This document contains information about the POWER systems, IBM storage, adapters, and AIX levels currently supported by versions of HACMP 5.4.1 through PowerHA 7.1. This is a compilation of the official support flashes.
Historically, newer versions of PowerHA have inherited device support from previous versions, unless specific support was removed by the product. Over time this has not been common to remove support for very old hardware. Technically, if it was supported in the past, and the hardware can run a version of AIX that is supported by the current version of PowerHA, then it is supported.
Since PowerHA 7.1 is not supported on any AIX level before 6.1.6, if the hardware is not supported on 6.1.6, then by definition PowerHA 7.1 would not support it either. Also, if the hardware has not made any statement of support for AIX 7.1, though the table may show PowerHA supports it, it is not valid until such support is stated. It is my intention to make it as complete as possible at the time of writing; however it only focuses on hardware support from the last five year or so. This consists mainly of POWER5 and above.
All POWER5 and above systems are supported on AIX 7.1 and HACMP 5.4.1 and above. The specific HACMP/PowerHA requirements for AIX 7.1 support and are listed below:
HACMP 5.4.1 SP10
PowerHA 5.5 SP7
PowerHA 6.1 SP3
PowerHA 7.1
Full software support details are always in the official support flash. The support flashes are usually available for five years and can be found via the link below. However, in the following tables the devices are linked to the official corresponding support flash.
http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebAllDocs2/?Search&Query=[HTMLDocumentName=WM_Flash]+AND+[CurrentAuthor=Shawn%20Bodily]+AND+[Var_OpSys=1013]&Start=1&Count=100&SearchOrder=4&DateSearch=1&AdvPage=AdvSearch&SearchMax=10000
POWER Systems
POWER5
POWER6
Note: Built-in serial ports in POWER6 servers are not available for PowerHA use. It is suggested to use disk heartbeating instead. However the built-in ethernet (IVE) adapters are supported for PowerHA use.
POWER7
Note: Built-in serial ports in POWER7 servers are not available for PowerHA use. It is suggested to use disk heartbeating instead. However the built-in ethernet (IVE) adapters are supported for PowerHA use.
Blades
Blade support does include support for both IVM and IVE on both POWER6 and POWER7 blades. The following cards are supported in the P6 and P7 blades:
8240 Emulex 8Gb FC Expansion Card (CIOv)
8241 QLogic 4Gb FC Expansion Card (CIOv)
8242 QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv)
8243 Broadcom 2-port Gb Ethernet Expansion Card (CIOv)
8246 SAS Connectivity Card (CIOv)
8251 Emulex 4Gb FC Expansion Card (CFFv)
8252 QLogic combo Ethernet and 4 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFh)
8271 QLogic Ethernet/8Gb FC Expansion Card (CFFh)
8291 Broadcom 4-port 1 Gigabit Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh/PCI-E)
IBM Storage
It is common to use multipathing drivers with storage. If utilizing MPIO, SDD, and/or SDDPCM on any PowerHA controlled storage, it is a requirement to use enhanced concurrent volume groups (ECVGs). This requirement also applies to vSCSI and NPIV devices.
Fiber Channel
DS Units
DS5100 and DS5300 Notes:
· These storage units support MPIO only.
· Testing was performed with DS5100/5300 Microcode levels 7.30.21 and 7.36.08
· This support includes using SDDPCM, with the caveat that SDDPCM support requires the use of enhanced concurrent volume groups.
DS4700 and DS4800 Notes:
· This support announcement is for the addition of MPIO support. These units have been supported since 2005 using RDAC.
· Testing was performed with DS4700/4800 Microcode levels 7.10.23 and 7.15.07
· This support includes using SDDPCM, with the caveat that SDDPCM support requires the use of enhanced concurrent volume groups.
Using MPIO with PowerHA always requires the use of enhanced concurrent vgs. Also, in general, support for DS units require switch attachment. Otherwise if direct attaching, ONLY cluster nodes must be connected to them, AND the use of ECVGs is required.
XIV
PowerHA requires XIV microcode level 10.0.1 or later.
San Volume Controller (SVC)
SVC Software levels supported up through SVC v6.2. The levels shown in the table above are the bare minimum requirements for v5.1. Other individual supported SVC levels are listed below,
NAS
SAS
SCSI
Adapters
Fiber Channel
#1905 4 Gb Single Port Fibre Channel PCI-X 2.0 DDR Adapter
#1910 4 Gb Dual Port Fibre Channel PCI-X 2.0 DDR Adapter
#1957 2 Gigabit Fibre Channel PCI-X Adapter
#1977 2 Gigabit Fibre Channel PCI-X Adapter
#5273 LP 8 Gb PCI-Express Dual Port Fibre Channel Adapter*
#5716 2 Gigabit Fibre Channel PCI-X Adapter
#5276 LP 4 Gb PCI Express Fibre Channel Adapter
#5735 8 Gb PCI-Express Dual Port Fibre Channel Adapter*
#5758 4 Gb Single Port Fibre Channel PCI-X 2.0 DDR Adapter
#5759 4 Gb Dual Port Fibre Channel PCI-X 2.0 DDR Adapter
#5773 4 Gb PCI Express Fibre Channel Adapter
#5774 4 Gb PCI Express Fibre Channel Adapter
#6228 1-and 2-Gigabit Fibre Channel Adapter for 64-bit PCI Bus
#6239 2 Gigabit FC PCI-X Adapter
*5273/5735 bare minimum requirements are PowerHA 5.4.1 SP2 or 5.5 SP1.
FCoE/CNA
#5437 Brocade 2-port 10GbE Converged Network Adapter for IBM Blades.
#5708 10Gb FCoE PCIe Dual Port Adapter
SAS
#5278 LP 2x4port PCI-Express SAS Adapter 3Gb
#5805 PCI-Express 380MB Cache Dual –x4 3GB SAS RAID Adapter
#5902 PCI-X DDR Dual –x4 Port SAS RAID Adapter
#5903 PCI-Express SAS Adapters
#5912 PCI-X DDR External Dual – x4 Port SAS Adapter
SAS software support requirements are shown in the following table.
Ethernet
#1954 4-Port 10/100/100 Base-TX PCI-X Adapter
#1959 IBM 10/100/1000 Base-TX Ethernet PCI-X Adapter
#1978 IBM Gigabit Ethernet-SX PCI-X Adapter
#1979 IBM 10/100/1000 Base-TX Ethernet PCI-X Adapter
#1981 IBM 10 Gigabit Ethernet-SR PCI-X Adapter
#1982 IBM 10 Gigabit Ethernet-LR PCI-X Adapter
#1983 IBM 2-port 10/100/1000 Base-TX Ethernet PCI-X
#1984 IBM Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet-SX PCI-X Adapter
#1990 IBM 2-port 10/100/1000 Base-TX Ethernet PCI-X
#4961 IBM Universal 4-Port 10/100 Ethernet Adapter
#4962 IBM 10/100 Mbps Ethernet PCI Adapter II
#5271 LP 4-Port Ethernet 10/100/1000 Base-TX PCI-X Adapter
#5274 LP 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet-SX PCI Express
#5700 IBM Gigabit Ethernet-SX PCI-X Adapter
#5701 IBM 10/100/1000 Base-TX Ethernet PCI-X Adapter
#5706 IBM 2-Port 10/100/1000 Base-TX Ethernet PCI-X Adapter
#5707 IBM 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet-SX PCI-X Adapter
#5717 IBM 4-Port Ethernet 10/100/1000 Base-TX PCI-X Adapter
#5718 IBM 10 Gigabit -SR/-LR Ethernet PCI-x adapters
#5719 IBM 10 Gigabit -SR/-LR Ethernet PCI-x adapters
#5721 IBM 10 Gigabit Ethernet-SR PCI-X 2.0 Adapter
#5722 IBM 10 Gigabit Ethernet-LR PCI-X 2.0 Adapter
#5740 4-Port 10/100/100 Base-TX PCI-X Adapter
#5767 Adapter 2-Port 10/100/1000 Base-TX Ethernet PCI Express
#5768 Adapter 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet-SX PCI Express
Infiniband
#1809 IBM GX Dual-port 4x IB HCA
#1810 IBM GX Dual-port 4x IB HCA
#1811 IBM GX Dual-port 4x IB HCA
#1812 IBM GX Dual-port 4x IB HCA
#1820 IBM GX Dual-port 12x IB HCA
SCSI and iSCSI
#1912 IBM PCI-X DDR Dual Channel Ultra320 LVD SCSI Adapter
#1913 PCI-X DDR Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI RAID Adapter
#1975 PCI-X Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI RAID Adapter
#1986 1 Gigabit-TX iSCSI TOE PCI-X adapter (copper connector)
#1987 1 Gigabit-SX iSCSI TOE PCI-X adapter (optical connector)
#5703 PCI-X Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI RAID Adapter
#5710 PCI-X Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI Adapter
#5711 PCI-X Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI RAID Blind Swap Adapter
#5712 PCI-X Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI Adapter
#5713 1 Gigabit-TX iSCSI TOE PCI-X adapter (copper connector)
#5714 1 Gigabit-SX iSCSI TOE PCI-X adapter (optical connector)
#5736 IBM PCI-X DDR Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI Adapter
#5737 PCI-X DDR Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI RAID Adapter
RS232
PowerHA 7.1 no longer supports RS-232, so the following adapters are supported up through PowerHA 6.1 only.
#2943 8-Port Asynchronous EIA-232/RS-422, PCI bus Adapter
#2944 128-Port Asynchronous Controller, PCI bus
#5277 IBM LP 4-Port Async EIA-232 PCIe Adapter
#5723 2-Port Asynchronous EIA-232/RS-422, PCI bus Adapter
#5785 IBM 4-Port Async EIA-232 PCIe Adapter*
*The 5277/5785 adapter above is only supported by PowerHA 5.5 and 6.1.