HPE Primera Support Matrix

Version 1.4, 29th June 2020

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Contents
Primera OS Connectivity Limits ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Primera C630, A630, C650, A650, C670, A670 ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Primera OS Software Limits ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Primera OS Feature Limits ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Remote Copy .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Peer Persistence and 3DC Peer Persistence ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Remote Copy Primera OS /3PAR OS Version Interoperability Matrix ......................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Peer Persistence Quorum Witness ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................10
vVol .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11
Supported External Encryption Key Managers (EKM) ............................................................................................................................................................................................................11
Supported External Thrird Party Applications ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11
Change Log .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12
Call to Action ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................13
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Primera OS Connectivity Limits

Host Connectivity, Drive Chassis and Disk Connectivity Limits
Primera C630, A630, C650, A650, C670, A670
Connectivity Primera Limits
Host Connectivity Total - FC, iSCSI ,and/or mixed 4.0/4.1 (without iSCSI) 4.2(FC,iSCSI and mixed )
Max initiators per front end port in Primera (Fan 256 256
Out)
Max initiators per HPE Primera System 4096 (4 nodes) 6144 (4 nodes)
2048 (2 nodes) 4096 (2 nodes)
Host Connectivity (Fibre Channel)
SAN Fan-Out 256 256
(max host Initiators per HPE Primera System port
over SAN)
SAN Fan-In 8 8
(max HPE Primera System ports visible to a single
host Initiator over SAN)
Direct Connect Fan-Out 48 (650/670 4 nodes)1 48 (650/670 4 nodes)1
(max host Initiators per HPE Primera System port on 24 (650/670 2 nodes)1 24 (650/670 2 nodes)1
Direct Connect) 16 (630)2 16 (630)2
Host Connectivity (iSCSI)
SAN Fan-Out Not Supported 256
(max host Initiators per HPE Primera System port
over IP network)
SAN Fan-In Not Supported 8
(max HPE Primera System ports visible to a single
host Initiator over IP network)
MTU Sizes Not Supported 1500 through 9000 bytes
Max VLANS per port Not Supported 128
Max iSCSI initiators per HPE Primera Storage System Not Supported 2048 (630 models )
4096 (650,670 models )
Security Not Supported CHAP
IPv6 Support Not Supported YES
Max distance from host to storage (tested and Not Supported 100 meters
supported)
Host Connectivity (FCoE) Not Supported Not Supported
Drive chassis & Disk Connectivity
Min disk drives per node pair 8 SAS SSD /8 NVMe 8 SAS SSD / 8 NVMe
SSD5,6 / 8 Fast Class/ 12 SSD5,6 / 8 Fast Class/ 12
Near Line Near Line
Min. disk drives per drive chassis 2 SSD / 2 Fast Class/ 2 Near Line 2 SSD / 2 Fast Class/ 2 Near Line
Max raw capacity per HPE Primera System 750 TiB(C630) 750 TiB(C630)
2000 TiB(C650) 2000 TiB(C650)
4000 TiB(C670) 4000 TiB(C670)

250 TiB(A630) 250 TiB(A630)

800 TiB(A650) 800 TiB(A650)
1600 TiB(A670) 1600 TiB(A670)

Effective Capacity7 700 eff TiB(A630) 700 eff TiB (A630)

2200 eff TiB(A650) 2200 eff TiB(A650)
4900 eff TiB(A670) 4900 eff TiB(A670)
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Connectivity Primera Limits

Max drive chassis 6(A630)3 6(A630)3

10(C630)3 10(C630)3

8(A650) 4 8(A650) 4
12(C650) 4 12(C650) 4

12(A670) 4 12(A670) 4
20(C670) 4 20(C670) 4
Maximum Number of SSDs 144(A630 / C630) 144(A630 / C630)
384(A650 / C650) 384(A650 / C650)
576(A670 / C670) 576(A670 / C670)

Maximum Number of HDDs 240(C630) 240(C630)

576(C650) 576(C650)
960(C670) 960(C670)
Minimum of NVMe drives per node pair Unsupported 8
Maximum of NVMe drives per node pair Unsupported 8
Support of NVMe SSD without SAS SSD Unsupported Yes
Minimum of SAS SSD per node pair when mixing 16
SAS SSD and NVMe SSD
1. When using 3 x 4-Port FC cards per node
2. When using 2 x 4-Port FC cards per node
3. Includes HPE Primera 600 Storage 2-way Storage Base as 1 built in drive chassis
4. Includes HPE Primera 600 Storage 4-way Storage Base as 2 built in drive chassis
5. When mixing SAS SSD with NVMe SSD, must include at least 16 SAS SSD per node pair
6. NVMe SSD supported only in A630/A650/A670 models base enclosures on slots 16-23
7. Effective capacity assumes 4:1 data compaction rate (including: thin provisioning, deduplication, compression, and copy technologies) in a RAID 6 (6+2, 8+2, 10+2)
configuration. Note TB vs TiB. Actual ratios will vary based on workload. See HPE StoreMore Guarantee for more information
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Primera OS Software Limits

Primera OS Software Resource 4.0 / 4.1/4.2
Supported Primera systems HPE Primera A630 & C630
HPE Primera A650 & C650
HPE Primera A670 & C670
Console User Interface

Max CLI Connections 256

IPv6 Support for CLI Yes
Max UI sessions 10
Includes ssh, CLI, System Reporter, RM, Primera UI
IPv6 Support for UI Sessions (SSMC) Yes1
Max SSH sessions(Local connections) 64
IPv6 Support with SSH sessions Yes
Max number of HPE Primera systems that can be 32
simultaneously managed by SSMC
Volume Managerment
Max VV per system (Base VVs + Snapshots + 128k
Clones)
Max Base VVs 64k
Max VLUNs 256k
Supported Volume Size 256MiB 64TiB
16GiB - 16TiB when data reduction enabled
Max VLUN ID 16,384
Logical Disk Management
RAID Levels RAID 6
Common Provisioning Group (CPG) Management
Max CPGs per system 1024
(Max 16 CPGs may have volumes with data reduction enabled)

1. RMC & Remote copy RCIP supports only IPv4

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Primera OS Feature Limits

Primera OS Software Features 4.0/4.1/4.2
Snapshots
Max Snapshots per VV: RO 2048
Max Snapshots per VV: RW 1024
Max RW Snapshots per RO Snapshot 2048
Max VVs per Consistency Group for group snapshots 300
Domains 1
Max number of domains 1024
Max number of domains a given user can belong to 32
Max number users per domain 500
Max user accounts 500
Max Scheduled tasks 500
LDAP
Max concurrently logged in LDAP users 32
Max length of the LDAP string None
IPv6 Support Yes
Object Sets (Autonomic Groups)
Max volumes in a set 8192
Max hosts in a set 8000
Max domains in a set 1024
IPv6 Support
Remote Syslog Host IPv6 Support Yes
Remote Syslog Security Host IPv6 Support Yes
External Key Manager IPv6 Support No2
iSCSI Yes3
Notes:
1. There are no additional limits placed on the number of VVs, VLUNs, hosts, CPGs, CLI/GUI connections per domain beyond the system limits.
2. IPv6 support with HPE Atalla ESKM's. Gemalto/Safenet EKMs do not currently support IPv6
3. From Primera OS 4.2 onwards
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Remote Copy
Remote Copy 4.0 4.1 4.2
Maximum replication partners per 2 2 2
system
Maximum supported RCIP ports 1x 10Gb Built-in Ethernet per 1x 10Gb Built-in Ethernet per 1x 10Gb Built-in Ethernet
node node per node
Maximum supported RCFC ports NA 4 per node 4 per node
Minimum required RCIP links per RC- 2 2 2
Target2
Supported MTU Sizes for RCIP links 1000 through 9000 bytes 1000 through 9000 bytes 1000 through 9000 bytes
3
Supported combinations HPE Primera & HPE Primera HPE Primera & HPE Primera HPE Primera & HPE Primera
HPE Primera & HPE 3PAR 8000 HPE Primera & HPE 3PAR 8000 HPE Primera & HPE 3PAR
/9000/200001 /9000/200001 8000 /9000/200001
(requires 3PAR OS 3.2.2 MU6 or (requires 3PAR OS 3.2.2 MU6 or (requires 3PAR OS 3.2.2
3.3.1 MU2 or higher) 3.3.1 MU2 or higher) MU6 or 3.3.1 MU2 or
higher)
Synchronous
Max Replicated Volumes per HPE 3000 for 4 node 3000 for 4 node 3000 for 4 node
Primera System 800 for 2 node array 800 for 2 node array 800 for 2 node array
Maximum Volumes per Remote Copy 300 300 300
Group
Maximum Latency over RCIP (RTT) 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms
Maximum Latency over RCFC (RTT) NA 10 ms 10 ms
Maximum Latency over FCIP (RTT) NA 10 ms 10 ms
Asynchronous Periodic
Max Replicated Volumes per HPE 6,000 - 4 nodes 6,000 - 4 nodes 6,000 - 4 nodes
Primera System 2,400 - 2 nodes 2,400 - 2 nodes 2,400 - 2 nodes
Maximum Volumes per Remote Copy 300 300 300
Group
Maximum Latency over RCIP (RTT) 200 ms 200 ms 200 ms
Maximum Latency over RCFC (RTT) NA 10 ms 10 ms
Maximum Latency over FCIP (RTT) NA 200 ms 200 ms
Minimum Interval for Asynchronous 5 min 5 min 30 sec
Periodic Resyncs
Synchronous Long Distance
Max Replicated Volumes per HPE 800 2 nodes 800 2 nodes 800 2 nodes
Primera Storage 3000 4 nodes 3000 4 nodes 3000 4 nodes
Synchronous leg Transport RCIP RCIP RCIP/RCFC3
Asynchronous leg Transport RCIP RCIP RCIP/RCFC3
3DC Peer Persistence
Max Replicated Volumes per HPE NA 800 2 nodes 800 2 nodes
Primera Storage 3000 4 nodes 3000 4 nodes
Peer Persistence leg Transport NA RCIP RCIP/RCFC3
Asynchronous legTransport NA RCIP RCIP/RCFC3
Notes
1: All Primera array restrictions apply. Refer to 3PAR OS 3.3.1 suppport Matrix for information on additional 3PAR Remote Copy limitations.
2: RC Groups using the same RC-Target must replicate in the same mode (either Sync or Async Periodic)
3: Primera to 3PAR Remote Copy replication supported only with RCIP transport
4: Remote Copy updates to Primera OS 4.1 & 4.2 are direct.
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Peer Persistence and 3DC Peer Persistence

Peer Persistence 4.0 1 4.1 1 4.2 1

Supported Transparent Failover Automatic1 Automatic1 Automatic1

Modes Manual Manual Manual
Supported Setup Combinations HPE Primera & HPE Primera HPE Primera & HPE Primera HPE Primera & HPE Primera
HPE Primera & HPE 3PAR 8000 HPE Primera & HPE 3PAR 8000 HPE Primera & HPE 3PAR 8000/
9000/200002 9000/200002 9000/200002
Limits 3
Max. No. of Volumes 800 - 2 node 800 - 2 node 800 - 2 node
3000 - 4 node 3000 - 4 node 3000 - 4 node

Max. No. of Groups 300 300 300

Max. No. of VVs in a single 300 VVs per group 300 VVs per group 300 VVs per group
failover relationship
Max. Vols/Group 200 200 200
Supported Transport for RCIP RCIP/RCFC RCIP/RCFC
replication
Supported Link Latency Same as Sync Mode Remote Same as Sync Mode Remote Same as Sync Mode Remote
Copy Copy Copy
Supported Host OS See SPOCK Primera Peer See SPOCK Primera Peer See SPOCK Primera Peer
Persistence Host OS Support Persistence Host OS Support Persistence Host OS Support
Matrix5 Matrix5 Matrix5
Supported host access protocols FC FC FC

Notes:
1. Automatic transparent failover requires appropriate Quorum Witness software.
2. HPE 3PAR 8000/9000/20000 must be running 3PAR OS 3.3.1 MU2 or higher. Automatic Transparent Failover in mixed setup requires Quorum Witness server 3.0.
3. The values shown are the total number for an array pair in a Peer Persistence configuration.
4. RCFC between Primera and 3PAR is NOT supported
5. For supported host OS verions refer to SPOCK
https://h20272.www2.hpe.com/spock/utility/document.aspx?docurl=Shared%20Documents/sw/array_primera/primera_peer_persistence.pdf

Remote Copy Primera OS /3PAR OS Version Interoperability Matrix

Primera OS 4.0 Primera OS 4.1 Primera OS 4.2
Primera OS 4.2 RCIP RCIP / RCFC RCIP / RCFC
Primera OS 4.1 RCIP RCIP / RCFC RCIP / RCFC
Primera OS 4.0 RCIP RCIP RCIP
1
3PAR OS 3.3.1 MU2 RCIP RCIP RCIP
1
3PAR OS 3.3.1 MU3 RCIP RCIP RCIP
1
3PAR OS 3.3.1 MU5 RCIP RCIP RCIP

1. 3PAR models support are 20450/20800/20850/9450/8000

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Peer Persistence Quorum Witness

Quorum Operating System Infrastructure1 Maximum number Peer Persistence Combinations

Witness of Nodes2
(QW scale is based
on node count not
at array level)
4.0 RHEL 7.6 or any higher x86_64 server 16 HPE Primera & HPE Primera
7.x VMware 6.5, 6.7
CentOS 7.4 or any higher
HyperV for Windows
7.x
Server 2016 ,2019

3.0 RHEL 7.6 or any higher x86_64 server 16 HPE Primera & HPE Primera
7.x VMware 6.5, 6.7 HPE Primera & HPE 3PAR 8000/9000/
CentOS 7.4 or any higher 200003
7.x HyperV for Windows
Server 2016 ,2019
Notes:
1. QW server requires at-least 1 CPU core and 1GiB of RAM and 500GB disk space and 1Gb NIC interface system resource
2. All nodes of both arrays in a Peer Persistence setup must be able to communicate to the same QW server
3. HPE 3PAR 8000/9000/20000 must be running 3PAR OS 3.2.2 MU6, 3.3.1 MU2 or higher
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vVol
vVol 4.2
Max # of VMs 5000 (see footnote 1)

Max # of hosts 128

Max # linked/fast of clones per VM 30

Max # of containers per domain 30

Max # VMs per replication group 50 (see footnote 2)

Max # VVOL replication groups 1000

Max # VVOLs 35000

Notes:

1: Refer to the HPE Primera VMware ESX/ESXi Implementation Guide for details on how to calculate the VVOL per VM usage"
2. Estimated, based on the maximum number (300) of VVols per Remote Copy replication group.
Refer to footnote 1 for details on number of VVols per VM. However, note that Swap VV

Supported External Encryption Key Managers (EKM)

Product Name EKM Model Version IPv6
Gelmalto (Safenet) KeySecure K460(R320), K460(R330) 8.12, 8.11,8.10,8.9.0, 8.5.0, 8.4.3 ( KMIP 1.3) Not Supported
Utimaco ESKM ESKM 4.1, 5.0 5.0.6, 5.0.8, 5.0.9, 5.3(7.3.0) (KMIP 1.4) Supported

Supported External Thrird Party Applications

ISVs Version
Veeam 10.0
Commvault Commvault V11 Service Pack 17
VSI Open VMS V8.4-2L1 w/Update V1
Meditech EMR MEDITECH v2018.06.04
EPIC Epic v7.8.5.4
VM2020 CyberVR 2.3
SPLUNK Splunk Enterprise version 7.3.1
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Change Log
Version Date Remarks

1.0 23th August 2019 HPE Primera Storage

1.1 30th August 2019 Rectify typo errors
1.2 8th January 2020 Update EKM versions
1.3 21st January 2020 4.1 updates
1.4 29th June 2020 4.2 updates
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Call to Action
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