMax Plus 9 / 6Y250M0 / 250 GB / 1.5Gb/s / YAR41BW0
DiamondMax Plus 9 / 6Y200M0 / 200 GB / 1.5Gb/s / YAR41BW0
DiamondMax Plus 9 / 6Y160M0 / 160 GB / 1.5Gb/s / YAR41BW0
DiamondMax Plus 9 / 6Y080M0 / 80 GB / 1.5Gb/s / YAR51BW0
Seagate / Barracuda 7200.10 / ST3750640AS / 750 GB / 3Gb/s - NCQ / 3AAC
Barracuda 7200.9 / ST3500641AS / 500 GB / 3Gb/s - NCQ / 3AGE
Barracuda 7200.9 / ST3808110AS / 80 GB / 3Gb/s - NCQ / 3AAE
Barracuda 7200.8 / ST3400832AS / 400 GB / 1.5Gb/s - NCQ / 3.01 / 3.03
Barracuda 7200.7 NCQ / ST3160828AS / 160 GB / 1.5Gb/s - NCQ / 3.02
Barracuda 7200.7 / ST3200822AS / 200 GB / 1.5Gb/s / 3.01
Barracuda 7200.7 / ST380023AS / 80 GB / 1.5Gb/s / 3.01
Samsung / SpinPoint T133 / HD400LJ / 400 GB / 3Gb/s - NCQ / ZZ1002J
SpinPoint T133 / HD300LJ / 300 GB / 3Gb/s - NCQ / 2T100-11
SpinPoint P120 / SP2004C / 200 GB / 3Gb/s - NCQ / VM100-33
SpinPoint P80 / SP1614C / 160 GB / 1.5Gb/s / SW100-27
SpinPoint P80 / SP0812C / 80 GB / 1.5Gb/s / SU100-27
Western Digital / Caviar SE16 / WD5000KS / 500 GB / 3.0Gb/s - NCQ / 0805J08
Caviar SE16 / WD4000KD / 400 GB / 1.5Gb/s - NCQ / 0805J08
Caviar SE16 / WD2500KS / 250 GB / 3Gb/s - NCQ / 02.01C03
Caviar SE / WD3200JD / 320 GB / 1.5Gb/s / 0805J08
Caviar SE / WD2500JD / 250 GB / 1.5Gb/s / 02.05D02
Caviar SE / WD2000JD / 200 GB / 1.5Gb/s / 08.02D08
Caviar SE / WD1600JD / 160 GB / 1.5Gb/s / 08.02D08
4. M500p/M300p/M200p [Ultra320 SCSI] Compatibility
4.1. SCSI Host Bus Adapters
Note 1: Promise supports daisy-chaining up to 6 VTrak SCSI Enclosures. However, this is handled adequately with LSI Logic Ultra320 SCSI adapters but Adaptec Ultra320 adapters will only be able to support 3 enclosures running at Ultra320 speeds. Cascading more than 3 enclosures with Adaptec Ultra320 adapters will require the user to downgrade the negotiation to Ultra160.
Note 2: The Adaptec Ultra320 embedded Windows and Linux drivers will cause many bus timeouts and external bus resets to the VTrak enclosure. These drivers MUST be updated to the latest driver versions in order for the device to work properly (See Appendix for the driver versions).
Be aware, Windows will attempt to load the embedded driver whenever a hardware change is detected with the Adaptec Ultra320 adapter.
Applies to:
§ Windows 2003 Server w.SP1 (x86/x64)
§ Windows 2003 Server R2 (x86/x64)
§ Windows XP Professional w/SP2
§ Windows XP Professional for x64
§ Linux Kernel 2.4 based distribution
§ Linux Kernel 2.6 based distribution
Vendor / Model / Description / BIOS / FirmwareAdaptec / 29320ALP-R / 133MHz PCI-X to 1 VHDCI U320 with RAID / v4.30.0
29320A-R / 133MHz PCI-X to 1 HD U320 with RAID / v4.30.0
39320A-R / 133MHz PCI-X to 2 VHDCI U320 with RAID / v4.30.0
29320LP-R / 133MHz PCI-X to 1 VHDCI U320 with RAID / v4.30.0
29320-R / 133MHz PCI-X to 1 HD U320 with RAID / v4.30.0
39320D / 133MHz PCI-X to 2 VHDCI U320 / v4.10.1
39320D-R / 133MHz PCI-X to 2 VHDCI U320 with RAID / v4.30.0
39320-R / 133MHz PCI-X to 1 HD U320 with RAID / v4.30.0
29160 / 66MHz PCI to 1 HD U160 / v3.10.0
29160LP / 66MHz PCI to 1 VHDCI U160 / v3.10.0
39160 / 66MHz PCI to 2 VHDCI U160 / v3.10.0
PowerDomain 29160 / 66MHz PCI to 1 HD U160 / v1.2
ATTO / ExpressPCI UL4D / 133MHz PCI-X to 2 VHDCI U320 / v2.20
ExpressPCI UL4S / 133MHz PCI-X to 1 HD U320 / v2.20
LSI Logic / LSI20320-R / 133MHz PCI-X to 1 VHDCI U320 with RAID / v5.10.06 / v1.03.29.20
LSI21320-R / 133MHz PCI-X to 1 HD U320 with RAID / v5.10.06 / v1.03.29.20
LSI22320-R / 133MHz PCI-X to 2 VHDCI U320 with RAID / v5.10.06 / v1.03.29.20
LSIU320 / 133MHz PCI-X to 1 HD U320 / v5.07.03 / v1.03.27
LSI22915A / 66MHz PCI to 2 VHDCI U160 / v4.19.00
Sun / X6758A / 133MHz PCI-X to 2 VHDCI U320 / SUNPack
*In the descriptions above, the term “RAID” refers to RAID 0/1/10/1E.
5. M500i/M300i/M200i [iSCSI] Compatibility
5.1. iSCSI Host Initiators
Vendor / Model / Type / BIOS / FirmwareAdaptec / 7211C / iSCSI TOE / B40 / B41
Alacritech / SES2001XT / iSCSI TOE / N/A / N/A
SES2002XT / iSCSI TOE / N/A / N/A
SEN2104ET / TCP Offload / N/A / N/A
HP / NC370T / TCP Offload / N/A / N/A
NC340T / TCP Offload / N/A / N/A
Intel / PRO/1000 MT / TCP Offload / N/A / N/A
PRO/1000 PT / TCP Offload / N/A / N/A
Qlogic / SANblade QLA4010C / iSCSI TOE / v1.11 / v3.0.0.16
SANblade QLA4010 / iSCSI TOE / v1.11 / v3.0.0.16
SANblade QLA4050C / iSCSI TOE / v1.09 / v2.0.0.45
SANblade QLA4052C / iSCSI TOE / v1.09 / v2.0.0.45
Software iSCSI Initiators:
§ Microsoft iSCSI Initiator v2.02 Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
§ UNH iSCSI Initiator v1.7.0 Linux 2.6 Kernel
§ Cisco iSCSI Initiator v4.02 Linux 2.6 Kernel
5.2. Ethernet Switches
Vendor / Model / Port Count / Max Speed / Managed / MediaDell / PowerConnect 5224 / 24 / 1Gb / Yes / Cu / Optical
PowerConnect 2608 / 8 / 1Gb / No / Cu
PowerConnect 6024 / 24 / 1Gb / Yes / Cu / Optical
Cisco / Catalyst 2970 / 24 / 1Gb / Yes / Cu
SMC / TigerSwitch 10/100/1000 / 24 / 1Gb / Yes / Cu / Optical
DLink / DGS-1016T / 16 / 1Gb / Yes / Cu
Netgear / GS524T / 24 / 1Gb / No / Cu
Nortel Networks / BayStack 5510-24T / 24 / 1Gb / Yes / Cu
MilLan / MIL-S8000G / 8 / 1Gb / Yes / Cu
MIL-S24000T / 24 / 1Gb / No / Cu
6. M500f/M300f/M200f [Fibre Channel] Compatibility