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The following is a list of operating systems that have been certified for CDP and NSS Servers, Clients, and Agents. Information about clustering software is also included.

CDP and NSS Server

Platform Certified Versions
CDP and NSS Server version 6.15
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 Kernel 2.6.18-128.el5
Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.3 Kernel 2.6.18-128.el5
CentOS Linux version 5.3 Kernel 2.6.18-128.el5
CDP and NSS Server version 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 Kernel 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5
Oracle Linux 5.1 Kernel 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5
CentOS Linux 5.1 Kernel 2.6.18-53.1.19.el5
CDP and NSS Server version 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 2 Kernel 2.6.9-22.ELsmp (64-bit)
CentOS Linux 4.2 Kernel 2.6.9-22.ELsmp (64-bit)
CDP and NSS Server (up to and including version 4.5)
Red Hat Linux v7.3 with rpm support - Kernel 2.4.21-ipstor (upgraded kernel)
- With Antares Microsystems P-0036, ATTO ExpressPCI FCSW, QLogic 220x, 2300, 2340, 2342, or 2344 HBAs
CDP and NSS Virtual Appliance
- VMware ESX Server 4.1
- VMware ESXi 4.1
- VMware ESX Server 4.0 Update 1
- VMware ESXi 4.0 Update 1
- VMware ESX Server 3.5 Update 5
- VMware ESXi 3.5 Update 5		  
 
NSS Clients

Platform Certified Versions
NSS Client using Fibre Channel protocol
AIX
- AIX 4.3.3.x
- AIX 5.1
- AIX 5.2
- AIX 5.3
- AIX 6.1
- Requires FalconStor DynaPath for failover.
Citrix XenServer - XenServer 4.1.0 / 5.0.0 / 5.5.0
- Certified as “Citrix Ready”
Compaq Tru64 UNIX (no SAN Client software)   51.A with Compaq KGPSA-CX FC Adapter (FW rev 6.0) or Compaq KGPSA-C FC Adapter (FW rev 6.0)
HP-UX
- HP-UX 11.00, HP-UX 11i, HP-UX 11iv2 - Requires FalconStor DynaPath for failover.
- HP-UX 11iv3 - Uses native multipathing software instead of FalconStor DynaPath
Linux
- Linux 2.4 and 2.6 kernels from Red Hat and SUSE distributions
- Requires FalconStor DynaPath for failover.
Macintosh (no SAN Client software)   9.1 or OSX with ATTO ExpressPCI FC SW HBA.
NetWare  
- NetWare 5.1 with SP 6
- NetWare 6.0 with SP 3
- NetWare 6.5 with SP 1
Oracle VM Oracle Validation Configuration
SCO OpenServer (no SAN Client software) SCO OpenServer 5
SGI IRIX (no SAN Client software) IRIX v6.5 with Irix v6.5.7f or QLogic 2200 (the Fibre Channel driver is bundled with the IRIX operating system)
Solaris 
SPARC:
- Solaris 10
- Solaris 9 Generic with kernel patch level 112233-04
- Solaris 8 Generic with kernel patch level 108528-10 and above
- Solaris 7 Generic (32-bit and 64-bit) with kernel patch level 106541-17 and above
- Solaris 6 Generic with kernel patch level 105181-29 and above
- Requires FalconStor DynaPath for failover.
Intel:
- Solaris 10
- Solaris 9 Generic with kernel patch level 112233-04
- Solaris 8 Generic with kernel patch level 108529-10 and above.
VMware Virtual Infrastructure GSX 3.1, ESX 2.5 storage arrays and storage gateways (SVD) certified as "VMware Ready"
VMware Infrastructure 3 ESX 3, ESX v3.5 storage arrays and storage gateways (SVD) certified as "VMware Ready"
VMware vSphere 4 ESX v4.0 and ESX v4.0 Update 1 storage arrays and storage gateways (SVD) certified as "VMware Ready"
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) v1 FalconStor Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) v1.0 certified for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 1.0 - Build 97878
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) v1 Update 1 FalconStor Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) v1.10 build 110 certified for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 1.0 U1 - Build 128004
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) v4 FalconStor Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) v1.10 build 111 certified for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 4.0 - Build 192921
Windows NT 
- 4.0 Enterprise Edition with SP 6a 
Windows 2000 
- Professional, Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter, with SP 4
- Requires FalconStor DynaPath for failover.
Windows 2003 
- Standard and Enterprise Server
- Requires FalconStor DynaPath for failover.
Windows 2008 - Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
- Requires FalconStor DynaPath for failover.
NSS Client using iSCSI protocol
AIX - 4.3.3.x
- 5.2
- 5.3
- 6.1
Citrix XenServer - XenServer 4.1.0 / 5.0.0 / 5.5.0
- Certified as “Citrix Ready”
HP-UX B.11.11
Linux Linux 2.4 and 2.6 kernels from Red Hat and SUSE distributions
NetWare - NetWare 5.1 with SP 6, 7, or 8
- NetWare 6.5 with SP 1a
Oracle VM Oracle Validation Configuration
Solaris SPARC - Solaris 10
- Solaris 9
- Solaris 8
VMware Virtual Infrastructure GSX 3.1, ESX 2.5 storage arrays and storage gateways (SVD) certified as "VMware Ready"
VMware Infrastructure 3 ESX 3, ESX v3.5 storage arrays and storage gateways (SVD) certified as "VMware Ready"
VMware vSphere 4 ESX v4.0 and ESX v4.0 Update 1 storage arrays and storage gateways (SVD) certified as "VMware Ready"
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) v1 FalconStor Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) v1.0 certified for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 1.0 - Build 97878
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) v1 Update 1 FalconStor Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) v1.10 build 110 certified for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 1.0 U1 - Build 128004
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) v4 FalconStor Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) v1.10 build 111 certified for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 4.0 - Build 192921
Windows 2000 With SP 4 or above
Windows XP Professional With SP 1 or above
Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise Server with SP 1 or above
Windows 2008 - Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
NSS Client using SAN/IP protocol
AIX - AIX 4.3.3.0-09 (32-bit)
- AIX 5.1 (32-bit) 
- AIX 5.2 (32-bit) 
Debian Linux 3.Or1  - Kernel 2.4.21smp
HP-UX  - HP-UX 11i
- HP-UX B.11.00 (64-bit)
- Patch Bundle XSWGR1100 (Sept. 2001 or later) and PHKL_23329 are required.
MIRACLE Linux v2.0 - Kernel 2.4.7-2.24ml
- Kernel 2.4.7-2.24mlsmp
NetWare - NetWare 5.1 with SP 6
- NetWare 6.0 with SP 3
- NetWare 6.5 with SP 1
- NSS must be is running
Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 - Kernel 2.4.9-e.3.smp
- Kernel 2.4.9-e.8smp
- Kernel 2.4.9-e.16smp
- Kernel 2.4.9-e.24smp
Red Hat Linux v9  - Kernel 2.4.20-8
- Kernel 2.4.20-8smp
- Kernel 2.4.20-31.9smp
Red Hat Linux v7.3  - Kernel 2.4.18-5
- Kernel 2.4.18-5smp
- Kernel 2.4.20-28.7.agcom
- Kernel 2.4.19-ipstor
- Kernel 2.4.21-ipstor
Red Hat Linux v7.2  - Kernel 2.4.7-10
- Kernel 2.4.7-10smp
- Kernel 2.4.7-10enterprise
- Kernel 2.4.9-31
- Kernel 2.4.9-31smp
- Kernel 2.4.9-31SGI_XFS_1.1smp
Red Hat Linux v7.1 - Kernel 2.4.2-2
- Kernel 2.4.9smp
- Kernel 2.4.2-2enterprise
Solaris 6  - Kernel patch level 105181-29 and above (SPARC)
Solaris 7  - Kernel patch level 106541-17 and above (SPARC)
- Kernel patch level 106542-17 and above (x86)
Solaris 8  - Kernel patch level 108528-10 and above (SPARC)
- Kernel patch level 108529-10 and above (x86)
Solaris 9  - Kernel patch level 112233-04 (SPARC)
- Kernel patch level 112234-04 (x86)
Windows NT  Server and Workstation with SP 6a
Windows 2000 - Professional, Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter, with SP 2, 3, and 4
- Supports Windows 2000 Clustering
Windows 2003  Standard and Enterprise Server

CDP Clients

Platform Requires
AIX AIX Logical Volume Manager
Citrix XenServer
- FalconStor DiskSafe running in a virtual machine hosted by XenServer 4.1.0 / 5.0.0 / 5.5.0
- Certified as "Citrix Ready"
HP-UX HP-UX Logical Volume Manager
Oracle VM FalconStor DiskSafe running in a virtual machine hosted by Oracle Validation Configuration
Red Hat Linux FalconStor DiskSafe or Linux Volume Manager 2 (LVM2)
Solaris Solaris Volume Manager (SVM)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Volume Management System (EVMS)
VMware FalconStor DiskSafe running in a virtual machine hosted by GSX 3.1, ESX 2.5, ESX 3, ESX v3.5, ESX v4.0, and vSphere 4.0
Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) FalconStor DiskSafe, FalconStor FileSafe
Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V (64-bit) FalconStor DiskSafe, FalconStor FileSafe
Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V (64-bit) FalconStor DiskSafe, FalconStor FileSafe
Windows XP FalconStor DiskSafe, FalconStor FileSafe
Windows Vista FalconStor DiskSafe, FalconStor FileSafe

Clustering Software

Since CDP and NSS use the standard SCSI protocol when accessing disk storage, CDP and NSS are able to support most clustering software. The following is a list of software that has been certified for CDP and NSS clients:

Platform Certified Versions
Fibre Channel Environments
AIX - AIX HACMP/EX v4.4.1
- AIX HACMP v5.1 on AIX 5.2
- AIX HACMP v5.4 on AIX 5.3.7 for NSS 6.0
HP-UX 11i - Emulex HBAs support MC/ServiceGuard vA.11.14
Solaris 2.10 - Sun Cluster 3.1 and 3.2 with QLogic HBAs
Windows NT - QLogic HBAs support Microsoft Cluster Server
Windows Server 2008 - Requires FalconStor NSS for multi-site clustering, failover clusters
Windows Server 2008 R2 - Requires FalconStor NSS for multi-site clustering, failover clusters
Windows 2000  - QLogic HBAs support Microsoft Windows 2000 Clustering
iSCSI Environments
Windows Server 2008 - Requires FalconStor NSS for multi-site clustering, failover clusters
SAN/IP Environments
Windows 2000 - Windows 2000 Clustering
Windows Server 2003 - Windows 2003 Clustering

Agents
The following is a list of operating systems that have been certified for FalconStor Agents:

Platform Certified Operating Systems
Capacity-on-Demand - Red Hat Advanced Server 3
- Solaris 7
- Solaris 8
- Solaris 9
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows 2000 with SP 2 and above
- Windows XP with SP 1
DiskSafe for Windows
- Windows Server 2008 R2 - All versions except Server Core Installation Edition (64-bit)
- Windows Server 2008 - All versions except Server Core Installation Edition (32-bit and 64-bit AMD Intel)
- Windows 7 Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Windows XP Home Edition or Professional with SP 2 or above (32-bit or 64-bit)
- Windows 2000 Professional, Server, and Advanced Server, with SP 4 and above
- Windows Server 2003 and 2003 R2, Datacenter, Standard, and Enterprise Edition with SP 1 or above (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Microsoft iSCSI initiator v2.0 and higher
- The following FC HBAs:
 
- Emulex PCI-Express: LPe11000, LPe11002, LPe1150, LP10000ExDC, LP1050Ex
- Emulex PCI-X: LP101, LP11000, LP11002, LP1150, LP1005DC, LP10000, LP10000DC, LP1050, LP1050DC, LP9802, LP9802DC, LP9402DC, LP982
- Emulex Blade: LP1005DC
- Emulex cPCI: LP9002C
- Emulex PCI: LP9002L
- QLogic: QLE2xxx, QLA24xx, QLA23xx
DiskSafe for Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7 kernel 2.6.9-78.0.13.ELsmp x64/i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7 kernel 2.6.9-78.ELlargesmp x64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 kernel 2.6.18-53.EL5 x64/i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 kernel 2.6.18-128.EL5 x64/i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 kernel 2.6.18-128.1.6.EL5 x64/i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 kernel 2.6.18-155.el5 x64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 kernel 2.6.18-164.EL5 x64/i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 kernel 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 x64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 kernel 2.6.18-194.el5 x64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 kernel 2.6.18-194.3.1-Xen i386
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 kernel 2.6.16.54-0.2.12-bigsmp i386
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 kernel 2.6.16.60-0.42.5-smp x64/i386
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 kernel 2.6.16.60-0.42.7-smp i386
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 kernel 2.6.16.60-0.54.5-smp x64
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 kernel 2.6.16.60-0.58.1-xen x64
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 kernel 2.6.16.60-0.66.1-xen x64
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 kernel 2.6.27.45-0.1-xen x64
- FC adapters: QLogic QLA24xx, QLE24xx, QLE25xx
- iSCSI driver: Open iSCSI initiator version 6.2.0.868-0.7
- Multipathing software: DynaPath for Linux build 962 or later and PowerPath 5.3
DynaPath
- Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit AMD Intel)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
- Windows Server 2003 and 2000 (32-bit and 64-bit AMD Intel, Itanium)
- Windows NT (Server or Workstation) with SP 6
- Linux 2.4 and 2.6 kernels from Red Hat and SUSE distributions
- Solaris 7 SPARC
- Solaris 8 SPARC
- Solaris 9 SPARC
- Solaris 10 SPARC
- AIX 4.3
- AIX 5.1
- AIX 5.2
- AIX 5.3
- AIX 6.1
- HP-UX 11i (64-bit PA-RISC)
- HP-UX 11iv2 (64-bit PA-RISC and Itanium)
- Compatible with PowerPath 4.5.2, 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 on Windows and all versions of PowerPath on Unix.
FileSafe
- AIX 4L 4.3.3 (PowerPC 32)
- AIX 5L 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 (PowerPC 32/PowerPC 64)
- CentOS Linux 4.2, 5.0, 5.1 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- HP-UX for Intel Itanium 11.23 (IA32/IA64)
- HP-UX for PA-RISC 11.11, 11.23 (PA-RISC 32/PA-RISC 64)
- Novell SUSE Linux 10.0, 10.1 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Novell Open Enterprise Server 2.0 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.2, 5.0, 5.1 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Solaris 8, 9, 10 SPARC (32-bit)
- Solaris 9, 10, 11 x86 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V (64-bit)
- Windows Server 2008 All versions except Core Installation Edition (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V (64-bit)
- Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, Datacenter Edition, WEB Edition, Small Business Server, SP2 or R2 with SP2 and above (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Windows 2000 Professional, Server, and Advanced Server with SP 4 and above (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Windows XP Home Edition or Professional with SP 2 and above (32-bit and 64-bit)
HyperTrac - Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
- Windows Server 2008 (64-bit)
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows 2000 with SP 4
- AIX 4.3 and 5.x
- HP-UX 11.11 (11i) and 11.00
- NetWare Server 6.x with SP2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0
- Solaris 8, 9, and 10 (SPARC)
- SUSE Linux 10.2
 
IntegrityTrac
- Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
- Windows Server 2008 (64-bit)
- Windows Server 2003
Multi-Site Cluster Adapter
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise edition (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise edition (32-bit and 64-bit)
RecoverTrac
- Windows Server 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)
SAN Disk Manager
(Intelligent Management Agent)
- Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Windows Vista with SP 2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition with SP 2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Windows XP Professional with SP 2 and above (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Windows 2000 Advanced Server with SP 4 (32-bit)
- Windows Server 2008 with SP 2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
Snapshot Agent for File Systems
- Windows 2003 Enterprise Server (32-bit)2
- Windows Server 2003 (64-bit) Itanium1
- Windows 2003 Enterprise Server (64-bit) Itanium2
- Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)1
- Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)1
- Windows Server 2008 (64-bit) Itanium1
- Windows 2008 Enterprise Server (32-bit)2
- Windows 2008 Enterprise Server (64-bit)2
- Windows 2008 Enterprise Server (64-bit) Itanium2
- Windows 2000 with SP 43
- AIX 6.1 and 5.3 ML1 with APAR IY59929 (JFS2)2
- Red Hat Advanced Server 5 Update 1 (XFS)2
- Red Hat Advanced Server 4 (XFS)2
- Red Hat Advanced Server 3
- Solaris 8 SPARC and x86
- Solaris 9 SPARC (UFS and VxFS) and x86
- HP-UX 11 (VxFS)2
- NetWare 5
- NetWare 6
Snapshot Director for VMware - ESX 3.03
- ESX 3.5x
- ESXi 3.5x
- ESX 4.0
- ESXi 4.0
- ESX 4.1
- ESXi 4.1

1 Certified with CDP and NSS version 6.
2 Certified with CDP and NSS version 6.15.
3 Certified with CDP and NSS version 6.0 and below.

All software is certified as of the date it was added to this matrix. FalconStor is not responsible for any operational problems resulting from modifications made by the manufacturer after the software was certified.


Last modified on : 09/02/2010 12:52 PM

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