KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is supported on all qualified versions of RHEL.

In addition to the Fibre Channel Hardware Initiators, Nimble also fully supports Microsoft
Hyper-V, including Virtual Fibre Channel (VFC) connectivity and multipathing with the Nimble
DSM and VSS support.

Fibre Channel Hardware Initiators

Host OS Initiator Driver version Firmware NimbleOS Notes

Windows Server 2016 QLogic 2700 Series 9.2.4.21 8.05.60 4.x, 5.0.x 7

Windows Server 2016 QLogic 2600 Series 9.2.4.21 8.05.60 4.x, 5.0.x 7

Windows Server 2016 QLogic 2500 Series 9.2.4.21 8.05.00 4.x, 5.0.x 7

Windows Server 2016 Emulex LPe32000 Series 11.2.139.0 11.2.254.12 4.x, 5.0.x 7

Windows Server 2016 Emulex LPe31000 Series 11.2.139.0 11.2.254.12 4.x, 5.0.x 7

Windows Server 2016 Emulex LPe16000 Series 11.2.139.0 11.2.254.12 4.x, 5.0.x 7

Windows Server 2016 Emulex LPe12000 Series 11.2.139.0 2.03X14 4.x, 5.0.x 7

Windows Server 2012 R2 QLogic 2600 Series 9.2.4.21 8.05.60 4.x, 5.0.x 7

Windows Server 2012 R2 QLogic 2600 Series 9.1.17.21 8.03.06 4.x 7

Windows Server 2012 R2 QLogic 2500 Series 9.2.4.21 8.05.00 4.x, 5.0.x 7

Windows Server 2012 R2 QLogic 2500 Series 9.1.17.21 8.02.00 4.x 7

Windows Server 2012 R2 Emulex LPe31000 Series 11.2.139.0 11.2.254.12 4.x, 5.0.x 7

Windows Server 2012 R2 Emulex LPe16000 Series 11.2.139.0 11.2.156.22 3.x, 4.x 7

Windows Server 2012 R2 Emulex LPe12000 Series 11.2.139.0 2.03X14 4.x, 5.0.x 7

Windows Server 2012 R2 Emulex LPe12000 Series 11.2.139.0 2.02A3 3.x, 4.x 7

SLES 12 SP3 QLogic 2600 Series 9.00.00.00-k 8.05.63 5.0.x 7

SLES 12 SP3 Emulex LPe16000 Series 11.4.0.1 11.2.307.16 5.0.x 7

SLES 11 SP4 QLogic 2600 Series 8.07.00.18-k 8.05.63 5.0.x 7

RHEL 7.4 QLogic 2600 Series 8.07.00.38.07.4-k1 8.03.01 5.0.x 7

RHEL 7.4 Emulex LPe16000 Series 11.2.0.6 11.1.38.61 5.0.x 7

RHEL 6.9 QLogic 2600 Series 8.07.00.26.06.8-k 8.03.01 5.0.x 7

RHEL 6.9 Emulex LPe16000 Series 11.0.0.5 11.1.38.61 5.0.x 7

ESXi 6.5 U1 QLogic 2600 Series 2.1.57.0 8.05.06 4.x, 5.0.x 7

ESXi 6.5 U1 QLogic 2500 Series 2.1.57.0 8.05.00 4.x, 5.0.x 7

ESXi 6.5 U1 Emulex LPe16000 Series 11.2.247.0 11.2.254.12 4.x, 5.0.x 7

ESXi 6.5 U1 Emulex LPe12000 Series 11.2.247.0 2.03X14 4.x, 5.0.x 7

ESXi 6.0 U3 QLogic 2600 Series 2.1.57.0 8.05.60 4.x, 5.0.x 7

ESXi 6.0 U3 QLogic 2500 Series 2.1.57.0 8.05.00 4.x, 5.0.x 7

ESXi 6.0 U3 Emulex LPe31000 Series 11.2.254.12 11.2.247.0 4.x, 5.0.x 7

ESXi 6.0 U3 Emulex LPe12000 Series 11.2.254.12 2.03X14 4.x, 5.0.x 7

ESXi 6.0 U2 QLogic 2500 Series 2.1.30.0 7.03.00 4.x 7

ESXi 6.0 U2 HPAJ764A 2.1.30.0 5.03.02 4.x 7

ESXi 5.5 U2 QLogic 2500 Series 1.1.58.0 8.01.02 4.x 7

1. Upgrade device-mapper-multipath to device-mapper-multipath-0.4.9-80.0.1.el6.x86_64

2. Requires 5.12A12 Boot Code to support boot from SAN (boot code is not bundled with the firmware)

3. Boot from SAN not validated

4. Requires the use of an LVM (Logical Volume Manager) for Nimble volumes

5. Configuration has been validated with PowerHA v7.1.3, v7.2.0, & v7.2.1. Minimum NimbleOS for PowerHA
configurations is 2.3.12

6. Configuration has been validated with AIX NPIV. Minimum NimbleOS for Boot from SAN using AIX NPIV is 3.2.0

7. Support for direct connections has been validated on NimOS 4.2.x and later.

8. Configuration has been validated with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.3.0.24.0 on x86/SPARC.

9. For SLES 12 SP2 please update the multipath-tools package to

multipath-tools-0.6.2+suse20170412.35e16a42-71.8.1 or later version. Without this multipath-tools package version
the system may encounter an issue where paths do not recover from a failed state.

10. For XenServer 7.1 please upgrade to Cumulative Update 1 and apply the hotfix XS71ECU1007. Without this the
system may encounter a kernel crash during multipath failover on a storage repository (SR)

11. Global: Oracle Linux (Red Hat compatible kernel) is considered functionally equivalent to the corresponding
version of Red Hat.

12. Global: Unless otherwise indicated by Note 3, the initiators support boot from SAN.

13. Global: Emulex LPe12000 Series maps to HPE Adapters 81E, 82E & 84E and associated HPE part numbers
AJ762A/B, AJ763A/B & E7Y63A.

14. Global: Qlogic 2500 Series maps to HPE Adapters 81Q, 82Q & 84Q and associated HPE part numbers
AK344A, AJ764A & N3U52A.

15. Global: Emulex LPe16000 Series maps to HPE Adapters SN1000E1P, SN1000E2P, SN1100E1P & SN1100E2P
and associated HPE part numbers QR558A, QR559A, C8R38A & C8R39A.

16. Global: Qlogic 2600 Series maps to HPE Adapters SN1000Q1P, SN1000Q2P, SN1100Q1P & SN1100Q2P and
associated HPE part numbers QW971A, QW972A, P9D93A & P9D94A.

17. Global: Emulex LPe31000 Series maps to HPE Adapters SN1200E1P & SN1200E2P and associated HPE part
numbers Q0L13A & Q0L14A.

18. Global: Emulex LPe32000 Series maps to HPE Adapters SN1600E1P & SN1600E2P and associated HPE part
numbers Q0L11A & Q0L12A.

19. Global: Qlogic 2700 Series maps to HPE Adapters SN1600Q1P & SN1600Q2P and associated HPE part
numbers P9M75A & P9M76A.

20. Global: FC Direct Attach from a Nimble Storage Array to an HPE Virtual Connect currently does not work and is
not supported at this time.