Dell Storage SC Series VASA Provider

VMware vSphere Storage APIs for Storage Awareness enables unprecedented coordination between vSphere/vCenter and storage arrays. It provides built-in storage insight in vCenter to support intelligent VM storage provisioning, bolster storage troubleshooting and enable new DRS-related use cases for storage.

Dell SC Series supports vSphere Storage APIs for Storage Awareness via the “provider” included in the Dell Storage Manager (DSM) 2016 R1 Key Customer kit, currently available by contacting your Dell Storage Center Co-Pilot.

This provider is compatible with vSphere/vCenter and supports the Dell Storage Center Arrays, as described on the VMware Compatibility Guide.

The new Dell Storage Center VASA provider is VASA version 1.0, VASA version 2.0, and Virtual Volume compliant. This provider replaces the VASA 1.0 compliant “Dell Compellent VASA Provider”, packaged with the Compellent Integration Tools for VMware (CITV) kit.

For more information, contact Dell Storage Center Co-Pilot for the DSM documentation:

• Dell Storage Manager 2016 R1 Installation Guide

• Dell Storage Manager 2016 R1 Administrator’s Guide

For support contact Dell via www.dell.com/support.

Compatible vSphere versions:

• VASA 1.0 compatible with VMware vSphere 5.5 & 6.0

• VASA 2.0 compatible with VMware vSphere 6.0

System requirements:

Dell Storage Center (SC) with minimum:

• Storage Center OS 6.3 for VASA 1.0

• Storage Center OS 7.0 for VASA 2.0

Supported arrays:

• Dell Storage Center (SC) series arrays

File & Provider details: Contact Dell Storage Center Co-Pilot for files

• Provider name : Dell Storage VASA 2.0 Provider
• Provider version : 2.0
• File Information:
  
  • DSM Windows Kit:
    
    • File Name : EnterpriseManager-16.1.1.438.zip
    • File Size : 1.62 GB
    • MD5 Checksum : 147827f35a90f4e288b2a188b637fe91
  • DSM Virtual Appliance:
    
    • File Name : DSMBuildVM-16.1.1.438.ova
    • File Size : 5.15 GB
    • MD5 Checksum : 03a09f8f382a69111e4ffe1628a2c741