Hardware Compatibility List
Citrix StorageLink
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This is a list of hardware components that are known to work with Citrix StorageLink Gateway.
What is Citrix StorageLink?
Citrix StorageLink lets users automate the configuration and provisioning of virtual machine storage, taking advantage of advanced features of the attached storage array. StorageLink enables the user to create Microsoft Hyper-V and Citrix XenServer virtual machines from logical vendor-specific storage repositories that support advanced capabilities such as snapshots, cloning, thin provisioning, and data deduplication. StorageLink also uses advanced storage capabilities to rapidly create virtual machines, increase storage utilization, and provide improved business continuity while lowering total cost of ownership.
Citrix StorageLink seamlessly integrates with storage arrays using either the standards-based SMI-S interface or via a custom vendor-specific StorageLink Storage Adapter.
Storage Devices (26 entries found)
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DataCore
| Model | StorageLink Version |
Protocol Support |
Gateway Interconnect |
Functionality Support ? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SANsymphony | v1.0.5 | Fibre Channel and iSCSI | Direct | Provisioning Thin provisioning Cloning Thin cloning* Snapshots** |
The DataCore Adapter for Citrix StorageLink technology can be downloaded from DataCore at http://www.datacore.com/ftp/downloads/CitrixStorageLinkAdapter.zip.
| SANmelody | v1.0.5 | Fibre Channel and iSCSI | Direct | Provisioning Thin provisioning Cloning Thin cloning* Snapshots** |
The DataCore Adapter for Citrix StorageLink technology can be downloaded from DataCore at http://www.datacore.com/ftp/downloads/CitrixStorageLinkAdapter.zip.
Dell
| Model | StorageLink Version |
Protocol Support |
Gateway Interconnect |
Functionality Support ? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EqualLogic PS4000 Series | v2.0 | iSCSI | Direct | Provisioning Thin provisioning Cloning Thin cloning* Snapshots** |
To use the Dell Equallogic Series Storage Adapter for StorageLink, please upgrade to
PS Series Firmware v4.2.1 or above. The firmware can be downloaded from Dell Equallogic
Firmware download site at https://www.equallogic.com/support/download.aspx?id=1502
(note that you need a Dell Support account to access this page).
Dot Hill
| Model | StorageLink Version |
Protocol Support |
Gateway Interconnect |
Functionality Support ? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2330 | v1.0 v1.0.5 v2.0 |
iSCSI | Direct | Provisioning Cloning Snapshots** |
The HP Modular Smart Array (MSA) 2000 Series Storage Adapter for StorageLink should be used to interact with Dot Hill storage systems. Additionally, ActivePerl must be installed on the host where the StorageLink Service was installed. This is a free download from ActiveState.com: http://www.activestate.com/downloads
| 2730 | v1.0.5 v2.0 |
Fibre Channel | Direct | Provisioning Cloning Snapshots** |
The HP Modular Smart Array (MSA) 2000 Series Storage Adapter for StorageLink should be used to interact with Dot Hill storage systems. Additionally, ActivePerl must be installed on the host where the StorageLink Service was installed. This is a free download from ActiveState.com: http://www.activestate.com/downloads
| 2730T | v1.0.5 v2.0 |
Fibre Channel | Direct | Provisioning Cloning Snapshots** |
The HP Modular Smart Array (MSA) 2000 Series Storage Adapter for StorageLink should be used to interact with Dot Hill storage systems. Additionally, ActivePerl must be installed on the host where the StorageLink Service was installed. This is a free download from ActiveState.com: http://www.activestate.com/downloads
EMC
| Model | StorageLink Version |
Protocol Support |
Gateway Interconnect |
Functionality Support ? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLARiiON CX3 | v1.0 v1.0.5 v2.0 |
Fibre Channel | SMI-S | Provisioning Cloning Snapshots** |
To use the EMC CLARiiON Storage Adapter (SMI-S) for StorageLink, the EMC SMI-S provider is required
to be installed and set up. The provider can be downloaded from PowerLink at
https://powerlink.emc.com/nsepn/webapps/btg548664833igtcuup4826/km/appmanager/km/secureDesktop?internalId=0b01406680020356
(note that you need a PowerLink account to access this page).
The EMC SMI-S provider release notes can be downloaded from
https://powerlink.emc.com/nsepn/webapps/btg548664833igtcuup4826/km/appmanager/km/secureDesktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=servicesDocLibPg&internalId=0b0140668002023d&_irrt=true
(note that you need a PowerLink account to access this page)
NOTE: For snapshots made of XenServer 5.5 virtual machines, the XenCenter operations New VM from snapshot, Create template from snapshot, and Export snapshot as template (and their command-line equivalents) operate slowly, as the hardware does not support creation of hardware clones from snapshots.
| CLARiiON CX4 | v1.0.5 | Fibre Channel | SMI-S | Provisioning Cloning Snapshots** |
To use the EMC CLARiiON Storage Adapter (SMI-S) for StorageLink, the EMC SMI-S provider is required
to be installed and set up. The provider can be downloaded from PowerLink at
https://powerlink.emc.com/nsepn/webapps/btg548664833igtcuup4826/km/appmanager/km/secureDesktop?internalId=0b01406680020356
(note that you need a PowerLink account to access this page).
The EMC SMI-S provider release notes can be downloaded from
https://powerlink.emc.com/nsepn/webapps/btg548664833igtcuup4826/km/appmanager/km/secureDesktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=servicesDocLibPg&internalId=0b0140668002023d&_irrt=true
(note that you need a PowerLink account to access this page)
NOTE: For snapshots made of XenServer 5.5 virtual machines, the XenCenter operations New VM from snapshot, Create template from snapshot, and Export snapshot as template (and their command-line equivalents) operate slowly, as the hardware does not support creation of hardware clones from snapshots.
HP
| Model | StorageLink Version |
Protocol Support |
Gateway Interconnect |
Functionality Support ? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVA 4000 | v1.0 v1.0.5 v2.0 |
Fibre Channel | SMI-S | Provisioning Cloning Snapshots** |
To use the HP Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) Storage Adapter (SMI-S) for StorageLink, the EVA SMI-S provider that is part of the Command View EVA management software must be installed. Command View EVA management is available at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/ProductList.jsp?locale=en_US&taskId=135&prodSeriesId=471497&prodTypeId=12169
StorageLink v1.0 and v1.0.5 were tested for use with HP Storage Works Command View EVA version 8.0.
NOTE: For snapshots made of XenServer 5.5 virtual machines, the XenCenter operations New VM from snapshot, Create template from snapshot, and Export snapshot as template (and their command-line equivalents) operate slowly, as the hardware does not support creation of hardware clones from snapshots.
| EVA 4100/4400 | v1.0 v1.0.5 v2.0 |
Fibre Channel | SMI-S | Provisioning Cloning Snapshots** |
To use the HP Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) Storage Adapter (SMI-S) for StorageLink, the EVA SMI-S provider that is part of the Command View EVA management software must be installed. Command View EVA management is available at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/ProductList.jsp?locale=en_US&taskId=135&prodSeriesId=471497&prodTypeId=12169
StorageLink v1.0 and v1.0.5 were tested for use with HP Storage Works Command View EVA version 8.0.
NOTE: For snapshots made of XenServer 5.5 virtual machines, the XenCenter operations New VM from snapshot, Create template from snapshot, and Export snapshot as template (and their command-line equivalents) operate slowly, as the hardware does not support creation of hardware clones from snapshots.
| EVA 6000 | v1.0 v1.0.5 v2.0 |
Fibre Channel | Provisioning Cloning Snapshots** |
To use the HP Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) Storage Adapter (SMI-S) for StorageLink, the EVA SMI-S provider that is part of the Command View EVA management software must be installed. Command View EVA management is available at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/ProductList.jsp?locale=en_US&taskId=135&prodSeriesId=471497&prodTypeId=12169
StorageLink v1.0 and v1.0.5 were tested for use with HP Storage Works Command View EVA version 8.0.
NOTE: For snapshots made of XenServer 5.5 virtual machines, the XenCenter operations New VM from snapshot, Create template from snapshot, and Export snapshot as template (and their command-line equivalents) operate slowly, as the hardware does not support creation of hardware clones from snapshots.
| EVA 6100 | v1.0 v1.0.5 v2.0 |
Fibre Channel | SMI-S | Provisioning Cloning Snapshots** |
To use the HP Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) Storage Adapter (SMI-S) for StorageLink, the EVA SMI-S provider that is part of the Command View EVA management software must be installed. Command View EVA management is available at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/ProductList.jsp?locale=en_US&taskId=135&prodSeriesId=471497&prodTypeId=12169
StorageLink v1.0 and v1.0.5 were tested for use with HP Storage Works Command View EVA version 8.0.
NOTE: For snapshots made of XenServer 5.5 virtual machines, the XenCenter operations New VM from snapshot, Create template from snapshot, and Export snapshot as template (and their command-line equivalents) operate slowly, as the hardware does not support creation of hardware clones from snapshots.
| EVA 8000 | v1.0 v1.0.5 v2.0 |
Fibre Channel | SMI-S | Provisioning Cloning Snapshots** |
To use the HP Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) Storage Adapter (SMI-S) for StorageLink, the EVA SMI-S provider that is part of the Command View EVA management software must be installed. Command View EVA management is available at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/ProductList.jsp?locale=en_US&taskId=135&prodSeriesId=471497&prodTypeId=12169
StorageLink v1.0 and v1.0.5 were tested for use with HP Storage Works Command View EVA version 8.0.
NOTE: For snapshots made of XenServer 5.5 virtual machines, the XenCenter operations New VM from snapshot, Create template from snapshot, and Export snapshot as template (and their command-line equivalents) operate slowly, as the hardware does not support creation of hardware clones from snapshots.
| EVA 8100 | v1.0 v1.0.5 v2.0 |
Fibre Channel | SMI-S | Provisioning Cloning Snapshots** |
To use the HP Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) Storage Adapter (SMI-S) for StorageLink, the EVA SMI-S provider that is part of the Command View EVA management software must be installed. Command View EVA management is available at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/ProductList.jsp?locale=en_US&taskId=135&prodSeriesId=471497&prodTypeId=12169
StorageLink v1.0 and v1.0.5 were tested for use with HP Storage Works Command View EVA version 8.0.
NOTE: For snapshots made of XenServer 5.5 virtual machines, the XenCenter operations New VM from snapshot, Create template from snapshot, and Export snapshot as template (and their command-line equivalents) operate slowly, as the hardware does not support creation of hardware clones from snapshots.
| MSA 2212fc | v1.0 v1.0.5 v2.0 |
Fibre Channel | Direct | Provisioning Cloning Snapshots** |
To use the HP Modular Smart Array (MSA) 2000 Series Storage Adapter for StorageLink, ActivePerl must be installed on the host where the StorageLink Service was installed. This is a free download from ActiveState.com: http://www.activestate.com/downloads/
NOTE: For snapshots made of XenServer 5.5 virtual machines, the XenCenter operations New VM from snapshot, Create template from snapshot, and Export snapshot as template (and their command-line equivalents) operate slowly, as the hardware does not support creation of hardware clones from snapshots.
| MSA 2212i | v1.0.5 v2.0 |
iSCSI | Direct | Provisioning Cloning Snapshots** |
To use the HP Modular Smart Array (MSA) 2000 Series Storage Adapter for StorageLink, ActivePerl must be installed on the host where the StorageLink Service was installed. This is a free download from ActiveState.com: http://www.activestate.com/downloads/
NOTE: For snapshots made of XenServer 5.5 virtual machines, the XenCenter operations New VM from snapshot, Create template from snapshot, and Export snapshot as template (and their command-line equivalents) operate slowly, as the hardware does not support creation of hardware clones from snapshots.
| MSA 2012i | v1.0.5 v2.0 |
iSCSI | Direct | Provisioning Cloning Snapshots |
To use the HP Modular Smart Array (MSA) 2000 Series Storage Adapter for StorageLink, ActivePerl must be installed on the host where the StorageLink Service was installed. This is a free download from ActiveState.com: http://www.activestate.com/downloads/
NOTE: For snapshots made of XenServer 5.5 virtual machines, the XenCenter operations New VM from snapshot, Create template from snapshot, and Export snapshot as template (and their command-line equivalents) operate slowly, as the hardware does not support creation of hardware clones from snapshots.
| P4000 Series (SAN/iQ) | v1.0.5 v2.0 |
iSCSI | Direct | Provisioning Thin provisioning Cloning Thin cloning* Snapshots** Remote mirroring |
To use the HP LeftHand P4000 Series (SAN/iQ) Storage Adapter for StorageLink, HP CLiQ must be installed on the host where the StorageLink Gateway service is installed. HP CLiQ v8.1 and above are supported. Please install the latest updates to CLiQ. Please contact your local HP representative for download information.
Additionally, the iSCSI service must be started on the host where CLiQ is installed. The StorageLink service does not utilize this locally running iSCSI initiator, but it is required for the proper functioning of CLIQ.
IBM
| Model | StorageLink Version |
Protocol Support |
Gateway Interconnect |
Functionality Support ? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N and N Gateway Series | v1.0 v1.0.5 |
Fibre Channel and iSCSI | Direct | Provisioning Thin provisioning Cloning Thin cloning* Snapshots** Data Deduplication† |
NetApp
| Model | StorageLink Version |
Protocol Support |
Gateway Interconnect |
Functionality Support ? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAS 2000 series | v1.0 v1.0.5 v2.0 |
Fibre Channel and iSCSI | Direct | Provisioning Thin provisioning Cloning Thin cloning* Snapshots** Data Deduplication† Remote mirroring |
To To use Site Recovery functionality (StorageLink version 2.0 and above), SnapMirror and FlexClone licenses are required on the NetApp storage systems. Please contact your local NetApp representative to get appropriate licenses.
| FAS 3000 series | v1.0 v1.0.5 v2.0 |
Fibre Channel and iSCSI | Direct | Provisioning Thin provisioning Cloning Thin cloning* Snapshots** Data Deduplication† Remote mirroring |
To To use Site Recovery functionality (StorageLink version 2.0 and above), SnapMirror and FlexClone licenses are required on the NetApp storage systems. Please contact your local NetApp representative to get appropriate licenses.
| FAS 3100 series | v1.0 v1.0.5 v2.0 |
Fibre Channel and iSCSI | Direct | Provisioning Thin provisioning Cloning Thin cloning* Snapshots** Data Deduplication† Remote mirroring |
To To use Site Recovery functionality (StorageLink version 2.0 and above), SnapMirror and FlexClone licenses are required on the NetApp storage systems. Please contact your local NetApp representative to get appropriate licenses.
| FAS 6000 series | v1.0 v1.0.5 v2.0 |
Fibre Channel and iSCSI | Direct | Provisioning Thin provisioning Cloning Thin cloning* Snapshots** Data Deduplication† Remote mirroring |
To To use Site Recovery functionality (StorageLink version 2.0 and above), SnapMirror and FlexClone licenses are required on the NetApp storage systems. Please contact your local NetApp representative to get appropriate licenses.
| S Family (S300/S500/S550) | v1.0 v1.0.5 v2.0 |
Fibre Channel and iSCSI | Direct | Provisioning Thin provisioning Cloning Thin cloning* Snapshots** Data Deduplication† Remote mirroring |
To To use Site Recovery functionality (StorageLink version 2.0 and above), SnapMirror and FlexClone licenses are required on the NetApp storage systems. Please contact your local NetApp representative to get appropriate licenses.
| V 3000 series | v1.0 v1.0.5 v2.0 |
Fibre Channel and iSCSI | Direct | Provisioning Thin provisioning Cloning Thin cloning* Snapshots** Data Deduplication† Remote mirroring |
To To use Site Recovery functionality (StorageLink version 2.0 and above), SnapMirror and FlexClone licenses are required on the NetApp storage systems. Please contact your local NetApp representative to get appropriate licenses.
| V 3100 series | v1.0 v1.0.5 v2.0 |
Fibre Channel and iSCSI | Direct | Provisioning Thin provisioning Cloning Thin cloning* Snapshots** Data Deduplication† Remote mirroring |
To To use Site Recovery functionality (StorageLink version 2.0 and above), SnapMirror and FlexClone licenses are required on the NetApp storage systems. Please contact your local NetApp representative to get appropriate licenses.
| V 6000 series | v1.0 v1.0.5 v2.0 |
Fibre Channel and iSCSI | Direct | Provisioning Thin provisioning Cloning Thin cloning* Snapshots** Data Deduplication† Remote mirroring |
To To use Site Recovery functionality (StorageLink version 2.0 and above), SnapMirror and FlexClone licenses are required on the NetApp storage systems. Please contact your local NetApp representative to get appropriate licenses.
Nexenta
| Model | StorageLink Version |
Protocol Support |
Gateway Interconnect |
Functionality Support ? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NexentaStor | v1.0.5 v2.0 |
Fibre Channel and iSCSI | Direct | Provisioning Thin provisioning Cloning Thin cloning* Snapshots** |
To use the Nexenta Storage Adapter for StorageLink, please install the VM DataCenter plugin on the NexentaStor appliance (available from http://www.nexenta.com/corp/content/view/167/112/).
* Supports Thin cloning for thinly provisioned storage volumes
** Supports snapshots for clones
† Supports dedupe of all types of provisioned storage volumes (thin, traditional, clones, or thin clones)
Glossary
- Provisioning
- Allocation of physical data blocks for a storage volume for a given size. Also known as Traditional Provisioning.
- Thin Provisioning
- Similar to Provisioning, but the number of physical data blocks allocated are limited to only what are needed. This allows for allocation and growth on demand for the storage volume.
- Cloning
- Making an exact copy of a storage volume by allocating the same number of physical data blocks as the original storage volume, and copying data into the new allocated physical data blocks.
- Thin Cloning
- Similar to Cloning, but the number of physical data blocks allocated for the clone are limited to only what are needed. This allows for allocation and growth on demand for the storage volume clone.
- Snapshots
- Making a point in time record of the physical data blocks allocated for a storage volume.
- Data Deduplication
- Releasing duplicate physical data blocks from a set of allocated physical data blocks for a storage volume. The storage array does this by scanning for duplicate physical data blocks, and referencing all duplicate physical data blocks to a single physical data block. Also known as Dedupe.
- Remote Mirroring
- Making an exact copy of a storage volume on a remote site by allocating the same number of physical data blocks as the original storage volume, and copying data into the new allocated physical data blocks on the remote site. Supported in StorageLink v2.0 onwards.
Fabric Hardware (1 entry found)
| Vendor | SMI-S Agent Version | Fabric OS Version |
|---|---|---|
| Brocade | 120.7.0 and above | v5.5.0 and above |
The Brocade SMI-S Agent to be used with Citrix StorageLink can be downloaded from http://www.brocade.com/services-support/drivers-downloads/smi-agent/application_matrix.page
Storage Controllers for Fibre Channel (2 entries found)
| Vendor | I/O Data Rate |
|---|---|
| Emulex Corporation | 2/4/8-Gbps |
| QLogic Corp. | 2/4/8-Gbps |